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倒数

2009-04-10T01:15:00.007+08:00

最后一支针也打了！
今天，930am，飞往火星！
爸妈，我爱你们！

为我加油吧！
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飞往火星追踪乃是这里。每星期都更换。
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If you cannot do great things, you can do small things in GREAT WAY

是时候了

2009-04-04T10:36:00.006+08:00

外面天色好黄好黄。。。好久没看过这样艳丽的黄色情绪代表作！
陈旧的颜色。。。真令人有想偷懒的感觉。。。

看着你们停歇，看着你们谈情，看着你们飞翔。。。
令人羡慕。。。

看着看着。。。累了！真的是累了。。。
要再出发咯！
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这次工作旅程是为了慈善而做。旅程将从中国昆明开始，骑踏脚车经过廖国、泰国再回到大马。在昆明会带普洱茶回来义卖，将筹款100%捐至PPKKCTM。看了也心疼。。。

60天，3000公里，毅力难度，再次浮现脑海。
远比拍电影更辛苦，更须毅力及体能的消耗。
什么都能输。。。就是不能输毅力！加油：）
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记得和一位脚车师傅的谈话

师傅：“你们回来后第一样事情是做什么？”
马：“吃Mc Donald”
师傅：“ -.-" ”
马：“哈哈！”

师傅认真了。。。

师傅：“你们回来后第一样事情，一定是把脚车扔掉！”
马：“要麽？”
师傅：“真的。。。你会体会到什么叫“恨！”。。。年轻人，好好体会吧！”

其实。。。在去年起北马行时，已有“恨脚车”这想法了，但只是一个后遗症，小孩子发完脾气就没事了 :) 。。。但师傅的表情看起来，似乎将有超出我想象的后遗症等待来临呢。
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马屁股。。。这两个月辛苦你啦！：）

"For her, we live!" Viva la Vida

2009-03-02T16:06:00.008+08:00

《出位》现在忙着的音乐录影带。加油！

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New Song Release
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生日的惊喜“礼物“

2009-02-16T23:31:00.005+08:00

再怎么累、怎么忙也得把这东西在今天分享给大家！

下午三点左右，接到古意斋老板伍书龙短讯：“今天星洲有我们的报道。。。” 当时还在忙着，不能翻看报章寻找我们的新闻，至到晚上回家吃晚饭时才找到此新闻。

新闻是我爸发现的，他的第一个反应就是大大声叫我名字。下一个反应是，：“都没有你照片的？！”我问他：“有提到我名字吗？” 他摇头。。。笑了。
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余人生新闻里头有提到有4人骑脚车从中国到大马。我是其中一位疯人啦！：）此行命名为茶马古道下南洋之铁马茶源，是为了慈善而做的。我负责把整个过程拍下制作成纪录片。

希望可在此行筹到越多钱越好。受惠单位是Pusat Penjagaan Kanak-kanak Cacat Taman Megah。这中心有139位需要帮助的人，每个月的费用为RM60,000。通过他们的网站可了解更多！

希望大家多多行善！有兴趣行善者可联络我chiauran@yahoo.com

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看着看着，看到很收悉的字眼-SAYANG。

没想到在余人生新闻下面是我的上一部戏《Sayang You Can Dance》的首映礼新闻。我的第一部有份参与的长片将会在3月12号全马上映！多多支持啦！嘻！！！

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这一页，第16页。。。星洲大版的2月16号，。，同时出现两个有关我的新闻（虽没有我的大名），我还是深感惊喜。

好惊喜的生日礼物啊！

阿马，生蛋快乐！

单车闯北大关后遗症 | 烧友纪录篇

2008-10-12T14:43:00.008+08:00

junice篇 | 不一般的女孩，不一般的毅力
坏人老板篇 | 又是老板，又是坏人。好时请客，坏时毁客
kanyong篇 | 口水凌厉，当地导游。此人坐包最舒服！

单车闯北大关后遗症 | 喜爱篇

2008-10-06T00:08:00.011+08:00

首先，先分享一些我喜欢的照片。。。待续。。。

重出江湖 | 单车闯北大关 | oct . 08

2008-09-05T02:26:00.008+08:00

'picture taken from internet'

连续忙了几个月
曾在意的一切
已从主角便配角

记得二月某一夜
确定不是情人节
‘想象兄’遇上‘瓶颈姐’
从此相爱几个月
搞得马哥投诉一大叠
幸好‘创意哥’不解约

放下书上每一页
橱里书本不再叠
原谅我的不贴切

骑在街上某一街
听见有人在唱K
有你陪我齐发泄
还是单车最了解

歇一歇。。。
阿马创作好烂耶！

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“单车旅行疯”俱乐部邀约通知

北马脚车自由行
主办： Winderman
路线：Sungai Petani-- Alor Setar--Kangar--Padang Besar--Bukit Kayu Hitam --Alor Setar--Sungai Petani
日期： 29/9/2008-- 3/10/2008
队员：Winderman, Alice, Junice, Bincent, 梦无痕......和“ 阿马！” 开放报名中

请浏览这个楼以报名和讨论。
http://cforum1.cari.com.my/viewthread.php?tid=1299786&extra=page%3D1&page=1

大马眼 = 大马人眼

2008-07-13T11:12:00.024+08:00

久违了，大马眼。。。闻悉你的大名很久了，只是没真正去了解你和为你拍张好照片。

大马印度同胞大马马来同胞大马华人同胞
(不好意思，素质有点差。。。毕竟手机相机功能还是有限!在意内容就好啦！)

奇怪的是，为什么叫大马眼？是想和伦敦眼看齐吗？

想着想着，走着走着，试图找个好角度。。。走到相当远了，距离入口处该有200米远吧。蹲在湖边，拿起手机，看着你，想着。。。哇。。。哇。。。哇！突然间，脑里有个想法，不得不敬佩大马眼背后的概念创作人与景观美化设计师。。。大马眼的确有它特别之处。。。最起码这概念不比伦敦眼逊色！我会为这而感到骄傲！

眼的推断
在湖边思考时, 一直把'大马眼'(这字眼)和'眼睛'凑在一起。为什么叫大马眼? 眼睛本来就应该一对, 那另一只眼睛呢? (该不会是马六甲眼吧?! 哈!) 湖水被列入设计元素之一, 不但只是供给湖水镭射表演, 还起了担任复制眼的作用, 把另一支眼反印出来了。原来大马眼也有它完美之处，只是需换个角度去了解它。嗯... 的确漂亮多了!

大马的推断
再想，如果再把'大马'和'眼'这字眼分开。。。怎样才能把大马眼带出大马的文化象征呢？单纯的想，当初以为背景有双峰塔便是象征大马了。仔细观察，大马眼眶里的颜色不仅是装饰而已，它所带出的颜色，正是大马种族的颜色！三种主要种族的颜色再加上其他的颜色，犹如大马是个多元种族多姿多彩的文化国！不仅是这样，摩天轮停歇着的颜色正是 - Ladies & Gentlement!!! 锵锵锵锵！ - 白色。白色是色彩学里的中心点，也是物理学上所有颜色综合起来的和成色，象征着人民团结与和平！

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回家。。。会不会是我想太多了？

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上网看了一些其他国家的摩天轮，研究它们的设计（伦敦，新加坡，东京，巴黎，中国（世界最大的摩天轮，2009年正式启动)），当中最为傲人的是伦敦眼。看了很多伦敦眼和其他摩天轮的照片，却找不到一张轮眶里是有颜色的。大马眼的眶里色彩概念仍是大马眼的最大特色！

Small but Mighty！起码你是个有概念的设计！而且是象征式的！大马眼幕后制作大臣！好！

400吨，还好啦！
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未到大马眼前，去观赏了手击团的表演，他们是一股未来大马不可忽视的艺术团体！手击一团和二团，我会来捧场的！加油哦！

姨妈来访后遗症

2008-07-10T14:07:00.010+08:00

马：她又发脾气了，姨妈来访吧。。。

开心女孩（V）：哈哈！不是每个女孩都这样啦！姨妈来时，我可以很开心过日子呢！呵呵！

马：那你姨妈是每天都拜访你吗？！

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在网上搜寻创作灵感时，看了这广告，突发联想不久前跟朋友间的话题。

Ooi!!! = Out of idea!!!

2008-07-08T23:33:00.016+08:00

picture taken from internet

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Ma: Er... May I speak to Mr. or Ms. Idea please?

Operator: They are meeting with Mr. & Ms. Lazy

Ma: Oh Shit... -_-

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"Why not you guys share to me... How do yous get idea and inspiration?"
Minum Teh Tarik?

生日祝福 | Bagan Lalang, Sepang 2004

2008-07-06T13:07:00.005+08:00

马：万峰，你的名字有什么特别意思？
（R小姐在旁插嘴）
R: ‘万’事俱备，只欠东‘峰’！
马：哦！
峰：-_-|||
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马：生日快乐！

人生如一场赛事 | M'sia Open 08

2008-04-26T11:01:00.002+08:00

曾几何时，我们为了自己的理想，从一个星期工作五天，

至盲目地一星期工作七天。
不定时的工作时间甚至去到一天二十一小时。。。
都是为了 - 理想。

职场上，大家都为了它而奋斗。

激烈的竞争下，难免花招百出，

甚至有些花招还蛮有趣的！

经过一段时候了，我们必须换个角度去看，

反思。。。
当下现在的理想是否还属于当初一年前/五年前的理想吗？
你对它还是如此执著吗？

也许。。。该退一步，看看四周。。。

发现注意你的人还不少。。。

可是真正看见你的“存在”，看见你的热诚的人，有多少位？

总是会有的。。。
遇到后，除了珍惜，还要沟通再沟通。。。
因为。。。

无论你顺利，

失败，

沮丧被责怪，

或是饱受极大的压力时，

他/她总是在你背后支持你。

别忘了，你还是有其他支持者。最佳的支持者往往是你的拍挡。也许你不知道，他/她时常都在帮你，注意你。。。

甚至弥补你的失误。有福同享，有难同当。
成功时，一个简单的鼓励手势，或是一个深情的拥抱，
足以让这拍挡了解他/她在你心目中无可取代的地位。

切记，在这大圈子里，不只是有你们的存在，

懂得尊重他人还挺重要的。
最起码，懂得分享与感恩是不可或缺的。

如此。。。机会就会出现。
也许它就躲在角落边，只需多加一点的努力与奋斗。。。就行了！
机会是给有准备的人的！

成功后。。。

别忘了一路以来，在背后一直支持你的另一。。。

糟糕！被发现在偷懒了！还是回去工作吧。。。
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单纯地说。。。

经过岁月的风霜，
五年前，我要拍戏。。。
五年后，我要和朋友一起拍戏。。。

分别不大，就只有那五个字，
某程度上，他们是工作伙伴，
某程度上，他们是朋友，
就在于怎么去看待与珍惜。
内在的意义，难以言喻。

指日可待！

意外收获

2008-04-24T23:47:00.006+08:00

看见我的照片出现在朋友的部落格里，心里涌出万分的喜悦！立壮，谢咯！

文字与影相的创作得到共鸣，时常成为我热爱摄影的原因之一。简单的几张照片，就能让人有如此大的遐想空间。。。我还蛮享受这空间所带来的满足感！

部落中提到的是“童憬”与“和影子谈恋爱”。我觉得间中存有一个岁月的对比。经历过常忧压抑的生活，才懂得童年无忧自在的珍贵！

再次提醒自己。。。珍惜（不然也许会太迟！）！

航海后遗症 | Port Dickson

2008-04-21T16:48:00.010+08:00

看见“她”时，的确十分兴奋。。。真想立刻跳上去，航行出海。

但是基本功还是不能少，毕竟还是个团体活动。
学了几招后，就把第一次给了“她”！

每一个人都有责任在身。帆布也真是太重了，必须出动全体人员才抬得起它！
她是天文学家。平时看惯星星，难免对海有不同的感触。
我的任务是把航海过程拍下。拍着拍着，我开始领悟到平衡能力对摄影师的重要性！也开始领悟到，什么是地上一条龙，海上一条虫！
我昏船了！
唯有坐下躺着围栏，闭上眼睛休息。
我还是第一次坐在“头等仓”呢！
约六点半，航行了五个小时多。
虫终于可变回龙了！
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船上，前辈们的经历值得我敬佩！当中有三位是已退役的马来西亚陆军上校。分别曾在英国，澳洲及美国受训过。听他们分享领军及当兵的经验，真是令我“大开耳界”！

我是队中最年轻，航海经验也是最浅的。。。本以为可以在船上亲手去接触所有技术上的仪器，可是因昏船的关系，不能完全掌握一切，只能坐着听，坐着看别人做。。。

也开始想起张惠美的一首歌，“听。。。海哭的声音。。。”

吉旦岛后遗症

2008-04-12T15:06:00.005+08:00

刚踏进这老地方时，
感觉这里的天气与景色还不错，
得亲近地感受当地的生活文化与味道。
我曾像他们一样，玩火是童年的玩意儿。
也许脸上的笑容，就是彼此现在最大的差别吧。。。
无聊时，还会找影子谈恋爱。脚车的数量也许相等于当地人口的数量。
夜间生活还是离不开脚车爱人，包括谈着恋爱的情侣们。
走着走着，人影明显少了。
另一条小巷也一样，每人影，没脚车。
找了一会儿，脚车竟躲在篮球场上，也看见前方有人潮。
噢，当天有个典庆！台上有歌唱舞蹈表演。
我在想，你所呈现的艺术，台下懂得欣赏你的人有多少？但我只懂，台下的人蛮欣赏后巷烧鸡翼的老板。
临走前，大合照，免不了。
却意想不到，有四个小瓜，因我为他们拍照，而和我接下了奇妙的缘分。。。他们跑步的速度还蛮快！想甩掉他们还真难！哈！唯有在码头说拜拜！

越州脚车记 | 人 . 事 . 情 - White Water Rafting

2008-01-17T17:39:00.000+08:00

妈妈：儿啊。。。不好玩危险的东西啊！（警告的语气）

马：噢！

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White Water Rafting （WWR)，想尝试很久了。。。计划期时，在网上找了几个地方提供WWR。。。只有霹雳州金宝河(Sg. Kampar)最适合[价钱与人数因素]。挑战指数高达四级[还不错]，河流拥有中等急流[急不死人]，石头，会翻船[会翻船，都是船长搞出来的]。（WWR挑战指数最高是八级。五级以上，参与者必须会人工呼吸。）

这趟，我们有幸与一位消防叔叔一起展开船程，趁机向他请教许多东西。船长和摄影师是沙捞越土族，也是两位猛汉！

小学华语老师：你们可以用一些成语来形容当时的心情与情况。比如说。。。在一个风和日丽的早上，我与朋友兴高采烈地骑脚车去揶壳洞集合，会见司机先生准备划船运动。司机先生用载着我们经过一个鸟语花香的乡村，到处可见到花草树木。我们一路上有说有笑。不知不觉，我们到达了目的地。。。

终于与生死合约见面。。。爸妈，你们最可爱！

女生，还是把这工作交给男生。

我们一河上无说无笑

翻船前一幕。愧船长把船翻下，学会了怎样从河中爬上船的技巧。翻船那一刻，的确有点慌，还好船长提早给了指点，危险不大，毕竟马还是陆地动物！

休息时，消防叔叔叫我尝试游过去对岸。眼看前方就是急流，当初还是不敢尝试，直到他说如果我游不回来的话，他会救我。这一幕是我已成功游过对岸，准备跳河游回来。

爸妈，你们还是最可爱！

消防叔叔掉下河，船长在船尾控制船流向，我与SAM合力救叔叔上船。

ARAGON: FOR FRODO!

划船国际GIVE ME 5庆祝方式

太小看WWR了，双手的确很累。除了划船，用手力控制船流向，救人，翻船后还要从河里爬上船，还要摆手势拍照！

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佩服船长，一个人却能控制船的流向。船上还坐着三个人！重!

经验值提升了！爽的指数也提升了！

要干的事 - WHITE WATER RAFTING (DONE!)

完美 | 吉打

2008-01-14T22:23:00.000+08:00

OK，漂亮。。。不能再好了！这是我在拍戏创作时，最想说的一句话，也是工作人员最想听的一句话。如果在每天太阳升起的那一刻开始，所有事都能完美地呈现，简直就是人生一大乐趣！OK，又是漂亮的一天！

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原本只想单纯的背着太阳拍张OK手势，突然杀出个程咬金（苍蝇）。。。不理，咔。。。拍了。。。和想象中的画面。。。留有遗憾。。。

当时我也拍了一张是没有程先生的存在，那的确是我想象中所要的。但最后还是选这张。。。只因它的不完美而完美！

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有时，所有事情不能完美地呈现，当中留了点遗憾，反而更好。遗憾时常成了脑里习惯性的提醒与反思，更重要的是要懂得成长。

所以，我还是觉得这张照片更完美。嗯！

Pride of Kajang | 2008

2008-01-04T20:28:00.000+08:00

小而伟大
加影第一次举办新年前夕倒数活动。它没有其他著名广场的隆重烟花秀表演，比起它们，这只是个婴儿般的小戏儿。

Metro Point。。。你们选着没有隆重的烟花秀，更没有卡士强大的表演嘉宾,唯有幽默的司仪。你的用意。。。我赞成，也希望你们是对的！你们的脚踏实地，我敬佩！加影区上流社会开始在加影消费。。。我看见的是无限创作的空间，生意的谈判，形象地塑造，文化的变动。。。太有意思了！

人类的内涵在于个人成长与生活环境文化的变动。加影不该只是如此，期待更多的惊喜！

小而伟大。。。我喜欢！

越州脚车记 | 风 . 影 . 色

2007-12-22T19:01:00.000+08:00

雨后

妈：雨后，路滑。。。请小心骑车。

夕阳
陈奕迅：夕阳无限好！

为了拍你，其他角色也失去了应有的本色。你是自私还是伟大？
WEIRD SIGNAL
等待Sam追赶上来的当儿，眼前的红与蓝特别显眼。。。

咔！车尾灯，等你好久了！Signal朝向左，车转向右。奇怪！
揶壳洞
要找个椰子真的好难！
惜福
能在一起就珍惜吧！别扁嘴啦！你们还要一起飞得更高更远。。。

珍珠的后遗症

2007-12-11T19:54:00.002+08:00

来势汹汹，我越来越喜欢追求那摸不透的感觉。分分离离，只能感谢你们让我再次感觉到来自不同背景的活跃瓜子们。

工作了近一个月，怀念是今天的代号，也是明天的勇气。你们的声音，你们的画面真的让我想继续把责任延续。。。我看见的不是简单，而是友情之间复杂的迁离，思绪与执著。表面上的简单是他们以后永远的回忆。挥手道别是流泪的预兆。至少我觉得是这样！

特工队之间追求的已不再是任务或责任了。。。反而是比彼此间的信任更抽象的默契。只期待在每一团合作时，能在默契上引发巨大的爆发力及无限的创作想象空间。

在没有压力里的情况下，创作空间的确很大。民杰，谢谢你！每次出团时，都会向民杰说期待我们的奇迹吧！无形中变成我创作的推动力。从公司打听民杰饱受压力的情况，我也觉得他很辛苦，我为有尽我所能让民杰觉得我们的创作与努力可让他得到更大的满足感。也希望每次的创作可,令他又惊喜！

越州脚车记 | Rawang - Ipoh

2007-11-15T04:55:00.000+08:00

漂亮的255公里！五天踩程(221007 - 261007), 屁股代价最大！此趟踩程的战友为昔日爬山友-邱胜顺(Sam)。他没什么厉害，只是屁股肉较多，不太痛！佩服！

. Rawang - Slim River (70km)
: Slim River - Mambang Di Awan (65km)
:. Mambang Di Awan - Ipoh (40km)
:: Ipoh - Mambang Di Awan (40km)
::. Mambang Di Awan - Tanjung Tualang - Mambang Di Awan (40km)

续。。。

毕业财产

2007-11-09T19:40:00.000+08:00

抛开对大学的成熟，迎接对社会的无知。毕业后，只留下两个财产, 证书及录影机。摸了摄影四年，才真正开始了解这门学问。

一个小框框里，能让人有如此大的想象空间! 太有意思了！

停电的后遗症

2007-11-06T01:01:00.000+08:00

呼。。。处理器连再见也不说，很没义气。停电了，朋友的婚宴照片录也无法继续赶了。望着时钟，哇，是拍照的黄金时挡。题了相机到了露台，再次期待奇迹。

终于可认真地欣赏你没依照规律的生活。七点钟，不平凡的你，不再光芒，仍然可在日落中耀眼！
奇迹出现了！完全出乎意料。放烟花原来是你们（邻居）在停电时会干的事！也许接近屠妖节吧！

停电的后遗症。。。美！

七

2007-11-04T23:45:00.000+08:00

晚上空气粒子活动量不大，音波无法传得像日间般快，周遭的声音听得特别清楚。引擎的扭力，电台的音波时有时无, 仿佛只有鼓声，车里可听见的音量加起来也只不过像只蚊子在耳边飞过。七小时前，这条大路还堵满车辆, 烦与吵为最佳形容词！每次踢完球回家时都会保持时速七十公里慢慢聆听空气中的粒子在夜间所发出的失眠后遗症。勾起了在纽西兰与伦敦晚上驾车的回忆。我喜欢这种感觉！七小时的变化可真大！他们七年了！童军朋友中有喜事了！刚刚回想起踢球前，朋友说应怎样应付新娘姐妹们的招数。统统妙招都由新郎给想好了。无需惊动姐妹们伤脑筋，只需提着免费票在楼梯口观看，看完后开门放新娘。兄弟们担保好戏连场，其中包括蓝同志以精装铁蓝头碎西瓜，保证红运当头！妙招！

踢球时常常缺少人数。是你们俩为我们增加人数的时候了！早生贵子！新婚快乐！

17.10 - 20.10 | Summerset Resort, Pahang

2007-10-28T23:43:00.000+08:00

181007 失眠的后遗症

因当晚那“上不了山的货车”，我失眠了。早上五时四十五分，手指开始痒了。取了相机，出门时还听见隔壁房的风扇旋转声，咯啰。。。咯啰。。。咯啰。。。奇怪的是，那班女生还可在风扇的吵杂声下熟睡。

相机的镜片还蒙着一片雾水，它在半睡半醒的状态下陪着我欣赏云冰（ROMPIN,PAHANG)的日出。路上得靠手机的光线才可从草丛中穿越出来到海边。时间尚早，得干些事才行。

六时四十二分，身上千千万万颗沙粒陪我一起跳出希望！

我太喜欢这张照片了！

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181007 日出

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191007 沙滩营火会

舞台设计

营火会特工队及导游

要干的事多得很。期待下次合作！加油！

Miss G:" How does it works?"

2007-09-09T15:32:00.000+08:00

Dear Miss G, all these are done by a compositing software, Adobe After Effects. This process is one of the most tedious and complicated process while completing TRAP. Video footages, pictures and 3D files have to be combined (composite) using this software. Some of the scenes are dealing with many files and effects, so it needs time to process (render) to become the final image as shown below.

Final Image 01

While shooting for Final Image 01

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Final Image 02

While shooting for Final Image 02

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Final Image 03

While shooting for Final Image 03

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Final Image 04

While shooting for Final Image 04

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Final Image 05

While shooting for Final Image 05

Ending

2007-08-16T23:56:00.000+08:00

The ending part was actually plan to shoot after Chinese New Year. Due to this part is not in a rush, I decided to shoot it when TRAP is almost finish.

At first, I had a dialogue for Jason but the result is just not there. I had decided to make TRAP as a no dialogue master piece but still remaining the maximum impact to deliver to audience.

One of my most respectful secondary school teacher - Madam Chan Siew Lei. She is actually one of my mentor when I was in Form 6. My thinking style started to go crazy when she decided to organized a English Drama Competition among Form 6 classes. I totally put all of my effort to make the drama become a special one.

I purposely request her to act as the mom character, hopefully she can have a special experience when she is contributing for her ex-student and giving her first time in acting for student work. Perhaps, letting someone to have good experience is also a form of appreciation. Thank you!

"Finally I have watched your work. I was surprised for the beginning part. It is very suspense. Thanks for your DVD, it will be a good commercial break for my relatives during Chinese New Year" She answered me with a nice smile :)

Another "TRAP"

2007-08-16T23:23:00.000+08:00

Although this "Jungle" is free admission for everyone to visit, but certain species of creature take "advantage" to intrude and destroy the green. I have witnessed the cycle of nature with this "Jungle". I have seen how a species been taken over from another species. I started to appreciate the art of ecosystem.Mold (white color subject) caused from moisture in the "Jungle".

Disaster from the damping. The base couldn't support the weight after flowering the greens.
Disaster of the unpredictable whether. Hardly can do anything.

Facts

2007-08-16T19:09:00.000+08:00

At first, Alex was planning to forge a sword for me. He has been forging few swords since he had agreed to help me. Bad things always come first. All the swords had the same faith. Seems like they were cursed by the blue spirit and not be able to serve for their master.

He was so patient on forging the third sword for me in The Expensive Day. "Wah, how come you know how to forge a sword?" Most of the crew asking the same question. I get bored. But he is not! I think that's the advandtage of an Anime lover should have.
Finally, I'm not be able to conquer the blue spirit. I have to spend money to deactivate the curse. I got this sword after searching around in few shopping complex. Mid Valley was the final destination of the curse.

It was strange when I met this sword. At first, I had chosen another model (not so nice) in the display corner, but the shop worker accidently taken the wrong sword to me. I was amazed by it sparks, reflectivity and design. It sparks at me as loving to serve me for TRAP. It becomes alive!

"This is it man! Thanks for taking the wrong sword to me!"

There are few dramatic camera moving shots that only can be done with the help of Thomas Na (Owner of Chuan Hong Hardware). At first I had made some surveys on how to make a DIY camera track which need to spend more than RM100. After explaining my intention to Thomas, he had suggested me on this camera track using PVC Pipe which cost around RM20! TWENTY Ringgit! Perhaps he might be one of the top student in my faculty! Thanks Thomas! "Are you sure you are still under budget? If not I still can reduce some of the hardware price for you!" Thomas has been helping me a lot for all the hardware and discount! You will get busy in my next project. Thanks my friend!

The 99 Nightmare

2007-08-16T18:51:00.000+08:00

After the editing and music are done, the nightmare starts. The visual effects and the compositing stage begins. These 99 shots are the 2nd phase of the storyboard, which will lead me to shoot the "jungle" part and composite them to the background of the hero. All the "jungle" footages will be replacing the blue screen behind the hero.

Where is the "Jungle"?

2007-08-16T18:00:00.000+08:00

Dear Miss R, thanks for question. It was encouraging! These might be able to answer your question! Phase 1: Was planting some individual grass layers and distributing spaces for different camera angle. Grass was digged from a football field.
Phase 2: Most of the grass has been planted. Will leave it to grow by their own for at least one month. Man-made pond was successfully created! Functionality of the pond is no longer perfect after 2 months.
Phase 3: Front & Back view of the "Jungle". After filling up the remaining space with grass and wood.
Phase 4: Rain proof precaution and blue screen setup. Initial plan is to shoot the "Jungle" part in day time. But it fails due to unexpected whether in day time.

"Apa you buat sini tiap tiap malam?" The guard asked me once when he is hanging around in the neighbourhood.

21/1/07 | The Expensive Day

2007-08-16T17:05:00.001+08:00

According to storyboard, I have to finish 72 shots in one day. The Expensive Day starts from early morning 6am. But the mind set was always hoping this day shouldn't be so soon. There are always room to improve and things that hasn't been done. I have lots of stuff to be done in this day. The emotion, the directing, the psychology, the work and the desire of every crew and talents which combine together becomes the most expensive day I ever had! Just do it!
Christiano Ronaldo was always the Man of the Match when he is on the green. Till now, I have 2 Men of the Day that had contributed a lot in TRAP.

left Woon Tien Jing (Lighting Man), & center Luke Hwong En Ting (Camera Operator) .

Jessie Ong (Make Up Artist) was beautiful on that day!
These are some of the Scout Members that volunteer to help me as the Super Personal Assistant in every departments. They had painted the blue screen board, hung up the huge blue fabric, built up the scalfolding and preparing the grass for the miniature.

Foo Shee Yang, Woon Yung Sheng, Chook Yao Seng, Moh Chun Kit, Wong Tze Xiang.
"Not tired." Was their answer all the time.

"Mommy, I had been standing for more than 14 hours today!" Jason's first respond to his mother on that day after the rap on 12:30am next morning.

Main Character

2007-08-16T16:12:00.000+08:00

Started to think of the character design. Has drawn few characters. I realised that I can draw creature better than human. Strange... References from http://www.indexstock.com/ Check this out. It's useful for stock photos. Costume design and make up is designed based on this reference.
Luckily the T's he is wearing is cheap. Only RM6.50. I had bought 4 Ts for my dying test. First dying process was a failure due to the amount of dying powder was too much. Only get the desired color in the second time. The "socks and strings" were cut from my friend's old Ts. Thanks for the SUDDEN sponsors from Yeong Keng Heong. I had bought 4 different colors to try out. Each color cost about RM4.50. Track bottom is RM18.50. Shoe is cheap, RM12. And the wraist protector cost RM19.80 per pairs.

The wooden stick was a surprise, it wasn't the initial plan. The initial plan is to get a straight tough stick instead of stick with curvature. It happened in a day when I'm planning for the production design on stage and suddenly I saw a big buck of wooden sticks were thrown right at the back stage. Luck?! The "Huge Chopper" cost is RM12.50.

Hemp cord were sponsors by the Scout Troops. Thanks! Make up was helped by Jessie Ong! Thanks for the fantastic contribution and your material. I don know how much does it cost! But thanks!
Jason... Well, he is still a young kid. Perhaps everyone that had watched TRAP will ask me who is this kid. He is my scout junior from my secondary school. 14 years old. Contacts often been very helpful when I need help. When I was doing casting, I asked one of my scout master, "Which kid likes to bump around during scout activities." Five kids were suggested and only he has the look that I'm looking for after gone through the casting and practical session.

"Mommy, a senior came to my school asking me to act in his final year project, can I join him?" Was his first question to his parents.

Bulb & Visual

2007-08-16T15:51:00.000+08:00

Initial idea was rejected by lecturers. Desperately need to come up with another idea in 2 weeks. Desperately... Rejected again for some stupid cheap idea.

Finally I met TRAP. Probably 2 days before deadline. The idea was inspired by an incident when I knew one of my smart friend had addicted to online games until he had forgotten his responsibility to be a useful person in the competitive world. (Fortunately, he gets back into the right path way! Unfortunately he is still single.)
Storyboard has been drawn for the need to visualise the story flow. Also used to plan for all the shots. It shows my bad drawing skills. At least, mom is still mom not dad!

How trap becomes TRAP

2007-08-16T15:29:00.000+08:00

Finally the journey has begun. I'll be sharing some of the moments of my final year project - TRAP.

It all starts here!

2007-08-01T00:15:00.000+08:00

It all starts here because it all starts here. For quite a while, TRAP = Me, Me = TRAP.

TRAP - My final year visual effects projects. It has been my signature work since it was screened to public in May 2007. Proud that I had been through the 8 months process with this master piece.

Why TRAP? Unfortunately, I left my shadow in it. That's why TRAP = Me, Me = TRAP.

"Where is the jungle that you shoot this video?" & "How can you get electricity in the jungle?" Miss R asked. Both are the most memorable and meaningful questions for TRAP and it tells the success of TRAP (as a student, not professional).

Someone asked me how much did I pay for the boy in TRAP. They were surprise with the amount. Well, I think I gained more than what he earns. I mean MMOORREE! Really MORE!

Courage was the issue in my mind after the completion of TRAP. Frankly, in short term, I have no courage to work on something BIG yet. Need some time to rest. Desperately. Perhaps... when or after I meet someone.

Hopefully, ?????????? = Me, Me = ?????????? in someday.

Graduation is on 13th August 2007, precisely 8am-11am. Hopefully I can be released from TRAP.

"All the Grass had been sacrificed heroically. I witnessed it with my only eye. They deserved a click!" - Chiau Ran's Video Camera
TRAP :: movie :: synopsis :: @vailable www.youtube.com/chiauran.