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Sandcastle opens 26 Aug in Singpore

ting — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:24:56 +0000

After its success at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, SANDCASTLE will finally open in Singapore on AUG 26, exclusively at Golden Village Cinema Europa. Go catch it!

Sound of Toy Story 3

ting — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:35:21 +0000

Watched Toy Story 3 recently. It’s a really fun movie. Here’s a little video on the making of the sound.

You can also find an interesting read on how Pixar hides easter eggs – little references of other films - in their films here.

Also, updated the work page to include my latest work, Sandcastle! If you’ve yet to see it, here’s the official trailer:

Click here to view the embedded video.

You can check out more information here or these sites, Official Sandcastle website & Official Sandcastle blog. Be sure to support it when it screens near you!

Countdown begins!

ting — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:44:52 +0000

3 days to final mixing for Sandcastle in Technicolor, Bangkok;

11 days to first day in SAE;

19 days to Cannes;

And 22 days to Pink Dot! Countdown timer is on the right sidebar so you won’t forget to miss it!

And here’s a wonderful video the organisers made. You can certainly expect more beautiful videos to come!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Looking forward!

Sandcastle in Cannes!

ting — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:41:19 +0000

Just thought I should share this great piece of news before I get back to work!

The film I’ve been working on is selected for Cannes Film Festival 2010 Critics’ Week lineup

Whoop whoop!

Congratulations Junfeng and the rest of the team!

Ok, back to work.

Updates: Added photo and go to direct link here!

Things to do while your files are backing itself up

ting — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:11:23 +0000

…and you have an hour or so to spare: watch awesome videos like this!

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Foley

ting — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:46:41 +0000

Foley’s fun! Real fun! Don’t know what it is? Watch this video!

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Question: How did that guy find heels that huge?

Newton Wins Best Soundtrack

ting — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:04:28 +0000

Turns out the Singapore Short Film Awards Best Soundtrack category was meant for the overall sound – design, mix, music etc. And Newton won! Yay!

Congratulations to Ho Tzu Nyen, director, and Matthew Koh, co-sound designer, as well!

I must admit I was in complete shock when Newton was announced as winner. Really stumped. By the time I found my way to the stage, I realised for the first time that I had a problem with public speaking – I was shaking. And there were so many things I felt I should’ve mentioned in retrospect – how sound is ever so important but always neglected, that it should really be considered in pre-production and not treated as the last hope for salvation for any film, how everything sound-based is so intertwined that the location sound recordist, sound designer, sound mixer and the composer should be nominees too for the award and why everyone should hire me etc. But I didn’t. Oh well…

Dirty Bitch was the biggest winner bagging home 2 awards for Best Fiction and Best Director! Congrats Sun! And congratulations to the other winners!

Best Director Sun Koh – Dirty Bitch

Best Animation Tan Wei Keong – Hush Baby

Best Fiction Sun Koh – Dirty Bitch

Best Documentary Vicknesh Varan – Special Pass

Best Cinematography Chananun Chotrungroj – Sink

Best Editing Jack Haycox 5 Films in an Anthology of a Film a Month

Best Script Loo Zihan – Threshold

Best Art Direction Rene Pannevis – Rare Fish

Best Soundtrack Newton – Ho Tzu Nyen, Matthew Koh & Lim Ting Li

Best Performance Not Given

Honorary Award Royston Tan

SSFA Winners, Judges, Organisers, Presenters.

I’m officially an ‘award winning’ audio engineer! Woohoo!

SSFA Best Soundtrack Nominees

ting — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:06:22 +0000

I just came back from a much needed vacation in Taiwan, and look what great news I received! 3 projects I’ve worked on have been nominated for the Best Soundtrack Award in the 1st Singapore Short Film Awards. The nominees are:

*Dirty Bitch (Foley Artist)
*Threshold (Sound Mixer)
*Newton (Co-Sound Designer/Mixer)
The Karma Of The Tree Sentinel Who Awakes

This award is such a great initiative. Finally an award in Singapore that puts the spotlight on us sound guys! We’re more often than not only heard and not seen. All the other awards have a recipient’s name attached to it, except for Best Soundtrack. I’m assuming it’s awarded collectively to everyone that helped made the film sound good – composers, designers, mixers, location sound recordists etc.

In any case, I’m super thrilled! The Awards Ceremony is going to be held on 31st January 2010. For more information, please visit the Singapore Short Film Awards website here.

The Will 《一切从遗嘱开始》

ting — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:11:08 +0000

Just completed dialogue editing for Channel U’s latest telemovie ‘The Will’. It stars Taiwanese actors Ah Bu, Johnny Lu and Lin Yu Xuan. The story is about 2 brothers, each with their own money and life problems, who suddenly inherit $5 million from their deceased father. Through the lawyer, they realised they had a half sibling who was one of the inheritors and they have to find him before the inheritance can be released.

Kudos to Michelle Chong, who plays Ah Bu’s ex-wife, for a no holds barred performance that was absolutely hilarious!

The Will will be aired this Sunday, 20 December 2009, 9:30pm on Channel U. Be sure to catch it!

Updates!

ting — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:54:30 +0000

Whoa, that was a long hiatus! The good folks at Animagine have been keeping me busy for the 3rd Christmas running! Every year, they hold a student animation competition called NE Mation and it’s now in it’s 4th year! An open call is held for students to pitch ideas for a 1 minute animation clip based on the year’s theme on Total Defence. 10 teams are selected and the students are taught how to animate to realise their ideas!

I just visited the set last Friday and can’t wait to start work on the clips! The students look like they’ve been animating for years – 2D, 3D, stop motion, mixed medium etc. To top it all off, the winning team (voted by the public and some experts) gets to visit a world renowned animation studio, namely Pixar, Studio Ghibli & Dreamworks! I’m waiting for the day they bring the winning sound designer along.

Here’s last year’s winning clip done by YJC students featuring lego animation:

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For more information, visit NE Mation IV website here.

I’ve also updated the Animation section under my Works. Check it out here!