I took part in the GV25 Film Shorts Competition by Golden Village in 2017. Out of 200 submissions, three were selected to go into production with a grant of $2,000, so I had a little bit of money to make a short film!
The title started out as “Lost and Found”, but evolved into “Raffles v Utama: Dawn of Singapore”. It’s a 10-minute comedy about the ghosts of Raffles and Sang Nila Utama arguing about who the rightful founder of Singapore is, when they are inadvertently summoned during the Seventh Month by a group of hapless students.
I was runner up in the GV25 Film Shorts Competition, and here’s the story of my filmmaking journey. I wrote about my fears, challenges, and blessings that came about while on production.
[GV25 Film Shorts] I met my mentors (Tree Potatoes)! Rewriting in progress
[GV25 Film Shorts] I found all my cast! Plus more help appeared
[GV25 Film Shorts] Equipment check and feelings of inadequacy (not that kind of inadequacy)
[GV25 Film Shorts] Secretly kancheong during that nobody would laugh during the script read
[GV25 Film Shorts] Prep before the big day and whining about carrying equipment
[GV25 Film Shorts] The very, very, very long shoot days that we pulled through [Part 1 of 2]
[GV25 Film Shorts] The very, very, very long shoot days that we pulled through [Part 2 of 2]
[GV25 Film Shorts] Editing and the great escape from post-production hell
[GV25 Film Shorts] Animating 16-bit Final Fantasy games and mysterious photo shoots for posters
[GV25 Film Shorts] The finale: I didn’t win and here’s how I dealt with it
And my hashtag is #RafflesVUtama if you want to check it out on Instagram!
Media Coverage
STOP10 Oct 2017: ‘Raffles v Utama: Dawn of Singapore’ by Team Marcus Goh – GV25 Finalist (Sindie)
http://thepoppingpost.com/and-the-winner-of-the-gv25-film-shorts-competition-is/
Cast
Nat Ho as Alvin
Ning Cai as Xing
Divitra Sukumaran as Chandra
Arnaud Pierre as Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Syawal Yusoff as His Highness Sang Nila Utama
Flora Yeo as the Cleaning Auntie
Danny Yeo as the Old Man
Bill Teoh as Voice of the Old Man
Jovis Ang as Voice of Xing’s Mother
Crew
Producers
Charmaine Yap
Sharon Han
Marcus Goh
Writer
Marcus Goh
Director
Marcus Goh
Director of Photography
Sound Recordist
Graphics
Video Editor
Colourist
Zach Renshen Ho
Sound Editor
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Production Assistant
Camera Assistant
Second Boom Operator
Technical Consultant
Hair and Makeup Artists
Lin Zeng
Juliana Amir
Lee Hanjing
Costumes
Interested to work with me?