Breaking Point: A Video About Stress

A while ago, the five of us--Triple H, Jay Lim, Jacky Kang, Baby Chai, and I--entered the Star Mag Inc competition organised by The Star newspaper. The competition involved making a magazine, as well as a video about a topic regarding teenage angst. We chose 'stress' as our topic, and made a 3-minute video about it. If you haven't seen it yet (it's been circulating around school), here's the video, posted on YouTube by one of my classmates.

The video was mostly based on the idea of a boy climbing the stairs of his apartment to commit suicide by jumping down. Along the way, he has flashbacks that show the catalysts and incidents that caused him to break down. The video ends with a cliffhanger, a warning message, and a reference to our magazine.

Casting of the actors was rather simple, as most of the actors were already in our team. (Triple H and I do not appear, as we were directing the film.) One of our friends, Gin Yen, agreed to play the role of the 'girlfriend' in the film.

I will include some post-production notes, trivia, and comments on my next post. Oh, and I also made a short film called 'The Making Of Breaking Point' that consisted of clips from the original film, as well as rejected scenes, bloopers, and spoof outtakes. Don't miss it!