The Teenage Textbook Movie (1998)
TRAILER:
WHAT-IS: "The Teenage Textbook Movie is a film adaptation of Adrian Tan's bestselling 1988 novel The Teenage Textbook. It is a lighthearted look at the lives of four students in Singapore as they start junior college.
The film was well-received critically and topped the Singapore box office for four weeks, beating Hollywood offerings. Its stars, who were unknowns, eventually became household names on television. Its soundtrack was all-Singaporean, a first for English-language Singapore films.” (Info via Wikipedia).
PLOT: ”When Mui Ee (Melody Chen) attends fictitious Paya Lebar Junior College with her best friend Sissy Song (Lim Hwee Sze), she encounters a new life form: boys. There are many, but only one will win her heart.” (Find out about Cast & Crew on IMDb).
Directed by Philip Lim
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order):
Philip Lim
Haresh Sharma
Edmund Tan
Premiering 1998 in the cinema, the film has since been released on VCD and VHS, along with a OST / Music Soundtrack available in conjunction with Burger King purchases.
This was to be my second feature film I had been involved in, as a capacity of “Production Designer” and “Art Director” (IMDb). I was then still working full time as a “Senior Set Designer” (since promoted) in the then Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS / pre-MediaCorp), and had taken paid leave for both the pre-production and production of this film project.
*See select production images and stills for the project HERE on Facebook, and coati-polaroids HERE.
Clip:
Due to actor Caleb Goh’s diligence, here are some select clips of the movie, which features sets made for the film: Living Room, Bedrooms - all of whom where built up from “scratch”.
