Initially I was livid. We all knew there was going to be cuts, but you expected it to be to the budget, not the entire Film Council.
Let’s face it, British cinema is already fragile as it is, especially the indie scene. At first glance, the axing of the council sounds the death knell for the [...]
To date the only folks in Malaysia and around the world who have seen 5:13 are friends and family and a select audience back in KL during a Malaysian Film Club screening.
Fact is, because the authorities have made releasing the film a struggle, no other Malaysians have been able to find out a little about [...]
The lack of updates is down to one thing: paperwork.
I am dealing with a plethora of logistics on Y3llow at the moment, the most crucial of which is we do not have a 1st AD yet!
I’ve never ever been on a film where a 1st AD is so hard to secure, and given that this [...]
Whilst working with the director of Y3llow on script revisions, I started ruminating on this theme, not so much because of the script of Y3llow, but rather as a general pondering really.
Script logic is important, no doubt about that. Get that wrong, especially if you’re working on a procedural type film like Zodiac or Inception, [...]
Not blogged much because I am pretty much tied up with:
Locations
Crew
Casting
The usual madness that comes with getting a short film going.
As soon as I can muster up some inspired blogging, I will.
I just wanted to point out the one thing that I loved above everything else that blew my mind about this film.
In the film, the characters tell us, that to plant an idea, that idea has to be in its purest, distilled form to take root and grow.
Behind all the visual flair, stunning logic and [...]
On the 30th of September this year, the third feature film from Perantauan Pictures Malaysia & Befour Film UK will be released exclusively with Golden Screen Cinemas.
Indie cinema doesn’t have it easy in Malaysia. Whilst making movies has gotten much easier, releasing them hasn’t. It’s why it’s taken us so long to get this film [...]
I don’t have an agent. I would love to get one, not because agents get you work, because it’s not really like that, but because they can put you in the room from which you can then prove yourself.
Oftentimes, some people will ask me how come I don’t have one, seeing that I seem to [...]
I have begun pre-production on the new short film I am producing for director Ang Yee Sien.
Yee Sien has written a graduation short that is both charming and whimsical, something that’s not easy to accomplish well, and is a departure from the kind of material I normally write, which is great to diversify my portfolio.
I’ve [...]
I’m doing a major rehaul of storyline on the vampire script. Typically, I redraft whilst keeping the main story beats intact, but this time, I’ve decided to re-examine all the main characters and their relationships with each other.
I thought that the rehaul might make it easier, free me up to approach if afresh.
Funnily enough, it’s [...]