Having spent more than 30 years in the film industry, Malaysian actor Chew Kin Wah is no stranger to Malaysian audiences.
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00:36 - You cannot fight with them on labor,
00:45 because as you know, it's cheaper there, so they can get.
00:49 I work on a series and I have 100 of the people.
00:53 That's a series.
00:54 In Malaysia, it's like two vans.
00:57 There is like,
00:58 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02 Here, yes, they do pre-pro, but compared to what
01:06 I've experienced there, they do more.
01:08 Really, really more.
01:09 So, like for example, I told you, like,
01:11 before shoot, they already have a booklet
01:14 or a entire file where every scene is storyboarded.
01:19 Everyone knows this scene has how many shots,
01:24 how many angles, and what is required.
01:27 So, there's no need for the director of photography
01:32 or the director to shout and tell people, like,
01:35 we need this, we need that.
01:36 Recently, there was a big launch of this series
01:41 where they say that they work without a script
01:43 and all that, and the OTT actually said that
01:47 we are very proud to have someone working with us
01:50 who can do all that.
01:51 I will tell them, like, it's actually shameful
01:54 for you to say that.
01:55 You shouldn't say all this.
01:57 You should hide the fact that you don't have
01:59 a complete script.
02:01 You know, we need a script to have a storyboard
02:04 to have which camera.
02:05 You tell me, "Wow, wow, wow, character, terrible.
02:09 Last minute, they can tell this angle, that angle."
02:11 That's a desperate job, that's not a proper job.
02:15 So, don't do that.
02:16 Another big difference with the Indonesian industry is
02:23 the Indonesian industry is shameful for me
02:28 because they have one language, we have three languages.
02:32 We have three industry films.
02:36 The Chinese industry, the Indian industry,
02:37 and the Malay film industry.
02:39 They are all divided.
02:42 The industry is, we can move forward if there are
02:47 less grants, I hope there are,
02:49 because there are loads of grants.
02:51 You should have grants for making the filmmakers
02:54 go for education, making the DOP go for courses,
02:59 making the script writer go to wherever,
03:02 go to Indonesia, a retreat, learn, write,
03:05 what's happening, go to film festival, watch things,
03:09 but it's not, it's a big movie.
03:12 Because you can see a lot of non-filmmakers,
03:16 I mean, yes, filmmaking is a business,
03:18 but it's become a business.
03:22 People who don't have any experience in making films,
03:27 just take the grant, and then, yay!
03:30 The most important is script writer.
03:32 If there's no story, there's no film.