Finally done after editing 1st draft.....

After retiring from the Malaysian Industry to fly home so I can be a filial son after being away for 13 years, I got a little bored and missed my love.... acting, writing, producing and directing... im a greedy fellow eh :P having more than 1 love.... anyways... So i've been writing all this while but lack the manpower and resources to shoot anything... and furthermore, budget is a problem as I'm still unemployed.. thankfully, i've a little side income now and then and i've saved a little.. barely... anyways, I figure there is no point writing something which i can't shoot at the moment and give myself a chance to procrastinate... so I went out and had my creativity walk.. hahaha... and right then, an idea popped in my head......

So I went home, started planning the plot and started on the 1st page that very night.. and finishes off the next day.. 2 pages.. well, its not the best of all scripts but easy enough for me to understand and work on.. so I worked on the storyboard the next day and pick a hotel out of the yellow pages... (Its Miri after all) anyways, one of my friends stayed there previously and I think its not too bad.. and I went around to search for the best option for a cheap lighting and found an inspection lamp with cost me RM15 and the bulb RM2.90 (Make that RM3 then)

so all set, I packed everything into my trusteed Huge Red Bag and took off to the location...

I checked in at the hotel around 1pm, that cost me another RM60 and I got a loaf of Rye Bread with a take away peanut butter from home so another RM3.60. Right after I made sure there weren't anyone at the hallway, I took out my Sony Handycam DCR - SX40 and did a handheld.. lol. that took cared of everything.. but only then i realize there was a cctv above me ... hahaha.... of well..

So I started shooting in the room.. it's the 1st time I've forgotten to take my snacks .. cause i was busy rushing the shoot as i've only the budget to pay for a night... and trust me, 1 man crew is not easy. I've to adjust my focus and find framing myself. and I've to watch out for lightings and conti all together. and even set up the whole set and tripod and props... but everything went smoothly... well, not all.. but still, it's a smooth sail shoot..

I think the hardest was to try to adjust the framing and focus while getting the reflector to catch the lights and act at the same time ... but other that, i figure it's a great experience... I wrapped around 2am cause both my battery ran out and i had to charge. So I downloaded everything into my laptop and started editing some of them to try to catch any error shot.. so practically, I did half of the editing there and managed to walk up 7am to clear everything before I checked out.

Man, was i burnt. I didn't edit that morning.. but ended up editing that night till wee hours in the morning and well, took me 2 days to finish editing it.. along with the sound effects and subtitles.. well, i've already done the 1st rough draft... so now i just need to check if everything is sync :)

stay tune for more :)

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Be TRUE to the INDUSTRY

Its kinda sad that for the past couple of days, I met a lot of people who treat the acting industry as a one way ticket to stardom.. People approach me thinking that I can bring them into the industry... thats it... Thats is all that run down their brain... nothing more but just how I can give them contacts and get them jobs :(

there is this guy who only make friends with people in the industry when we are in a group. Once he knows that I ain't giving him what he wants, he moves on to another actor or artist and try to make conversation... unsinceriety ain't getting you no where...

Stop polluting the industry with your dirty thoughts. Come right at it with the right mind and you will definitely make it into the industry.. If you go right at it with the intention of just the money... sorry ppl, it ain't the best place to earn the dough... and if ur in it for the glamour... wake up people, if you don't work hard, u think its like school exam where you can cheat ur way up.. ur not Maya ok... u might wana consider going for plastic surgery and try to be in the idol class... but how long do u think u can last up there?

If you ask me.. I've to really sacrifice a lot of thing to be in the industry.. to keep myself in the field.. are you willing to make the sacrifice?

Scam Report....

220808 - well, today I went to a casting call and like the header of my log, I would like to warn all talents and artists to beware of these fraud company... they would ask you to pay money for having your profile as their record. But look at it this way... when they use you for their client, they get commission out of your pay... If they are a successful and popular talent agency among the clients and have a great record, would they need your pesky little RM10 - 15?? Its kinda of a earn money scam whereby even if they don't have any jobs at hand, they would not suffer the lack of funding.. lets say, you pay RM10 and so did 100 others who went just to have their pics taken and profile jot down.. they would make Rm1000 in a day.. and lets say it went on for a month, and tat made them $31000 richer in that month without even have to push the market. and lets just say, if they did.. and offered 1 out of the 3100 talents who paid the RM10 got a job which pays RM1000.. and lets just say, they get a 15% commission out of it.. which is RM150.. that makes them RM 31150 richer for that month and the rest of the 3099 talents RM10 poorer. they have nothing to lose... only saliva for entertaining you...

I went to one casting agency who calls themselves as a production house.. No names here, so Im going to call them S production... who so happens to be just next to my college at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng's Megan Avenue 2.... the funny thing is that they are exactly the next block to my college in Block A.... lol... so... I went in, they passed me a form asking me to fill in so I did until the last page where it was handwritten "all talents must pay RM15 for the casting processing" obviously, I didn't sign it.

(Never sign until you are being assured of anything)

I went to the rude receptionist and asked for the reason to the payment. she said its nothing and asked me to sign. I demanded for the reason before I sign. And she told me that she will asked her superior. After a couple of minutes, she surfaced again and told me that her superior will speak to me but asked me to just sign..(Look at how eager they are trying to get me to sign it)... of course, I rejected it and asked to be briefed before hand. I was called in and I shot her my questions.. She told me that its a procedure as they are the talents agency for the S production. And guess what, its the same company who has a department being separated out just so they can tell the talents that they are the talents supplier for the S production and they are called the S talents. The reason as to why they are charging the RM15 is because they are using "PROFESSIONAL CASTING PEOPLE" to cast you and take your casting pictures. How does these people define CASTING PROFESSIONALS? is there a degree or even a master for these field? have they gone through it if so happens there is these course out there.. :) and so, I thank them politely for their time and bid everyone goodbye...

as I sat at the MAMAK stall nearby, I spotted the couple of malay boys who went to the casting right after I left... when asked, they were told to pay RM1000++ -_-||| and I asked how they came to know of this company... they told me that they were being approached by a guy while walking in KL who offered them to be an actor or model... and pass them a form to fill in and asked them to come to their office.. and of course, I asked them to sit down and shared my experience and gave them advices on dealing with these ppl... sigh... well, speaking of which... I was being racial discriminated when I walked into this Malay office up till the point they want me to pay.. the white teeth started showing... and when i didn't wanna pay.. they insulted me not face front bt with sarcarsm... Please... I've never look down on any race due to the color of their skin... I only ignore and avoid ppl individually for the things they have done... Im always here to help.. if you try to exploit me or take advantage of me... "BYE" is the only word you will hear from me everytime we meet... oh.. i'll throw in "HI" as well if you would prefer.. :P and "MONEY" is definitely not the issue I'll approach you so please.. respect yourself and stop buying my friendship... its priceless... "Can you afford it?"

and since I talking bout racial issue... come on guys, whats wrong with you all... can't you all just get along well?? You want me to call for "ZOHAN" is it?? lol... this is real life experience... Went to a stall... I talk politely to one race and they were extremely rude to me when they took my order... after they were done.. another one of the customer from the same race shouted at him rudely "Oi!! come take my order!" waved furociously with lots of rude guesture... and they walk up to them and take their order patiently... "OI!! you want me to be rude is it..!! Im trying to be nice here ok!!" so....

Appreciate it or GET F***ED by your own race and swallow it down like a nice little P***Y...

Im not pinpointing at a particular race here.. it happens in all sorta restaurants, all sorta race... I love all sorta food so Im always in all sorta different type of restaurants... come on... let the lovely food be the path to our unity...

Let us live in love... as one family..
Im willing to start... who is willing to follow??