Break

Break is a mockumentary about a teacher, a student, a missing classmate and the act of filming itself. During the National Day holiday, Sheng Liming, a secondary school politics teacher, is bored in his dormitory. His former student Dong Jie comes back to shoot a documentary assignment about his life. The two learn that Dong Jie’s old classmate Li Yanwu has gone missing. As the aches of everyday life and work persist, Sheng Liming’s wish to find Li Yanwu grows stronger, and Dong Jie’s attitude toward filming begins to change.

I was the supervising sound editor, and also did the production sound, the dialogue editing and the final mix. Break is a mockumentary, so the location sound and the dialogue edit carry most of the film’s sound.