"Now the film starts." "Let me introduce myself." "I'm Danny Pang, one of the Pang Brothers." "I'm Oxide Pang." "I'm Lee Sinje" "I'm Ko Fai, the visual effects director," "This scene shows that Sinje had written many things on the board." "We tends to say, "Wipe it off like wiping words from the board"" "Now we're actually wiping them in front of you." "By the way, since the voices of me and my brother are so similar," "I guess you won't know who's Danny and who's Oxide." "Anyway, let's move on." "We strive to arrange the opening and the end of our film as the first shot and the last shot we took" "This scene is the first shot we took, it's also the first time we shot Sinje by the front" "This is our habit." "Whenever possible, we would arrange our schedule this way." "Besides Sinje, we have another actor:" "Lawrence Chou" "We have worked with Lawrence Chou since "The Eye" ." "We will work with him in the coming films too." "We think he is an actor with many competences." "He can play both the good and the bad." "We hope that in the future, he'll exploit his potentials more." "The drama inner drama is very interesting." "There were 3 units working in the same location." "After I gave my idea, the actual shooting was left to an assistant director." "The outcome is pretty interesting." "Chu Xun is the most mature role I've ever played." "Initial she looked cool and independent." "She's a tough woman." "This is the first time I worked with Cheang Pou Soi" "But this time, he was an actor." "I was surprised that:" "Though he was playing a director, just as his usual self, his acting was very natural." "Actually he was talented in acting" "We must thank another director:" "Cheang Pou Soi" "He was helpful and he's our guest-star." "He played in this scene." "In fact, when we wrote this scene," "We write our feelings as creators." "Does a woman writer who writes love stories always have to repeat herself?" "The answer is no." "A creator should try different things within a certain period." "So we created a woman writer, who used to write love stories, becomes the writer of ghost tales." "This is a metaphor that, though we have been making ghost films," "Do we have to keep making them for the rest of our lives?" "I hope it would not be like this." "We want to try different films." "We will make action films and gangster movies in the future." "We may even make date movies." "All those who asked questions are our crew." "This is a famous actor in Thailand." "Why did we have a Thai actor?" "This is all business strategy." "Besides Universe, we receive funding from another Thailand company." "They would of course demand us to use a Thai actor for a role." "So we use him to play Ting-yu's ex-boyfriend." "The scene happened after the press conference." "He's actually Chu Xun's boyfriend many years ago." "They had not seen each other for a long time." "So his appearance surprised Chu Xun." "Actually he was speaking Thai in this scene, and I was speaking Cantonese." "So I had to memorize the last word of his phrase." "Since he spoke Thai, I have to memorize his last world." "When he finished, I had to say the next line." "This was a great challenge to us." "Many reporters ask:" "How do we shoot a film together?" "Actually we have answered this many times." "When we write a script, we sit down and talk." "After that, we get someone to draw the storyboard." "Basically, after the storyboard is finished," "The shooting seems to be finished in our minds." "Therefore we don't have to be together at the site." "I shoot one day, Oxide shoots the other." "Many people doubt whether this really works." "In fact, we find no problem after the film is done." "Even the actors don't find this a problem." "Why am I telling you this?" "Because when we watched this scene," "Most of the initial 30 minutes was shot around Lee Sinje's house." "The tones of many shots were the same." "When watching them again, even us had to think about who was responsible for that shot." "Since the tones were similar, and we had only one scene" "We have to think over who shot which?" "Therefore we are certain that our ways of shooting can match very well." "Even ourselves can't tell who shot which." "From the shot she opened the door till here were shot by Daniel." "From the shot she put down the bag till here were shot by me." "You can see how interesting our co-operation was." "Each of us handles a segment." "Sometimes one of us handled the shots of an actor's front, the other handled the shot of his back." "But after editing, they matched perfectly." "You can't tell they were shot by 2 directors." "We have to thank Rain Li for this scene." "She co-stars for this scene." "At that time, she was starring a TV drama in mainland China." "This scene was shot at a restaurant in Phuket, Thailand" "She traveled all the way from China to Phuket for this scene" "It was very kind of her." "Rain was not the only one who said that." "Many reporters ask:" "You specialize in making ghost movies." "Had you ever run into something strange at site or in real life?" "They say that ghost movies makers tend to encounter spirits, and it is usual to have strange experience at the site." "It's lucky that, since we made "The Eye" till now, we have never run into anything weird." "But when we were shooting "The Eye 10" ," "The Thai crew said they saw spirit at the site." "It was lucky that I've never seen one." "Rain Li just said:" "Sinje looked scaring when she kept staring." "This is a line especially made for Sinje." "Because, after people watched "The Eye" , one day Sinje went shopping." "When she got to the cashier," "The salesman stepped backward with fear when he looked up and saw Sinje." "He had recently watched "The Eye" , and suddenly he found Sinje in front of him" "That's why he was scared." "He felt that, when she was staring it was really like she could see spirits." "I know this scene scared the hell out of the spectators." "We sneaked into the theatre when the movie was shown, and observed the reaction of the spectators." "They sprang up whenever they watched this scene." "From the time she washed her face till here, 5 minutes have passed." "In this 5 minutes, there has been no line." "The scenes that we paid our greatest effort are those with no line." "We are accustomed to handle the tempo of visuals." "Maybe it's because we used to make commercials." "Commercials don't usually elaborate with words." "Instead they depend on visuals." "We've learnt many visual languages since we entered the advertising field" "Therefore, by the time we made movies, when there is no line and we have to elaborate with visuals, we would be more careful and be more precise." "This scene explains why Sinje was attracted to explore more ...when she saw something strange" "It reveals a very important thought in her mind." "Since she was writing ghost tales, she exploited her strange experiences in the house and wrote them down at once." "She lacked inspiration during her creative process." "But she was inspired by her strange experiences and wrote her experiences immediately." "She started writing "The Recycle" ." "But I will give you a hint here:" "Starting from this scene, Sinje no longer wore glasses" "Why do I mention this?" "I'll explain to you at the end" "I'll explain the meaning of the end." "Basically, I like this scene a lot." "Although it looks simple, it's the scene that I've handled in the most mature way." "I've never had the same experience as the heroine due to the limits of my age and life experience." "I wanted to be hysterical in this scene" "But the director gave me a direction:" "Since we were in a restaurant, though I was agitated and angry," "I would oppress myself and read my lines in normal tones." "He said:" "You are actually sitting in a restaurant." "if you speak loudly, people would look at you." "You must let the spectators feel your emotion, but you mustn't speak or move in exaggerating ways." "I followed his direction and I think the result was awesome." "It makes people feel I'm a mature person." "This is the only scene we shot in Hong Kong." "It involves special effects." "Since we didn't want an exaggerate effect, we made the effects subtle." "We want the spectators to know weird things are going to happen." "This scene is the same as before, showing that Sinje turned what she saw in the alley into a part of her book." "At a certain point, she lost her inspiration, and she got mad." "Suddenly a thought came to her mind: should she return and find something weird in the alley again?" "Therefore she went outside during her writing process." "People know that will be a scene in an elevator." "Everyone who watch our films would find a scene about elevator." "Therefore they were prepared when they saw the elevator" "They would say:" "What's the trick this time?" "This is a pressure on us indeed." "We have exploited elevators for 4 times." "What new stuff will we present to the spectators?" "We did us best when we were writing." "What's the catch this time?" "Fortunately, we kept improving and it turned out great it brought something new to the spectators." "In this scene, we use a little girl and an old lady" "Many people saw doors kept opening and closing before." "This was actually nothing special." "But people always fear such phenomenon." "Fear does not necessarily originates from what we can see" "Those we can't see are more horrifying." "The greatest fear came from ourselves." "I would like to point out that:" "The corridor and the elevator, including where Sinje locates, belongs to the same site." "The casting of this girl is really awesome." "Regarding the scene that the old lady looked at Sinje" "The video editor is to be praised." "We've never though it'd be like this when we were shooting" "He used a simple editing technique and made this horrifying scene." "I remember that spectators were scared when they saw it." "Video editing could at times enhance the effect of the film." "Now, the heroine entered the spiritual world." "How do we separate the real world from the spiritual world?" "If you watch the film in theatre, you would recognize that before this shot, the width of the screen is the normal ratio of 1.85" "Since she walks out, you will notice that... the dark parts on the left and the right would retreat." "If you are in the theatre, you would know that from here, the picture turns to wide-screen format." "I wonder if the spectators have noticed that." "This is a new trial in movies." "The change from ratio of 1.85 to wide-screen." "As for this scene, we built the first 3 floors at the site." "Most of what you see here were real." "They were not special-effect." "It's because we emphasize that:" "We shoot whatever we can shoot." "We build actual scenes whenever possible." "If we just ask the actor to act in front of a " chroma key" , and all things are fake," "It would feel unrealistic, and it would cost much." "Therefore, in the film, we built actual sceneries and shot however possible" "The first 3 floors here were real." "Those above 3rd floors were fake." "Actually I was the one who paid the greatest effort... because many things were invisible." "But they did build lots of sceneries." "The ghosts were at the site too." "But still I have to depend on my imagination." "The director said many people threw themselves onto the floor." "I asked:" "How many are they?" "He said:" "Tens of them." "He described what I couldn't see in details." "Sometimes I faced great pressure." "I feared that my facial expression would not match with the effects." "I must confirmed with the director and asked for details." "Regarding this scene, our blueprint was the Kowloon Wall City." "We wanted to rebuild it with special effects." "Now we come to another scene." "At the site there were only an iron gate and a stair" "I remember something fully during the shooting." "When Sinje came to the site, and saw the gate and the stair, she kept shooting for most of the day." "Then she came to me and said:" "When she started shooting, there was only a gate and a stair" "So she thought she may leave earlier today." "She thought the workload would not be heavy." "What do you suppose to shoot with a gate and a stair?" "Out of her expects, the shooting ran for a whole day." "She kept going up and down." "By the time she finished, she said:" "I didn't expect it'd be so tiring." "I thought it'd be simple, but instead it took a whole day." "Of course, after we add the special effects, it is notjust a gate and a stair." "This scene looks very big." "What we tried to express here is that:" "The paths she has taken..." "Each stair leads to a different world of recycle." "She had merely chosen the path she chose." "After we entered this alley, the feeling of the Kowloon Wall City became more explicit." "The new generation may have never entered into the City." "It exists no more." "We have referred to many photos  and rebuild it." "If you want to know how big this scene was, to know how the City felt like, actually we have included deleted scences in which Sinje explores the City..." "We had to concern about film length and rhythm, if you are interested, you may learn more from the deleted scene." "Now we are back to the first scene" "Even those working in the special effect industry  believe the Ferris wheel are made by special effects." "In fact, we had set 2 real Ferris wheels at the scene." "The buildings, the wheels and the merry-go-round were real." "Only the pirate ship was made by special effects." "When we did special effects in "The Recycle" , we strive to mix real things with fakes." "We have another actor here." "He is the renowned Lau Siu Ming." "His acting is unquestionable." "You can tell what a great actor he is from a few shots." "By now, you would understand why she had entered into this world." "It begins from this piece of paper." "I guess the spectators would know what being disposed would appear in this dimension." "Lau Siu Ming gave an important line:" "This world belongs to you and me." "It was created by someone." "This is the Forest of Death" "You can see these spirits have long necks" "We did not deliberately made them look scary" "In fact we had done research and we verified how people hanged themselves looked like." "If someone hanged himself and was not discovered for a long time" "His neck would elongate due to gravity." "His tongue would jut out" "We found photos of deceased in Thailand" "We refer to their looks and designed the long-neck hangmen." "When we were shooting, we had normal people there." "We used computer effects to lengthen their necks." "The lower part of their bodies and their heads were real." "Their necks were lengthened by computer effects." "Now the Horse of Ghost comes out." "The head and the body are real." "They are models." "The ratio is really large." "The wheel and legs are generated by computer." "From here, the shooting was tiring." "The earth in the forest was rough" "In reality, that horse had no wheel." "We had to push it." "Since the earth was rough, we couldn't push it far." "The distance was only about 20 steps." "We kept moving forward and backward." "After we finished a shot, we returned and shot again." "Through video editing, it appears that they had run a long way." "It was interesting." "In terms of special effects, this is the scene we spent most." "This is the most demanding scene for the special effect workshop." "Use of special effects in this scene is the greatest." "The only thing real was the top of the train on which they sat." "Except the top of the train and the actresses, everything was fake." "98% of the scene was special effects." "We have a new cast here." "She is Zeng Qi Qi." "We recruited her in Guangzhou." "Many people praise her acting." "She performed naturally." "We recruited her since she acted genuinely." "She talked with us in a genuine tone." "We find the nature of childhood within her." "She would not act like an adult." "I believe you would be deeply moved by the scene of Toy Ruin." "No matter you were a boy or a girl, when you were growing up, surely you did dispose some of your toys." "They shared our happy days." "But after we got tired of them, we abandoned them." "Things abandoned would gather in this spiritual world." "Therefore we created the scene of Toy Ruin." "Actually this scene was just like the one in the forest." "At the site, there was only one carriage" "We asked the actresses to run forward and backward, and we kept switching the position of the camera" "After video editing, they seemed to have run a long way." "But at the site, they had merely run for 20 steps." "The technique we used was similar to that we used for the horse." "This scene was a great challenge to special effects maker, since 99% of the scene was made by CG." "When we arranged the schedule, we didn't want to shoot indoors since the lighting would not be satisfactory." "We had difficulties in forecasting time and weather." "To the actress, this was a difficult scene too." "After the Toy Ruin, we have the City of Books" "Why do we build this scene?" "The film is about things being forgotten." "Therefore we build this wasted City of Books." "We often forget the books that we read or memorize before." "It must be awesome if we collect all the forgotten books." "That's why we built this scene." "It involved a high-level technique." "We merely shot the lower bases of the piles of books" "We asked people to drop books from above" "So the falling books were real." "The books on the shelves around were also real, though they were not as tall as they looked like" "This is a good example of how we mixed reality with special effects" "People can't tell which books are real, and which books are fake" "We must thank the art director in Thailand for this map." "When we first saw it, we thought it was a poor drawing." "But after the shooting, we read this map again, and realized that he didn't make it up." "It was drawn in accordance with the film's scenes" "You can see the long-neck hangmen, the Toy Ruin, etc." "He had read the whole script before he drew the map." "We were surprised when we read the map again." "We turn to another scene." "In contrast with the Toy Ruin, which was mostly made with special effects," "Most of this wide scene was built by hand." "The whole bridge was built at the site." "It was a big long bridge." "The surround hills were real too." "This was the hottest site in the whole movie." "Since it was so hot and plain, some of our crew got sunstroke." "This was the hardest site for us." "But the site was really magnificent, and the effect was really great." "We must praise the efficiency of our Thai production house." "They were really skilful." "The bridge they built was really big." "The most important thing was that it was very steady" "You could get tens of people walking on it." "It was not a simple stage property." "It looked like a real construction." "What fascinating about this bridge was that the production team built the whole thing." "We merely had to edit the surrounding environment." "We also had a big " chorma key" that I've never seen in Hong Kong." "We needed two cranes to pick it up" "It's a pity that this " chroma key" could only cover one side." "As for the other side, it took us a month to remove the original scenery." "But it was already a great favor to us." "There was something interesting about this scene:" "The heroine had to hold her breath and pass the bridge" "I don't know whether Sinje had hold her breath" "But actually" "Of course I had." "actually it smelled bad there." "so we really had to hold our breath." "It was very hot and there was no one single tree" "I was lucky to be able to wear normal costume." "They all had special make-ups." "They had to wear thick chemical substances." "They were plastics." "They were all professionals." "They kept shooting until they fainted" "Some of them got sunstroke." "Now we enter into a secret tunnel called the Embryo Tunnel." "This was the scene that discomforted the spectators most." "They all found the Tunnel scary." "It attracted the widest attention" "When we took this film to Cannes," "Many French asked a lot about this scene... because it related to aborted babies, lives that were forgotten and abandoned" "They related it to abortion at once." "When we were promoting this film in France, many reporters kept asking:" "Are we directors of anti-abortion?" "In fact, we did not have such feelings." "On the whole, this part was only an example of things abandoned." "Besides the Embryo Tunnel, the Toy Ruin also talked about abandonment." "But they did not find the Toy Ruin a big deal." "Yet they were sensitive to the Embryo Tunnel" "We never thought it would be like that" "It was out of our expectation." "You can find many aborted babies in the Embryo Tunnel." "We really had aborted babies at the site." "We made their eyes, noses and mouths movable." "This was the first time... we utilize mechanic models in our film." "What you saw were real." "This scene was well designed." "It was beautiful." "It was all made with plastic." "It mustn't be too hard." "It had to be a bid soft." "It was red inside." "The shooting in the tunnel was very tough" "Because it was airtight," "I had to go out for fresh air during the shooting." "The smell of chemicals inside was very strong." "It made me feel like vomiting" "I was acting as a scared person, so I breathed hastily, this in turn made me lack oxygen, and basically there was not much oxygen inside." "In my memory, this was a very tough scene." "It was very hot inside." "We can prove it." "Whenever we took reference inside, we wouldn't stay long." "It was 30 degrees Celsius outside, and it was 40 degrees inside." "The smell of plastic was unbearable" "The models were awesome, though." "The eyes of the babies actually moved!" "This was a scene for drama, a part when spectators could rest." "When we watched it again, we found something worth regretting" "We should have filled the lake with debris and plastic bags." "It shouldn't have been so beautiful." "We might build an atmosphere of environmental protection." "This could have been a totally polluted lake." "If we have the chance to shoot it again, we ought to turn it into a polluted lake." "This scene stated that, since the heroine was losing her life energy she felt hard to breathe, and her hands became transparent" "If she stayed in this world, her body would become transparent, and then she would disappear" "This was a touching scene" "Me and Qi Qi..." "She is an adorable child" "We have been together for a time we were good friends in private" "This scene stated that, after she saw my transparent hands, she transferred her life energy to me" "But as I turned better, she became weaker and weaker" "In this scene, this wounded little girl strived her best to get me out of here." "It touched me deeply." "Qi Qi is an adorable child." "Though she was small, she broke my heart... when she made a sad and pitiful expression." "The yellow flowers you saw here were artificial." ""Artificial" did not mean that they were computer effects." "They were just artificial flowers." "We organized many crews... to plug them into the earth before sunrise." "Therefore they were all hand-made." "Regarding this scene," "The spiritual world contains things abandoned and forgotten" "We've already seen things abandoned... at the Ruin and the Tunnel" "This scene is to describe things that are forgotten." "We may forget our ancestors and even families." "In fact, if we have not paid respect to them for a long time" "They would be miserable in the other world." "I often ask myself:" "When was the last time I paid respect to my ancestors?" "I may forget that it is time for me to visit their graves." "This scene incurs a stirring of feeling inside me." "I hope the spectators would ask themselves after they see this." "We may not merely forget to pay respect to our ancestors." "We may even forget... where our ancestors' graves locate." "You may notice... the way I portrayed the heroine." "By this time, she had a difficult perception of this spiritual world." "Besides being afraid, she also understood that... this world was the result of humans' doings." "She felt sorry for the beings in this world." "This is a depressing scene." "I felt sorry when I was doing this part." "I like the way the director shot this scene, and the colors he used" "All these people had dark faces and hands" "The yellow flowers I put onto their hands... were the symbols of hope." "I was deeply touched." "We have gained a lot... from our co-operation with Sinje and the Pang Brothers." "It was hard to find such a collaboration with film crews" "It was like we had entered into the spiritual world together." "We faced many challenges in each scene." "We had to solve the problems together." "It was not a solo work." "Teamwork was necessary." "It was a happy experience." "I felt the same." "This is a film that I have the least remorse." ""The least remorse" does not merely refer to my own performance" "It also refers to the professionalism of every unit." "As an actor, I could concentrate on my own performance" "There's no need for me to worry about anything else." "If the production unit had failed to support me," "I would be in trouble." "Now the story has entered the final phrase." "Many mysteries will be unfolded." "Now you realize that," "This girl is the daughter that Sinje had abandoned." "Regarding this farewell scene," "I must praise the two actresses for their brilliant acting." "I believe many people would be touched by this scene." "I've mentioned in the beginning that, whenever possible," "I'd arrange the first scene to be shot on the first day, and the final scene to be shot on the last day" "This scene was actually shot on the last day." "This farewell scene was their final task." "After this scene, they really have to say goodbye." "They had been together for a long time and became friends." "The end was near and they did not know when would they meet again." "Under this situation, they would actually feel the sadness when they acted." "I hope their brilliant performance would touch the spectators." "I thank the director for this arrangement." "I had been with Qi Qi for 2 months" "We became good friends." "During our co-acting, it was like we had really explored the spiritual world together." "By the last day, when I was playing this scene" "I was reluctant to part with her." "I had the same feeling as the heroine." "So I didn't need to act at all." "When Qi Qi called me " mom" , I was stabbed in the heart." "It was the most in-dept, the most touching scene I have ever played." "On the other hand, the work of special effect team had just begun" "We had to make a plan on how should we handle it within a year." "We have to endure the challenge for a year." "To me, "The Recycle" is a special ghost movie." "Usually people think that ghost movies are appalling, and actors would not have many chances of performance" "But Pang's ghost movies deal with human's nature." "Actors have chances to express themselves in Pang's films." "For creative people like us, the merit of working with the Pang Brothers... is that they appreciated every one of us." "We could insert what we really wanted to do into the film." "From the time we finished it till now, what I think is:" "We have participated in the making of many films before" "This was a film of our own creation." "I like this final scene too." "It was very impressive." "I think the special effects in this film... are the best among the Hong Kong movies that I've seen." "...up to now." "Sinje escaped from the spiritual world and returned to reality." "A disputing ending was revealed." "Many people do not understand... why Sinje found another Sinje when she returned to reality." "I would like to explain here." "The Sinje that you have seen, who wore no glasses... was actually a character of a novel." "The novel was written by Sinje with glasses." "The spiritual world that you have been exploring... was merely the content of a novel." "It was written by Sinje with glasses." "After she finished it, she threw the draft into the rubbish bin" "The whole novel was abandoned." "What you had seen in the movie was an abandoned story." "Sinje with no glasses was an abandoned character." "According to the rule of our story" "The abandoned would somehow return to the reality or another world." "What we are saying here is that... the abandoned Sinje returned to her creator, that is Sinje with glasses." "I hope you may now understand... the reason why there were two Sinje." "Sinje with no glasses... has created Yu-ling, a character of the novel " Ghost" ." "Therefore Yu-ling would look for Sinje with no glasses." "Sinje with no glasses was created by the one with glasses, but she was abandoned" "Therefore she would appear... and go for her creator." "The film comes to the end." "Thanks for watching and listening to our comments." "We look forward to see you again." "Bye!" "Good-bye!" "Bye!"