Since I’m busy with alot of school work, I will just bring to your attention a great student film based on the book Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. This short film is a French film with English subtitles and it covers the theme of the book pretty well. It’s quite a laugh and I highly recommend anybody to watch it.
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PS: If you want to know more about the book, just google it!
So, I found a style that will ease the formatting of your script. The best thing is you don’t have to fork out the cash to buy a scriptwriting software or waste your time downloading a free one. Best of all is that you can use your trusty ol’ Microsoft Word, the ever popular word processor that anyone can download off the internet, to write your scripts without wasting your time on the formatting!
Without further ado, here’s the style:
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To use it, simply double-click on this file to open it, import the styles present in it to your global template and you can use it with any word files you want! Now, isn’t life rather satisfying with them scripts easier to format?
What a generic looking poster!
Jack Neo’s latest effort is a thought provoking piece that comes laden with his usual pastiche of social commentaries and humour. Despite the declining quality of his films, one cannot deny that Jack has the formula for making commercial films spot on that is to just mash up a lot of interesting and funny humour. So, what can be said of his latest film?
First of all, one thing that is an eyesore to this film is the overabundance of unnecessary CGI. Jack Neo seems to be a sucker for CGI and he finds every opportunity to include them, even if the scene is totally ridiculous. Gone are the days where he actually writes set pieces that can be filmed without CGI. Instead, all we get are totally useless scenes that relied heavily on CGI which adds nothing to the humour and emotional depth of his films.
The plot direction took a twist for a better in the second half of the film, focusing on the drama surrounding a particular character instead. This causes the film to be uncohesive despite it improving in terms of narrative as the film goes on. In fact, the film’s midpoint is terribly sloppy as the first half’s plot points are quickly resolved to make way for the second half. One way Jack Neo should work this is by discarding the first half of the film and instead structure the film based on the second half’s subplot.
As for the humour, they are still what you get from a Jack Neo film. You will laugh at every sentence uttered by the characters, the social commentaries and the delightful use of dialects such as hokkien and mandarin. This film is billed as the usual Jack Neo comedy but one could be caught off guard as the drama comes unexpectedly in the second half. Despite all that, the film still relied heavily on cheap narrative tricks such as including sudden appearance of tragic plot points that could piss off seasoned film aficionados.
All in all, Jack Neo’s latest effort is funny, weirdly structured and a tear jerker. This film pales in comparison with his earlier films such as Money No Enough and That One No Enough due to its weird structure and overuse of CGI. The only saving grace for this film itself is the dramatic turn in the middle. Without that, this film can just pass off as a remake of his older films. Sadly, Money No Enough 2 would have been Jack Neo’s best if he were to cut down on the first half and remove the CGI.
PS: This film shouldn’t be named Money No Enough 2 just because they want to tie it in with the first film to earn cash. They should have named it differently to add more depth to the film instead of labelling it as ‘Just a Sequel to One of Jack Neo’s Older Film’.
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