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Ichiro's Journal

Christopher, Swee Foong, Why Keen, or known collectively as Ichiro Films, believe themselves to be the happiest people alive, being totally fulfilled, and enjoying life at its simplest!

Here's our very private space where you will hear our thoughts, and maybe have a peek into our personal lives.

Oh, and we will share some of the weddings we are a part of too. Do visit our main site, drop us an email at enquiry@ichirofilms.com or give us a quick call (Christopher Tay +65 98427458 or Why Keen +65 91094628) if you would like to see more!

being a part of Ichiro Films …

We would like to send out invitations to everyone interested in being a part of Ichiro Films. Experienced cinematographers are welcome but not necessary. However, having a big heart, a strong positive attitude and deep passion to the work that we do is an absolute must!

Please give either of us a call, or email us if you or anyone you know is interested.

Also, a quick update that the $2000 promotion is now over! A big thank you to everyone who was interested! Thank you once again to all who were instrumental in making Ichiro Films what it is today!

Why Keen

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2010 Six Hour Express Package Promo

2009 came and went with a whirl of events and had been a magnificent year for all of us. Being chosen as Raffles Hotel’s 2010 Preferred Videography Company, being named by Singapore Tatler as one of the Best of Singapore in Wedding Videography, and last and but not least, starting the first wedding cinematographer’s network in Singapore, the Wedding Cinematographers Guild.

All of these sound great on paper, but we really have to thank all of our clients, if all of you had not been so beautiful, we would not have been able to create anything.

As an auspicious launch into a wonderful year, we have decided to do a quick promo for our 6 hour express package. Until Chinese New Year, the package would be going for $2000. For more details, do email us, or give either of us a call!

Keep shining in 2010, have a great year ahead!

Why Keen

The Canon EOS 7D – New Eyes

Ever since I’ve gotten my hands on the 7D, I’ve been playing with it. Would it be difficult to handle? How’s the low light performance? Bear with some of my shakier footage, and grainy images, these are some of my better moments.

This is pretty raw, it’s a test because I really had to try the full workflow at least once through. The footage have very minimum levels and color adjustment. The copying and rendering is barely within my comfort range, but still, I probably would not be doing HD for SDE in a while.

Shot with EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS and EF 85mm f/1.8 USM. Mostly closeups, because that is the kind of shots I needed the 7D to handle.

Why Keen

new eyes from Why Keen Tham on Vimeo.

Ichiro Films Trailer

This is our compilation trailer. Interested to view our most recent wedding masterpiece listed below, feel free to contact us at enquiry@ichirofilms.com. ENJOY!

Christopher Tay

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a Fit

We had a nice chat, and I quickly found that Sicilia is the bubbly one, and Jeffrey,the softspoken gentleman. However, she has a way of making him laugh though, and I was very fortunate to have caught some fleeting moments of those!

They asked me to do something to commemorate their Paris trip, so we did a little shoot at their gown fitting and trial make-up. Silhouette The Bridal Atelier had been very nice to accomodate us, allowing us to film their fitting, and make-up trial. You have been great! Thank you!

We’ve been getting a lot of requests lately for pre-wedding/express trailers due to the fact that many weddings do not have a programme structure that allows for same day edits to be completed in time. I find it hard to describe to couples what pre-weddings are. We’ve done interviews, montage combined with every day shots, (what people call “lifestyle”), short film, so it can be anything as long as it is within our means.

Watch the full trailer from Vimeo here.

Why Keen

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Singapore Tatler – The Best of Singapore in Wedding Videography 2010

sing-tatler-logo-best-of-singapore-copy1Ichiro Films has been awarded Singapore Tatler – The Best of Singapore in Wedding Videography 2010. Our Team were totally thrilled and honored that Singapore Tatler recognized our work. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for the support and trust in us. We will continue to strive and produce more creative masterpieces with you, for you.

Christopher Tay

True Love, It Rains

Held at Labrador Park, it was a cosy little event. When I arrived, the whole family was there, setting up what was going to be one of the most impressively decorated venue I have seen. Candles on floating platform, dinner by the pool, for the four hours I was there, three hours were spent observing their setup.

So it was a huge disappointment when it started to rain. I tried to pull this across in this short clip, but the rain was notoriously difficult to film because it was still fairly bright out.

Thankfully, right on their scheduled time, the rain let up, and they still managed to hold their solemnization in the glass house, so it was all’s well that ends well still.

Watch it from Vimeo here.

Why Keen

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