Script Read @ KAP

Our first script read at King Albert Park.










Big thanks to Jordan for answering the call to location scouting.

The following are pictures of those who attended. Missing from the pictures is Norainah, who took these pictures.

Top picture (L to R): Wayne, Justicia & Jordan
Bottom picture (L to R): Jordan, Lester & JD Chua

After this session, the story is clearer and everyone knows what each scene is about.

Everybody had fun, which is the most important thing.

Recruiting Help

The producers are currently seeking for:

- PRODUCTION DESIGNERS
Able to work up a design in wardrobe and working with props in association with the location.

- LOCATION SCOUTS
Looking for locations suitable for production and assist the producers to seek permission.

- CASTING DIRECTORS
Must be able to find a specific talent and manage actors on set. Unlike most productions, casting for this short feature has a special kind of challenge.

Do note that the roles above are not paid. We like The Moment to be a homage to Hong Kong crime films. Fans of Infernal Affairs or any of Johnnie To's works who can commit are most welcomed.

We aim to begin production by mid Feb 2008.

For more details, please email charles_carmen@yahoo.com with the subject heading THE MOMENT. Or drop us a line at 9858 0701.

Equipments Test Rides

The Sound Guys @ FEG speaking to Bala.

Had a field day where we traveled to CineGear and FEG to check out what their equipments can provide, test riding them a little.

Overcoming the Failures

Three attempts at a short film is too much. So some asks, why continue?

Here's what I said, "the more times I fail at this one, the more the reason I should make it happen."

First of all, it's inspired by several true events and the stories. Are. Too. Amazing.

Second, we learn from our mistakes no? I am one mistake less in making this film.

The stories sum up to The Children, a feature crime drama that I finished the screenplay a few months before 9/11.

The first attempt was back in film school. I brought up the ten minute short version of The Children up and renamed it The Moment. It was to be shot in S-VHS.

My lecturer and friends taught that it's too complicated and should attempt something simpler.

The second time was still in film school two years later. I rewrote it and brought the fifteen minute version up for my final year project. It was to be shot on 16mm film.

Here's what they said, "too violent."

The third time was when I got really frustrated. With a small budget of a thousand, I set out to shoot it.

It was to be shot on MiniDV.

It was under a very short time span: most of the crew are enlisted into National Service in two weeks time. The preproduction time was squeezed and rushed. Locations gave a lot of trouble. I didn't even have time to ask for fundings.

While shooting it, I also had a nagging feeling that the script is missing something. After three days of shoot, I pulled the plug before I do anymore damage to the budget and production.

Great.

Enlisted into National Service myself, I took two years to look into the screenplay. After breaking the scenes down and constructing back up, I finally figured it out. I have inserted more back stories and it seems more complete.

This version of The Moment is half an hour. And it's the only true version that is right.

With more time invested in it, we have been making lots of notes, references, research and preparation for this shoot. If the funding is supportive, it will be shot in HD.

Hopefully. Let's keep our fingers crossed. :)

Regards,
JD

Origins

The concept of The Moment first came about around 2001.

I went to Thailand to visit my friends and relatives. They told me about the current news about how a father got murdered in front of his children just to tell me what's the crime like there then.

I have always been interested in crime. Many have told me, if I'm ain't a film maker, I would be a cop. And if I ain't a cop, I would have been a criminal.

So that story sticked with me for ages. How can anyone kill another man in front of his children? How is he going to live with the rest of his life? What about the children? What would become of them?

What if you are one of the people at the scene? What would you do?

There is more to this story, but I regret to say that if I put it up here, there'll be nothing else to watch.

So now you know. The Moment will have, a murder.

Something to look forward to.

Regards,
JD

It Begins...

The eleventh draft is almost complete.

After four years into it, three failed attempt at this project, and two producers teaming up to tackle it, we will make The Moment happen. We are now entering the pre-production stage of this short feature.

As we go along, we will blog on our progress, our thoughts and our tears.

Our target shooting dates: Mid Feb 2008. We will need support, so please do contribute if you can! We accept almost anything, cash or kind!

Drop the Producers, the Screenwriter or the Director a mail at screenplayaction@hotmail.com


Next, we will go into the details of the screenplay's history that dates back six years ago. So come back and check us out soon.