Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
AN OFFER - A short film by MARCUS T.W. SIM
An Offer - A short film by Marcus T.W. Sim
Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2007
Vancouver New Asia Film Festival 2007
Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival 2007
First prize - Mighty Asian Movie Marathon, Vancouver 2007
'An Offer' examines the ever so often asked question -- "What if I'd taken the other route in life.." For anyone who's had to choose between career and love, 'An Offer' offers them a glimpse at a character that had to make the same decision. Oftentimes, one is left wondering if the decision was right and it's with the great medium of film that I explore that question.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Director's Statement
Making movies is my greatest passion. It is also the most gut wrenching and emotionally draining process anybody can put themselves through. At the end of it, the only guaranteed payoff is the feeling of satisfaction of a job done. With that in mind, I started to write FANG HUNTERS, my first vampire flick. Growing up, I drew inspiration from film makers like Ringo Lam, Brian De Palma, and Quentin Tarantino to name a few, and it is interesting to note that as far as I know, none of them have directed a vampire flick before.
I wanted to make a vampire flick because I felt that with the recent advent of TWILIGHT, TRUE BLOOD, VAMPIRE DIARIES and others, vampires on film were the fad. But I didn't want to make a traditional horror or slasher flick. My vision for FANG HUNTERS was to create an engaging drama with vampire elements. This is why I consider FANG HUNTERS a suspense drama as much as a horror/ slasher.
I wanted to counter the traditional 'vampire attacks human, human figures out a solution to fight back' formula. In fact, I reversed it completely to 'human attacks vampire, vampire has to figure out a solution'. I wanted to give our hero a reason to hunt vampires, so I created the concept that vampire fangs had value, and that they contained Ivoridium, the missing catalyst in producing immortality serum. I also wanted our hero to have a sidekick, one with deeper and more personal reasons for killing vampires, to balance our hero's materialistic ideals. What better reason than vengeance.
My main intention with FANG HUNTERS is to simply give the audience 11 mins of fun. I want to give them an inside look into our fang hunters' lifestyles, how they talk, how they operate and how they react to their toughest and most character revealing encounter to date.
I also want to explore what it would be like too root for someone who in a realistic world is considered heinous. Bruce, our protagonist, is a poacher. He hunts vampires for their fangs and sells them to the highest bidder. Does it make a difference that he's poaching vampires instead of rhinos or elephants? Does it make it less inhumane even though vampires are regarded as a threat to humans? In fact, at the end of the movie, Bruce himself questions his actions.
Writer, director, producer
Marcus Sim
I wanted to make a vampire flick because I felt that with the recent advent of TWILIGHT, TRUE BLOOD, VAMPIRE DIARIES and others, vampires on film were the fad. But I didn't want to make a traditional horror or slasher flick. My vision for FANG HUNTERS was to create an engaging drama with vampire elements. This is why I consider FANG HUNTERS a suspense drama as much as a horror/ slasher.
I wanted to counter the traditional 'vampire attacks human, human figures out a solution to fight back' formula. In fact, I reversed it completely to 'human attacks vampire, vampire has to figure out a solution'. I wanted to give our hero a reason to hunt vampires, so I created the concept that vampire fangs had value, and that they contained Ivoridium, the missing catalyst in producing immortality serum. I also wanted our hero to have a sidekick, one with deeper and more personal reasons for killing vampires, to balance our hero's materialistic ideals. What better reason than vengeance.
My main intention with FANG HUNTERS is to simply give the audience 11 mins of fun. I want to give them an inside look into our fang hunters' lifestyles, how they talk, how they operate and how they react to their toughest and most character revealing encounter to date.
I also want to explore what it would be like too root for someone who in a realistic world is considered heinous. Bruce, our protagonist, is a poacher. He hunts vampires for their fangs and sells them to the highest bidder. Does it make a difference that he's poaching vampires instead of rhinos or elephants? Does it make it less inhumane even though vampires are regarded as a threat to humans? In fact, at the end of the movie, Bruce himself questions his actions.
Writer, director, producer
Marcus Sim
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