A Storytelling Technique You Can Learn From Hit Korean Series HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA — HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA is a charming 16-episode Korean drama series that tells a simple love story between a city girl and a village boy. City girl worked as a dentist in Seoul. After she fell out with her boss, she quit and decided to open up a clinic in…

THE IDEA It was in the year of 2017 when Shahidah sat in front of me and began pitching ideas for her final year project. This phase of film making, the appraisal of an idea, is crucial. Before we begin the arduous task of story planning, we must first of…

How A Series About A Lesbian Poet Can Renew Your Love For Language I was a few years into my television writing career when I embarked upon the third season of a local police action-drama series Triple Nine. I had been head writer for the first two seasons and had…

Or How A Live Audience Can Improve Your Comedy Writing. — When I was in secondary school, I always looked forward to English Composition day as it was a chance for me to write stories. I remember writing a story that was an homage to a Hardy Boys tale. Homage being just a fancy word for copying the style of an…

Back in my previous life as a television writer, I had just finished writing the pilot script for a brand new local English comedy titled Under One Roof. I had stayed up till 4 am in the morning putting the finishing touches on a comedic monologue, a story that will…

or the power of narrative in the shaping of your life A Korean drama series on Netflix lasts about 16 episodes. Each episode consumes an hour of your life. That’s 16 hours of your life vanishing into the ether, never to be reclaimed. However, it is worth the price if…

A tale of perseverance, persistence, and luck I recently directed a short film I wrote. Here are some stats. A WRITER DIRECTS _Part 1 Or the art of taking a plungeandrewcm-ngin.medium.com Duration of short — 12 mins. Number of days it took to shoot — 2. Number of days to write and develop the story — 1460. Or 4 years. As Flaubert…

or the art of communication I was a scriptwriter for more than ten years. I am still writing. I recently decided to take the plunge and direct something I have written. A WRITER DIRECTS _Part 1 Or the art of taking a plungeandrewcm-ngin.medium.com When you take up the mantle of a director, you must put aside the writer’s hat. Like how the…

a thank you note to the team that made it possible My short film is finally out! You can watch it on the Viddsee platform. Scene City S6: Not Today by Andrew Ngin Chiang Meng - Singapore Family drama Short Film | Viddsee A furniture restorer, Ah Lim, cares for his Alzheimer's-stricken wife, Monica, and refuses to replace their marital bed…www.viddsee.com It is also on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IleouXZ4_k&feature=youtu.be