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The Tin

Kwee Lan: The Tin, poster frame
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Pre-production

Designed before anything was generated

Before any video was generated, the film was designed: the idea, a fictional brand, a cast at seven ages, the world they live in, and a storyboard and animatic timed to the music. Every AI generation then drew on these tagged references.

01 Concept

In Ah Ma's house, the biscuit tin never held biscuits. It held the sewing kit. For forty years Wei keeps checking, until one afternoon it doesn't.

Playful nostalgia: warm 35mm domestic realism, locked-off centred frames, and match cuts across the years.

02 Cast

One family across forty years, built as reference sheets: the heroes first (Wei at 47, Ah Ma at 93), then every other age made from them. Each age carries a continuity mark: a small mole under Wei's right eye, and a jade bangle on Ah Ma's left wrist.

Wei at 6, 16, 29, 37, 47
Wei6 · 1985 / 16 · 1995 / 29 · 2008 / 37 · 2016 / 47 · 2026
Ah Ma at 52, 93
Ah Ma52 · 1985 / 93 · 2026

03 Props & locations

  • Ah Ma's kitchen, 1985
    Ah Ma's kitchen, 1985
  • The same kitchen, 2026
    The same kitchen, 2026
  • The teak cabinet
    The teak cabinet
  • Her old tin
    Her old tin
  • The new tin
    The new tin
  • What's always inside
    What's always inside
  • What's inside, finally
    What's inside, finally

Role on this project

Director
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