Time-lapses | 2013

Happy New Year 2014! (: 

Hope you all had a great 2013 and a greater 2014! 
Here is a short video collection of time-lapses I made throughout the year. Hope you enjoyed it! 

Time-lapse photography is basically taking photos of a subtle moving object/scene and using all of those shots to make a video. Like a stop-motion video or a slideshow (in a way)

I used my Nikon D3200 with an intervalomater (a gear attached to a camera that automatically take a certain amount of shots at a given interval through a given time-span) and mounted on a tripod.

Thank youu! (:

"AT POINT BLANK." Short Film

My friends & I finally completed our second short film entitled

 "AT POINT BLANK."

SYNOPSIS:

John & Tim are best friends, that is until Tim decided to join the mob & work for them. Things didn't work out when they failed a job tasked to them. This attracted the attention of the police. The mob bosses have plans for them too. They are now at a dead end. They are at "point blank".

Directed, Written & Edited by 

Jemsen Tan

Script Edited by 

Reagan Ng, Syafinas Ibrahim 

Starring 

Nicholas Tan, Shaun Ong, Hor Gwo Ruey

with Voices of 

Reagan Ng, Syafinas Ibrahim, Iriene Heng

Edited by 

Jemsen, Trinston Chooi, Brandon Song, Hor Gwo Ruey

Music by 

DyIansMusic

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Thanks! (: 

Review Of : Ice Age 4 : Continental Drift

Just watched the Premiere Screening of" ICE AGE 4 : CONTINENTAL DRIFT " a few days ago.

Directed By Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier

Voiced By  Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Peter Dinklage, Jennifer Lopez, Josh Gad, Queen Latifah 

Synopsis: 

Scrat's nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he's been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences - a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.

(Source: 20TH CENTURY FOX)

Surprisingly entertaining movie. 

Despite this being the fourth installment of the Ice Age movies, I was not expecting it to be really great. But turns out, it was quite good and also the directors added a little creativity in the story as in the Teaser Trailer here. (which is also a short film interdependently) 

The story of Ice Age 4 is depicted as another potential end-of-the-world for the Ice Age as the earth begins to split apart. Which is somehow because of Scrat's fault..again. Manny & his family got separated as the land breaks apart. Manny, Diego, Sid & Sid's Granny embarked on a journey to get back home as they face storms, sea monster & pirates. 

The movie actually tells a good story about friendship & father-daughter relationship.

The film contains a number of comedic moments as it did in previous Ice Age installments. 

The characters are well played & the script are written quite good as it have both funny moments & also touching moments. Despite the two new directors, the characters in Ice Age are still lovable & fun as always. 

There are also new characters in the movie antagonist as well as protagonist. Such as Captain Gutt (the main antagonist voiced by Peter Dinklage), Shira (a sabre-tooth cat voiced by J.Lo) and a few other characters especially the lovable hyraxes (hamster-chipmunk looking animal) And not-forgetting the acorn-loving creature that indirectly causes all the event in Ice Age;Scrat.

Story & Plot as I said is good. Well-written script & story.

Effects, I would recommend for you to watch the film in 3D. As there're scenes that gives a little more effect in 3D. 

Music & Score are quite good. Scores composed by John Powell. And there's one song "Chasing the Sun" performed by The Wanted. Click here to listen. 

All in all, Ice Age 4 : Continental Drift is worth a watch. Recommended in 3D.

If you love previous Ice Age movies, this fourth installment is a must watch.  

 P.S. - Do come early as there will be a short film right before the movie starring The Simpson's Maggie.  

My Rating?

Plot : 4/5

Storyline : 3.75/5

Characters*:4/5 

Effects** : 4.25/5

OVERALL : 8/10.

Trailer: 

Review Of : Brave

Just watched "BRAVE" yesterday. (: 

Directed By Mark Andrews

Starring Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters

Synopsis: 

In rugged and mythic Scotland, the impetuous, tangle-haired Merida, though a daughter of royalty, would rather make her mark as an archer. A clash of wills with her mother compels Merida to make a reckless choice, which unleashes unintended peril on her father's kingdom and her mother's life. Merida struggles with the unpredictable forces of nature, magic and a dark ancient curse.

(Source: WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES)

Overall, Brave was a good movie but it has potential to be much better. 

Disney's Pixar Brave tells the story in the rugged, mystical time in the land of Scotland. Princess Merida, the daughter of Queen Elinor & King Fergus, dreams to have her own freedom as an archer but traditions forbids her as she is strictly tutored to be a courtly lady. As she escapes from being wed to either one of the three heirs of the three lords, she journeys to an unexpected incidences that could change her & her family's fate forever.

If you ask me, I think they re-invented the concept of a female hunter from Mulan & also a certain idea (that I do not want to expose as it could be a spoiler) from Brother Bear. 

According to sources, BRAVE was made as a new direction for Pixar as a predecessor to braver, stronger female characters such as in Tangled and Princess & The Frog.  

Which, why many people was expecting more "action" in the movie as it was thought to have.

The story depicted in the movie was good but the plot could have been better written.

Although the film did not much hit the benchmark level of favorable meaningful effect pulled off by Disney movies such as  "Toy Story 3" , "Finding Nemo", "Wall-e", "Up", Brave did manage to create a nice moral at the end of the day. 

Story & Plot as stated; have potential to be brought to greater heights.

Visually, Brave is truly an eye candy from the scenic views of ancient Scotland lands & waterfalls. 

The Music & Score composed by Patrick Doyle is really good. It brought many Scottish instruments to add to the 'feel' to the film. You can listen to some of them here.  

Although many expected more from the film, Brave is worth the mention. (:

I recommend you to watch it on the big screens. I did watched it in 3D, but 3D is Not a must though. 

All in all, BRAVE is worth the watch. It tells a good story with a good moral at the end and visually & musically beautiful. (:

P.S. - Do come early to watch Disney's Short Film :"La Luna" and also there's a short  after-credit scene at the end of the movie. 

My Rating?

Plot : 3.75/5

Storyline : 4/5

Characters*:4.25/5 

Effects** : 4.5/5

OVERALL : 8/10.

Trailer: 

My 2nd Stop-Motion Short VIdeo.

Made this a long time ago. My second attempt at stop-motion animation. :P 


Although, its only 30-seconds long, but enjoy. (:










Story: A stickman who was trapped in an iPhone escapes from captivity & then pursued by it's maker. 


Total of 105 frames. 


Thanks for watching. (: Share, Like, Subsribe. 

First try at Stop-Motion Animation

So, how's your holidays? (: Hope it's good.

Well, lately, I've just discovered "stop-motion" animation and therefore I tried doing it. 

A stop-motion animation (also known as stop action) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. -Wikipedia.

Normally, stop-motion animation is done with clay/plasticine figures or Lego.

Well, in my case I did using my drawing of my stickman! :p

And the end-result is this. Do watch it. (: 

Yes, mine looks more like a photo-story or a slideshow. :/
This is because I lack smaller movement details and more shots. (if that's the right word for it :P )
This clip only consists of 58 photos altogether. 


It's actually quite simple, but a little time-consuming to do.
All you need is: 

• a camera, (preferably with a small tripod attached to it) 
• an object you want,(e.g. clay figure, Lego, stationery & etc; up to your imagination! :p)
• a brightly lit room, 
• a simple movie-making software (e.g. Windows Moviemaker will do) 
• and of course yourself.

You can search on "how to make motion-stop animation" or you could click here.


I might try to do a much better one in the future. :D 

REALIZED. -a short film.

"NOW SHOWING."

If you all have read my previous post here,

This is our group's submission for the MY Challenge. 

 It tells the story of a student named Ah Kim & how he changed to a better person. 

So, here it is, It's sort of an amateur film. Hope you enjoy it. (:

So, hows it?  Do leave a comment. :)

My First Short Film; REALIZED. [COMING SOON]

(double-click to enlarge)

Yeah, as you saw my blog title, this film; "REALIZED." is my first short film created by 

my group of  friends & myself from SMK Damansara Jaya.

It is our entry for the inter-school competition; MY Challenge presented by Star R.AGE & Musicast and organized by KDU College.

Synopsis:

This film tells the story from a student; Ah Kim's perspective about his life. He wasn't a good student in school, he had disciplinary issues, and he was a bully, that is until... he met a girl that changed his life forever. This is a story when he found love, when he discovered he could change for the better, this is when he...realized.

*NEW* THE SHORT FILM HAS BEEN POSTED UP HERE. *NEW* 

The film has been completed and will be uploaded by the end of this month. 
My film is a very amateur-ish film but hope you'll enjoy it once it has been posted up. (: 

Do stay tuned. 
Thanks! :D 

Singapore Trip June 2011.

"SINGAPORE TRIP JUNE 2011."

As you might notice, my blog was a little "dead" for the past week. This is because my family & I went to Singapore last week. 

I've made a short 8-minute video clip of the trip. 

A picture speaks a thousand words, so a video should speak fairly enough of the trip. 

Do check it out below. :) Thanks.

How's it? 

Do comment. Thanks. =)

And " THANK YOU FOR WATCHING." 

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up!

As of my post on The Review Of : Gulliver's Travels here.


There is a short film just right before the film; " Scrat's Continental Crack-Up! " 
Starring " Scrat " from the movie " Ice Age. "


Do watch it. Very funny.. ;D 





Ahahahha.. :P