Eat Drink Man Woman Opening Scene Script

Eat Drink Man Woman Opening Scene Script

It’s a typical Chinese Sunday in the year of 1994. The sun rises at its normal time and the birds chirp softly as if signing a sweet melody to begin the morning day. The world is at peace, everything is serene and in place. For a typical Chinese man or woman, the day immediately starts early. The chopping of food, and the slight pitter patter of the chef beginning to catch a rheumatic flow of his daily task can be heard from the kitchen.

Here you can see Chef Chu, a widower with three children, take on his daily task of making the daily meals for his family. He jumps starts his day in order to prepare his daily feast for his family, a traditional dinner which is held every Sunday.

As a chef, he upholds the firm belief of everything being made fresh to ensure the freshness and utmost success of the meal. Nothing is ever premade. All the meat and ingredients are found on his farm to uphold the idea of growing what you eat. Some of the traditional Chinese dishes he will make are fried fish, bbq duck, steamed pork belly, stir fried squid, and fish hot pot. Later in the evening he will gather with his family and they will feast on this meal.

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Summary and Analysis of Andrew Zimmerman and Martin Yan episodes Extra Credit

In the film Bizarre Food with Andrew Zimmerman, the feel is very documentary oriented. The video is very upbeat with a mission of educating the viewer about all different bizarre foods found in Sicily. The film consist of a 45 mins of Andrew going around Sicily and interviewing all different types of people and trying different foods. For me, I feel as if this episode is definitely geared more towards to people who are very interested in food and learning about different cultures foods strictly because of how in-depth Andrew Zimmerman goes in to it. Plus, the length of the episode.

In the film Martin Yan's Chinatnowns-Chinatown Market, the feel is still documentary oriented but, it is also geared towards tourist or people who just want a quick overview of food since it is aired on the food network. Martin Yan approach to this film is very different than Andrew Zimmerman. In all the interview Martin Yan speaks in Chinese and then later translates the conversation for the viewers giving his episode more cultural depth whereas, in Andrew Zimmerman it is a voice over. Also, this episode is actually filmed in America so, it is also geared to educate an American audience about a different culture. I feel as if Martin Yan's video probably has a wider audience since it is on the food network channel catering towards tourist and locals.

Eat Drink Man Woman Analysis

Eat Drink Man Woman Analysis

            In the film clip, Eat Drink Man Woman Opening, it starts off with no background music just the sounds a someone cooking feverously. This creates the environment as very tense almost as if the cook is in a rush. Immediately, I felt as if the cook was planning a big dinner or some really important event for a lot of people. All the movements the cook makes are very quick and efficient while the body language of the actor is very strict, serious and deep in concentration. A good 35-40sec goes by until the music finally starts fade in. The music in the background is very upbeat, chipper and relaxing. Suggesting that, instead the cook is just passionately cooking the food and going through the motions almost effortlessly. Also, to me anyways, even though we as viewers know that the cook cannot hear the music playing in the background it is almost as if the cook seems to be cooking to the beat of the song.

With lighting, throughout the film it was very dark with lots of shadows and dim lights around the backgrounds. The only point when light was really displayed is when there was just a scene/ clip of food being prepared or through passing. Another scene that is very bright in the backgrounds is when the cook goes outside to collect a chicken. The scene starts off very bright and airy because the cook is outside but as it gets closer to the cook killing the chicken it gets darker and, immediately, as the chicken dies it is dark and we, the viewers, can only see the outline of the cook and the chicken.

            The camera angles and extra sound effects are very important to consider. Everything in the film is close framed not, wide framed views. The camera zooms in on the food, the live animals, the man cooking, the knives, and the pots on the stove. The camera also captures the preparing process of each dish and at the rate at which they are being prepared. The extra sound effects include chopping of vegetables, breaking bones, and the sizzling of the boiling water. These effects help the viewer to relate with being in a kitchen and cooking since all of those sounds are very normal sounds to have while cooking.   

In summary, for me, as I watched this clip I felt almost as an outsider to the situation due to the music, setting, and the way in which the man was cooking his food. The dark scene also seemed almost uninviting to me at all. One of the reasons I felt like an outsider is through the way at which the food was prepared. Live chickens, frogs, and fish were killed immediately before being cooked. In America, this I feel would be strange to anyone because our food is always dead before it reaches the kitchen. If this was a real situation and I was there I would still feel at first awkward because the setting in which the kitchen is in makes me feel out of place because, it is very Asian oriented and the types of food being cooked are not typically foods I eat so all the smells would be different.

Peer Review of Food Proposal Reflection

Peer Review of Food Proposal Reflection

In my peer review of my food proposal on New Orleans: Experiencing Traditional and Cultural Food, my peer reviewer overall expressed to me that he loved my idea of talking about New Orleans with an inclusion of the Traditional and Cultural aspect. He also loved the passion I was able to express throughout my food proposal.  The passion I expressed he felt will be very visible, and will hopefully, inspire readers to want to read and comment on your posts. The only thing he suggested was, if, I wanted to incorporate the idea of what the future of New Orleans would look like or where I think it was headed, I could possibly write about where I thought the future for New Orleans Food and Culture are going. This could be hypothetically speaking or research based; however, I like the idea but, I do not think that is a central/main point that I want to focus as part of my food blog. I want my food blog to be strictly focused on the history of New Orleans Food and Culture while, talking about the importance of keeping this portion of American culture and heritage alive. I feel like if I were to include the portion he suggested it would take away from the traditional food and culture pieces that I will be writing about along with my whole stance is for New Orleans not to be updated but for the French Market and everything around to be left intact.