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Directing my 1st Music Video

Zie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:35:22 +0000

Now this was so much fun! i was given the chance to Direct a music video for a local artist, Atama. The song is “Haro Poh Logoton” from the album “Bakakuk”, Atama’s 2nd album.

the first time i was given the mantle of Director was during a FINAS video production course some time ago. This however, is very different from directing a short story in which there was no dialogue but we had to shoot according to the lyrics. The key was to sync the lips of the singers exactly to the song, so we had the song playing in the background while they acted the scenes out. This was crucial in the later part of editing. I also did the editing on this video, storyboard was done by Jen Julius.

This video shoot was done in 3 days (13 – 15 July 2009) by the Borneo Production Crew. Our locations were all around Kota Kinabalu.

The video was launched on 16 August 2009 together with Atama’s 2nd album “Bakakuk” during the Star City North Hip Hop Championship 2009.

video will be available soon

Credits:

Executive Producer
Fred Gabriel (FDAM)

Producer
Jude Rodney Phan

Director
Radzie Rahman

Executive Director, Storyboard
Jenifer Julius Topin

Concept
Atama

Editor
Radzie Rahman

Crew
Camera 1
Zulhizam Salleh

Camera 2
Christie Joshua Gantai

Lighting
Alexion Mairin

Photography
Saudin Parman

BBoys
Tenz Dance Crew

Make Up
Ayuki Edna Joan Sinidol-Bagiu

Actors as News Journalists
Saudin Parman
Christie Joshua Gantai
Al Hambra Johar

Special Thanks
Kadazandusun Cultural Association
Kota Kinabalu City Hall
Jesselton Point
Kinabalu International School
People of Kampung Koidupan
People of Kampung Moyog

KokoKaina Update. She did it!

Zie — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:06:27 +0000

This is just an update for all fans of KokoKaina, the very talented singer/songwriter YouTube sensation from Malaysia. She is currently recording her album in Los Angeles, at the Brushfire Studios. The album could be slated for release some time next year.

If you guys have no idea what I’m talking about, u can read my old post here>

Her original Christmas song that was featured YouTube frontpage is here>

Big congratulations to KokoKaina and all the best to her

BSBCC ‘Bear Necessities’ Fundraising Event

Zie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:01:15 +0000

Friday, November 14th 2008 marks a historical and monumental day in which the first major collaboration between conservationists, several corporate companies and the government took place. The BSBCC (Borneo Sun Bears Conservation Center) Fundraiser Event was held at the Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa at 6.30 pm and it was attended by the Chief Minister of Sabah, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Datuk Masidi Manjun and Kota Kinabalu Mayor Datuk Iliyas Ibrahim.

The hosts for the evening was television personality Daphne Iking, and actor/playwright/comedian Jit Murad. Also hosting was talented actresses Ida Nerina, Joanna Bessey, and Lina Teoh (Miss Malaysia World 1998 Winner, Miss World 1998 2nd Runner Up). The show would not be complete without the talented and multifarious assortment of musicians that came on stage on that night. They started the evening with a performance by Amir Yussof, Rafique Rashid and Badar. They sang a song titled “Calling On You” which was specially written by Amir, a song beautifully composed for the Sun Bears. Rafique and Badar was also joined later by Albert Sirimal to perform.

Bear Nessesities – Fundraiser for the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre

Zie — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:55:09 +0000

An array of Malaysia’s best-known musicians, television and film icons will come together for one night to raise funds for the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, to be established at Sepilok, Sandakan. Aptly named ‘Bear Necessities’, this fundraising event will be held at Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa on Friday 14th November 2008 at 6.30pm.

Pesta Gambus 2008 (Gambus Festival)

Zie — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:49:17 +0000

Pesta Gambus 2008 was held on 25-27 July 2008 in Sipitang. This annual festival celebrates the musical culture of the Brunei community in the West Coast of Sabah, with the Gambus instrument as the central theme.

visit lifeinborneo.com for the full story>>>

KokoKaina Sings And Writes Too

Zie — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:49:35 +0000

Link to her YouTube video>>>
(this Christmas song that she wrote had 620,675 hits and 4,176 comments so far.)

KokoKaina has an amazingly beautiful voice, plays guitar, writes songs, not to mention cute too. She was recently featured on the Youtube front page. I was surprised to find that she’s is from KL. We actually have real new talents here in Malaysia, not like “some” people who can barely sing, don’t remember song lyrics, and pok famous saja (you know what i mean?). Our KokoKaina is different, doesn’t really show her face, just focuses on singing and playing guitar. She is currently unsigned and just sings for fun. Hey music labels! Are you listening to this?

Here are some more of her videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LST222h9sjk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMhgoumJUcI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43etPBREYUs

Dewa 19 in Kota Kinabalu 2007

Zie — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:17:25 +0000

Finally! Dewa 19 in KK! I never thought it would ever be possible, because big Indonesian bands like them only does concerts in KL, until now!!! Last Saturday (15-12-2007), I went to Stadium Likas to see them perform. I took some pics and videos (though the videos are only short clips).

A shot of the stage before the concert starts.

Opening by Jinbara.

Felix A.F. with Jinbara.

And then, the stage was darkened and I knew Dewa was next to play.

Video of Dewa 19’s first song, “Angin”.
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More pics.

Ella and Dewa’s Dhani in a duet of “Sedang Ingin Bercinta”.

Video of “Dewi”.
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Video of “Kangen”. This time I got quite close to the stage.
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At the end of their final song, they said “Terima Kasih, Kinabalu!”

Video of Laskar Cinta and ending of concert.
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All in all, Dewa 19 concert was an awesome show! They did a stellar performance. Our local artists (Jinbara, Felix and Ella) also did a good job. But, Ella must have been so surprised to see the crowd’s laid back attitude. “Mari nyanyi sama-sama! “… … crickets … …

Somehow I felt weird when Dewi-Dewi (Indo Girl Pop Group) was singing. They were covering Dewa songs, but in a Pop/R&B way and made the stadium so quiet (maybe most everyone was so puzzled, “huh? what is this?”. Though they managed to pick up the crowd’s mood with their own hit “Dokter Cinta” as their last song (which sounded too much like “Everybody Dance Now”.

There are a few things that every singer/band/group needs to know about performing in KK, the audience here are shy and very laid back. Asking the audience to sing-along is fine, but we came to hear you guys sing, not tuneless out of sync singing of our own voices. Also, there is no mosh-pit or stage diving, or crying/feinting. We might seem “cold” but we are enjoying your music, just in our own way.

After people started to leave, I finally found my sisters and cousin.

Set You On Fire – Pop Shuvit

Zie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:35:34 +0000

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Yo, check it out guys. This is Pop Shuvit, a Malaysian band. Video is shot in Sweden, directed by Johan Hannu.

New Radiohead album

Zie — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:48:56 +0000

Their new album is coming out in a few days. It’s called “In Rainbows”. Pay what you think it’s worth. Interesting experiment…

One of THE COOLEST Guitars (PIC)

Zie — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:49:59 +0000

O Lord, bless this thy Angel Sword Guitar, that with it thou mayst blow Christina Aguilera and A-HA and Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias to tiny bits, in thy mercy. If you want it, follow these steps: first shalt thou get to eBay. Then shalt thou pay $4,500, no more, no less. Sadly it won’t play Guitar Hero.

But it does go well with my header background image.