而 Yasmin 最近在马来西亚国庆日所拍下的一出广告更是令人觉得意外。我看了后原本以为广告中的小男孩女孩已经背好台词来演戏,其实这却是Yasmin 无心插柳所拍下的。。他们的童真和男孩那表情令我觉得很震撼,也代表了这两个小孩是真的说出了自己的真心话,而片中的女声正是Yasmin 本人。。。 从 Yasmin 的部落格可知晓她凭着这广告获得了两个奖,即 Best Television Commercial和 Best Film Direction 。
小孩的童真是面镜子,我从纯洁的镜子当中看见了自己那复杂的内心。
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Love won!
[size=0.9em] Tan Hong Ming In Love
Originally uploaded by yasmin the storyteller
Onthe night of Friday the 2nd, 2007, while I was in Osaka attending afilm festival, here at home something wonderful happened. A televisioncommercial I made, which laid no claims whatsoever about any product orbrand, was given two Gold awards at the annual Malaysian advertisingaward show.
One for Best Television Commercial, and the other for Best Film Direction.
Entitled"Tan Hong Ming In Love", the English version of this commercial ended with the lines "Our children are colour blind. Shouldn't we keep them that way?"
At a time when ads try too hard to be clever and fancy, it was heartwarming to see a simple little film, where a six year old Chinese boy expressed his secret love for a Malay girl, turnout to be the most highly-awarded television commercial of the year.
I feel so blessed to have been given the chance by Petronas to write the concept and direct this spot myself, of course, but truth be known, it was little Tan Hong Ming and Ummi Qazrina who deserved all the applause that night, just for being their charming, lovable selves.