More space in the office come September! We reeeaaaaaaaalllly need the space. Right now, you can’t get to the workstation without tripping over wires, equipment and the occasional thrash bag.

P.S. Look at Yan Zhao surveying the workmanship from behind the iMac. No prize for guessing who is taking a break from his usual marketing role to try out editing.

P.P.S Check out the make-shift curtain too! Black cloth and gaffer tape solve everything.

What do you do when you see construction workers hanging out (literally) outside your window?

GIVE ‘EM SOME ICE COLD WATER!

These gentlemen have been tasked with constructing the neighbouring wing of our shophouse studio, working in sweltering heat/thunderstorms (Singapore’s weather these days are extreme) while listening to old Mandarin songs blasted so loud it proliferates through our walls. Hopefully, they will be done soon because the drilling has been affecting our sanity and sometimes work (editing editing and more editing). More importantly,  the additional space after the construction is completed will be much appreciated in this war zone of an equipment-infested studio! We really need another big table in the house.

Song: “Eyes” by Rogue Wave

A screen grab from our edit. Jodi is a most amazing actress.

We have finally come down to a final draft of the short film that we have worked on for the past few weeks. Initially conceptualized for the Nikon Film Festival, the film wasn’t submitted in the end because the competition only allowed U.S. citizens. But we thought it was too good an idea to go to waste. (Plus, all the hours thinking up the script would go to waste!) So we decided to go ahead with the production anyway. 

Production turned out to be very guerilla-like. The decision to film on a chosen date was made only the previous day. That evening, we glanced through the script again to refresh ourselves (we went through so many versions that we couldn’t really remember which was the one we settled for), put together a production schedule which involves travelling from the east to the west and to the east again, and scrambled to find suitable locations for two scenes. We ended the day by trying to fit the equipment into our vehicles. In all this haste, we were a little afraid that we might miss small but important details.

But production went really smoothly, except for an unexpected afternoon downpour which almost short-circuited some of our stuff. A major reason for the smooth production is definitely Jodi, our one-take wonder woman..!

A new short film coming soon!

The event: Singapore 2010 YOG Friendship Camp closing ceremony

The venue: Singapore Sports School auditorium

The VIPs: Executive Board of SYOGOG and MOE

The prop: Kessler crane (with 7 bottles of 600ml “Ice Mountain” drinking water in a red plastic bag)

The star: Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L USM lens

The supporting cast: Darren Tan and Alex Teh

In action

We shoot outdoors

Some superstars come by

Setting up to shoot the final scene of our video.

Gathering and making over 400 super energetic athletes proved to be an extremely challenging task.

Nice! ass..

Stuff that the athletes make for each other

Someone stole our slogan… NIIICE!

This week, we will be filming the Friendship Camp, a 5-day exchange programme between international sports students at the Singapore Sports School. Filming starts at 8am everyday and ends only after 10pm. The first thing we did was to uproot all our stuff in the office and shifted them into a classroom here. After that, running around shooting footage of gorgeous sportsmen and sportswomen prove less arduous than managing the logistics.

New short film coming up! Stay tuned.

Set it up

Test the light

Adjust the clothes

Show who’s boss

Make them pose

Everyone’s happy