行影‧捉影‧Fun影─跟著電影去旅行

大學就要畢業的明相獨自一人展開七天六夜的單車環島旅程，從高雄出發，途經台東、花蓮、宜蘭、基隆、林口、苗栗、彰化，東岸到西岸的逆風行，一路所遇見的人與景，交織相扣，譜出生命的和弦。

台東往花蓮的路上，他遇到了藉由影像製造夢想的工作者，專心一意的想將太平洋的風捕捉入鏡；八斗子的美，有他難以言喻的情感，是兒時初戀的美好記憶，也是成長的點滴。騎到苗栗通霄白沙屯，回到老家，一聲「阿公阿嬤」喚起許多人的童年往事和遺忘已久的血肉親情……回到高雄，旅程結束，回憶卻正要開始。

《練習曲》由陳懷恩編劇、導演，藉此記錄臺灣的地方風俗、旅遊觀光、歷史故事、社會問題，短短的100分鐘內，帶領觀眾遊走台灣一圈，經歷人生的一個星期。台灣海岸線的多元化風貌，許多當地真實人物的故事，以及導演多年來在當地所認識的友人，都被融入劇情中，讓這部電影展現出半紀錄片、半劇情片的真實風格。片中經典對話「有些事現在不做，一輩子都不會做了」感動許多觀眾，同年暑假興起單車環島熱潮，於2007年創下台灣電影最多發行戲院、最長放映期的多項紀錄。

製    片Producer／王耿瑜Angelika Wang

1985 年，以《九歌》獲得金穗獎八釐米優等紀錄片，重要作品包括電影《練習曲》監製、《我的24 小時》導演、製片、《驚蟄》…。

The protagonist, Ming-hsiang decided to set off on a journey by cycling round Taiwan alone before college graduation. The seven days journey started from southern Taiwan, Kaohsiung, heading north passing by Taitung, Hualien, Ilan, Keelung, Linkou, Miaoli, and Changhwa. The people and sceneries he met along the way interwove with one another, performing the harmonic chords of life.

Along the way from Taitung to Hualien, he came across some people who strive to fulfill their dreams by image making. They work intently in hope of capturing the winds of Pacific Ocean into their films. As Ming-hsiang bikes to Badouzih, he finds it hard to put down his sentiments for the beautiful landscapes into words, for the place embraces the sweet memories of his first love and upbringings. Arriving at his hometown Baidong Village, Tongsiao Township in Miaoli, a simple calling of “Grandpa” and “Grandma” evokes many of the childhood memories and strong kinship that has been long forgotten by many people. Finally, returning to the starting point, Kaohsiung, it is realized that though it was the end of the journey, precious memories are just beginning to unfold.

As the writer and director of Island Etude, En Chen takes the audience on a tour around Taiwan in 100 short minutes, introducing the customs, tourism, history and contemporary issues of the country. The diverse natural spectacles along Taiwan coastlines, real life stories of the people, and friends that En Chen has made through the many years he spent in the area, were all merged into the storylines. The ingenuous portrayal of the people and their lives in the film resemble a semi-documentary. The classic line in the travelogue, “there are certain things that if you don’t do now, you’ll never going to do it for the rest of your life,” touched the hearts of many people. After the release of the film, cycling around Taiwan has come into vogue that summer, it also set a number of records, including being released in the most number of theaters, with the longest run ever in 2007.  

花東 Hualien & Taitung

蘇花公路南澳鄉莎韻紀念公園 Suo-Yun Park

基隆碧砂漁港Bisha Fishing Port

基隆八斗子公園Badouzih Coastal Park

宜蘭縣南澳鄉漢本車站Hanben Station

台東台11線濱海公路 Taitung’s 11th Coastal Highway

花蓮靜浦北回歸線立標 Tropic of Cancer Marker