By initiating your pitch effectively, one can secure a meeting and move towards sealing the deal.

Have a great sales week ahead!

Below is the next “Be your own boss” episode.

In this episode, Man Greng gets real with who should manage the family finances, much to Bedah’s distress.

Enjoy.

We scheduled a day to get all celebrities in one place to shoot their photos. There were lots of jumping just to get the mood of the opening sequence. They made it look easy.

Enjoy the long holidays!

My company is releasing this based-on-true-story documentary on DVD in the 2nd week of April 2009. It has M-18 Ratings. Here’s the 1-minute trailer. The DVD comes with English Subtitles.

Below is the Media Release should you want to pick up the story:

For Immediate Release

Screenbox Pte Ltd releases a documentary about transsexuals on DVD.

 From the makers of the popular TV Series, Hanyut, Bongkar Sr 1 and Sr 2, Uncensored exposes a very taboo topic especially among our Malay community – too extreme and forbidden that these stories could not be shown on TV!

This one hour documentary zooms into the lives of what many will deemed as the black sheep of our society -Transsexuals. Uncensored delves into this dark culture and lifestyle, their explicit secrets, background and life stories.  

The filming, which was done in June 2008, was mostly carried out at Changi Village, the popular spot where many transsexuals prostitutes ‘haunt’ for their victims.

Screenbox’s Executive Producer, Mr. Sujimy Mohamad said, “Our team had to hide at the highest floor of a HDB block to record real footages of the happenings there. A hidden camera was clipped onto 2 transsexual prostitutes to record very raw footages of their intimate moments with their clients. This is by far our boldest and edgiest production.”

But Uncensored is beyond all that sizzles. This documentary also pull our heartstrings as we listen to the struggles of these transsexuals who crave for a sense of belonging, not just from our community, but also from their own flesh and blood.

This documentary also gets up close and personal with a popular transsexual figure, as she opens up about her sex operation procedure.

The painful experiences and struggles these transsexuals have to go through to become a woman and to earn a living are all documented in this gut and honest one hour documentary.

Uncensored DVD will be released island wide in the 2^nd week of April 2009.

Uncensored Facts

 -       Uncensored  was filmed almost a year ago but due to strict censorship, this documentary can only be released just recently.

-       The hidden camera was bought especially for this production.

-       From the recordings of the hidden camera, the crew found out that some of the prostitutes’ clients range from 18 year old teenage boys to married men.

 -       Most of the sexual acts carried out by the prostitutes happened in the client’s car.

-       The crew sensed a lot of rivalry between the transsexual prostitutes as competition is tough.

-       The reenactments were done rather explicitly to showcase the realism. There were kissing scenes between 2 male actors which had to be removed.

 -       Other scenes that had to be removed include an intimate scene in a hotel room and a making out scene in a van.

 -       Actual transsexual prostitutes were invited to attend the reenactment filming to ensure accuracy and realism.

 -       All of the main talents who acted as transsexuals are professional theatre male actors.

 -       One of the main talents who acted as transsexuals looked so real and different that his own wife could not recognize him on set.

 -        Unexpectedly, one of the transsexuals being interviewed happened to be one of the producer’s long lost friend. 

My interview with Radio DJ, TG (in Warna 94.2fm) on how I started my TV Production House business and my views on the recession.