Being Mr. Cupid :)

I don't know why...but I just love pairing people up, maybe sebab aku suke tengok everything cam ada happy ending kut...tah ler...just cam tu lah diri aku nih :). First couple aku cantumkan time aku form 4/form 5 sekarang dah kawin dan ada anak tiga...2nd couple aku cantumkan baru je kawin last June...those two yang paling bes ar record aku lain semua macam still dating tapi are heading down the aisle any time soon. My biggest cock up was in 2006 bila aku cuba satukan budak course aku ngan sorang minah course aku gak...things were ok at first tapi sedikit demi sedikit they grew apart. Aku boleh tolong to an extent tapi after that its all about diorang. My latest assignment...a good friend of mine and my former wardrobe girl. Oooh how I enjoyed meshing these two together hehehe...oh well fine...I'm a big fucking softy at heart so shoot me! See if i care! On my personal side, nope, I'm still looking. Maybe why I like getting people together so much is because its something I want as well...sad but true. Anyways it was a good assignment...proud of these two hope they'll be happy together...and now...I'm looking for my next client...nombor 4102 kaunter 3...hahahaha...

3.45 am

Jam menunjukkan kul 3:45 pg. Aku baru balik umah tadi kul 2pg, tutap tutap..aku akan tidur jam 4 pg. Kul 9 Pg kena ada kt office...amik barang pastu terus shoot off ke TV3...Bila la bole rasa tidor full...

A year in the industry...

Dah setahun dah oden dalam industri nih, adess...gila ar challenges dier. Mula nervous, pastu rilek pastu kelam kabut skrang blur...Aku enjoy the times I've had here, tapi kan honestly aku nyer passion for writing tetiba dah mai balik dah...recently aku ada tulis script entitled "15" yang ada feel The Bourne Series and 24...tapi entah ler...aku rasa macam kurang ooomph ar kalo bagi kat Prof tengok...senang kata aku takut aku kena reject...Pada masa yang sama aku pelik tol, kadang kadang mood kreatif aku ada tapi most of the time cam xder...aku ke yang silap...aku ke yang tak reti cari feel...aku kena hisap ganja ke tuk dapat ilham...pelik..pelik...Looking forward, aku rasa aku boleh do something about "15" by the end of the year, I have to make it stronger..somehow..and make it cater to the Malaysian audience either my producer nak amik ke tak projek ni is not my concern...let me just try to make the best movie I can. Salam.

Mencari Ilham...

Ari sabtu aku dapat request untuk buat story tentang a local band...mak aihhh...aku dah bertahun tak perah otak nih...ilham tak sampai2 lagi nih...boss mau bende esok....waaaa :(

The dream is still there...

Six months into my post production job I have to admit, my dream of making my own movie is still there. I'm learning a lot from the best in the business and I think it's time for me get back in to that directors chair. Don't get me wrong I have no intention at all to quit my current job but I still want to do one or two short films on the side. A few years back I didn't have the money to support my dream but right now I am earning enough cash to continue with my dreams, I think its time for me to return to the directors chair five years after my debut short. I repeat my statement again, I am not quitting my job, I just want to direct another short just to keep my sanity. So should I write my own script...or just direct someones script...hmmm something to ponder about...

Loneliness: My life's common theme...

Ever since I learned how to write a screenplay, I have always written lead characters who have something in common with myself, loneliness. I've been asked by numerous people about it, and the funny thing is even after I try to avoid writing those types of characters I always end up back to where I started. I think that comes down to how I have been all my life, I mean...I grew up in two different countries...I know that's not a lot but still...I spent five years of my life in Australia then I moved to Brunei then I finally came back to Malaysia in '92. As much as I know my parents love me to death (if they didn't love me I wouldn't have a roof above my head for all these years), I have always felt that its me against the world. Family aside, I have always kept a lot of stuff to myself than rather share them with my best mates, I mean its all good, I tell them what they want to know and what I want them to know and that's it. The love life is one thing too, I have never had a meaningful relationship ever so I guess why I write my characters like that is too in a way tell myself that it's going to be okay. A way for me too keep my sanity together, a way for me to believe that I will not be alone forever. :)

Nana Tanjung (The Series)...really has potential

Last monday, I had the opportunity to catch TV9's latest offering at 10pm which just happened to be Nana Tanjung (The Series) which just happens to be a continuation of the Nana Tanjung film series. I went into the show just for the sake of it, didn't want to expect too much and then get dissapointed so I made sure not to get my hopes up. And what a smart decesion that was, I found the show freakin' hilarious it's as if these characters had been acting together for years! I really think Apek is making a strong comeback with this series, his add libbed dialogue is just too random at times its shockingly funny his combination with Piee works like a charm with that
"Father/Son-in law" relationship thing going. Honestly speaking from what I've seen from the first episode, I think Apek is back to his comedic best. Basically Apek portrays Akhbar, the son in law of Nana portrayed by Piee. Akhbar is married to Nana's eldest daughter Jehan (portrayed by newcomer Alliesha Amir) and we get to see what day to day life looks life for this newly wed as he tries to adapt himself into this new family of his. Completing the cast is Sheila Mambo, Ros Ramona, Waheeda and of course the ever so awesome Fouziah Gous who to me really is the shows star. Something about her character just adds so much flavor to a scene, like in the first episode when she finds Akhbar's "golf" receipt. Honestly, I can't wait to see more of Fouziah's Dewi character in the coming episodes. This show reminds me of some American sitcoms like Dharma and Greg, Mad about you and most of all the film "Father of The Bride" starring Steve Martin. I really think I'm gonna be stuck to the TV Set next Monday at 10pm, I thin you guys should too. :) Peace.

-Wan M. Amin-

Family Entertainment...

What does one expect when they watch a family film...first thing that pops up to mind is all round fun, fun and fun. What people want in a family film is something that is easy, something light to watch while enjoying their Rm5 bucks worth of popcorn. As somebody who has been totally into movies since I was practically an infant, throughout the years I have learned that family oriented films are meant to be light and entertaining. If one goes in expecting a more mature feeling comedy, the person watching will end up being disappointed. It's easy to say some movie is brainless and has no meaning, heck I can write that now about all those horrible movies that I have seen throughout my life. These leads me to now, today, literally today...made me wonder, do we go into movies looking for a hidden meaning, scouring the movie for its finer details or do we go to the movies to be entertained. I love comedies, everything from Ace Ventura to the original Scary Movie, they were fun fun fun all round fun. But would you consider Ace Ventura and Scary Movie a family oriented film? Of course not, cause the target audience is most likely the 16 and above crowd. Now movies like, Journey to The Center of The Earth and Spy Kids usually get moderate to bad reviews because of what it is, a family movie targeted to children and to some has no value at all. I believe that sometimes people have to go into movies and just watch it to be entertained and not think about 1+2 too much, it ruins everything. Sometimes you have to go into it as the same five year old boy/girl that you once were lining up to see a Doraemon movie as silly as you think it is, in my opinion we think too much sometimes and stop ourselves from being entertained. Sometimes I think I
'm too smart to watch a certain movie cause its too dumb...now I think that sometimes I just have to go into a cinema to be entertained, enjoy the ride and swallow down that pack of coke.

- Wan M. Amin -