Here’s an article written for Sinema.sg awhile back:
People often ask me: “What was your budget for making Tak Giu?”
I’m not embarrassed to say: “Erm, actually I made it with no money.”
Yes, that’s true; you don’t really need money to make a short film. Many budding filmmakers often think they are faced with budget constraints, but let me share with you:
How to make your first short film without much money and show it to 100,000 people
I’ll be going live on 100.3fm, Saturday 15 Dec from 1030pm onwards. Stay tuned to DJ Ah Wei’s program for a Hosaywood talk cock session!
Sinema Old School opened with a bang yesterday night and I was happy to be there. The opening film was Eric Khoo’s 12 Storeys, and upon watching it again on the big screen, you’ll discover many new things and will agree that this is a classic.
Sinema Old School is the first and only high-definition cinema solely devoted to Singapore films. This powerful indie 130-seater space will also host local band gigs, technology workshops and master-classes, film forums and dialogue sessions.
There’s also a store selling Singaporean Dvds, CDs, soundtracks, magazines, and movie merchandise. It’s located at Mount Sophia Old School (very hip place), about 10mins walk from Dhoby Ghaut MRT (or 20 mins if you walk very slow).
Kwa Hee (Watch movie) there is only $5 and $4 for students. For more info visit Sinema Old School and Sinema.sg!
(Check out Hosaywood T-shirts on sale at the Sinema Store too! Pictures stolen from the Sinema site)
The Substation Theatre was again filled to capacity for the Best of First Take last night, marking the end of the weekend celebrations of Moving Images’ 10th Anniversary. Audiences were able to vote for their favourite film after the screening, and Fai won most votes with his film ‘Bob’.
Zo Gang and Zo Hee received good response, and we look forward to screening it again. An actor from another film said he was crying laughing while watching it.
We also got the audience to say ‘Hosay!’ for the Hosaywood ‘commercial’. Watch out for it soon!
The guys over at A Nutshell Review and Moviexclusive have great reviews/writeups of the Zo Hee screening and MI party, read them here:
A Nut Shell Review
Moviexclusive
The crowd chiong-ing for the makan after the show on 7 Dec 07
Thanks to everyone who came to the Zo Hee World Premiere at Substation Moving Images’ 10th Anniversary party.
It’s been quite a ride making Zo Hee, and I’m glad everyone enjoyed it! Many of the actors and special cameos from the film were also present, and watching a film at The Substation made in The Substation made it very special indeed.
(More pics to come)
The celebrations continue until Monday, ending with the Best of First Take on Monday night. Zo Gang is one of the films that night, and viewers get to vote for their best of the Best of First Take! And the best winner of the best of the Best of First Take wins a prize.
(New High Quality version, 2009)
Zo Gang (Go Work)
Film-maker wannabe, Ah-Tan is sick of his day job. Join Ah-Tan on his way to work one day, as he discusses and pokes fun at local film and music, while plotting his path to become Singapore’s next great director.
This comedy on the difficulties of making film and music will leave you wondering about the state of the Arts in Singapore!
(9mins/Singlish w English Subtitles)
Starring: Wesley Wong
Special appearances by: Patrick Chng (Oddfellows), Linda Ong (Lunarin)
Zo Gang has a sequel, called Zo Hee (Make Movie).
ZO GANG WORLD TOUR SCREENINGS:
January 07 – Stasis 9 at Arts House
March 07 – Official premiere at Timbre, by Sinema.sg
April 07 – First Take at Substation
May 07 – Urban Nomad Film Festival at Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
June 07 – Scope art fair in Switzerland
July 07 – Talking Sinema at Temasek Polytechnic
August 07 – Busho Filmfest Hungary. Singapore Short Cuts @ National Museum
September 07 – 3rd International Detmold Film Festival, Germany. ROJAK09 by Farm.sg
November 07 – 10 by 10 Short Film Screenings, Orchard Library. PROJECT: slingSHORT, London
December 07 – Moving Images 10th Anniversary celebrations & Best of First Take, Substation.
January 08 – Asian Hot Shots Berlin
April 08 – Toronto Singapore Film Festival
12 July 08 – 5th Singapore Short Cuts, National Museum
14 July 08 – Hwa Chong Humanities Literature Seminar
18 July 08 – nuSTUDIOS Film Camp
19 July 08 – RSC Block Party @ Sinema Old School
25 & 26 July 08 – Unconference @ Substation, Singapore Night Festival
Tell all your friends about this page if you like Zo Gang!
Hello! This site is still in construction, apologies if still looks messy. We’re in process of migrating some stuff and doing up new pages. Meanwhile, the film links (at the banner above) go to the youtube pages. Click to watch the full films! Zo Peng, Tak Giu and Silverpiece are online.
Read still-unmigrated posts from the old myspace blog here.
Zo Hee premiered at The Substation in 7 Dec 2007. Zo Hee (Make Movie), the sequel to Zo Gang, is currently screening in film festivals and events. Watch out for upcoming screenings in the news section.
Zo Hee (Make Movie) will premiere at Substation Theatre, 7 Dec 2007 at 8pm! It will be screened back-to-back with its prequel, Zo Gang.
Follow Ah-Tan as he continues his journey to make his first film. This 14min comedy also features special cameo appearances by local film personalities (surprise surprise).
The screening is part of Substation Moving Images’ 10 Anniversary celebrations, 7-10 Dec. We’ll also have a flea market stall selling Hosaywood T-shirts, so see you there.
Read more about the event here.
Ah-Tan: Filmmaking is a headache!
