1. EXT. STREET ALLEY - DAY

A MALE SECURITY GUARD (the husband, 33), wearing a white mask, is walking away (from the camera angle), holding a plastic bag. The contents of the bag seems to be moving. He walks down a small alley, passing by an old couple (70-80) quarrelling. Soon after, he comes across a young couple (7-8) who also argues in the same manner.

The guard smiles to himself.

Just in case Mr H1N1 is around...

하얀 마스크를 쓴 한 남자 수위(남편)가 비닐봉지를 쥔 채 카메라 앵글로부터 걸어나간다. 봉지 안쪽이 움직이는 것 같다. 그는 작은 골목을 지나쳐 걸어간다. 한 늙은 부부가 다투고 있다. 한 어린이 커플이 다투고 있다.

수위가 혼자 웃는다.

"Money...I want your money!"

Seorang LELAKI berpakaian pengawal keselamatan (33), memakai topeng penutup habuk berlalu pergi dari arah kamera. Dia memegang beg plastik pasaraya. Kandungan di dalam beg kelihatan bergerak-gerak.

Lelaki berjalan di sebuah lorong melewati Pasangan warga emas yang uzur sedang bertengkar. Pasangan kanak-kanak yang sedang bermain juga tiba-tiba bertengkar.

Beliau tersenyum sendirian. Beliau mendail telefon bimbitnya.

Prologue...of sorts.

Synopsis
The story follows a working-class married couple who live together with the husband's father. Things ticks along smoothly and quietly, until, one day, the wife asks the husband for a cat. The husband, who doesn't like cats, immediately refuses, and they start to quarrel. As the story moves along, the past is soon revealed.

Genre – light drama

Purpose
To portray the married life, a life made up of fighting and arguing.

Inspirations
My wife and my parents.
Movie by Aki Kaurismaki (dead pan style)

Desired Audience Response
A smile on their faces after movie is finished.

Actors Lee Soohyun (L) and Choi Sol Hee as the husband and wife.

이 이야기는 시아버지와 함께 사는 한 부부에 관한 이야기이다. 아내가 문득 남편에게 고양이를 사달라고 요구하면서 작은 문제가 일어난다. 남편이 거절하자, 둘은 다투기 시작한다. 이야기가 진행되면서, 곧 그들의 과거가 드러난다.

장르: 가벼운 드라마

말하고자 하는 것: 말다툼(신체적 폭력이 아니라)이 결혼생활을 만드는 방식일 수도 있다.

영향: 내 아내, 내 아버지와 어머니.
아키 카우리스마키의 영화.

관객에게 바라는 것: 영화가 끝나면 미소 짓는 것

So smile. :)

Irwan

The Beginning...

...is almost always the most difficult part of anything.

I say almost, because when it comes to filming, the rules goes out the window. Everything is different, and a big part of that is because the lines are not clearly drawn. There's no single starting line, nor will there immediately be a clear end in sight...if at all. We merely move from one stage to another, without truly knowing that it has already started, or that the phase is at its end.

We just do what we do.

Wow...that's deep. ;)

Now that's out of the way, let's cut to the chase: the blog. This is our attempt to document what we can about the making of 'Zahir Tak Terucap', a short film by Maz Irwan Azani. It is a graduation project made for the Korea National University of Arts, and the film marks the beginning of the end of our current sojourn here in Korea. It has been a long and difficult couple of years, and we believe that this film is a fitting one to cap it all off. As such, you'll be able to find production updates, behind the scenes photos, as well as interviews with the cast and crew. And if there is enough coffee left in the machine and inspiration in the tank, we might even put in translations in Bahasa Malaysia and Korean.

Fortunately for us, blogging is a slightly different beast compared to filmmaking. Just like films, it doesn't really have a definite end in sight. It does, however, have a clear beginning.

This one.

And with that we'd like to say what most people do at the beginning.

Hello, assalamualaikum, anyeong haseiyo, and welcome to our blog!