4 straight days of shoot for more than 12 hours each day. seriously it's no joke manns. today's the first day of the week i reach home before 10! :x

monday we finished earlier than expected, and we even had time to slot in a scene that's scheduled for another day. we wrapped at 7plus (original plan is like 9pm) but because there's rehearsal for a new character so we stayed way beyond 9plus. sian-ed. but at least we interns can chill in the prop room. LOL.

then after that we just kept overrunning. mainly it's due to those problems that we can't quite do anything about it. like the sun (sometimes once we hafta started a shot with sun down, we would have to wait for the sun to be covered by the clouds before we can continue for the next few shots); the bloody planes that just kept going around. initially i thought it's the planes from nee soon air base, then peter koh pointed out that seletar irport is nearby (where the flying club ppl learn to fly planes or practise, not to mention those private planes). other problems can include the main female lead, who is a little girl, unable to remember lines etc. one of the directors got pissed cuz she can't remember her lines and i should have ran through with her before that :x

it's then i realised how much effort it takes to film a show. like sometimes when a character is talking you should do a close up to them and you have to make sure it makes sense whether the people arnd them shld be in view or not etc. it can be a pan shot (moving camera while being fixed to the ground), tracking shot (also moving shot but the camera is on tracks), close up, mid shot, wide shot, long shot, two shot (2 characters in view), 3 shot and it goes on. and in order to come up with the best effect on tv, we would have to take several shots from several angles so that you cover all grounds, and editors will get the best out of them during post production.

most jialat is the sound la. james can totally detect sound from far far away with those microphones and boom of his. we hafta run through takes because sound wasn't good (truck going by, plane flying by etc. even rustling of leaves or running around will affect!) it's no mean feat! today after i got home i watched a bit of 乒乓圆 and i took note of the shots lo. and how they do the products placement. like adidas tops etc. and the conti! must make sure everything is in place lo. goodness.

tmr is another long day but after tomorrow is a rest day! but after that on sunday the director is kuang yong already. alamak! even peter says that these few days are considered relaxed already. when kuang yong comes things will be much faster! omg liddat how i log while manning the slate? or trying to run through lines while doing wardrobe conti?

anyway bobian i'll just take it as it goes! at least i get to drink lots of f&n juices/milk and eat their ice-cream, j.co donuts and food from eatzi gourmet. (: not to mention the fun times when we would crack lame jokes (marie started it and then gurmit and peter would throw some in once in a while), going kinda crazy with becky, peter twirling his camera (he was shooting me marie and gurmit during a cold read today lor) and the nice nice stuff like more food from gurmit, and the hugs from becky before she goes home after she's done for the day. though they don't come often but i still like it. the other day andrea de cruz asked me why i want to work there and i said it's interesting, and she thought i probably wanted to direct in the future. i said no and that i'm considering producing. whoa. producer seh! no mean feat!

but anyway yeah. tomorrow's another long day! i can take it!
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