{"id":16174,"date":"2025-12-02T16:49:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16174"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:49:38","slug":"malaysians-lament-local-vfx-star-making-viral-singapore-tourism-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16174","title":{"rendered":"Malaysians lament local VFX star making viral Singapore tourism video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/02\/78059b76-d391-4806-ab09-d682aec8b545_2b2ccba8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">A high-gloss travel video created by a Malaysian visual-effects specialist to promote <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Singapore<\/span> has gone viral, prompting some in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Malaysia<\/span> to ask why their own tourism board has not tapped local talent as effectively.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The one-minute film, produced in collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), features Mohamad Sofian Abdullah, better known as Sofyank, weaving his signature special effects into a tightly edited journey across the city state.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The video shows the 29-year-old creator \u2013 famed for VFX-driven videos featuring Hollywood celebrities including Paul Rudd, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Cruise \u2013 visiting iconic attractions such as Jewel Changi Airport and Marina Bay, with dramatically angled shots seamlessly blending digital effects and the real world.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He released the video on social media on Saturday along with a caption saying he had taken \u201ca short trip to Singapore to make a travel video\u201d and hoped viewers would enjoy it. He described the trip as one that made him feel \u201ccalm, connected and at peace\u201d, adding that he enjoyed discovering places \u201cmany don\u2019t yet know about\u201d and sampling all the halal food.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The film drew immediate praise for its technical flair. But in Malaysia, it also triggered a wave of frustration, some directed at the creator but most aimed at the country\u2019s tourism authorities.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">One social media user asked Sofian, \u201cShouldn\u2019t you be promoting Malaysia, even if you weren\u2019t chosen to promote your own country?\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He replied, \u201cOf course. God willing, if there is a chance for our team to shoot later, we will make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/lifestyle-culture\/article\/3334901\/malaysians-lament-local-vfx-star-making-viral-singapore-tourism-video?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-gloss travel video created by a Malaysian visual-effects specialist to promote Singapore has gone viral, prompting some in Malaysia to ask why their own&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[11442,1034,2245,7355,22,297,5058,11443,1256,810],"class_list":["post-16174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-lament","tag-local","tag-making","tag-malaysians","tag-singapore","tag-star","tag-tourism","tag-vfx","tag-video","tag-viral","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}