Prestige

I watched Prestige yesterday. Scarlett is pretty. She is more than being sweet in the Lost in Translation....

I like the story very much, the script especially. The plot was executed at the right tune, even it was non-linear. Christopher Nolan is brilliant I have to say. Damn, he did the screenplay script too, no wonder. Christopher and his brother Jonathan (?) and the script deserve the biggest credit, very innovative, perhaps a pioneer. The way he got out of the box, then created a great solution, then brought out another brilliant twist... are just phenomenon. The most important thing is the audience are still in his pace. No one is off course I suppose. If you think you are a great predictor, I bet you’ll love the ending.

Hugh Jackson, too bossy and I don’t think like that. I would prefer him to stay obedient all the way for a greater “silent” payoff. Christian Bale is great. His wife in the movie, Sarah did a good job too. David Bowie is a surprise.

O... music!!! Sorry, I don’t like it. Especially the big twist near the ending... Can you David Julyan please write as what the audience see? The music plays the inner heart and cushion too much under the dialogue... it’s just annoying. Maybe you scored well in other part and I believe you did, but your sound in the ending cue is still haunting me.

... It should get really hot in Oscar. No doubt for screenplay and maybe some luck in best directing.

Check out Okkyung’s Blah Blah Blah and her view - http://okkyung.blogspot.com/2006/10/prestige.html#links

Hey check out the picture in this posting, she got a pimple on her cheek.
YEAH!!! The Scarlett in the short I’m going to score is really hot too.!!! Yeah baby.

Magic Mountain

Check it out at my New blog - 
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I'm done with Zombie!!! errr... no?

The director, surprisingly, got some budget to bring the short to a studio. I will get at least a flute, and some brass, hopefully a sax. So, more work to do? Give me a few more bucks...

Check out the audio, My Hubby is a Zombie @ Kenhor.com

Pretty interesting story, a new short film about zombie. I'm just doing an additional music, and not the main composer.
A guy was dead in a car accident, came back home because he loves his girl friend too much. But he could only say I love you.
He wasn't doing good. Vacuuming the garden, gas blower in the living room, use dishwasher as clothes dryer... he messed up the breakfast he prepared for girl friend. He was fuck-up.
And worst thing was he always broke his own organ... hands, legs and even head always got chopped up.

He started eating human for healthy organs - legs hands, and even penis, and last a brain so that he could have sex with her.
He wanted to think and do more than I love you....

No more story, can't tell everything...

Another Short - Ready to go anytime

I think this is fastest gig I’ve ever got.
The director called this morning. Then I brought along my roommate’s laptop to meet him an hour later at the Coffee Bean on Westwood Blvd.

I didn’t noticed the laptop wasn’t charged and the battery died away before the film ended. We then went to my apartment. Finished watching the film, gave him my opnion, especially for the last scene... How I would build up the music from a simple repetition, adding up elements, creating a small payoff (when the girl closes the door a.k.a. rejects the guy and being not tolerant) with the same repetitive stuff underneath softly and morphed after the door is completely closed. The repetition comes back but subtle at one cut, then lead to the end credit. Subsequently I showed him some similar scenes I did before in past, and also how I handled sequence scenes... He loves it and I got the gig. Pretty quick huh?

Basically, it is about 2 couples, in a bathroom, a love story. The story is decent. Something which is cool about the scenario is the whole film was shot in the bathroom, some wide cuts from the bathroom or to the bathroom.

The production quality is surprisingly excellent I have to say. Cinematography is good. Production sound is clear. Actress is... OMG damn pretty!!! Imagine, a slimmer Scarlett Johansson. My perfect angel, hell, even pretty than the real Scaelett!
Shitya! Chern Hwei.

O... I just watched Prestige yesterday. Scarlett is pretty. Not just sweet like she was in the Lost in Translation.... I should talk about it in a new post.

New Short Film

Some rough draft...
Copy and paste.

- Story about a husband, a medical report, his wife, and a prostitute.
- Pre-production stage.
- Directed by Giovanni Chen, a Malaysian director who studied film at Buffalo U. He is currently living in Los Angeles.
- Amazing script, not surprising if this film win in any film festival. He is brilliant!
- Will only start scoring in February when I get back to KL

Mom I miss you!