DIPLOMA IN FILM, SOUND
Film, Sound & Video (FSV) is a course for aspiring filmmakers who yearn to create content to raise social awareness, uplift communities or simply to share personal stories.
SCRIPT WRITING
Scriptwriting helps students understand and appreciate the art of writing short screenplays. This module teaches them how to analyse, create and translate ideas into a visually producible short script using an industry writing format for the screen.
"THE RASH PLAN TO ESCAPE MY SON FROM PRISON"
By: MOHAMAD TAUFIQ B MOHAMAD R
"Is he the man I'd like him to be? Is he the man I'd like to be?" A prison guard grapples with the incarceration of his son. As he reaches out to his son, the chasm between them only seems to widen.
MOHAMAD TAUFIQ B MOHAMAD R
Year 3 - Scriptwriting
"A DRIVE"
By: MOHAMAD TAUFIQ B MOHAMAD R
A private hire driver, Ronnie, meets a passenger who challenges his views on corporal punishment and opens his eyes to the reason for his son's reticence.
MOHAMAD TAUFIQ B MOHAMAD R
Year 3 - Scriptwriting
"AIKO"
By: SUMAIYAH BINTE MUHAMMAD TAUFIQ
This story follows the post-World War II sufferings of an innocent Japanese-American family. With their identity shaken, their relationships crumbling, and their faith in the country they now call home utterly eroded, they begin to consider doing the unthinkable – to marry off their daughter, Aiko, for guaranteed security. When it is revealed that Aiko is pregnant, the family is left with no choice but to succumb to fate.
SUMAIYAH BINTE MUHAMMAD TAUFIQ
Year 2 - Scriptwriting
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
Documentary Production equips students with the technical and theoretical skills to produce a documentary.
They are also taught to analyse and critique documentary programmes and uphold the ethical responsibilities of a documentary filmmaker.
Students then translate knowledge acquired into factual accounts that encourage dialogue among communities and help society discover extraordinary figures amongst them.
Healing
Bryan Tee Yu Hong
Lee Yu Han
Wang Hao Ming
Poon Min Hui Crystal
Chia Wei Ling
Year 3 - Documentary Production
In partnership with Honour SG, Healing is a documentary on dementia and equine-assisted learning, a unique form of experiential therapy between humans and horses offered by Equal-Ark. We follow Moi Moi, a nursing home patient with dementia, as she goes through the Equal-Ark programme. The process reveals the therapeutic nature of the animals, the joy that Moi Moi derives from the sessions, and the special connection between her and the horses.
Honour (Singapore) promotes a culture of Honour and Honouring. Ngee Ann Polytechnic is a lead partner in the Honour Film Initiative. Through the medium of film, students and young adult filmmakers tell stories of people and themes that embody the value of honour.
Younger years
Haishwariya D/O Raj Kumar
Chua Ee Leng, Jaslyne
Bridgette Ong
Sumaiyah Binte Muhammad Taufiq
Year 3 - Documentary Production
In Younger Years, the audience witnesses active ageing through the eyes of Mr. John, Ms. Rani and Mr. Victor, who continue to keep themselves occupied and engaged after retirement. While the three inidviduals take the effort to step out of their comfort zone and challenge norms, this documentary uncovers their emotions about coping with ageing and their perceptions about Singapore's ageing population.
Migrant Beats
Ong Xiang Yun, Amanda
T. Pravin
Vasanthakumar Anbalagan
Kong Yi Cong Merwin
Year 3 - Documentary Production
As a group of migrant workers bond over the love of music, they came together to form a band called Migrants Band Singapore. Having left their families behind, they express their happiness, hardships and loneliness through their songs. Migrant Beats gives us insights into the special bond between these migrant workers and how they continue to use music to bring their community together.
To the ones who dream
Samantha Voon Wenhui
Tamara Tan Su En
Cher Hong Kai
Hoe Jian Wei
Year 3 - Documentary Production
Singapore Fashion Runway (SFR) is a social enterprise that provides persons with disabilities with opportunities to nurture their talents and interests. Partnering SFR, we followed a group of young people with disabilities on their journey to prepare for a fashion runway event. To The Ones Who Dream showcases the unique lives and gifts of these beneficiaries, and in so doing, reveals that we are the beneficiaries of their unique stories.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cinematography trains students to appreciate the aesthetics and craft of cinematography. They are taught film and video camera techniques such as camera mechanics, optics, lighting and exposure to create arresting visuals for their stories. They learn to view cinematography as a creative art and develop their own visual style through collaboration with different crew members on a film set.
CHIA WEI LING
Year 3 - Cinematography.
The objective of this class assignment was to style a product in a visually appealing way. We were not commissioned by any brand and had the freedom to work with any product. I sought inspiration from fragrance commercials and works of prop stylists for my television commercial on Yves Rocher’s shower gel. I focused on art direction and mood lighting, and enhanced the set with effects such as wind and bubbles to stimulate the senses and simulate a relaxing bath experience. I handled the art-direction, filming and editing myself, with the help from some friends on set.
GABRIEL HO RUI JIE
Year 3 - Cinematography.
Our class assignment was to style a piece of film equipment – the ARRI 150 watt tungsten light – and shoot it as a subject for a TV commercial. This exercise allowed us to practise our artistic skills in styling a tool that we are accustomed to seeing on set in an attractive and artistic way. Inspired by the high-end aesthetics and sleek art direction of luxury car and watch commercials, I conceptualised, directed and edited this non-commissioned work.
The World We Knew
WENDI TAN
SARAN ANN SIM
GOH RYAN
REBECCA LEE
FOO YONG CHIN
Year 2 - Cinematography
Maggie and Tony suspect their spouses of having an affair and arrange to meet at a hotel. They leave their meeting with unsaid possibilities. This was one of our proudest projects even though it was done for our Year 2 Cinematography module. We were required to recreate or adapt a scene from any movie and enhance it with our own creative input. Our inspiration for The World We Knew was the 20-year-old film In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar Wai.
While we rewrote the screenplay, our film stayed true to the original storyline. As the original film was set in the 60s, the production design – from sound design to art direction – had to go back in time. The location had to have an old-world charm. The doors and staircase were not only used to frame our shots and enable performance blocking, but also served as visual metaphors – the staircase denoted the challenge ahead, while the door was a passageway to their imagined affair. We lit the scenes for contrast and saturation, between deep shadows and warm tungsten lights. The wardrobe choice for our talents referenced that of the original leads as well: red for the dress and tie signified love, passion and intensity; the navy blue shoulder bag evoked a sense of sadness; while the green hue that cast over Maggie represented jealousy. For our camera work, we bounced the rack focus back and forth between the talents to enhance the deliberate dialogue between our protagonists.
CHIA WEI LING
Year 3 - Cinematography
The objective of this class assignment was to style a product in a visually appealing way. We were not commissioned by any brand and had the freedom to work with any product. I sought inspiration from fragrance commercials and works of prop stylists for my television commercial on Yves Rocher’s shower gel. I focused on art direction and mood lighting, and enhanced the set with effects such as wind and bubbles to stimulate the senses and simulate a relaxing bath experience. I handled the art-direction, filming and editing myself, with the help from some friends on set.
GABRIEL HO RUI JIE
Year 3 - Cinematography
This is a TV commercial on the ARRI 150w tungsten light shot for my advanced cinematography module. We were supposed to take a product and shoot it as aesthetically pleasing as possible. I conceptualised, shot and edited this commercial.
DIRECTING & CINE-DIRECT
Directing teaches students different aspects of pre-scriptwriting, scene direction, completion of scriptwriting, script visualisation, pre-production, acting, blocking, direction, rehearsal and filming. The focus is on equipping students with the essential skills to become competent directors so as to build a creative portfolio.
In Cine-Direct, students get to incorporate and apply what they learn from the Cinematography and Directing modules in a cross-module combined project. This integration helps them develop a deeper understanding of the interrelated and complementary roles of Director and Cinematographer.
The Last Of Us
Tay Kai Yi, Ronald
Sim Jia Min, Sarah Ann
Longtime friends, Tom and Callie have seen each other through different phases of their lives. They are young adults now, and as Tom prepares to leave the country to further his studies, the two spend one last night to remember the experiences they had together. Unbeknownst to Tom, Callie has something else to share.
If It's Meant To Be
Ummi Latifah Bte Bujang
Ong Xiang Yun, Amanda
Goh Ryan
One alone is the absence of the other. Both are opposite and equal. Her lover, Black is her contrast and contradiction, the antithesis to her existence. With a plan to get rid of him, White meets Black in a void. In an illuminated moment, White realises that as much as he is her adversary, Black is her balance - he complements and completes her.
Acceptance
Christabel Teo (Zhang Jia Rong)
Chua Ee Leng, Jaslyne
A man has trouble coming to terms with his wife’s passing, going so far as to refuse medication for fear that he may never "see" her again. His son struggles with the frustration and heartbreak of seeing his father in such a state and has to decide whether his father is better off facing reality or staying lost in his reverie.
Poker Face
Foo Yong Chin
Amrish Pillay
Two men on one last round of poker. If the cards could speak, would they call a bluff, or tell tales of lies and deceit?
Gaslighting
Lee Wan Yi Cheryl
Brianna Wai Si Ting
An anger-fuelled encounter turns violent. When his marriage is taken from him, will Adam end up taking someone's life?
What The Hell Am I Doing Here?
Lim Ye Kai
Rohit Nair
Hannah Ng Shueh Yi
A young man musters up the courage to talk to a girl at a bar. Falling head over heels in love, he falls harder than he expects.
The Last Of Us
Tay Kai Yi, Ronald
Sim Jia Min, Sarah Ann
Longtime friends, Tom and Callie have seen each other through different phases of their lives. They are young adults now, and as Tom prepares to leave the country to further his studies, the two spend one last night to remember the experiences they had together. Unbeknownst to Tom, Callie has something else to share.
If It's Meant To Be
Ummi Latifah Bte Bujang
Ong Xiang Yun, Amanda
Goh Ryan
One alone is the absence of the other. Both are opposite and equal. Her lover, Black is her contrast and contradiction, the antithesis to her existence. With a plan to get rid of him, White meets Black in a void. In an illuminated moment, White realises that as much as he is her adversary, Black is her balance - he complements and completes her.
Acceptance
Christabel Teo (Zhang Jia Rong)
Chua Ee Leng, Jaslyne
A man has trouble coming to terms with his wife’s passing, going so far as to refuse medication for fear that he may never "see" her again. His son struggles with the frustration and heartbreak of seeing his father in such a state and has to decide whether his father is better off facing reality or staying lost in his reverie.
Poker Face
Foo Yong Chin
Amrish Pillay
Two men on one last round of poker. If the cards could speak, would they call a bluff, or tell tales of lies and deceit?
Gaslighting
Lee Wan Yi Cheryl
Brianna Wai Si Ting
An anger-fuelled encounter turns violent. When his marriage is taken from him, will Adam end up taking someone's life?
What the hell am I doing here?
Lim Ye Kai
Rohit Nair
Hannah Ng Shueh Yi
A young man musters up the courage to talk to a girl at a bar. Falling head over heels in love, he falls harder than he expects.
Advanced Film Production
Advanced Film Production is a module which is learner-centric in nature and harnesses the students’ ability to contribute, learn and reflect within a cooperative group work environment that is steeped in a holistic-values-based approach for learning. It leverages off the various modules the students have and are currently taking, with the lecturers acting as mentors, facilitators and resource custodians in allowing the group to achieve their objective of creating their films. This course provides an opportunity to students who have mastered the fundamental technical principles and practices of filmmaking, to explore their creative and technical knowledge by applying their skills and abilities in all the aspects of film production through the completion of 2 values-theme-based short films.
AFP: Promise
Wendi Tan
Bryan Tee Yu Hong
Hannah Ng Shueh Yi
Gabriel Ho Rui Jie
Tamara Tan Su En
Sofia Rafique
Poon Min Hui Crystal
Jethro Junius Manalastas Caniedo
Promises made, hearts broken. A long-forgotten promise a boy must keep for a girl, or let go of for the sake of his daughter. Promise is proudly commissioned by Honour SG.
AFP: The Last
Jarrad Tan Wei Yang
Grant Daniel Nicholas
Sumaiyah Binte Muhammad Taufiq
Toh Wei Ning, Winnie
Haishwariya
Chua Ee Leng, Jaslyne
Ummi Latifah Bte Bujang
Shot in one continuous take, the audience takes on the point of view of fighter and opponent. Each jab and kick leaves Jake drained and defeated. Will he fight or take flight?
The father-son relationship takes centrestage in The Last, as the film focuses on the power of a father’s presence to inspire his son to keep fighting.
AFP: 家 (Home)
Demi Chumponvong
Aidan Weishan Razali
Ong Xiang Yun, Amanda
Lim Ye Kai
Rohit Nair
Wang Jie Yi, Sarah
Lim Zhi Hua Bryan
How she longs for Home. A young girl tries to reunite her parents after their divorce.
AFP: Glitter in his Eyes
Vasanthakumar Anbalagan
Lee Yu Han
Rebecca Lee Yi Yuan
Taufiq Rozaini
Rachel Marie Gunawan
A stern, no-nonsense father aspires for his son to join the army. When the former comes face to face with his son’s gender identity, the father’s regimented world gets thrown off course and he struggles to accept his child for his true self.
FINAL YEAR PROJECTS
The Year 3 FSV students get the opportunity to pitch their proposals before an approving panel simulating the industry process. Many of these final film projects have been supported by grants or sponsorships from the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Mediacorp Toggle – now known as meWATCH.
FYP: GIRLS
Hoe Jian Wei
Jacob Tan Swee Yang
Tamara Tan Su En
As their plans fall apart, two runaways who seek to have it all end up nowhere at all.
FYP: How to Love You
Bridgette Ong
Javen Leong Qi Xin
Lee Yu Han
T Pravin
Jethro Junius Manalastas Caniedo
Sim Jia Min, Sarah Ann
Kong Yi Cong Merwin
How To Love You is an intimate look into identity, acceptance, and above all, love.
Follow a mother's journey as she struggles to understand and accept her daughter for who she is when she accidentally finds out the truth about her sexuality.
AFP: 家 (Home)
Demi Chumponvong
Aidan Weishan Razali
Ong Xiang Yun, Amanda
Lim Ye Kai
Rohit Nair
Wang Jie Yi, Sarah
Lim Zhi Hua Bryan
How she longs for Home. A young girl tries to reunite her parents after their divorce.
AFP: Glitter in his Eyes
Vasanthakumar Anbalagan
Lee Yu Han
Rebecca Lee Yi Yuan
Taufiq Rozaini
Rachel Marie Gunawan
A stern, no-nonsense father aspires for his son to join the army. When the former comes face to face with his son’s gender identity, the father’s regimented world gets thrown off course and he struggles to accept his child for his true self.
FINAL YEAR PROJECTS
The Year 3 FSV students get the opportunity to pitch their proposals before an approving panel simulating the industry process. Many of these final film projects have been supported by grants or sponsorships from the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Mediacorp Toggle – now known as meWATCH.
FYP: GIRLS
Hoe Jian Wei
Jacob Tan Swee Yang
Tamara Tan Su En
As their plans fall apart, two runaways who seek to have it all end up nowhere at all.
FYP: How to Love You
Bridgette Ong
Javen Leong Qi Xin
Lee Yu Han
T Pravin
Jethro Junius Manalastas Caniedo
Sim Jia Min, Sarah Ann
Kong Yi Cong Merwin
How To Love You is an intimate look into identity, acceptance, and above all, love.
Follow a mother's journey as she struggles to understand and accept her daughter for who she is when she accidentally finds out the truth about her sexuality.
AFP: Promise
Wendi Tan
Bryan Tee Yu Hong
Hannah Ng Shueh Yi
Gabriel Ho Rui Jie
Tamara Tan Su En
Sofia Rafique
Poon Min Hui Crystal
Jethro Junius Manalastas Caniedo
Promises made, hearts broken. A long-forgotten promise a boy must keep for a girl, or let go of for the sake of his daughter. Promise is proudly commissioned by Honour SG.
AFP: The Last
Jarrad Tan Wei Yang
Grant Daniel Nicholas
Sumaiyah Binte Muhammad Taufiq
Toh Wei Ning, Winnie
Haishwariya
Chua Ee Leng, Jaslyne
Ummi Latifah Bte Bujang
Shot in one continuous take, the audience takes on the point of view of fighter and opponent. Each jab and kick leaves Jake drained and defeated. Will he fight or take flight? The father-son relationship takes centrestage in The Last, as the film focuses on the power of a father’s presence to inspire his son to keep fighting.
