On the 28 and 29th of June, I was shooting my new short film, FLOATING SUN, which is part of the HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL: 3 DOORS OF HORROR omnibus project produced by James Lee.
The other two directors, Ng Ken Kin and Leroy Low had long finished their segments, so it was up to me to ensure that I wouldn't screw up.
Once again, my cinematographer was Lesly Leon Lee, who shot my first two short films CHICKEN RICE MYSTERY (2008) and LOVE SUICIDES (2009), and later, my one-minute Prada short film "NOW". Because of this, I couldn't help but find myself comparing the current film shoot with those from 5 years ago.
One of the biggest differences nowadays is the advent of social media and smart phone technology. Cast and crew members can now easily live-tweet/ live-blog/ live-facebook/ live-whatever the entire process of the shoot. Of course, being generally open to such things, I agreed to let everyone post up videos or photos of the shoot as long as I look flattering, and as long as they don't spoil the story.
FLOATING SUN, which is loosely based on a Kanai Mieko story, stars Emily Lim 林佩琦, Daphne Low 刘倩妏, Candy Lee 李佳洁 (whom I last worked with in last year's short film DOUBLE which I produced), Steve Yap 叶良财, Candy Ice 林冰冰 and Azman Hassan (who had appeared in almost every single important Malaysian independent film out there).
It revolves around a drowned corpse.
Instagram had became everyone's main tool.
Lead actress Emily Lim had some behind the scene stuff.
She even made herself a poster. Awesome.
Candy Lee posted a video of her long make-up session for the film.
Photos of her with her co-stars.
And photos of us saying goodbye when we wrapped the shoot.
Daphne Low is more active with Facebook.
This photo of her and her two co-leads are amusing.
Photo of us when we finished the shoot.
Candy Ice, on the other hand, was with us for only a day. The videos she took during the shoot, however, were pretty interesting.
There's some artistry involved.
Steve Yap had some photos of the "make-up room" and the co-stars too.
Right now, I'm still in the middle of postproduction. Editing is done, grading is slightly tricky. Hmm.
The other two directors, Ng Ken Kin and Leroy Low had long finished their segments, so it was up to me to ensure that I wouldn't screw up.
Once again, my cinematographer was Lesly Leon Lee, who shot my first two short films CHICKEN RICE MYSTERY (2008) and LOVE SUICIDES (2009), and later, my one-minute Prada short film "NOW". Because of this, I couldn't help but find myself comparing the current film shoot with those from 5 years ago.
One of the biggest differences nowadays is the advent of social media and smart phone technology. Cast and crew members can now easily live-tweet/ live-blog/ live-facebook/ live-whatever the entire process of the shoot. Of course, being generally open to such things, I agreed to let everyone post up videos or photos of the shoot as long as I look flattering, and as long as they don't spoil the story.
FLOATING SUN, which is loosely based on a Kanai Mieko story, stars Emily Lim 林佩琦, Daphne Low 刘倩妏, Candy Lee 李佳洁 (whom I last worked with in last year's short film DOUBLE which I produced), Steve Yap 叶良财, Candy Ice 林冰冰 and Azman Hassan (who had appeared in almost every single important Malaysian independent film out there).
It revolves around a drowned corpse.
Instagram had became everyone's main tool.
Lead actress Emily Lim had some behind the scene stuff.
She even made herself a poster. Awesome.
Photos of her with her co-stars.
And photos of us saying goodbye when we wrapped the shoot.
Daphne Low is more active with Facebook.
This photo of her and her two co-leads are amusing.
Photo of us when we finished the shoot.
Candy Ice, on the other hand, was with us for only a day. The videos she took during the shoot, however, were pretty interesting.
There's some artistry involved.
Steve Yap had some photos of the "make-up room" and the co-stars too.
