Basement

After 6 months of problems due to the unavailability of sound post production until the awesome Brendan Lim stepped in. "Basement" is finally done!

The project started off when Fei, Weiyan and I were talking about making a horror movie with toilets. So we did!

Weiyan jumped in as DOP


Fei jumped in as the actor


Then we went old skool and recruited another of my fav actors, Eric:


Roped in the already established local actress extraordinaire: Bonnie,


And off we went! Along the way we got the help of Warren (who's the Best boy, literally!) :





and Lal! (but since i don't have a picture of you there on that day, I'll use Warren again!





and Cheng! But once again, no photo of you, so Warren it is!



This project required some interesting inventions like my Snorry-cam





and some of Weiyan's secret special effects stuff from his kitchen!



Day 1 of the shoot consisted of Fei and Weiyan's parts.

Some fun times with my DOP getting dirty in his own goo.


Day 2 involved the whole cast and crew.


We then finished up the corridor shots and move on 'indoors' into our special toilet. Once inside, we made ourselves at home and unpacked,


and threw on our make up!


Expected of course, were the incoming injuries,

and dancing.


I tried to throw my actors out of their comfort zones, to explore their inner depths


and secret desires.




But at the end of the day, work is nothing without the input of blood, sweat and tears.

But mostly blood.








I have to say to the entire team, thanks a million! Couldn't have done this without you! :)




Initially started as a project to experiment with semi-professional film equipment, this project has taught me to teach myself to use Final Cut Pro. Now I can safely say that I'm ready for more challenging projects in the future.

Now presenting:
A little paranoia, a little toilet horror.

Basement from Brad Liew on Vimeo.

PS: Please click here to watch it in high def. Its worth it since the quality goes up wayyyyy up!