CYBERJAYA: For five years, Cut Mutia Teuku Iskandar had to put her dream to study at the renowned Vancouver Film School in Canada on hold due to financial constraints.
(From
left) Syed Zulkifli Syed Masir, Catt Lim Liang Jiuan and Cut Mutia
Teuku Iskandar sharing their experiences at the MDeC office in
Cyberjaya.
She had secured a place to study 3D animation and visual effects at the
school in 2008, but the steep one-year course fees at C$46,000
(RM141,800) forced her to defer her studies.
However, the 26-year-old can now finally realise her dream thanks to
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). She is set to fly off to
Canada in October.
"I never thought that my dreams would finally come true," said the
freelance production assistant, who is among the 25 recipients of MDeC's
Creative Industry Lifelong Learning (CILL) programme, which offers
three types of training schemes to those in the creative content
industry -- up-skilling and re-skilling, attachment and scholastic.
Looking forward to immerse herself in the latest know-how of 3D visual
effects, Cut Mutia said what she gained would be put to good use in the
local film industry.
"I really like 3D visual effects as it can improve on a film's story line. 3D effects is the future," she said.
Another recipient, director/writer Syed Zulkifli Syed Masir said he was
thankful to be chosen as one of the recipients under the scholastic
scheme.
He will be taking up a six-month course at the London Film Academy in
United Kingdom next month to enhance his writing and directing skills.
At the academy, Syed Zulkifli, 50, aims to bring his historical fiction
script to life and produce a five-minute trailer of the adventures of
Malay explorer Panglima Awang who sailed with famous explorer Ferdinand
Magellan around the world.
"Without MDeC, I would have to fork out RM200,000 for the course, including STG20,000 (RM98,700) to produce the trailer alone."
He said the trailer would be shown to the relevant people to get
further funding to produce a movie, which will consist of animation and
CGI (computer-generated imagery) elements.
Syed Zulkifli also aimed to further develop his script with the help of the international community.
For Catt Lim Liang Jiuan, 31, MDeC's attachment scheme will enable her
to have a three-month stint with Dream Link Entertainment, a Tokyo-based
animation and entertainment company in June.
"Japan is a master when it comes to animation and my first love has
always been that," said the producer with a digital animation studio.
She said she was encouraged by her employer to apply for the attachment
scheme as she had always wanted to sharpen her skills in animation.
"I was very surprised to be among one of the recipients. I am looking forward to spreading what I learn back in Malaysia."
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