HASSAN bin Abd Muthalib
Singapore Film Industry,
Accession Number 003121
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 2
Total Reels
- Noridah Jamaluddin
Interviewer
- 01:29:17
Total Running Time
- Malay
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 2
Metadata
- 12 Feb 2007
Recording Date
- 00:57:11
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*Family background. Born in Alor Star, Kedah. Moved to Perak and then to Pulau Pinang. Early education in Pulau Pinang. His way of studying. Offered a job in Kuala Lumpur in 1964. Introduced and exposed to arts and films when in Kuala Lumpur. Started drawing by copying other art works. His experience of the job interview as a graphics designer at Filem Negara (National Film Unit, Malaysia) in 1967. Produced animated public service filmlets and documentaries. Winning an award for his first documentary at Asian Film Festival. Retired early as Head of Graphics Design Unit in 1995. Studying English Literature. Developed further interests in film narration and techniques of photography. Watched up to about 300 films a year as form of self-study.
Family reactions towards his area of work. His work ethics. His first animation trailer production in 1972. Involved in animated titling for films. Directed Malaysia’s first animation feature film “Silat Lagenda”. Use humour as a feature in his animation and television trailer works. Elaboration on making of animation feature film “Silat Lagenda” in 1995. Lessons learnt. Imparting knowledge to project team mates. Development of films in Malaya and Singapore in 1960s. Comparisons between the films made in Singapore (at Cathay-Keris and Shaw Brothers Studios) and Kuala Lumpur (Merdeka Studio). Factors of affecting filmed made by Merdeka Studio in 1960s. Elaboration on development of P. Ramlee films. Factors which made P. Ramlee’s films popular with audience. Factors affecting quality of actors and actresses. Themes and issues explored in films in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 2
Metadata
- 12 Feb 2007
Recording Date
- 00:32:06
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Audience reactions towards the films in the 1960s and 1970s. Narrative and cinematography treatments by Hong Kong film crew brought in by Shaw Brothers. Film distribution problems faced by independent producers. Introduction of FINAS (National Film Development Corp, Malaysia) in 1981 to help the film industry. Development of Malaysian cinema in 1980s. Film studio corporations in Malaysia. Elaboration on “indie” also known as “digital video (DV)” film makers or “little cinema of Malaysia”. Results of introduction of digital video in film making in Asia. Characteristics of ‘heroes’ in Asian cinema. Elaboration on young film makers in Malaysia and issues featured in their films. Characteristics of films from Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. His opinion on the development of DV films in the future and the post-modernist approach in films. The setting up of Animation Society of Malaysia (ANIMAS) in 2001. Elaboration of objectives, activities and members of ANIMAS.
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