A Melody Looking

Infobox Film
name = A Melody Looking


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director = Leon Lai
producer = Joseph Chan
writer = Leon Lai, Maggie To, Leung Tin Yin, Eric Lau
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starring = Leon Lai
Chapman To
Janice Vidal
Charles Ying
Jill Vidal
Emily Wong
music = Mark Lui
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runtime = 78 min
country = flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong
language = Cantonese, English
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website = http://www.amelodylooking.com/
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imdb_id = 0860461

"A Melody Looking" is a Hong Kong musical film written and directed by Leon Lai, released on November 18, 2006. The DVD was released on December 15, 2006.

Cast

* Leon Lai as Leon
* Chapman To as Chapman
* Janice Wei as Janice
* Charles Ying as Charles
* Jill Wei as Jill
* Emily Wong as Emily

Background

This type of film is rarely seen in the HK Film Industry. It took about HK$ 10 million to make this film which was shot entirely in New York, USA.It starred Leon Lai, Janice Vidal, Jill Vidal, Charles Ying, Emily Wong and Chapman To who are all artists of Amusic.This 78-minute film features the latest songs by these popular singers, making A Melody Looking an enjoyable piece in both the visual and audio aspects. [http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-karaoke/pid-1004593516/ A Melody Looking: The Music Movie yesasia.com] ] It marks Leon debut as a director. A Rolls-Royce Phantom was used and a number of bridges including the Manhattan Bridge was used as a backdrop in the film. [http://ent.tom.com/1002/1011/20061110-229677.html A Melody Looking: The Music Movie tom.com] ]

Plot summary

The story starts with a 16-year-old lovely and naive girl's search for a girl named Janice, who, reportedly, possesses a perfect and beautiful voice. She seeks assistance from a detective named Leon. During the search, Leon and his assistant Charles mix up Jill for her twin sister Janice. Thus a series of interesting things began to develop. Towards the end, when they have found the wanted person, they discovered that everything surrounding them actually reflect people's passion and care to love. [http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-karaoke/pid-1004593516/ A Melody Looking: The Music Movie yesasia.com] ] [http://ent.tom.com/1002/1011/20061110-229677.html A Melody Looking: The Music Movie tom.com] ]

Credits

* Presented by - Alvin Wang
* Director of Photography - Simon Hau
* Associated Producer - Maggie To
* Editor - Sai Fai
* Music Director - Mark Lui

Hong Kong Crew
* Assistant Production Manager - Iris Au Yeung
* Focus Puller - Fan Kwok Hing
* Gaffer - Wong Wing Chi
* 1st AC - Kwok Kei Lick
* Making of & Assistant to Leon Lai - B Chai
* Hong Kong Artist Image Design - Jade Leung
* Special Artist imgae designer - Andy Daniel
* Leon Image design - JC
* Artist executive - Winnie Au
* Artist co-ordinator - Wong Ho Fung, Koo Hor Tun
* Poster and Still co-ordinator - Sherley Hui
* Artist hair stylist - Tavin Hui, Zing Wong
* Make-up Artist - Jiang Zhong Pin, Marsha Ma
* Still photographer - Cheung Man Wah
* Assistant Still photographer - Gary Fo, Kit Kwok

US CrewProduction
* Line Producer - Gine Lui
* Gobal Star Producer - Michael Wehrhahn
* First AD & Additional Screenwriter - Eric Lau
* 2nd AD - Aaron Calazza
* Script Translation & Production Assistant - Karen Kwan

* Key PA - Peter Vega
* Key Set - Jason Ramirez
* 2nd 2nd - James Quinn
* PA - Marx Naroge, Dave Shaw, Chris Lui, Brandon Michaels, Henry Liu, Kenny Chin, Boyce Wong, Ryan Tai

Location Department
* Location Manager - Brian Reingold
* Assistant Location Manager - Kijana Brown
* Location Co-ordinator - Jonathan Dael
* Location Scout - L. Cyre Rodriguez

Camera
* 2nd AC - Megan Nole, Michael Kenney

Electric
* US gaffer - Tom Murphy
* Key Grip - Billy Hevessy
* Grip - Mathew Murphy, Chris Neff, Carlyle Grant, Dave Dutkus, Alex Martin, Craig Striano, Leslie Gaines, Jason Sarrey
* Electric - Tom Cestare Jr.
* Crane Tech 1 - Antonio Jiminez

Sound
* Sound Mixer - Michelle
* Boom Operator - Sebastion

Art Dept.
* Production Designer - Joel Resnikoff
* Prop Master - Nicolo DePierro
* Art Assistants - Life , Cliff Brett

Costume dept.
* US wardrobe Stylist - Stephanie Fox

Security
* Security Officer - Bobby Samuels
* Security - Rick Hopkins, Morris Watford, Ryan Tai

CastingNew York Casting
* NYC Casting Director - Aaron Caiazza, JT Talent, Global Star Prod.
* Catering - Sydney Ko, The Happy 16 Diner

Post Production
* Centro Digital Pictures Ltd.
* Assistant Editor - Rex Yip
* Sound Editor - Jimmy Lee, Winnie Wong
* Producer - Wai

Digital Intermediate
* Oriental Post Co. Ltd.

* Project Supervisor - Bobbie Wong
* Executive Producer - Pawadee Chantanom
* Producer - Napasnan S.
* Senior Digital Colorist - Debora Huen
* Digital Colorist - Kaewta Netsukhum, Thanit Pleansakul, Rungdach Katookrug

See also

Cinema of Hong Kong

References