Description

My guest today is Christine Seow. She is a filmmaker who graduated from Wee Kim Wee School of Communications and Information at Nanyang Technological University, and was doing a one year course in Beijing Film Academy’s Directing Department until the pandemic occured. 

Her thesis film was awarded the Asian Television Awards Cash Prize and was screened at Fort Myers Film Festival 2018. Several of her documentaries was screened at Freedom Film Festival 2018, where ‘Life After Death’ won the Commendation Award. She has also directed a Viddsee Original documentary series titled ‘While You Sleep’ which won Best Documentary at the Asia Web Awards 2018. She was also involved in a narrative Toggle Original series called Perfect One, which premiered in March 2019.

As a casting associate, Christine has also worked with local renowned directors such as Anthony Chen, Kirsten Tan and Boo Junfeng. She was part of the Youth Jury & Critics Programme during the 2016 Singapore International Film Festival and wrote for SINdie, a local film critic website.

Please enjoy the show.

Show Notes

• [1:10] What is Christine’s first impression of a story that left an impact on her?
• [3:26] How has Christine’s definition of a story evolved over time? Moonlight and how it reflects life.
• [8:42] Will Christine want her audience to understand her message, or have their own interpretation?
• [11:20] How can we approach films as more than entertainment?
• [20:20] Did Christine choose film or did film choose her?
• [22:37] What are stories that Christine has intention to tell but the opportunity has not shown up yet?
• [25:16] How will the nature of film change if there is the ability to record all our experiences and review them?
• [31:25] Are good shots and edits sufficient to make a good film? What are some under appreciated skillsets in film-making? 
• [41:50] How can an aspiring filmmaker sharpen their skills? Recommended media

• Moonlight
• The Arrival by Shaun Tan
• Corpus Christi
• The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique by William Esper and Damon Dimarco
• He: Understanding Masculine Psychology by Robert Johnson

If you like to find out more about me, please find me on my personal website at www.pohjie.com, or connect with me on Twitter (@pohjie_pj).

Outro

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Music credits

• Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod
• Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-shades-of-spring
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/