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Friday, July 03, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Night cruise on the Himiko waterbus
It seems that we have reached the second half of 2009. After completing '3PM', my third short film in six months yesterday afternoon, I can't help but feel a little wistful, a little melancholic, the familiar condition known as post-creativity depression is back.
So despite having finished my film, I actually chose to remain in the editing lab, and finally at night, I took out snippets of videos I shot more than a week ago with my own camera and looked through them, just so I could edit them and give myself something to do.
On the 20th of June, Lia the Artist told me and Niklas about the futuristic-looking waterbus "Himiko", designed by famed Japanese animator Reiji (or Leiji) Matsumoto ("Captain Harlock", "Spaceship Yamato", "Galaxy Express 999").
So despite having finished my film, I actually chose to remain in the editing lab, and finally at night, I took out snippets of videos I shot more than a week ago with my own camera and looked through them, just so I could edit them and give myself something to do.
On the 20th of June, Lia the Artist told me and Niklas about the futuristic-looking waterbus "Himiko", designed by famed Japanese animator Reiji (or Leiji) Matsumoto ("Captain Harlock", "Spaceship Yamato", "Galaxy Express 999").
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Yakitori is yummy
On Saturday night I went to a Yakitori restaurant at Shin-Okubu with Eric (my friend, not my dad).
(Eric and I at the Shinjuku Station East Exit, before making our way to Shin-Okubo)
And dammit, the food's so bloody good!
(Eric and I at the Shinjuku Station East Exit, before making our way to Shin-Okubo)
And dammit, the food's so bloody good!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
TRANSFORMERS 2 will be the biggest film in Malaysia
On a lighter note, Sebastian had been pretty depressed about the unanimous love my beloved home country had for TRANSFORMERS 2.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Reflecting on Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
When I woke up this morning and saw the news of Michael Jackson's death, I was quite affected by it. I grew up as a fan. As a child I listened to all the cassette tapes I had with me then, OFF THE WALL, THRILLER and BAD. I didn't know how it all started, I can't remember. The King of Pop then was at the pinnacle of his popularity, television was often dominated by his electrifying performances, or the music videos.
In kindergarten I drew pictures of men grabbing their crotches because that's the pose I remember most from Michael Jackson's dances, to the consternation of teachers.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Short interview with me on BMW Shorties website
Did a quick email interview with the peeps at BMW Shorties two days ago, and the interview was immediately up on their page yesterday. Good job using the cast and crew photo from 3PM too!
An excerpt.
Read the rest here.
An excerpt.
Filmmaking has been around for decades, how do you innovate and make your film different?
Actually, I don’t self-consciously try to be ‘innovative’ and do things ‘people had never done before’. Normally I just find a story I really like to do, and hope that my personal filmmaking sensibilities can do justice to the story, enough to make it unique. I’m not sure whether I am original, it’s really up to my audiences to decide that.
Read the rest here.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
A very sweet gesture from the 3PM cast and crew
So I've wrapped up the shoot for my newest Japanese short film, 3PM last Friday. And had am now editing it.
Here's a photo of the cast and crew sent to me by main actress Yumiko Kitazawa (you can also read about the shoot from her blog, but it's only in Japanese).
From left to right: Yumiko the lead actress, Ko the sound guy, Kabayama the camera assistant turned lead actor, me, Erika the cinematographer and Yuiko the producer/ assistant director
Like I said, I've immediately started work on editing the film the night when I finished the shoot, and things seem encouraging thus far.
Here's a photo of the cast and crew sent to me by main actress Yumiko Kitazawa (you can also read about the shoot from her blog, but it's only in Japanese).
From left to right: Yumiko the lead actress, Ko the sound guy, Kabayama the camera assistant turned lead actor, me, Erika the cinematographer and Yuiko the producer/ assistant director
Like I said, I've immediately started work on editing the film the night when I finished the shoot, and things seem encouraging thus far.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Father's Day, dad
As I look out through my window right now, the world is absolutely grey, and obscured by the rain. Perhaps I'm going to be stuck in my room the whole day. On the other hand, I checked the weather forecast in Kuala Lumpur and it seems cloudy, and there will be rain too in the afternoon, but the rains of tropical Malaysia are ferocious, but fleeting, often ending in mere hours, while the rain of Tokyo often drag on for days. So rain or not, I doubt it will do much to affect Father's Day for dad.
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