voiceless screaming.

Earlier this month, I completed yet another independent short film – “Voiceless Screaming” . The production team consisted of a group of recent graduates from Ngee Ann Polytechnic Film & Media Studies, and it was a joy working with them.

A romantic comedy about a motivational speaker who, essentially, loses his voice & has to re-discover life again. Well, something like that. Haha.When I went for the audition, the director, Wang Dexian, told me he was looking for something similar to “Knocked Up” . You get the idea

Lots of photos below. I was the female lead, girlfriend of this “full-of-himself” motivational speaker. My scenes were filmed over 4 days, at the Punggol area, Punggol Beach, a school in Jurong East & a board games cafe really near my house.

*Punggol Beach*

I’ve lived in Singapore all my life, but never been here before.

It’s very peaceful & a good place to escape from city life.

But it’s full of flies & sandflies & mosquitoes at night – as seen below.

Those dots are: Flies! Insects!

I escaped the wrath of nature by hiding in my “trailer” i.e. inside the car.

But unfortunately, I was still bitten by mosquitoes.

Eventually put on insect repellant. I must be too sweet. Haha.

Dinner-time!

I once watched a TV movie **“Love Is A Four-Letter Word”.

The male lead said:

“Everything is better at the beach.Before you take a bite of your sandwich, look at the ocean,listen to the waves, smell the salty air.

Doesn’t your meal taste better?”**

*My rolled-up pants look very unglam.*

I think that’s Malaysia.

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*Night Scene. Lights, Camera, Action!*

Finally, the sky darkens. The lights are set up.

Camera angle adjusted. Stand-ins test the light & angles.

Finally, my co-actor & I take our places.

This scene takes about 3 hours to shoot, I think.

It is dark, humid, insect-infested night.

But I enjoy being by the beach… If only there was more wind.

We shift to the next location, where the process repeats.

Lights, camera, stand-ins. While I get my wardrobe & makeup done.

Time check: About 12a.m.

Testing the Lighting.

Crew hard at work.

We take our places.

Scene takes about 1.5 hours.

My co-actor & I contemplated taking the car & driving off.

But it was just a fleeting thought. Haha.

Finally! 3 Thumbs-Up!

It’s a wrap for the day & you can see our joy.

My final day, my final scene.

Coincidentally, also the final day of shoot for this project.

With my co-actor, Steve Lai.

British-Chinese who just moved to Singapore from Brunei about a month before the shoot began. An awesome family guy with a two-year-old daughter. This was his first acting foray, but he performed really well.

Final scene!

**Listening to Director’s Instructions.

Or is the Director cracking another joke?!**

Love this shot.

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IT’S A WRAP!**

With one of the producers, Xiuqi.

**Director-Actor Dexian.

Idiosyncratic, Cynical, Quirky.**

Phew! It was fun work. Only my second romantic comedy thus far ’cause my characters are usually dark & moody. Really refreshing to tell these happy stories… Hope to see the final product soon!