Year Without A Summer

History of Sadness

011: A lunatic film   by chuimui
Photos 04/07/10 02:28:18 am


Fei, my second AD called my film the "lunatic film".

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LIM Khai Sim the Assistant Director   by chuimui
Crew 04/05/10 11:21:08 pm

There are many reasons why she is my AD. She is loud. She has a lot of energy. She is dedicated. She is cheerful. And she is crazy.

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010: Waiting For Moon   by chuimui
Behind the scenes 04/02/10 05:28:07 pm

We spent a lot of time waiting for moon. Quite often it get covered by clouds.


We tried a few way to solve it.

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009: Day Three Shooting   by chuimui
Behind the scenes 04/01/10 07:37:02 am

My AD suggested that we should do some prayers so that the rain will go away.

First we wanted to try the usual custom here. People in production use onions and dried chilies to ward off the clouds. But someone told us that this prayers will only work if carried out by a virgin. So we gave up the idea.

In the end, my AD made a sunny doll:


Yes, she made it with some toilet paper.

And it worked! The shoots were extremely smooth, hence I have no time to update my blog.

Maybe I will just share some photos tomorrow.

More Behind The Scenes:

001:Camping on Pulau Ular

002: Actors Training

003: Rainy Day

004: Swimming Lesson

005: On Location Rehearsal

006: Silence Before Storm

007: First Day Shooting

008: Why we failed again

009: Day 3 Shooting

Year Without A Summer

Azam comes back to his village, and looks for his childhood friend Ali. Ali and his wife MInah invites Azam for fishing and a mid night picnic on a small island. Towards the end of the night, they have a game of holding breath underwaterfor 3 minutes, and Azam is never seen again.....

Tan Chui Mui shot her second feature film in her hometown, a small fishing village called Sungai Ular. The film is in post-production stage now.

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