Archive for category: Film

/ January 29, 2012 11:26 pm

The Secret Heaven (2002)

Wonderful short film by Sun Koh. Funny but poignant at the same time. Winner of - 1. Silver Hugo (Short Narrative 15 minutes and over), 38th Chicago International Film Festival, 2002 2. Best Director 2002 (Short Film Competition), 15th Singapore International Film Festival, 2002 3. Prix Du Public Du Meilluer Court Metrage 2002 (Audience Grand Prix for Best Short Film [...]

/ January 29, 2012 3:54 pm

George Lucas in Love

This is a brilliant parody by Joe Nussbaum on George Lucas and Star Wars. I often show it as the first short film to my students to illustrate how ideas usually come from our everyday life. 1967 film student George Lucas has writer’s block trying to finish his “Space Wheat” script, until a beautiful fellow student with a familiar hairstyle [...]

/ January 29, 2012 3:37 pm

15 – Roystan Tan (2002)

This is one of the best short films that hail from Singapore. It won a Special Achievement Award for Short Film during the 15th Singapore International Film Festival. In my opinion, Roystan Tan is definitely one of the most talented young filmmakers from Singapore. Unfortunately, the video at YouTube is of the wrong aspect ratio. It should be widescreen 16:9.

/ January 29, 2012 3:08 pm

Small Pleasures (Μικρές Χαρές) 2008

Nice Greek short film that inspires hope.

/ January 28, 2012 11:40 am

BAD is BAD: Feature Film That Was Shot for 6K

$6000??? A lower end professional camera alone costs that much. Synopsis: A locally loved suburban family man has to pay for the worst thing he’s ever done when two mysterious young criminals break into his home. HD/96 minutes

/Rated R I recommend watching in fullscreen, in HD, and with good headphones or speakers. Bad is Bad is our first feature length [...]

/ January 27, 2012 11:39 pm

The Hobbit – Behind The Scenes Production Video Blog #5

Peter Jackson is not just an excellent filmmaker. He is also really clever about marketing by creating a lot of hype with his behind the scenes production video blogs. I am highlighting this particular video blog because we get to see the amazing amount of logistics that go behind the movie. Can’t wait for the movie!

/ January 25, 2012 4:30 pm

Checkmate (HD) (Winner of Grand Video Award at Creative Video Awards 2012)

Amazingly, Tan Siang Yu won the Creative Video Awards again. A tongue-in-cheek comedy about speed dating. Richard hopes to get the girl of his dreams by creating stories about himself. Little did he know that he would finally meet his match in his dream girl Michelle. Shot in a day at The Soup Spoon with a Canon 5D Mk II, [...]

/ January 25, 2012 4:24 pm

Playback (HD) (Winner of Grand Video Award at Creative Video Awards 2011)

I really like this short film by Tan Siang Yu and often show it to my students as an example of how a simple story can be made. He is certainly very talented. When elderly Lee finds a toy gun in his store room, he is transported back in time to his childhood days, where he meets his play pal, [...]

/ January 25, 2012 5:37 am

Loose Change – 16mm Short Film

This was a 16mm short film made in 2003 during a 16mm film production course. Due to inexperience, bad film loading resulted in shaky footages which was only discovered after telecine. The film has now been “remastered” with modern stabilization technique to remove the shakes. The short film casted MediaCorp Artiste Steven Woon and Antonio Teh, a friend of the [...]