House, a short film by Linus Chung was released on Pete Teo’s new project, 15Malaysia. 15 Malaysian made short films, each tells a story about the colors of muhibbah in Malaysia. 15 different directors, each with a personal vision of how to represent Malaysia, in her essence, in a short few minutes. That’s a tough one. Seriously. It’s easier to make a longer duration film. But making it short, throwing out scenes & selecting the very few scenes that matters the most is really really hard. Although my experience in videography is pretty amateur, but I tried and it’s really hard.

This project is about celebrating Malaysia’s birthday. A token of appreciation if you say so. Malaya was independent on 31st August 1957, but Malaysia was born on 16th September 1963 after the inclusion of Sarawak & Sabah. 7 films has been released so far and I personally enjoyed watching every one of them. The truth is, the first 3 was cliche to me. But the 4th one, I think really hits the nail – front & center.

Here’s an interpretation about this film called “House”. Continue reading →