Digital Video Story Telling

LUM CHEE KIN
Executive Producer / Film Director

Chee Kin started his career as a studio cameraman at the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation since 1980. In 1986, he was sent by the station to Australia to be trained in single 16mm film camera operation. There he produces documentaries and TV commercials at the famous Australian Film and Television School.

Spurred by his passion in television and film making, he left for the United States to pursue a degree in Mass Communication. During his stint in the US, Chee Kin won two awards from the Academy Television Arts and Science for two documentaries he wrote, shot and directed. In 1992, he graduated with a Masters Of Arts degree in Communication from the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale.

Back in Singapore, Chee Kin joined Caldecott Productions as a Producer/Director, producing mainly TV commercials, TV programmes and documentaries. After that, he joined Ogilvy and Mather Advertising as the Head of TV Department for 4 years, overseeing the Asia Pacific region’s TV commercial productions and garnering awards for clients such as the Bank of China, Nippon Paint and Guinness Stout.

Since 1998, Chee Kin ventured out and together with another partner started The Reel Thing Pte Ltd. At the Reel Thing he continues to produce and direct TV commercials and documentaries for clients such Subway, Burger King, CNN, BBC, Loreal, Gardens by the Bay and Far East Organization.

Course Objectives

Designed to introduce participants the basics of video productions; concepts, scripting, planning, camera works, lightings, editing and deliveries. Through practical applications and hands on experience of handling of simple video equipment. Learn the art of making motion pictures to tell a compelling story through technology in video production.

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