Hiya everyone.. it's that time of the year again when all things come to an end.. and a new beginning starts. Same with this movie theme I guess. S'kali is really a movie about endings and beginnings for me. In life one chapter has to close before another opens. This is what you will get in this feature that shows the growing pains of growing up and moving on in life among five "muhibah" friends. I love the concept of this movie ever since the first time I read the script. It's fresh, it's young, it's bold and most importantly, it's real .... to a certain extent :) But in any case, those of you who are waiting eagerly to watch this movie.. be prepared to laugh, cry, feel and most important of all, learn... :) I myself have learnt countless lessons from this movie and I hope you all do too.
Man! Forgot to introduce myself. I play the character of Tzao Yang. A bubbly yet down to earth person with a lot of attitude. :) Better not reveal too much or else my director and producer will chop my head off. Not that there is not much to say.. But that there is too much to tell you .. and I won't do it here .. find out more when you watch the movie..
Before I sign off let me just share with you a lesson I learned from this movie.. Tell that someone you love them .. and do it TODAY! :)
-Dong-
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The Cast and Crew of "S'kali" would like to wish everyone a (albeit slightly belated) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. The production of our movie will resume in January 2006. Please keep an eye out for news and posts at this blog in the near future.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
intro 1
Hullo. I'm portraying the character of Sze Huey in S'kali. When I went for the auditions in 2003, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I do now of course, which is why the current thought of my involvement in the film has been getting a little incredulous.
It was intruiging to watch the script and its characters evolve with each re-working of the draft. I also don't know how Arivind managed to cast the actors so intuitively - it just 'works'! The others are immensely talented and a ball to hang out with. Some of them won't be free during the Xmas and NY break so we've been given a breather from rehearsals. I'm looking forward to one more session with Arivind and my co-star Jayaram as we have yet to properly run through one of the crucial scenes, but Jayaram is currently being hospitalised for a nasty infection. Here's hoping to his speedy recovery.
That's it for now. Take care everybody, a happy xmas and a merry new year to all.
- davina
It was intruiging to watch the script and its characters evolve with each re-working of the draft. I also don't know how Arivind managed to cast the actors so intuitively - it just 'works'! The others are immensely talented and a ball to hang out with. Some of them won't be free during the Xmas and NY break so we've been given a breather from rehearsals. I'm looking forward to one more session with Arivind and my co-star Jayaram as we have yet to properly run through one of the crucial scenes, but Jayaram is currently being hospitalised for a nasty infection. Here's hoping to his speedy recovery.
That's it for now. Take care everybody, a happy xmas and a merry new year to all.
- davina
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
21/12/2005
Man the rest of the crew really have to start bloggin on this a bit more if not the posts are going to be few and far between. If anyone tells you making a movie is simple, make sure they take that back. As my storyboard artist Kumar Andran said last night,"I used to take the piss man saying that making films was easy shit, it's harder than anything I've done!".
The past few days have been made up of late night storyboarding sessions and a succession of meetings for the marketing team. There have been conferences between KL and London as the guys at Befour Media in Bristol, UK prepare to work on the website and sort out business emails for Perantauan.
On top of that, there is of course the last few rehearsals we had which saw the cast agonizing over if or not they are going to be good enough ( they'll be fine) and of course the fact that everyone is slowly falling sick...
Better now than on the shoot as they say.
The past few days have been made up of late night storyboarding sessions and a succession of meetings for the marketing team. There have been conferences between KL and London as the guys at Befour Media in Bristol, UK prepare to work on the website and sort out business emails for Perantauan.
On top of that, there is of course the last few rehearsals we had which saw the cast agonizing over if or not they are going to be good enough ( they'll be fine) and of course the fact that everyone is slowly falling sick...
Better now than on the shoot as they say.
Friday, December 16, 2005
16/12/2005
I have decided against listing the days now as it is getting busy and I am losing track on what day it actually is since I got back. The work is coming in thick and fast now and the rehersals have been going really well.
The biggest breakthrough we have had recently is of course coming up with the title and one sheet for the movie which we are now keeping under wraps.
Of course we also just had our first comment posted on this site in relation to the simple synopsis posted on the blog. Already the comparisons to "Sepet" are being drawn and for a long time the team has been aware that this was something we were never going to be able to avoid, evenmore so when "Gubra" opens as well.
All we can say is that if you are going to watch this movie expecting another "Sepet" you are in for a big surprise.
Keep your comments coming in be they positive or negative as all feedback is welcome.
The biggest breakthrough we have had recently is of course coming up with the title and one sheet for the movie which we are now keeping under wraps.
Of course we also just had our first comment posted on this site in relation to the simple synopsis posted on the blog. Already the comparisons to "Sepet" are being drawn and for a long time the team has been aware that this was something we were never going to be able to avoid, evenmore so when "Gubra" opens as well.
All we can say is that if you are going to watch this movie expecting another "Sepet" you are in for a big surprise.
Keep your comments coming in be they positive or negative as all feedback is welcome.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
S'kali - The Movie
Running Time: 90 mins
Writer/Director: Arivind Abraham
Produced by Asa’ad Entertainment & Perantauan Pictures
5 friends find love, life & destiny under the lights of KL.
Writer/Director: Arivind Abraham
Produced by Asa’ad Entertainment & Perantauan Pictures
5 friends find love, life & destiny under the lights of KL.
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Day 3, 10/12/2005
Today has been a long day. We kicked off the morning working out an amazing kit package with Cinerent where we finally managed to secure all that we were looking for and were pleasantly surprised with the quote.
It was then to hole up in the building in which we are setting up some semblance of a production office. A schedule breakdown was in order followed by a joint meeting of all the associate producers in preparation for a series of meetings next week with our Exec Producer and Apple.
We've now also got 2 lovely ladies on board as Art Director and the Head for the marketing team. A brilliant brainstorm session was had followed by some drinks at the local mamak to chill out and relax before the next round at 8.30pm with the cast to work out detailed shoot schedules and stuff.
We do apologise for the lack of pictures today but we had someone forget a digital camera and have only just managed to get down to sorting out the Flickr account.
Till then.
It was then to hole up in the building in which we are setting up some semblance of a production office. A schedule breakdown was in order followed by a joint meeting of all the associate producers in preparation for a series of meetings next week with our Exec Producer and Apple.
We've now also got 2 lovely ladies on board as Art Director and the Head for the marketing team. A brilliant brainstorm session was had followed by some drinks at the local mamak to chill out and relax before the next round at 8.30pm with the cast to work out detailed shoot schedules and stuff.
We do apologise for the lack of pictures today but we had someone forget a digital camera and have only just managed to get down to sorting out the Flickr account.
Till then.
Day 1
Landed in Malaysia to the news that my house had been broken into. Very first time it has happened but hell of a way to kick off a return to home I guess.After a much needed dose of good Malaysian mamak food, the crew and company partners gathered at my house for some late night planning and discussion.The rest of the week was plotted out and we have already found that December is full up.Everyone is geared up now and the adrenaline is kicking in as it comes to the fore as to how much we have to get done.Over the coming few weeks you will be able to keep track of the production process via this production blog. We will be posting picutres and maybe even some short vid clips if possible. We might also try and offer some podcast downloads.Till the next update.
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