Billy Christian Films

Yesterday I had a great fun. My Blue Blood team gathered up after we preview on "Blue Blood" teaser trailer on Eltra post production. I was came late because the rain was so hard and can't easily get the cab. Then I'm very happy to see all my team was there; Vera Lasut the producer, Lulu Utami her assistant, Baskoro Adi the scriptwriter and Alvin Harris our graphic designer. Left to right: Alvin Harris, Me, Baskoro Adi, Vera Lasut, Lulu Utami This is so yummmmmy!!! We never been together like this since the last time we went on Pucheon Film Festival last year. It's a rare moment. So we decided to go to Korean barbeques restaurant called Chung Gi Wa located near Dharmawangsa square on south Jakarta. And we had lots of conversation there. We drink korean wine, whoa taste really good. The food and the atmospheres brings back the memory the last time we go to Puchon Film Festival last year where we got the award for "Blue Blood"s project. :)

What I'm doing is trying to survive with this industry. I have to keep making movies. I have to give a birth to every project that I had design. I never give up. I met lots of people and pitch the concept to them. lots of rejection, lots of promises, but I must go on. Finding a producer or people who wants to invest on your movie is not easy. It's like a finding a lifetime partner. That is why we cannot give up easily. making a movie spends a lot of money. and we have to give it back the money. its a business. and we are responsible for our works.

Here's my two works from today's and yesterday's. Still the same style. I was experimenting using colors. Blocking the colors specifically. and the subject still male. may be a personification of my self? Yesterday's drawing today's drawing

Today I bought painting equipments. I just found a shop that is really cool, it was named "Prapatan" located in Fatmawati, South Jakarta. Today was my first time to go there. All of the paintings stuff were there. I will be very often go there in the future. The last time I'm doing painting is like 4 years ago. That's quiet a long time ago. all the paint already dried out. That time i"m using oil, but now I'm gonna try acrylics. hope doing fine. oh I'm so excited. :) Old works like 4 years ago. unpolished. unfinished. old paintings.

Today I met my filmmaker friend from Borneo (Kalimantan), we've been friend like 3 years. He came from Germany but stayed at Borneo. I'm very happy because we rarely meet, but every time he's on Jakarta we usually have a time to meet and shares idea and updating each other. Both of us are having the same dream, making movies. We shares knowledge and passion on filmmaking and struggle to make it happen the best we could.  We had some coffee and lunch together and had great chat, I told him about what I've done recently, about The Trio Macan movie and how I worked for TV Industry. I'm hoping that I will have chance to go to Borneo and stay there and have some adventures. I wish I had the time and opportunity to do that.

Siang tadi gue ke PH "S", gue ketemu sama produser dan line produser untuk film layar lebar panjang gue yang ke-2 "7MRS" (Film layar lebar panjang gue yang pertama adalah "The Legend of Trio Macan"). Pembicaraan masih seputar hal yang sama, namun tentunya ada progress yang cukup membuat gue lebih tenang. NAAAH... makanya besok gue mau ngeraphin lagi nih ide-ide abstrak di kepala gue menjadi LEBIH RAPIH LAGI. Sebenernya gue udah bicara sama ketua departemen tim gue mengenai konsep2, or production design, tapi gue memang harus memformulasikan lagi menjadi presentasi yang lebih detail dan rapih. Fungsinya buat line produser mengetahui perkonsepan sutradara adalah dia jadi bisa paham konsep gue dan bagaiamana merealisasikan konsep itu. hoahhhhmm. tiba-tiba ngantuk. (lirik jam udah jam 2:24AM) lanjut besok ya guys. :) Have a nice rest.

Sekitar seminggu yang lalu gue mendapatkan undangan untuk menghadiri Indonesian Movie Award 2013 yang diadakan di Studio 8 RCTI. awalnya gue gak terlalu excited karena biasanya pasti gue bentrok sama jadwal shooting. tapi berhubung lagi santai yah bolehlah dateng sabil ketemu temen2 juga di acara. Dan yang lebih ngebuat gue excited lagi adalah Gesata Stella aktor film gue segmen "Pembalut" di "Sanubari Jakarta" mendapatkan nominasi "Pendatang Baru Terbaik" dan "Pendatang Baru terfavorit". Me and Gesata Stella on Indonesian Movie Award 2013, she's nominated for "Best Newcomer" in "Pembalut" my short film in omnibus movie "Sanubari Jakarta"  I'm quiet happy karena performance Gesata di "Pembalut" memang bagus dan itu karena kolaborasi gue dan Gesata dalam tahap character development. Di film "Pembalut", Gesata memerankan 4 tokoh yang berbeda, dimana keempat tokoh itu saling berintera...