Four People, One Very Ordinary Day
Banana Cake and Tummy Aches, a family film.
We rushed to her aid when the little one announced that she had a tummy ache.
Except... no actual tummies were hurt here. It was a board game called Tummy Ache.
Touché, little one. Touché.
This was a simple day at home with a French mum, a Hong Kong dad and their two little girls. No birthday, no special occasion, no elaborate plans. Just a family spending the day together.
They baked banana cake. They played board games. They laughed at each other for reasons I still don't fully understand.
But what made this film special wasn't really what they were doing. It was how they were doing it together.
The parents didn't just stand around while the kids took over the show. Mum got involved. Dad got involved. They played, teased, laughed, reacted and became part of the chaos. At times, it didn't even feel like I was filming four people. It felt like I was watching four different personalities bouncing off each other.
And that's the part I love about filming families.
I'm not really interested in making everyone look perfect. I want to see what happens when everyone forgets there's a camera around. The little jokes, the funny faces, the interruptions, the way a parent looks at their child, the moments that probably wouldn't make it into a traditional family photo.
Because when everyone is simply being themselves, you start to see the family dynamic.
And that's what makes a family film powerful to me.
Not the perfect shot. Not the perfect activity. Not everyone looking at the camera.
Just four people being themselves, together.
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