VD2017

Authors
Chong Kai Yan, Liew Yu Wei, Tang Zheng Yu

Supervisor
Mr Daniel Heng

Year
2017

Abstract

The title of the film, How to Melt Away Completely, poses both as a rhetorical question and an intimation of the story. It gives a nod towards the paradox that complete absolution can only be sought after in vain, but one has to try nonetheless. The title also sets up the motif of water that will recur throughout our character’s journey in finding closure – from the ice cubes that provide physical relief to the water that overflows from the clogged toilet. The film opens in the dead of the night with Caba, our protagonist, tossing and turning in bed, trying in vain to fall asleep. His unrest leads up to a series of events which encapsulates the themes of the story.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69878

Authors
Bryan Koh Theng Hui, Melody Chan, Tang Weixin

Supervisor
Mr Daniel Heng

Year
2017

Abstract

Random is a 20-minute narrative short film produced by Random Pictures. Based on the 2014 Taipei Metro attack, which resulted in the death of four people, and injuring 22 others. The film follows the execution of the first MRT random killer in Singapore, who left the nation with a mysterious last word “bao”. Jia Hao, the son of one of the victims, begins his journey to search for an answer. In Jia Hao’s journey, he will encounter three different groups of people related to Jun Jie. Through employing different strategies to approach and gather information about Jun Jie from these people, Jia Hao becomes increasingly ruthless in order to find the answers he is looking for. Jia Hao comes to a realization of his hurtful actions and makes a decision to pursuit the truth at the end.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69890

Authors
Bibiana Loh, Kelly Phua Yu Wen, Kevin Nicholas Wong, Loh Jue Hui Sherilynn

Supervisor
Mr Daniel Heng

Year
2017

Abstract

Cherish is a light-hearted modern dramedy that explores the breakdown in face-to-face communication in modern society, and how meaningful communications can and should be formed. The film is set in modern day Singapore where humans and guardian angels co-exist. Seth is a guardian angel struggling with the daily mundane task of watching over his human, Robert. On one fateful day, Seth meets Quinn, the guardian angel of Robert’s date. An instant attraction occurs between the two of them — something they have never felt before. Both Seth and Quinn want to explore where this could lead, but the date between the humans does not seem to be going well. Will Seth and Quinn be able to make their connection last by the end of the date?

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69880

Authors
Cheak Wen Sheng, Crystal Loo Xiao Wei, Ng Jun Hao, Joshua Tan Shi Jia

Supervisor
Mr Daniel Heng

Year
2017

Abstract

The film is a dark comedy that recounts a downbeat middle-aged man’s desperate attempt to resurrect his recently deceased baby son, with the help of his grownup stepson and a dodgy priest-cum-dark sorcerer. The film is set in a single location – the ritual hall – and depicts the chain of events leading up to the ritual.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69879

Authors
Chan Hong Min Kenneth, Soong Jie Hui Adelene, Wu Bingyu

Supervisor
Mr Daniel Heng

Year
2017

Abstract

Lights! Camera! Act- is a 19 minute mockumentary about a quixotic arthouse filmmaker trying to produce his magnum opus. It is a comic interpretation of Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus, and a look at the absurdist nature of art and the pursuit of artistic perfection.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69874