Documentary Flimmaking

My team (Alex, Lauren, Matthew and I) decided to work on the idea of Urban Farms possibly in relation to Self-Sufficiency particularly in  Singapore’s landscape. Most prominent would be the issue of space and other challenges as well as solutions. We might be juxtaposing this with farmers in Malaysia. Another angle that we might also be exploring is Read more →

Step by Step

I would like to make a documentary about a person I read about online while researching a running club called the Runninghour.

His name is Hock B.. Hock B. is blind. However he does not let this stop him Despite his visual disability, he leads an active life. He is a runner and a tennis player. With him as a main character, there Read more →

Idea 

A film documentation of the slowly dwindling presence of local farms in Singapore and how they are now a dying trade. Forced to move overseas or shut down operations, these farms face opposition from the government and many of them have now moved to neighbouring countries like Malaysia with much complains. A documentary of their struggles to adapt to new environments and the Read more →

MAKING OF THE MER-LEGEND?

The Street Dance Culture in Singapore. A dissection. Just a bunch of research, reflections and issues!

Street dance is the term used to describe vernacular dances in an urban context. Vernacular dances are often improvisational [ Freestyle] and social in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and other dancers. While many associate street dance culture with Read more →

As we go about our daily lives, it is easy to neglect or take for granted many people in our society. This includes the people who provides public service and makes our lives a little better – the cleaners, bus drivers and food vendors, just to name a few. This documentary focuses specifically on the cleaning staff of NTU and Read more →

A comprehensive document of Our team’s documentary Idea is in the PDF link below

PDF LINK

My fellow teammates are Lauren Teo, Clarinda Tin, Matthew Lee

The idea we have chosen is that farms are being relocated by the government and how they cope with such a move.

The idea is to tackle the serious issue yet with a fairly hopeful and light hearted Read more →

Immediately when the film started, I realised that the temperature of the film is cold and it has a very sterile quality. I felt that emotionally, the film was draining due to the dehumanizing of these promising little girls into these live stocks who have to conform to this set of standards in order to become enrolled in this Read more →

52 PROCENT

I feel like there’s a strange connection between the definition of beautiful, perfection and proportional in this film. There are difficult expressions like fear, tension, pain and extreme weariness throughout. ’52 Procent’ shows the ambitions of a young girl who aspires to be a ballerina and works hard for it because she is 0.4 less proportionate than perfection.

At the entrance exam Read more →

52% reminded me of one of those artsy films, oh wait it most certainly was.

I feel it adequately shows the how more is said when less is said. Having it’s strongest moments in silence. For example silence after the talking head interview was more impactful for me rather than her talking about the dream she had.

The sickly blue hue in Read more →

Throughout this whole documentary, there’s no dramatic emotion. Just only a panel of stern looking judges and are subjected to a rigorous medical examination. Alla’s legs are too short, she tries to meet the admission requirements with strong determinations although she’s still a child. With the help of her mother, she does painful exercises at home that will hopefully lengthen her Read more →