He filmed 20 60-minute tapes and produced the first edited version of the documentary, which was full of sadness. Laway admits his own mood made it difficult for him to get past tragic facts: "Afterwards, I realized this is not the natural temperament of the Amis people, so I re-edited it, creating this more optimistic version." Laway immediately took the finished product to share with the Amis of Talu-an.
拍攝了近二十支六十分鐘的錄影帶，第一次剪輯出的紀錄片，充滿悲情，陳誠元承認自己的情緒很難跳開悲慘的事實，「事後心裡認為這不像阿美族人的個性，所以又再重新剪輯成現在這個較樂觀的版本，」陳誠元立即將成品與打鹿岸的居民們分享。