Dear Luigi,
He has just graduated from the Hong Kong University of Technology with a Master of Philosophy in Biology.all the best with your future my friend~
cheersAh Tsyn
Monday, November 13, 2006
this my main man - Luigi Tse
He has just graduated from the Hong Kong University of Technology with a Master of Philosophy in Biology.all the best with your future my friend~
cheersAh Tsyn
My atom awards
my shortfilm "Living in the Dark" has just won Best Tertiary Animation at the atom awards this year~
The ATOM Film, Television and Multimedia Awards recognise the achievements of Australian and New Zealand professionals, educators and students in 31 categories.
The Awards are open to students, production companies, independent film-makers, educational bodies and producers, and celebrate the very best of Australian and New Zealand product.
this is what my trophy looks like:
The ATOM Film, Television and Multimedia Awards recognise the achievements of Australian and New Zealand professionals, educators and students in 31 categories.
The Awards are open to students, production companies, independent film-makers, educational bodies and producers, and celebrate the very best of Australian and New Zealand product.
this is what my trophy looks like:
the label reads:
" Best Tertiary Animation "
Living in the Dark
Thomas Leung
Swinburne University of Technology
this is the prize - a crumpler bag, an aussie brand
The Atom Awards ceremony was held last friday night (10-11-06) at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne Australia.
atom awards website: http://www.atomawards.org/
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Doc Tox
Bonue Material - the G.L.O.B.S manthis is a video documenting David Withers doing an ADR for the G.L.O.B.S characters in the animation....hope he didn't get a sore throat the next day.
you're da man DAVO!
ICE - Protector of the Arctic
Ice - Protector of the ArcticPlanet Protectors Episode 2 - "Eye of the Storm"
Kat - Protector of the Land
Kat - Protector of the LandPlanet Protectors Episode 1 - "the burning forrest"
I've got all the Planet Protector Toys from ELC today!
Here's a kids toy animation project that i have just finished:
target audience are kids from 3 - 5 years of age
feedbacks and comments are welcome!
enjoy!!
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
Sukki's Story's screening - After the fact
Fantastic day I 've had!!
I have been feeling nervous about this day for quite a long time, never watched the film in a cinema environment with my friends and family and hundreds of other audiences in my home country~
It was good!! Couldn't be better!
Catchup with a lot of pepole that I haven't catchup in ages, Kitty, Clement's Mum, Noelle, Alex, Siu Wo, Andy, Luigi, Sergio, Auntie, Teresa, Judy and Anson.....etc.
It's like me having a party at the coolest venue possible - a cinema with Digital Surround sound....
I actually felt like I was going to the Parent's day back at my school days...nervous, but always hoping my teacher will say some good words about me....and its always nervous to get to see classmate's parents.
I guess I am more mature now.....looking forward to Spain!
please stayed tune in this blog as I will be reporting my trip through this blog~
cheers
Tom Tom
I have been feeling nervous about this day for quite a long time, never watched the film in a cinema environment with my friends and family and hundreds of other audiences in my home country~
It was good!! Couldn't be better!
Catchup with a lot of pepole that I haven't catchup in ages, Kitty, Clement's Mum, Noelle, Alex, Siu Wo, Andy, Luigi, Sergio, Auntie, Teresa, Judy and Anson.....etc.
It's like me having a party at the coolest venue possible - a cinema with Digital Surround sound....
I actually felt like I was going to the Parent's day back at my school days...nervous, but always hoping my teacher will say some good words about me....and its always nervous to get to see classmate's parents.
I guess I am more mature now.....looking forward to Spain!
please stayed tune in this blog as I will be reporting my trip through this blog~
cheers
Tom Tom
Sukki's Story HK Premiere Photos~
Siu Wo and me
Judy ( my supervisor ), Anson (super professional photographer) , me
Sergio (thx for your BIG red pocket!!), Mama, Baba, me, Luigi (thx for being here dude, I am touched! ), Larraine & Auntie (thx for your BIG red pocket!!)
Carmen (thanks for coming to all my big days) and my family~
me and Andy Yeah!! (thanks for taking all these cool pix!)you are always the cool one....thx for your support! haha!
(forgot to ask her name)...., Kitty (you look fantastic!! ) & me ( also look fantastic but with a tummy )** (pic above) What's with that girl in the poster behind me....i guess she is just WAY too happy for me......
my family and Auntie Law (thanks for coming !! My mum love those mooncakes! Thanks)
me and Teresa's friend
me on my way to the screening....nervous as hell
my family, Noelle (love your work!!) and Alex (love your bubbles)
that's just me trying to ease the tension Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Putting my work up for the world to see
cgchannel.com
cgvisual.comI've also put up threads at forums such as AWN, cgvisual and cgchanel.com I've uploaded all my works onto online video sharing websites such as ifilm.com and youtube.com
Sydney Film Festival
Sydney Premiere of "Sukki's Story".
"Sukki's story" was selected as part of the Oz Digital Shorts Program at the 53rd Sydney Film Festival. Here are the two screenings:
- Tuesday June 20, 2006 (6:40pm)
- Thursday June 22, 2006 (9:10pm) location:
George Street Cinemas505-525 George StreetSydney NSW 2000
details:
http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org (search keyword: Oz digital shorts)
http://www.experimenta.org
Melbourne International Animation Festival
screening details:
Living in the Dark
Tuesday 20 June (8.15pm) ACMI Cinema 2 (BIG screen)
Saturday 24 June (2.00pm) ACMI Cinema 1 (repeat screening)
Sukki's Story
Sunday 25 June (3.00pm) ACMI Cinema 2 (BIG screen)
for further details:
http://www.miaf.net
An email to Maree
Hi Maree,
How are you going??
Did you get my previous email about Brisbane?? If not here it is......
Just a quick note to let you know that my shortfilm - "Sukki's Story" has been invited to
this year's Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF). 24th July – 13th August 2006
apart from that.....i was so happy yesterday as I got your MIAF program!!
That was really a surprise. Did you end up going to any of the screenings? How was it?
I would love to know!!
Also, I 've tried so hard looking for work and here are a few conclusions that i can make:
1) generally, the salary in the Creative industry of HK is generally low, I did an estimation of how much my friends are getting....around 15K -18K a year....and that's in a company that does high profile films and high end positions like compositing or even 3d animation.
2) most of the jobs are not advertised on newspapers....mostly on those cgwebsites
but since now its the low season, there aren't many available.
3) i submitted a lot of spplications and only a few replied....which i think is the same anywhere.
4) my worst interview so far is at a company that only does wedding videos.
5) HK dont really respect the people working in the creative industry....its considered as a side job here in HK, people in HK respect business people, lawyers, doctors, celebrities...never a designer or a compositor...
unless you are Wong Kar Wai, they will praise you like GOD.
6) I finally had a great interview today, they do a lot of shows in house for a lot of satellite tv channels, cathay pacific inflight videos, mtvs, commercials, independent films/documentaries....etc. which is great!! One of their full time staff is going to leave in July, so there's going to be an opening soon. They ask if I would be interested.....but of course things are not simple in my life, not at this point at least. I have my concerns.
My concerns:
1) I told them that I want to go to London to attend an animation festival, and they ask me to contact them later in August.
2) the application for my visa of Living and Working in Australia is almost complete and I should really go and start looking for work in adelaide as soon as possible, (Adelaide has granted my application of sponsorship.)
3) this visa is my only chance of Living and Working in Australia and I have to take this opportunity or I will loose it forever.
4) I can always come back to Hong Kong as its still my birth Country.
so, I guess at this point, I am thinking of going to London in August, see if there's any work opportunity there, if not, i will come back to Australia and do some serious job hunting!! And if I jump forward 3 years......if I do so well in australia, I will stay and get settled, if I didn't do so well ..... and I hate working there....
I will return to HK as my last retreat.
Life is so complicated!!
i know its a long email.....sorry hehe!
cheers
Thomas
How are you going??
Did you get my previous email about Brisbane?? If not here it is......
Just a quick note to let you know that my shortfilm - "Sukki's Story" has been invited to
this year's Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF). 24th July – 13th August 2006
apart from that.....i was so happy yesterday as I got your MIAF program!!
That was really a surprise. Did you end up going to any of the screenings? How was it?
I would love to know!!
Also, I 've tried so hard looking for work and here are a few conclusions that i can make:
1) generally, the salary in the Creative industry of HK is generally low, I did an estimation of how much my friends are getting....around 15K -18K a year....and that's in a company that does high profile films and high end positions like compositing or even 3d animation.
2) most of the jobs are not advertised on newspapers....mostly on those cgwebsites
but since now its the low season, there aren't many available.
3) i submitted a lot of spplications and only a few replied....which i think is the same anywhere.
4) my worst interview so far is at a company that only does wedding videos.
5) HK dont really respect the people working in the creative industry....its considered as a side job here in HK, people in HK respect business people, lawyers, doctors, celebrities...never a designer or a compositor...
unless you are Wong Kar Wai, they will praise you like GOD.
6) I finally had a great interview today, they do a lot of shows in house for a lot of satellite tv channels, cathay pacific inflight videos, mtvs, commercials, independent films/documentaries....etc. which is great!! One of their full time staff is going to leave in July, so there's going to be an opening soon. They ask if I would be interested.....but of course things are not simple in my life, not at this point at least. I have my concerns.
My concerns:
1) I told them that I want to go to London to attend an animation festival, and they ask me to contact them later in August.
2) the application for my visa of Living and Working in Australia is almost complete and I should really go and start looking for work in adelaide as soon as possible, (Adelaide has granted my application of sponsorship.)
3) this visa is my only chance of Living and Working in Australia and I have to take this opportunity or I will loose it forever.
4) I can always come back to Hong Kong as its still my birth Country.
so, I guess at this point, I am thinking of going to London in August, see if there's any work opportunity there, if not, i will come back to Australia and do some serious job hunting!! And if I jump forward 3 years......if I do so well in australia, I will stay and get settled, if I didn't do so well ..... and I hate working there....
I will return to HK as my last retreat.
Life is so complicated!!
i know its a long email.....sorry hehe!
cheers
Thomas
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
last weekend
last friday, I 've got two news, one is that i didnt get into 2 major animation festivals, one in South Korea and another one in France (ANNECY)....from that, i got a revelation.....reaching to the international arena is bloody hard, and I guess I am not up to that level yet......
But I guess I just gotta keep trying and sending it to more festivals, and who knows, I might slip into one or two big ones. I wasnt sad or anything, just know that I really need to send it to more festivals, went to Luigi's home and dub like 17 copies of preview tapes.
ON saturday morning, I got this email:
" We are delighted to extend this formal invitation for LIVING IN THE DARK and SUKKI'S STORY to be screened in MIAF 2006. "
I made it to the Melbourne International Animation Festival, that's the one that I really wanted to get into in Melbourne, and I made it. I guess I can get into that one because its a "local" production and I think it lets it get in a bit easier~ but hey, it's an international animation festival and I am happy!!
I called up robbie and we were chatting, tell him about the good news and we looked back at how much we have achieved......we did achieve something, which is pretty cool.
I miss him so much.
But I guess I just gotta keep trying and sending it to more festivals, and who knows, I might slip into one or two big ones. I wasnt sad or anything, just know that I really need to send it to more festivals, went to Luigi's home and dub like 17 copies of preview tapes.
ON saturday morning, I got this email:
" We are delighted to extend this formal invitation for LIVING IN THE DARK and SUKKI'S STORY to be screened in MIAF 2006. "
I made it to the Melbourne International Animation Festival, that's the one that I really wanted to get into in Melbourne, and I made it. I guess I can get into that one because its a "local" production and I think it lets it get in a bit easier~ but hey, it's an international animation festival and I am happy!!
I called up robbie and we were chatting, tell him about the good news and we looked back at how much we have achieved......we did achieve something, which is pretty cool.
I miss him so much.
my showreel
a screengrab from "Living in the DARK"
"Showreel 2006 of Thomas Leung" is now live on iFILM:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2712769
It's the short version unlike that one that I did before I left melbourne.
my two shortfilms
I guess i should show you my works and how they are doing in the festival run:
I've uploaded all my films to http://www.ifilm.com and please have a look at it if you are intererested:
Living in the DARK (2005 5 minutes stereo PAL)
Synopsis:
It captures the filmmaker’s childhood experience of eye injuries, the pain and the loneliness of living in the dark. It is also a story about his father.
Screenings and awards:
- Cinefest (Melbourne University Student Film Festival)
- Icebreakers Film Festival @ Fitzroy Gallery
- 5th Bondi Shortfilm Festival, Sydney 26-11-05 (Winner of Best Cinematography)
- Graphite 2005 – Electronic Theatre Program 30–11-05, Dunedin, NZ
- Melbourne International Arts Festival – Festival Kids Club @ Art Play, 07-10-05
- Victorian Student Animation Festival 2005 (16-2-2006)
· Winner of Best Production Design
· Winner of Best Film
- Sold to Australian Television Station SBS’s program - Shorts on Screen (SOS)
- Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) 2006
"Living in the DARK" is now live on IFILM:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2712764
"making of Living in the DARK" is now live on IFILM:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2712773
______________________________________________________________________________
Sukki's Story (2005 5 minutes stereo PAL)
Synopsos:
A young man’s lifelong relationship with his mother.
Sukki’s Story is an animated digital story created by Thomas Leung. It reflects on his changing relationship with his mother when he leaves Hong Kong to start his new life in a new country.
Screenings and awards:
- Selected for screening as part of the “first person” - International Digital
Storytelling conference compilations
– Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Melbourne, Australia
- Victorian Student Animation Festival 2005 (16-2-2006)
- Winner of Best Sound Design
- selected as part of the Australia Digital Shorts Program
at the Sydney Film Festival 2006
- Melbourne International Animation Festival 2006 (MIAF)
"Sukki's Story" is now live on IFILM:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2712763
"making of SUKKI" is now live on IFILM:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2712815
I've uploaded all my films to http://www.ifilm.com and please have a look at it if you are intererested:
Living in the DARK (2005 5 minutes stereo PAL)
Synopsis:
It captures the filmmaker’s childhood experience of eye injuries, the pain and the loneliness of living in the dark. It is also a story about his father.
Screenings and awards:
- Cinefest (Melbourne University Student Film Festival)
- Icebreakers Film Festival @ Fitzroy Gallery
- 5th Bondi Shortfilm Festival, Sydney 26-11-05 (Winner of Best Cinematography)
- Graphite 2005 – Electronic Theatre Program 30–11-05, Dunedin, NZ
- Melbourne International Arts Festival – Festival Kids Club @ Art Play, 07-10-05
- Victorian Student Animation Festival 2005 (16-2-2006)
· Winner of Best Production Design
· Winner of Best Film
- Sold to Australian Television Station SBS’s program - Shorts on Screen (SOS)
- Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) 2006
"Living in the DARK" is now live on IFILM:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2712764
"making of Living in the DARK" is now live on IFILM:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2712773
______________________________________________________________________________
Sukki's Story (2005 5 minutes stereo PAL)
Synopsos:
A young man’s lifelong relationship with his mother.
Sukki’s Story is an animated digital story created by Thomas Leung. It reflects on his changing relationship with his mother when he leaves Hong Kong to start his new life in a new country.
Screenings and awards:
- Selected for screening as part of the “first person” - International Digital
Storytelling conference compilations
– Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Melbourne, Australia
- Victorian Student Animation Festival 2005 (16-2-2006)
- Winner of Best Sound Design
- selected as part of the Australia Digital Shorts Program
at the Sydney Film Festival 2006
- Melbourne International Animation Festival 2006 (MIAF)
"Sukki's Story" is now live on IFILM:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2712763
"making of SUKKI" is now live on IFILM:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2712815
state of mind
It's an email that I wrote to an old friend, and i think it pretty much shows what's in my head right now.....
Hi Chew,
Good that hear you got your future all planned!!
Well, for me, I am in the middle of a 3 way street i would say. I 've spend the last 2 years working in my field and I think I 've starting to achieve something, my shortfilms are now launching in a few major festivals in melbourne and I am going to keep sending it to more international festivals. But in order to stay in melbourne, i need to apply for another visa, which is what I am doing now, in the process of putting together an application. I have to do that in Hong Kong, which gives me a really good chance of having a real holiday. I think i might actually go overseas!!!
If I don't apply for it now, I will not be eligible to apply it in 6 months, I can always go back to HK....which leads me to this option.
I might use this time to really relax as if I dont it now, maybe I need to have it in another 3 years. I can use this time to think about my future and all that. I dont think i will go back to study this soon, as I want a bit of time off before doing more studies....and I need more experience b4 more degrees. But hey, I got my first class honours, not bad yeah?!!
I really want to think myself as an international worker, and not restrict myself in one location.......I am still trying to figure out how to do that.......but i think launching my films in international festivals can allow me to do that. I might come to singapore in June if my films entered a competition there, would you be there around that time?
I was in New Zealand last December as my film was selected to be screened at a conference in Dunedin, it was great!!
no, no girl friends, I did have a crush on some girls, but because i have to go, i didnt bothered to tell her.....bummer....i think my head was full of aussie girls...hahah!!
that's it for now,
talk to you soon,
Thomas
Hi Chew,
Good that hear you got your future all planned!!
Well, for me, I am in the middle of a 3 way street i would say. I 've spend the last 2 years working in my field and I think I 've starting to achieve something, my shortfilms are now launching in a few major festivals in melbourne and I am going to keep sending it to more international festivals. But in order to stay in melbourne, i need to apply for another visa, which is what I am doing now, in the process of putting together an application. I have to do that in Hong Kong, which gives me a really good chance of having a real holiday. I think i might actually go overseas!!!
If I don't apply for it now, I will not be eligible to apply it in 6 months, I can always go back to HK....which leads me to this option.
I might use this time to really relax as if I dont it now, maybe I need to have it in another 3 years. I can use this time to think about my future and all that. I dont think i will go back to study this soon, as I want a bit of time off before doing more studies....and I need more experience b4 more degrees. But hey, I got my first class honours, not bad yeah?!!
I really want to think myself as an international worker, and not restrict myself in one location.......I am still trying to figure out how to do that.......but i think launching my films in international festivals can allow me to do that. I might come to singapore in June if my films entered a competition there, would you be there around that time?
I was in New Zealand last December as my film was selected to be screened at a conference in Dunedin, it was great!!
no, no girl friends, I did have a crush on some girls, but because i have to go, i didnt bothered to tell her.....bummer....i think my head was full of aussie girls...hahah!!
that's it for now,
talk to you soon,
Thomas
Saturday, March 25, 2006
today IS the first day of the rest of my life
I've been looking at my friend Tang Shing's blog, and i thought.....
it's time to continue my blogging, and here it is, my new blog....
stay tuned as I really like to talk to myself.
it's time to continue my blogging, and here it is, my new blog....
stay tuned as I really like to talk to myself.
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