Thank you for the views and comments on the trailer! I'm so happy people are as excited! It really means a lot to me. Here's why: The editing process is something I totally enjoy. But as I was about to go into edits with my editor Bobby, the lockdown started.
Lockdown meant that we had to be responsible and stay home. This stopped everything. Bobby was running a 2011 iMac, and I had a 2014 MacBook Pro. I had many hours of footage that were shot in 4K. Both our machines struggled. I tried to remote in to Bobby's iMac to watch edits but we could hardly see anything. Bobby would try to remote in to my MacBook but 1) it wasn't precise enough and 2) I had zero editing abilities. I looked at the new MacBook Pro 16 inch but I could hardly afford it and what with zero work coming in, it wasn't prudent.
So I decided to learn 'PC' and spent 5 weeks researching, watching techtubers like Jayztwocents, Gamers Nexus, Paul's Hardware, Bitwit - doing this really really helped. I then bought my PC part by part online and after 6 weeks, I assembled my a first working PC & used my TV as a monitor to save a little more dough. Now comes the hard part. I have the machine but zero skills. So I spent another 2 weeks watching editing tutorials, program tutorials, and picked up basic editing skills.
After 2 months into the lockdown, I assembled my first offline edit of an episode, and Bobby then remote in from his iMac and work off my PC's resources, fixing everything I did wrong (a lot). We did this for the next 2 months, almost every night talking on the phone while I see my mouse cursor magically controlled by Bobby.
I don't know if this means anything to you, but I found it so magical! That the entire season of #MACC was cut and edited remotely. I remember feeling horrible during the lockdown, being trapped and useless but I look back now realising I had gained so much. I can now build my own PC, I can edit, and know what Bobby's environment sounds like everyday from 7pm to 1am. Thank you so much Bobby! This show couldn't exist without you.
The series 'Malaysian Association of Chinese Comedians' premieres on Astro at 8.30pm, Sept 8.
