REGALBLUE SESSION WITH MAMAT KHALID

Many thanks to Regalblue for inviting me yesterday 15th Nov. to a session with a popular personality in film/drama production and script writing. This time around they managed to bring in Encik Mamat Khalid, a popular Malaysian director who recently won an award with his black and white film, Bila Malam Bulan Mengambang. Mamat Khalid was a scriptwriter before venturing into film-making and is an avid fan of rock music which inspired him to write and direct 2005 film, Rock. He’s the younger brother of cartoonist Datuk Mohamad Nor Khalid or better known as Lat.

That afternoon Khalid talked on scriptwriting; the elements of basic script, script writing panel, script copyright and the role of script writer in film/tv production.

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplay from which films and tv programmes are made. Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation. That means they write without being hired and paid for it. Selling such a script calls to sell a "spec-script".


Mamat Khalid. He is a jovial person. But come to making a point he is a serious person especially with regard to his profession; film making and script writing.


Actually it was a close session for Regalblue staff. I was there on invitation. Two of my drama series, Woksyop and Worsyop 2 were produced by Regalblue Production.


The session with Mamat Khalid was only about two hours. But I gain a lot from his talk. He was talking more on his experience.


Adi Shamsul of White Wizard Pictures was there too. Remember him ? He was the producer of the popular Roda Impian tx sometime ago.


Niza, budding artist created by Regalblue Production. She acted in Worksyop 2 and Perjalanan drama series and was also as presenter in TV magazine programme "CRB"