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Born in Malaysia, James Wan grew up in Australia. He receive his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, then began making shorts and music videos. Wan met fellow aspiring filmmaker Leigh Whannell at school, and together they came up with an idea for a horror movie. Whannell wrote the screenplay, and Wan directed an eight-minute sample short on DVD for them to shop around for financing.

Producers at the US film company Evolution saw the DVD and were impressed. They liked James's style and Whannell's acting, and asked them to make the short into a full-length feature. Both of them flew to the States to cast and shoot the film, called Saw. James and Whannell have since collaborated on two screenplays: Dead Silence and horror film Insidious. James has also directed the blockbuster hit The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, as well as Insidious: Chapter 2. However, he stepped away from horror to film the action film Furious 7, which became a huge box office hit. Next up for James is the superhero flick Aquaman, scheduled to release in 2018.

James has won the Pegasus Audience Award, Special Jury Prize,Youth Jury Grand Prize, and Audience Award for the movie Saw. He won Chainsaw Award, and Fright Meter Award for the movie The Conjuring.

Moreover, he won Titra Film Award for the Insidious movie. Furthermore, he won Hollywood Blockbuster Award and Hollywood Movie Award for the movie Furious 7.

Make Media Arts as an elective subject in secondary schools.

Media arts as a co-curricular activity in primary and secondary schools

Organize workshops that is led by famous filmmakers for the lecturers in local universities

Provide scholarships for the ones who wants to study media arts in college and universities

Provide funds and sponsorship for filmmakers to improve their filmmaking skills.

Set up more colleges and universities which focuses on media arts.

Colin T. Trevorrow is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the indie film Safety Not Guaranteed(2012), the blockbuster film Jurassic World(2015) (which he also co-wrote), and Star Wars: Episode IX, the latter being slated for a December 2019 release.

In 2002, he wrote and directed his first short film, Home Base. As of 2012, it had received over 20 million hits online. Trevorrow also directed Reality Show, a 2004 documentary film about the failed production of a reality television show.He continued working as a screenwriter, selling his first spec script titled Tester to DreamWorks in 2006. In 2008, he paired up with Derek Connolly, to write a buddy cop film script called Cocked and Loaded. Trevorrow said that the experience was so enjoyable that he decided to give up solo screenwriting and work with Connolly.

In 2012, Trevorrow directed Safety Not Guaranteed.The script was by Connolly, who intended for Trevorrow to direct it.The film received various accolades, including a nomination for Trevorrow for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.

After the release of Safety Not Guaranteed, Trevorrow and Connolly were hired by the Walt Disney Company to write a remake of the film Flight of the Navigator (1986). This announcement came after rumors that Trevorrow would be directing Star Wars Episode VII.

Trevorrow directed Jurassic World (2015). Trevorrow and Connolly co-wrote the script.

In 2015, Trevorrow also directed The Book of Henry.

Trevorrow and Connolly will write the screenplay for a Jurassic World sequel, scheduled for a 2018 release. Trevorrow will co-executive produce the film alongside Steven Spielberg.

On August 15, 2015, Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn announced that Trevorrow will direct the sequel Star Wars Episode IX(2019).

On March 6, 2015, it was announced that Trevorrow would be directing a sci-fi thriller film Intelligent Life, which was bought by DreamWorks. Trevorrow wrote the screenplay with Derek Connolly, while Trevorrow, Frank Marshall, Big Beach, and Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment would be producers on the film.

To be a attributes and qualities of a film maker. An aspiring film maker must have qualities of being creative, problem solving and technologically Savvy. Able to generate creative and new ideas so that it can catch audiences attention. A great filmmaker can quickly identify problems during production process and figure out how to fix them. Not only that, they should know a lot about modern technology.

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Joss Whedon
His full name is Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon born in New York City on June 23, 1964. He as a American screen writer, director, producer and comic book author.
He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Production and creator of Firefly,  Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse and Agent of S.H.E.I.L.D.
In 1997, Whedon created his first TV show, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. It is about a young girl fight against the vampire and demons and this series had nominated in Emmy Award in 2000.
In 2004, Whedon created a comic book, Astonishing X- MEN, and the comic had ranked in Top 70 of the Marvel Comic of all time. In 2006, he won the Eisner Award of best continue series for Astonishing X-MEN.
In 2012, Whedon wrote and directed the Marvel Series movie The Avengers and he won Saturn Award of best director in 2013. Three years later, he direct the second series of Avengers, The Avengers: Age Of Ultron. The total box office of The Avengers series is over 2.5 billion inworldwide.

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A)In 2003,
Wan and Leigh Whannell begun writing a script based of a horror film, citing inspiration from their dreams and fears. Upon completing the script, Leigh and James wanted to select an excerpt from their script, later to be known as Saw, and film it to pitch their film to studios.The release of Saw 3D, complete with subtitle, was to show the completion of the franchise but  Costas Mandylor, an actor at the seventh installment, revealed  multiple endings to the film been shot and the series could continue leaning  on which was used. The sixth sequel continued the profit margin performance of the original film and earned USD136 million in the global market, against a production budget of USD20 million.

B) Stop making stupid movies like "ombak Rindu","kampung drift" to improve the quality of the movies made by our country.Other than that, the government could also invest more money into the film industry. The government could also build more film schools and get better teachers to teach the youths of the country who want to learn about film making.

After the release of the full-length Saw, the film was met with overwhelming success in the box office both domestically and internationally. The film ended up grossing 55 million dollars in America, and 48 million dollars in other countries, totaling over US$103 million worldwide. This was over 100 million dollars profit, over 80 times the production budget.[6]This green-lit the sequel Saw II, and later the rest of the Saw franchise based on the yearly success of the previous installment. Since its inception, Saw has become the highest grossing horror franchise of all time worldwide in unadjusted dollars. In the United States only, Saw is the second highest grossing horror franchise, behind only the Friday the 13th films by a margin of $10 million.[7][8]

D) The attributes and qualities that an aspiring film maker should have if they want to succeed in the film industry is to have a strong sense of authority. They are responsible in leading a team to create an outstanding finished product and must command the team to ensure that they are putting maximum effort in their task. Next, is the creativity to make a film and create a decent story line for the audience to experience. Finally it's the the great filmmaker tremendous sense of drive and ambition. That certain film maker is willing to sacrifice certain stuff and do whatever it takes in order to rise to the top of the industry and make a great film for his/her audience to experience.

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b) I believe that the government should not segregate the artistic students from the academic students and label only a certain group of pupils as “intelligent” this is extremely evident in the Malaysian education system and it creates the mentality that only a certain group of people are destined for big things. The Malaysian education system determines the intelligence of a person by their ability to memorise and regurgitate information into a piece of paper, this is a fault. The only change we need is to abolish this kind of mentality of putting creativity down but instead the government educational institutions should provide the nurturing and support needed for creative people to truly hone their talents.

d) They need a lot of patience and determination. It is definitely not an industry that is easy to breakthrough but it will definitely be worth. There will be a lot of “what if’s” and failures but faith in yourself is another thing that is extremely important not only in the film industry but in anything a person wants to do.

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QUESTION A
The director who found success in Hollywood, James Wan was born on the 27th of February 1977 in Kuching, Sarawak. James Wan is an Australian citizen but constantly travels to Hollywood for work. Before his huge success in the film industry, he made his first feature-length film called the ‘Stygian’ with Shannon Young and won the “Best Guerilla Film” award at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in 2000. Then, Wan and Leigh Whannell began writing a script for a horror film, taking inspiration from their dreams and fears, which is later to be known as ‘Saw’.

After the release of the movie ‘Saw’, the film received overwhelming success in the box office both domestically and internationally. This then lead to the sequel of ‘Saw II’, ‘Saw III’, ‘Saw IV’, ‘Saw V’, ‘Saw VI’ and ‘Saw 3D’. James Wan then made more movies such as ‘Insidious’, ‘The Conjuring’ and ‘Furious 7’ which had become some of his key achievements.

QUESTION B
One of the main issues with the Malaysian filming industry is the lack of funds. Directors like Yasmin Ahmad had to fund some of her funds. Therefore, the government should provide some subsidy as a form of support, or to provide more affordable rental for equipment, or even location rental in local areas. Potential for higher quality films will increase.

As for academic industries, some students with talents do not have the financial means like James Wan to live abroad for higher education. Instead, private institutions should hire retired professionals in the industry to give lessons, or if possible, also invite more foreign professors to lecture.

Another suggestion is that, if the students do not have the financial means or is reluctant to go abroad for a long period of time, they could have the partial experience. The industries should encourage the students to go for a short exchange, for an intensive lesson. This may increase the interest in going away for a long time, or even to just have an experience of how it is like to work in a different environment.

By having a good education, the fundamental base is stable, and more potential could be unlocked.

QUESTION C
The Coen brothers (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. They’ve made many popular films like No Country for Old Men (2007), Barton Fink (1991), Paris, je t'aime (2006) and many more. When they were children, Joel saved money from mowing lawns to buy a camera. Together, the brothers remade movies they saw on television, with a neighborhood kid, Mark Zimering ("Zeimers"), as the star. Their first attempt was a romp entitled Henry Kissinger, Man on the Go. Cornel Wilde's The Naked Prey (1965) became their Zeimers in Zambia, which also featured Ethan as a native with a spear.

QUESTION D
The attributes and qualities that an aspiring film maker should have if they want to succeed in the industry is creativity. In the film industry, creativity is the key to success.

An aspiring film maker should be imaginative and open to new ideas as this will help them to produce more high quality movies. Besides that, an aspiring film maker should know how to work smartly by being able to consider limits, knowing what you want and focus more on creating and delivering values.

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Question C

Steven Spielberg

His full name is Steven Allan Spielberg. He was born 18 December 1946. An American Director, Producer, screen writer and editor. Spielberg is known as the founding pioneers of the NEW HOLLYWOOD era and also view as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. Not to mentioned that he is also the founder of DREAMWORKS STUDIOS.

All of this started with a scout boy in 1958, Spielberg  was a Boy Scout and to fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge, he made a nine-minute 8mm film entitled The Last Gunfight.  Years later,Speilberg was called to an interview with a magazine, “ My dad’s still-camera was broken, so I asked the scoutmaster if I could tell a story with my father’s movie camera. He said yes, and I got an idea to do a Western. I made it and got my merit badge. That is how it all started.”.

Spielberg’s film have spanned many  theme and genres after Four decades working in the industry. Jaws (1975), Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977), Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981) and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) were  the early Science-Fiction and adventure films. These movies also were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking.

Later then he started addressing humanistic issues  such as The Holo9caust, The Transatlantic slave trade, civil rigths, war and terrorism in such film as The Color Purple (1985), Empire of The Sun  (1987), Schindler’s List (1993), Amistad (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998) and many more.

He won the Academy Award for the Best Director for the Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan as well as receiving Five other nomination. THREE of his movies achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film. (Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Jurassic Park.)

The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed film exceeds $9 Billion worldwide, making him the highest –grossing director in history. His personal net worth is estimated to be more than $3 Billion.

Spielberg is also known for his long-standing association with several actors, producers and technicians.

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A)     James Wan was born in Kuching, Sarawak on 27th February 1977 and is one of Malaysian Chinese descent. In 2000 , the “Best Guerilla Film” at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival ( MUFF ) goes to Wan’s first feature-length film, Stygian with Shannon Young and this happened before his success in the mainstream film industry. His starting point of success began in 2003 when Wan and Leigh Whannel were inspired from their dreams and fears and had begun writing  a script based for a horror film. Upon completing the script, both of them had wanted to select an excerpt from their script and produced “Saw” later film it to pitch their film to studios. After releasing  “Saw”, the film ended up grossing over US$103 million worldwide and this proved when film managed to be in the box office both domestically and internationally with flying colours. Films such as “ Insidious” in 2010 and “The Conjuring” in 2013 which is directed by Wan had become some of his milestones.

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QUESTION A
Born in Malaysia, James Wan grew up in Australia. He knew that he wanted to be a filmmaker at the age of 11 and went to receive his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, then began making shorts and music videos.

Wan met a fellow talented filmmaker, Leigh Whannel at school and together, they came up with an idea for a horror movie. Whannel wrote the screenplay, while Wan directed an 8-minute sample short on DVD to shop around for financing.

Little did they know, produces at the US film company saw the DVD and were impressed as they liked Wan’s style and Whannel’s acting, requesting them to turn it into a full-length feature.

Then, the two flew to the States to cast and shoot the film, called Saw (2004). This then lead to the different blockbuster hit, directed by James such as The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Insidious: Chapter 2 and Fast and Furious 7.

QUESTION B
My recommendations to the government are to create more platforms to search for more talents for the local film industry and also loosen the strict and somehow unreasonable laws and acts so that the local film industry has more freedom and space to create great productions, and will eventually attract more talents to the industry.

My recommendations to the local film industry is to provide professional platforms or requirements so that the ‘newbies’ in the industry can grow and improve their skills to become future spearheads in the industry.

My recommendations to the academic institutions is to provide professional and high-standard courses for students who will be in the local film industry in the future.

QUESTION C
I think some of the attributes and qualities that an aspiring film maker should have to succeed in the industry include leadership. As a filmmaker or director, it is important to have the ability in leading a team with numerous casts and staffs for a production of good quality.

Next, filmmakers are required to have great passion and drive in their career. The burning passion in them may very well drive them step by step towards the peak in this industry and therefore the industry will have a brighter future.

Besides that, I think that filmmakers will need to have grace under pressure. This is because filmmakers need to understand that there are bound to have complications during filming to work well under pressure.

QUESTION D
Steve Allan Spielberg born on December 18, 1964 in Cincinnati. He is an American director, producer, screemwriter, and editor. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of New Hollywood era, and also is one of the co-founders of DreamWorks Studios.

He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, as well as receiving five other nominations. His personal net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion.

He is also known for his long-standing associations with several actors, producers, and technicians, most notably composer John Williams, who has composed music for all but two of Spielberg's feature films.

In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have spanned many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films, such as Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking.

In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust, the transatlantic slave trade, civil rights, war, and terrorism in such films as The Color Purple (1985), Empire of the Sun (1987), Schindler's List (1993), Amistad (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Munich (2005), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and Bridge of Spies (2015).

His other films include Jurassic Park (1993), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), and War of the Worlds (2005).

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a. James Wan was born on the 27 February 1977 is a Malaysian-born Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Before his success in the mainstream film industry, he made his first feature-length film, Stygian, with Shannon Young, which won "Best Guerrilla Film" at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) in 2000.

Saw found its way into the hands of Ken Greenblatt, then a Paradigm agent, who liked what he read. The duo followed up by shooting a scene and dropping it in the mail. “Ken thought, ‘What the hell is this?’” Wan laughs. “He had never seen anything so bizarre before and it really piqued his interest. He met up with me and Leigh and sent the script out along with the five-minute short, and the rest is history.” The film, which Lionsgate picked up at Sundance in 2004, spawned six sequels that have generated more than $873 million at the global box office and made the two creators more than $10 million each.

b.

The government have to support The Malaysian filmmakers so that they will have the resources to produce a GREAT film. Other than that, the film industry should really focus in making movies that contain a lot of deep messages instead of making useless and stupid movies. The Malaysian academic institutions has to help students with such talent and make them visible in the film industry.These are my recommendation in order we want to create more people just like James Wan. A lot of thing have to change and improve in order for us to produce directors just like James Wan. Firstly, we have to improve our film schools and try to make it recognized to the world. After that, we should make better movies, so that our film industry will be recognizable by the world. Lastly, we should change the way we make our movies and focus more on making movies with important messages.

c. Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer. He is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history.

The movies are directed by Stanley Kubrick

Eyes Wide Shut  1987
Full Metal Jacket 1980
The Shining 1975
Barry Lyndon 1971
A Clockwork Orange 1968
2001: A Space Odyssey 1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb  1962
Lolita  1960
Spartacus  1957
Paths of Glory 1956
The Killing 1955
Killer's Kiss  1953
Fear and Desire 1951

d.All film maker that wants to succeed in the industry should have the passion of making movies. This is because you cannot do something without having the passion of doing it. Other than that, a film maker should also be bold.This means that you have a movie that you're planning to do but you have doubts about it, you should just do it because some people might enjoy it.Lastly, all filmmakers should never give up. Just because your first movie didn't work out doesn't your next one won't be successful.

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Christopher Edward Nolan was born on 30th July 1970, in Westminster, London, England.
He is well-known as one of the most skillful and prominent film director, (screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor) of the 21st century.
From the age of 11, Nolan aspired to be a professional filmmaker, and after pursuing his higher education, he started off his career making short films.
In the year of 1998 Nolan managed to direct his first feature, which was self-funded by himself and some of his friends. The movies was was called Following. After the success of of his first movie, Nolan was on the spotlight and he got considerable attention from mass audience and as well as famous producers. As a result he got tremendous opportunities to utilize his talents and skills as a filmmaker.
Most of his films were box-office hits, and Nolan received numerous awards and nominations for his work.
One of the record-breaking movie franchise that he have initiated is The Dark Knight Trilogy.

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Question B
By: Allyana Hamid and Tan Jia Ming

What need to change and what to be improve ,the government need to produce more high technology equipment to create high quality films and they should accept many kind of culture from the other country such as American (Hollywood) an India ( Bollywood).

The local film industry and academic institutions need to have exposure to their self , and be acceptable to everything even though it might be ups and down because it won't be easy to be on top, to have more new creative ideas and be like James Wan .

Other than that, the film producers in our country need to recognize the significance of representing our own Malaysian culture: its unique blend of diversity should be portrayed in films in its authentic form where each of us can relate to.

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Question D
By: Zhee Xuan (0328779)

The attributes and qualities that an aspiring filmmaker should have in the industry are the encyclopedic knowledge of the lenses, the editing of the film and the originality of the film.

The encyclopedic knowledge of the lenses which means that understanding the used of the lenses the camera functions, the angles that which look more attract from the film.

The sharp knowledge of editing which means that you have to know what the audience are interest in the film.

The originality of the film because many films that are made feel like remakes of others films already out there. Some people find it comforting as recognize the characters, situations, behavior, but unless it also aspect about life, craft, or culture.

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d) In my own opinion, if the film makers wanted to be successful in the film industry, their own characteristics are very important. The film makers must be creative, decisive, brave, have the ability to lead, and so on. First being creative, so that they are able to think out of the box to produce an excellent film to attract the audiences. The film makers are the one to make the right decision so that they must be decisive in making films. And brave, in my point of view, brave is the most important thing. Because if you are not brave enough to try new things, there will have nothing new and interesting in the films. So be brave to try new things, don’t be afraid. And lastly, the ability to lead and control the whole group, this is important for a film maker.

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b)
1) High school education

Filming should be thought in high schools. Make it as an elective subject for those who are interested, which allows to have a well-trained directors in future. They can even have workshops, campaigns or competitions for the students to promote healthy competition and creativity.

2.  Government funding.

Government should support those directors with good stories by offering them with a good grant for them to come up with a quality film as well as the government can also pay the facilities and equipment so that it helps more in creating a good quality movies.

3.   Film festivals

Having film festivals in places which usually get less exposure on films for free so that they are aware of the current and latest things happening in the film industries

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QUESTION D.)
In my opinion, a successful filmmaker must have a strong sense of authority. This is because, they are responsible to lead the whole production team to create an outstanding product. They must command the team to ensure that they are working at their best. A successful director is involved in every phase of the production, from the very beginning to the end, they must be able to make firm technical and administrative decisions to stick to them to ensure that the production stay in track

Besides, creativity is a must for the filmmaker in order to succeed in the film industry. The need to generate the ideas for the stories, the scripts, the music and other elements that involved in a film production to maintain viewer interest. A successful director is responsible to come out with an attractive production that will bring satisfaction to the audience.

Moreover, a great filmmaker need to have an excellent communication skills as well. They have to manage the actors, the cameraman, a sound technicians in minimum. In order to cooperate with the staff, they require a strong communication skills to work with them to accomplish the goals they needed.

BY: LIMLIYI (0329254).

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Question B.
In my opinion, such professions in the film industry should be more appreciated and bit more encouraged in the society itself. I think it’s important to tell people that our film-industry can be better. I think our current film-industry lacks in terms of being quality entertainment. Certain films are done very poorly, be it the acting or the way it was shot or directed. It seems to me not much growth is happening within the industry. Repetitiveness in style or humour makes these films very unappealing and boring. Plotlines are never worth the money, usually they are either too familiar or not well-written. I believe we can do so much better. I personally think it’s important to inject our own colours in the films we make. In films that are targeted towards a multi-cultured audience. I think encouraging amateur film-makers is very important. To tell them to stay confident, to stick with what they visualize as good films, to encourage exploration and difference. There are so much talent in this country, they need to know that their differences are what will bring us forward. The only way forward, is to create. It’s important to know that the only way we will get where we wish to be, is to not stop making stuff and understanding that your first attempt at something most probably will not be a success and being okay with it. Never top creating.

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Question C
By: Nabilah Hilsya (0328856)

Quentin Tarantino known for his unpredictable, violent yet entertaining movies is also famous for his quirky sense of style of directing and working with his team. His critically-acclaimed success with Pulp Fiction (1994) has paved a path in his film career as he churned out more successful films such as Kill Bill (Vol. 1), Kill Bill (Vol. 2), Django Unchained, Inglorious Basterds and the most recent The Hateful Eight.

Growing up in a small town in Tennessee, Tarantino’s love for films had led him into working at a store where he worked on his earlier screenplays for True Romance and Natural Born killers. He then made his film debut with Reservoir Dogs (1992) but only earned attention with his second film, Pulp Fiction.

Tarantino had received numerous nominations from prestigious film awards such The Globe and The Academy Awards: Oscar.  He had received two Oscars for Best Screen Play with his films, Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained.

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a) James Wan, born in Kuching, Sarawak on 27th February 1977.
Before his success in the film industry, he won "Best Guerilla Film" for his feature-length film Stygian at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival ( MUFF) in 2000. His success begun in 2003. Leigh Whannell and James Wan had begun writing a script for a horror film which was inspired by their fears and dreams. They wanted to select a excerpt for the script and produced "Saw". After the released of "Saw", the film met an overwhelming amount of success. One of James Wan's milestones is for the film "Insidious"  and "The Conjuring"

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Question A
By: Darren (0328337)

Before James Wan found success, he made his first feature-length film, Stygian , which won "Best Guerrilla Film" at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) in 2000. Wan and Leigh Whannell had begun writing a script for a horror film, taking inspirations from their dreams.

Upon completion of the script, Leigh and James had wanted to select an excerpt from their script, which is after known as SAW. After release of the film, the film was met with overwhelming success. The film ended up grossing over US$103 million worldwide. Some of James Wan’s milestones are he directed the film “Insidious” in 2010 and also he directed the film “The Conjuring” in 2013.

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a) James Wan, born 27 February 1977, is a Malaysian-born Australian film director who found critical acclaim after his directorial debut of “Saw”. Wan moved to Australia from Malaysia at the young age of 7 and cites his mother as a huge influence since she was a movie buff. At 11, he decided that his ambition was to become a film director and later on graduated from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne. Together with fellow collaborator and friend Leigh Whannell, Wan created the concept of Saw, which, apart from being something of a pioneer in the genre of torture porn, had fresh and unnerving subtle ways (via camera angles and direction). James Wan would soon be famous for his horror films, directing films such as “Insidious”, “The Conjuring” and “The Conjuring 2”. Apart from his reputation as a horror film director, Wan has also directed successful non-horror films such as “Furious 7”. He is also the director of upcoming superhero film “Aquaman”.

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A)Before his success in the mainstream film industry, James Wan started with winning "Best Guerilla Film" at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) in 2000 for his first feature-length film, Stygian. The spark of his success begun in 2003, where he met with Leigh Whannell. They wrote a script based together for a horror film inspired by their dreams and fears. Upon completing the script, they wanted to select an excerpt from their script and produced "Saw". Charlie Clouser came to the rescue and helped them with film scores and a few stand-in actors. Both Leigh and Hames shot the film with relatively no budget and Leigh starred in the film as well. The release of the full-length "Saw" met with a huge success in the box office both domestically and internationally. There were more sequences of the film "Saw" and it has became the highest grossing horror franchise all time worlwide. However, in the United States, "Saw" fall on the second as "Friday the 13th" films stay on top. Since then, James Wan has directed more famous films, Dead Silence and Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2011), The Conjuring and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), Fast and Furious 7 (2015), and The Conjuring 2 (2016)
B) The government should increase film tax credits to help with filmmakers with their budget. The film industry should also have the full support from the government, allowing more opportunities for filmmakers with potential. The film academic institutions of Malaysia should provide more exposure for the up and coming filmmakers. There should also be specialized film schools provided here in Malaysia, and maybe have them collaborate with other film schools overseas to share ideas and provide the director-to-be an learning environment. The film industry should explore new and different genres to tackle, not just sticking to the same typical cheesy romantic or horror film. That can help boost their creativity and originality.

C) Steven Spielberg is undeniably one of the greatest directors to ever walk the earth. He is an American Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter and producer and his work is recognized all over the world. He co-founded the Dreamworks SKG studio, which was later purchased by Paramount pictures in 2005.

In the late 1960s, he became one of the youngest television directors for Universal. He directed Duel (1972) with an immense amount of success that catapulted him into the world of directing for cinema films. Steven Spielberg was the mastermind behind some of the most iconic movies produced, such as E.T., Jaws, Jurassic Park, Memoirs of a Geisha and many more – the list is endless.

D) There are many ways for those "aspiring" filmmakers to improve in order to succeed in industry.

For example, creating new plots instead of recycling plots. Try to come up new plots! Try to give some originalities.

Next, making stories that's not too cheesy and too edgy. The filmmakers need to refrain from creating stories that is offensive to certain races and religious believes.

Also, tell stories that's related to life of people in Malaysia. Malaysian filmmakers should take example from one of the famous Malaysian director (Yasmine Ahmad etc.) Some of their stories do relate the people who living in Malaysia. Doing some research about the society and then make a story about it can give people the feeling and emotion that characters actually living in their life.

Finally, stories that is memorable like, heroes who fought for our country. The new generation needs to know who were the heroes and how do they did for our country. If not, the legend will remain unknown and they will commit stereotypical mistakes that happened in the past.