And it's a wrap!
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Principal Photography for Sumolah is finally complete - as of early this morning at 3.22am. We shot out last scene beneath the towering Twin Towers in sleepy Kg Baru. And the moment Afdlin called "It's a wrap for Sumolah", everyone belted out mixed signals. Some of sigh of reliefs, others mostly of memories and friendship bonds made having come to an end, accompanied by hugs and handshakes, smiles and almost cries.
After spending 63 days, through thick and thin, with mad deadlines and the memorable 10-days in Fukuoka - how can any of the team members not feel a sudden void of missing the Sumolah family now that the film's over? I know, I'll miss everyone despite it all.
But for Afdlin and the Vision Works team, it's not over yet. There's still editing, audio dubbing, and a whole lot of other set of preparations to get Sumolah OUT THERE for you awesome people! Nokotta!
posted by zona marie @ 11:33 AM,
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live from LUCCT: Sumo tourney, 3rd bout
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Outback Sushi vs Diamond Sushi
posted by zona marie @ 7:21 PM,
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live frm LUCCT: Day 2 - Sumo Tournament
Welcome to the 15th Amateur Sumo Tournament organized by the Association of Sushi Restaurants Malaysia, sponsored by Celcom. Live on location, these photos comes to you from Cyberjaya.
The dohyo all ready to go for the first match of the day.
The scoreboard and Amateur Sumo Tournament
Afdlin and Heil, along with an army of cameras.
Referees and the rikishi blocking before take.
posted by zona marie @ 6:41 PM,
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building the Dohyo
Monday, August 07, 2006
Leading up to our final few days of filming, our Art Department team has been working hard and challenged into builing a sumo dohyo set from scratch, where our biggest scenes of the film will be held.
Our confirmed location for this set is at the Limkokwing University College of Creative Technology's auditorium. And set building has been on-going since Friday evening. I dropped by this afternoon, and it's looking awesome.
They're still at the clay laying stage and it's going to take a few days for it to harden.
We've even got a roller to compact the clay to ensure it can carry the rikishi's weight.
Filming at the dohyo commences August 10th onwards. If any of you are still interested in being an extra as audience for this, please leave your phone numbers at sumolah (@) gmail (dot) com. Some of you who've emailed us, did not reply with your phone numbers. Please do. Cheers!
posted by zona marie @ 4:02 PM,
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Domo arigato, Fukuoka!
The cast and crew are back in KL after an amazing 10 days of filming, which also turned out to be a touching fellowship exchange among us, the Japanese rikishi and the wonderfully dedicated Japanese film crew from AND film.
We're glad to have come through with such a tight schedule and now ready to take on our final 14 days of filming back in Malaysia.
Our deepest appreciation and gratitude goes out to the City of Fukuoka, the Fukuoka Film commission, Fukuoka City Hall, the rikishi of Kyushu University, AND films and all who've extended their help in one way or another. Not forgetting Amir, a Malaysian student studying in Fukuoka, who've delighted our Japanese film crew with his Japanese by being a part of our team.
Arigato gozaimasu!
The old dohyo, where we shot the sumo practices.
The student rikishi who helped us and were part of Sumolah.
Afdlin, Awie & Radhi among the rikishi at the dohyo.
They're excited and happy rikishi.
The cast & crew at Kawabata shopping street, where we filmed at.
posted by zona marie @ 3:41 PM,
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