|
|
HAUNTED CHANGI -
About the Film
"这是一个…历史会重演的地方"
HAUNTED CHANGI synopsis
Brief History of "Old Changi
Hospital"
Original HAUNTED CHANGI crew
Story & timeline of original
HAUNTED CHANGI
production
Original blog, Facebook pages
Interact!
HAUNTED CHANGI
synopsis:
In January of 2010, a group of local
filmmakers began exploring the
famously haunted Old Changi Hospital in
Singapore with terrifying and
tragic results. This movie
pieces together the original
Haunted Changi film crew's footage to tell
the full story.
Brief History
of "Old Changi Hospital":
Old
Changi Hospital in Singapore is
one of the most notoriously haunted places
in the world.
During
World War II, Japanese forces invaded
Singapore and the beaches of
Changi were soaked in the blood beheaded
civilians and prisoners of
war. The Japanese military took the
original Changi buildings and
made
it their headquarters. There were
many rumors of horrific torture
chambers and the bloody executions of
POWs. After the war, the
Japanese themselves became the executed
and paid for their war crimes
with their own blood in the same Changi
area.
In
the 1950's the former military barracks
were turned into a public
hospital. A perpetual portal for
life and death, the premises was
proclaimed haunted by the public
throughout the years. Witnesses
claimed to see ghosts, Japanese soldiers
and even pontianaks -- a Malay
vampire. Some locals even believed
that suffering through a
serious
injury was better than going to the
haunted Changi hospital for medical
attention.
In
1994, the original Changi Hospital moved
its location. The
buildings
have been abandoned ever since 1997, only
to be vandalized by those who
dare enter. It's been reported that
some explorers never come
back
out. But for Singapore
thrill-seekers, the attraction to Old
Changi
Hospital is always there.
Spirits of different
races and
nationalities have been reported wandering
around the premises.
Original
HAUNTED CHANGI crew:
Director
- Andrew
Lau
Producer - Sheena
Chung
Sound - Farid
Azlam
Camera - Audi
Khalis
Story
&
timeline of original HAUNTED CHANGI
production:
This
is a timeline of how the original HAUNTED
CHANGI documentary project
became HAUNTED CHANGI the motion picture
set to be released in cinemas.
On
January 27, 2010 the original HAUNTED
CHANGI crew launches their official
film blog and
announce their documentary project
focusing on Old Changi Hospital in
Singapore. The crew continued
to
communicate their experiences in OCH
throughout their production on
both the blog
and
their Facebook
pages.
Below is a timeline of
some of the events the occurred during the
production. Please
note, that some
information is being intentionally
withheld so as to not give away too
much information and "spoil" the HAUNTED
CHANGI film experience.
|
HAUNTED CHANGI production
timeline:
January 30, 2010
The director Andrew
invites the crew to his edit suite
to
watch an intro montage he's
created for the documentary
project HAUNTED
CHANGI. The montage contains
archival footage. Audi films
"behind the
scenes" footage of the meeting and
continues to record such footage
through the entire
production. (Related
blog
entry)
February
1-3
The crew records various "man on
the street" interviews with
locals about experiences in
OCH. They also record an
interview
with a
Singaporean World War II POW who
provides them with some
"exclusive"
and "mysterious"
information. (Related
blog
entry)
February
4
Permission granted for the crew to
film in OCH for one day and one
night.
February
6
Daytime exploration of OCH.
(Related
blog
entry)
February
7-11
Andrew reviews footage from
daytime exploration finding some
"really interesting things."
The findings are shared with the
rest of
the crew. A debate ensues
amongst the crew about what the
footage
actually shows. Some of the
crew are skepitcal and dismissive,
but
some of the crew begin feeling
uncomfortable about revisiting OCH
at
night.
February
13
Night exploration of OCH takes
place. Enlisted are a Taoist
priest, the Ghost Hunters of
Singapore, two additional helmet
mounted
infrared cameras, and numerous
other devices and "gifted"
people.
Many
strange experiences occur
throughout the night, ending with
a
terrifying encounter, which is
captured on film - unbeknownst to
the
crew at the time. (Related
blog
entry)
February
15-19
Most of the film crew fall ill.
February
20
Andrew shows the crew some of the
night footage, including one of
the strange encounters. Half
of the crew vow never to return to
OCH.
For the most part the original
production has already been shot
and the
project is now in the
post-production stage.
February
23
Popular online portal STOMP posts
photos from the crew's night
exploration of OCH along with a
hint of what the crew
experienced.
These photos and the story were
leaked by producer Sheena in an
effort
to help promote the project.
The
STOMP post is visited by over
60,000 people within days.
February
26
The original HAUNTED CHANGI Facebook
Group is created, inviting
anyone to
join and post on the page.
It is also a portal for
discussions
about
HAUNTED CHANGI or OCH in
general. This page is still
active and
is now
used to promote the film.
Old historic posts can still be
read.
February
28
A major argument erupts amongst
crew members about the direction
the film seems to be taking under
Andrew. Crew members battle
intermittent sickness over the
next few weeks as well.
March
4th
After midnight, two of the crew
members return to OCH with helmet
mounted cameras. Terrifying
footage from these two cameras
show
exactly what happened that
night. The production of the
film
abruptly
ends.
April
23
All of the rights to the original
HAUNTED CHANGI footage captured
by the crew is sold to a motion
picture production company.
The
film,
along with much of Audi's "behind
the scenes" footage, will be
edited
in order to tell the full story of
what happened to the project and
the
crew members. The title will
still remain... HAUNTED CHANGI.
September
2
HAUNTED CHANGI is released in
Singapore cinemas and is the #1
Most
Watched movie during it's opening
weekend run. Debates rage
online about the film.
|
Original
HAUNTED CHANGI Blog and Facebook pages:
The
original HAUNTED
CHANGI
blog is still online and can be
read. It is
still active and is used to promote the
movie. However the
original
blog entries by the film crew from January
through March can still be
read -- starting here.
The
original crew's Facebook pages are also
still available. Many of
the
original correspondence between crew
members and the pubic during the
production can also still be read by going
back into the history of the
posts. Please remember that some
posts have been intentionally
removed to: a) clean up the pages, b) not
reveal too much
information. However, please
also remember that by going
back through
the history of the pages, you might find
posts that will "spoil" the
film experience, as a great deal of
information is still present in the
old posts. So it's up to you, the
movie viewer, how much
information
you would like to know before seeing the
film.
Interact
with the HAUNTED CHANGI crew on
Facebook. You can also add
some of the original HAUNTED CHANGI crew
members on Facebook and
correspond with them.
PHOTOS
from the movie are avaiilable on the Facebook
Fan page as well.
Join
the
HAUNTED CHANGI Facebook Movie Page
for new updates on
Facebook.
The original
HAUNTED
CHANGI
Facebook Group is also
still online and you can join and post or
read the old posts of the
original crew or interact with other
people who are interested in the
film or OCH in general. |
|
