Immobile

• Main Authors: Tang, Wei Quan, Chua, Charlene Xin Zi, Teo, Jeremy Yong Sheng, Lo, Hoi Ying
• Other Authors: Nicole Lorraine Draper
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Documentary; Social sciences::Journalism::Broadcast journalism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137504
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Immobile is an interactive documentary following a low-income family living in a two-room rental flat in Marsiling. Raihan and Aisyah have two children aged five and one. They make ends meet with the help of government subsidies and income that Raihan earns as a GrabFood delivery rider. Through monthly installments and money borrowed from friends, the couple purchased an e-scooter as an investment for Raihan’s job as a food delivery rider in hopes for a better life with the additional income.On November 4th, Senior Minister of Transport Lam Pin Min announced that Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) would be banned from footpaths in Singapore from the following day onwards, restricting PMDs to park connector networks (PCN). Those flouting the rules would be fined up to $2,000 and/or jailed for up to three months. As the ban takes effect, we explore how Raihan and Aisyah come to terms with the changes to their lives and cope with the ban’s effects on their livelihood, all while trying to balance between family time and making ends meet.