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Angel of Utopia By Nazim Esa - BMW-Funded Film and Winner of Shorties 2008.

This short film was premiered at the BMW Gala Night on August 13th 2009 at the Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur. It was my first time watching the whole end product of the film and it was quite nerve-wrecking knowing what went on behind the scenes! 

I did like the film in the end, (especially the tragic ending) and it does project a more mature work from the team. I feel like we have grown together and can only get better. Thank you so much for the blood, sweat, tears and everything else sacrificed in the making of this film. We hope this short film will be an inspiration to aspiring film-makers.

Enjoy!

Casts :

Angel - Juliana Yasin

Ng - David

Jimmy - James Lim

Accomplice - MahJing

Albert - Kubhaer T. Jethwani

Assistant Directors :

Kubhaer T. Jethwani

Wong Hoy Cheong

Production Manager :

Ted

Director Of Photography :

Pete Abdullah

Make-Up & Wardrobe :

Shahnaz Baharuden

Art Director :

Simon Loke

Audio :

Andy Alias@Runningscript

Music :

Shahril Baharuden

Lewis Pragasam

Written & Directed by :

Nazim Esa

Angel of Utopia from tyyau06 on Vimeo.

BMW Shorties Gala Premiere 2009

Congratulations to "Flashes" by Prakash Murugiah that won People's Choice Award. 

Thank you for voting!!

Also not forgetting the Grand Prize winners :

“Ma Chai”, by Shanjhey Kumar Perumal, and “Conversation with a Mad Man”, by Brandon Loh Ming Kwang.

Special Mention recognition was given to “Resonance’” by John Cho.

What an eventful night, hope everyone also enjoyed the screening of last year's winners' "Angel of Utopia" by Nazim Esa. 

Photos will be posted soooon!

Doghole - A Short Film By Wong Hoy Cheong

We completed 4 long days of shoot at Jalan Mesui and Kuala Kubu Baru. Everything went pretty smooth despite the fact that I had to handle so many casts for make-up and wardrobe. It was fun destroying and dirtying clothes for the 'prisoners' to wear. Lots of special effects make-up too; skin diseases, bruises and BLOOD :-)

Production Team 

Executive Producer : Wong Chan Kien

Producer/Director : Wong Hoy Cheong

Assistant Producers : Adeline Ooi, Beverly Yong and Rachel

Director of Photography : Mike Muschamp

1st A.D/Produecr : Nazim Esa

Production Manager : Ummi Omar

Audio/Production Support : Andy Alias

Make-up and Wardrobe : Shahnaz Baharuden

Wardrobe Assistant : Shahrin Bahar and Nurool Dawood

Art Director : David Wong

Prop Master : Chia Koon

Researcher : Chang Huang

Animation Lead : Sidney Tan

Lead Actors 

Wan Mun Hon

James Lim

Kon Hiro Fumi

Chin Hon Vui

Abraham Lim

Roger Liew 

Hui Koon

Amelia Chan

Barbara

Olivia Kang 

Joanna Soh 

Roax Tan

Miko

Albert Sivarajah

Yudi Yap

The Prison Inmates

The Japanese Soldiers

The Prison

The Torture

The Execution

You Must Vote For This - Flashes by Prakash Murugiah

This short film was chosen as 9 finalist for this years' BMW Short Film Competition. Ok, you can vote for the other 8 films as well..but ONLY after you've voted for Flashes:-P. Enjoy!

FLASHES from Prakash M. on Vimeo.

BMW Shorties 2008 Winner presents "Angel Of Utopia" Trailer

Trailer - Angel of Utopia from bmwshorties on Vimeo.

Casting Chicken Wings - An experiment in prosthetics for special effects make-up

First, you will need a 'pair' of raw chicken wings. Poke a wire through for added flexibility.

Make the wing stand on a board.

Use tiny pins to make sure the skin is taut and neat.

Add more skin from other parts of chicken.

Use moulding clay to shape the ends and make wings more stable.

Create a box to avoid leakage.

Pour silicone into box.

 

One wing cast in latex

Wings after attaching feathers.

For The Love of Drowning

Another short film by Nazim Esa which won the BMW Shorties 2008. Starring Juliana Yasin and James Lim.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Wong Hoy Cheong
ART DIRECTOR: Simon Loke
MAKE-UP AND WARDROBE: Shahnaz Baharuden
AUDIO & LINE PRODUCER: Andy Alias

Kami

A short film by Nazim Esa. This film was done early last year, coincidentally it is called 'Kami' as well, similar to the TV series I did a few months later though both carry totally different meanings. I handled make-up and wardrobe for this film which was shot in PJ, Zoo Negara and Kuala Kubu Bharu. Starring Juliana Yasin and Zuhair Zainal.