Husband, Father, Lover

Author
Li Yi Ting

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2017

Abstract

Adrian is a middle-aged family man trapped in a stale marriage with Sophia. Despite this, Adrian shines as a father to four-year-old Baker who was born with a cleft lip, to the extent that Sophia becomes excluded from their close bond, and exists as a bystander in the family. Things start to change after Adrian gets dragged to a night lounge by his philandering friends, where he is captivated by the beautiful Marion.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69859

“Sisters”

Author
Zheng Haoquan Darius

Supervisor
Asst Prof Liew Kai Khiun

Year
2013

Abstract
“Sisters” is a story that revolves around a current sex worker and an ex-sex worker. It
explores the intricacies of their interdependent relationship with each other. Based
largely on real-life events – a huge part of the scriptwriter’s research and fieldwork
– “Sisters” aims to let the audience have a glimpse of Orchard Tower’s sex work
industry and the problems sex workers face through the eyes of these two sisters,
albeit non-biological. Along with their interactions with the people around them,
when crisis strikes this pair of women and forces them to face the very elements
that have turned them both in and out of this industry—will they be able to turn this
crisis around to their advantage?

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52521

Storyteller’s Tale: Journey of a Scribe

Author
Aradhna Kaur

Supervisor
Assoc Prof Stephen Teo Kian Teck

Year
2013

Abstract
Socially awkward and frumpy Charlotte Najera is often overlooked when she is
standing next to her pretty and successful best friend Fiona Wright. Working at
BookEnds, a small but successful bookstore owned by an almost reclusive older man,
Patrick, allows Charlotte to fade away into the woodwork and avoid embarrassing
social situations. Spending all her day at work means Charlotte hears Patrick’s
stories about Arcadis over and over again, a tale Charlotte writes off as fictional
until the day she walks through a mysterious door at the bookstore and ends up
stranded in another world.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52574

Image Credit
Featured image Bookstore by Flickr user Shelby H. CC BY 2.0.

20-Somethings

Author
Cheung Kai Dick

Supervisor
Ms Nicole Lorraine Draper

Year
2013

Abstract
20-Somethings is a show about six friends who are at vastly different stages of their
lives, even though they are all twenty-something. Ken and Jaime are navigating the
tricky path of marriage and parenthood. Ken’s goofy brand of love constantly clashes
with Jaime’s tough-love approach, and it’s driving her crazy though they love each
other deeply. Derek is a prodigious lawyer coming to grips with establishing himself
in a field where academic success does not necessarily get one to the top. Yam is a
cynic pursuing a childhood dream of stardom, while Arnesh is an adult that still sees
the world through a kid’s overprotected eyes. Jason is the only one acting his age,
as his predominant concerns are getting laid or wasted, preferably both.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52589

Image Credit
Featured image Scripted by Flickr user Sean Ganann. CC BY 2.0.

Mortality economy: an original one-hour television serial pilot

Author
Teng Weng Woh

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2014

Abstract
Mortality Economy is a thriller set in a dystopian world not too far in the future. It examines the moral implications that arise from a new technology that enables the human life span to be sold on the market. The Mortality Augmentation Process (MAP) founded by geneticist Dr. Akira Jimbo has recently celebrated its six millionth sale. Since its launch ten years ago, Reverend Charleston Hill has been in opposition of MAP. However, Charleston is diagnosed with cancer. He strikes a deal with Dr. Jimbo in exchange for an extended life span of 30 years. Charleston must find a way to take down Dr. Jimbo while seemingly upholding his end of the deal.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59838

Image Credit
Featured image Mortality by Flickr user Ed Yourdon. CC BY 2.0.

太阳雨 – Sunny rain

Authors
Chew Guancheng

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2014

Abstract
James is the protagonist of the story. He suffers from anxiety disorder and the struggle he faces is compounded by his introverted nature. Despite that, he can be fully relatable to those who aren’t too quick to judge. He represents those who don’t thrive in a rigid system, and those who seek to be understood by society. The story also focuses on family ties and the importance of creating a positive environment of effective communication and acceptance.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60019

Image Credit
Featured image Singapore by Flickr user hermitsmoores. CC BY 2.0.

Please come again

Author
Seah Wangda Freeman

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2014

Abstract
An upstart young lawyer has to convince an obstinate shopkeeper with Asperger’s Syndrome as well as his perpetually inebriated father to relinquish the provision shop that they hold so dearly. “Please Come Again” is a 90-minute family comedy-drama that attempts to create an accurate yet entertaining portrayal of Asperger’s.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59592

Image Credit
Featured image P1050309 by Flickr user Ronald Tan. CC BY 2.0.

Javier

Authors
Tan E-lis & Lim Qiong Fang Gladys

Supervisor
Asst Prof Liew Kai Khiun

Year
2014

Abstract
Javier centers on the life of a 20-year old aspiring musician who has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The 60-minute film documents Javier’s constant battle with his condition – characterized by episodic anxiety, intense anger, inability to control one’s emotions, and turbulent, self-mutilating behavior, to name a few.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60014

Image Credit
Featured image IMG_1129 by Flickr user glitzy. CC BY 2.0.

Ugly Singaporeans

Author
Vivienne Chang Wei Ling

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2014

Abstract
‘Ugly Singaporeans’ is a Singaporean sitcom featuring Singapore with a futuristic twist. It is the year 2023, Singapore is now divided into the East End, where foreigners and rich locals live, and the West End, home to the working-class Singaporeans. Ben is a journalist for the East End Times. His editor has a big assignment for him: locate the last surviving one-dollar ice cream cart in West End. Ben is all wound-up in pursuit of this lead, but the catch is – this source belongs to 26-year-old Mystabel Jelical Lee, an attractive reporter for the East End News Network. His job is to ensure that she finds this ice cream cart and returns to East End safely. Ben doesn’t want to play nanny to Mystabel and tries to shake her off. But she remains determined to set foot in West End.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59765

Image Credit
Featured image Future City by Flickr user Sam Howzit. CC BY 2.0.

Shame

Author
Chua Yini

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2014

Abstract
Shame is a script for a short film portraying two illicit relationships, both vastly different but with their parallels at the same time. It follows the unseemly encounter between an aunt and her orphaned nephew, and a scandalous affair between a student and her professor. Set in modern-day Singapore, Shame hopes to portray human emotions and events in a realistic manner which any audience would be able to identify with.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60021

Image Credit
Featured image Untitled by Flickr user visnu. CC BY 2.0.

… and family – a scriptwriting project

Author
Liow Zhe Hao

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2014

Abstract
… and Family is a bilingual black comedy-drama, written in a short film format. The story revolves around the Cheong family which is briefly reunited when their eldest daughter, Sharon, returns to her maiden home after facing a double failure in both her marriage and business. Sharon attempts to seek emotional support from her mother, albeit with an ulterior motive, and her presence reignites the tense relations between Sharon with her younger brother Jordan. Over a series of altercations, the bad blood between the brother and sister boils over to reveal a shocking secret.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59845

Image Credit
Featured image Lorraine by Flickr user plaits. CC BY 2.0.

 

旁观者 (The observer)

Authors
Pek Xue Ning Alisia & Xu Maner

Supervisor
Assoc Prof Stephen Teo Kian Teck

Year
2014

Abstract
The script consists of three segments, each with a different main character interacting with the overarching protagonist – The Observer. The first part, set in year 2007, is about an established photographer who feels lonely living all by himself and is insecure about his existence. The second story, set in year 1960, is about an acclaimed Nobel Prize winner who spends all his life writing on philosophy but feels he has never actually lived out his own life properly. The third part of the script, set in year 2014, is about a young model disfigured in a horrible car accident. As the story unfolds, the audience sees a connection between all the three segments. It is left to the audience’s interpretation to determine who The Observer really is at the end.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59792

Image Credit
Featured image Rooftop by Flickr user Chris Chrissss. CC BY 2.0.

Ordering love

Author
Pham Thi Hong Hanh

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2015

Abstract
Ordering Love deals with the controversial issue of Vietnamese mail-order bride through a Singapore’s context. The screenplay seeks to explore the psychology of the different parties involved in the process of getting a Vietnamese mail-order bride and asking the question, ‘Is a mail-order marriage acceptable?’ The story goes down two opposite journeys. The first journey is that of a mother who goes through the stages of opposition, prevention, and understanding through to acceptance. The second journey is that of a potential groom who is facing various challenges and confrontation with his decision.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63480

Image Credit
Featured image Finger Love by Flickr user Samuel Ramkalawan. CC BY 2.0.

Meet the towkay

Author
Er Qi Jian

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2015

Abstract
Richard Tan maybe the son of a rich typhoon but he is determined to live his own life. He secretly goes for a job interview at a fitness chain and ends up getting a job there. However, things start to go array when his father earmarks him as the next CEO of the company, and his parents decide to take a yearlong vacation, leaving him in charge of the household. Richard now has to look after his spoilt socialite sister, help his goofball best friend and the fitness chain made a huge mistake with his job designation.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63366

Image Credit
Featured image Wine glass pendulum by Flickr user Søren Gammelmark. CC BY 2.0.

Driving home

Author
Ulfahzatul Tysha Binti Sher Zaman

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2015

Abstract
Salleh is a simple man who feels challenged by the complications in his life. He is a father to a son he now no longer understands. In order to escape the complications in his life, he buries himself in his work, as a taxi driver. However, driving a taxi is not as simple as it seems. Travelling to various places and meeting different walks of people, a seemingly regular day, ends up changing his perspective of the world. Armed with new ways of thinking, he drives home to his son with a new truth.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63189

Image Credit
Featured image Getting you to your destination on time by Flickr user KwokCH. CC BY 2.0.

TELOS

Author
Thanusha d/o Raj Kumar

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2016

Abstract
Humans, at the peak of their scientific and technological advancements, are driven by a lust for power and money. Man has abused Mother Nature’s gifts; natural resources dry up, species are dying, and once beautiful landscapes have become wastelands. In the midst of all this, less children are being born and young children die before they reach adulthood. Human beings are on the brink of extinction. This is what is being called the ‘Telos’ end. The surviving humans build a compound called ‘The Village’, in the last unpolluted corner of the world, where Aryana is born, and she maybe the last hope for mankind.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66793

A modern love story

Author
Tan Li Jing

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2016

Abstract
The story revolves around a pair of twins, Matthew and Andrew. Matthew seems to be the more popular of the two, and Andrew is often bullied by Matthew because of this. However, as time passes, Andrew’s determination makes him a more successful, surpassing expectation, and his brother. But the lives of Matthew and Andrew are forever intertwined, as they go through significant changes, brought on by their respective relationships.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66832

Image Credit
Featured image Twin Brothers by Flickr user Melvin PRESSOUYRE. CC BY 2.0

The leap

Author
Tan Yuan Chong

Supervisor
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2016

Abstract
The Leap is a 90-min alternate historical sci-fi feature film screenplay revolving around dilemma, responsibilities, romance and appreciation of Singapore’s past success. The script aims to strike a good balance between realism and fantasy. The story uncovers the unpredictability of life phases in an entertaining manner and how the main character takes a leap of faith in various decisions along with different circumstances. The plot ties comprehensively as a loop in timeline with key revelations at the end. It involves notion of time travelling, politics, conflicted interests, trust, friendship and romance.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66794

55 Siglap Drive

Author
Louisa Sng Mei Cheah

Supervisors
Mr Seah Chang Un

Year
2016

Abstract
At 55 Siglap Drive lives Joachim Song, an 83-year-old widower with three capable daughters. One evening he loses his way home. Joachim reluctantly goes to the hospital and is diagnosed with mild to moderate Dementia. Now he and his three daughters need to grapple with the complications Dementia presents, testing the limits of their commitments to each other, and coming to terms with the changes they are experiencing.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66869