One of the many things that defines a CIS student is their appetite for risk-taking. Grade 10 students Ryan Chow, Zildjian Boon and Darren Tang embodied this trait when they stepped out of their comfort zone to create a music video that eventually won accolades at two different film festivals.
The students created ‘Dehydrated’ a music video based on a song they made themselves. The entire process from planning through to editing took about six months. They were inspired by other artists’ use of drones and tried to utilise the same technology throughout the project. Their love of competitive sports such as swimming, influenced their decision to match the song with a story of a swimming race between the central character and other competitors.
Encouraged by the positive response they received from friends, the students decided to participate in several film festivals. This included the Singapore International Student Film Festival where they won the best editing category and the Across Asia Youth Film Festival where they won the best music video award.
“Winning the best music video award was astonishing as we weren’t expecting to win due to the caliber of other submissions,” said Ryan. “It took us a while to comprehend what was going on. Even after a week it still didn’t feel real! We are really proud and happy that we won the award though. It was exciting and a lot of fun to be part of the festival. Aside from from getting to tour a number of studios like Disney, HBO and MediaCorp, we also got to attend talks that really inspired us to do more in the future!”
To view ‘Dehydrated’ visit www.orlange.org. For more inspiring stories about CIS students visit www.cis.edu.sg/mosaic.
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