F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

A great show I participated as an assistant director staged in Shanghai on the first day of China’s National Day .My colleagues and I spent almost four months on that. The show was a literature and art gala for the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China，also was my first project I directed. I was nervous and excited.

The gala was filled with singing, dancing , cheering, and fireworks started at 7 pm on the first day of holidays , it was a live broadcast on TV. There were two parts in the show：performance and video show about the celebration in Beijing that morning. As an assistant director, I had a mission of capturing some moments of celebration at Tian’anmen Square, and bringing this videos back to Shanghai in the afternoon for the show.

In the early morning of October 1, I flew to Beijing and arrived Tian’anmen Square before 8 am. Audiences who already arrived Tian’anmen Square and I had a lot of rules to follow for making sure that everything will be according to the plan of a live broadcast.In the first, all phones and cameras were sealed in a small black bag to ensure our experience the grand show through eyes, and not our screens. But my mate as a professional reporter and photographer, has the privilege of shooting.And then,I sat in one of the many square teams, each team had a leader with earphones ,he would issued orders to us.

The flag-raising ceremony was a beginning , a mass celebration kicked off following a grand military parade .That was a happy time. When the camera of live broadcast was closer, the leader quickly ordered to us : “everybody, put your hand up, say~cheer!” ” everybody, shake your hands, smile!”
We raised the flag in our hands very consistently, and cheered wildly, I thought that the camera must be full of smiles😂 I felt like that was too dramatic, a little stupid and embarrassing, but it’s interesting.😆

When the melody of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games sounded again, I cried and recalled the good times ten years ago.
As a Chinese, I was very excited and happy to see the changes of our motherland in these years. I love China,I heart China.

After the morning show in Beijing,I flew to Shanghai for the evening show. Before the gala started, I put on my earphones, dressed staff suits for working. My jobs is to ensure the programs will be according to the plan in the backstage, I need to listen to all the orders from the director through earphones anytime , watch everything about performers with my eyes, and manage the schedule of performance by my brain. This is a mission impossible, unfortunately I’m not Tom Cruise.

Audiences of the gala also need to turn off their phones to ensure the live broadcast be perfect. Everyone has a national flag in their hands. They need to cheer when the camera was closer. Hell ya, all the shows in China ,must be successful , enthusiastic and great, they are so similar.

In the beginning of the show, four soldiers took the national flag to the stage for the flag-raising ceremony, and then literature and art performance of 15 programs would be showed. Everything was good, and every audience’s face was filled with wild smile，maybe beautiful fake smile, but I was getting crazy. While I managed everything of backstage，my ears were full of the director’s nagging and orders. I felt like a busy Mom in the nightclub.

Until the end of the last program that was a sang named “Me and My Motherland” by the mayor and audience , I really released all of pressures. At the moment, with the beautiful melody, I recall all of today: I flight between Shanghai and Beijing one day, as if I had played “A Tale of Two Cities”. Although it was a hard day, I still felt happy, because I would get three times the salary for the overtime on holidays.

A great show I participated/took part in as an assistant director staged in Shanghai on the first day of China’s National Day. My colleagues and I spent almost four months on it/preparing it. The show was a literature and art gala for the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China，also this was my first project I personally directed. I was nervous and excited.

The gala was filled with singing, dancing , cheering, and fireworks it/the show started at 7 pm on the first day of holidays , it was  live broadcasted on TV. There were two parts of the show：performance and a video show about the celebration in Beijing that morning. As an assistant director, I had to capture  some of the most remarkable/captivating moments of the celebration at Tian’anmen Square, and bringing this videos back to Shanghai in the afternoon on time for the evening show.

In the early morning of October 1, I flew to Beijing and arrived to Tian’anmen Square before 8 am. Audiences/spectators who already arrived to Tian’anmen Square. I had a lot of rules to follow for making sure that everything will be according to the plan of a live broadcast. AT first, all the phones and cameras were sealed in a small black bag to ensure that we experience the grand show through our eyes/with our eyes, and not our screens. But my mate, as a professional reporter and photographer, had the privilege of shooting. And then, I sat among one of the many square teams, each team had a leader with earphones, he would issue orders to us.

The flag-raising ceremony was the beginning, a mass celebration kicked off following a grand military parade .That was a happy time. When the drone camera was approaching us, the leader quickly ordered to us : “everybody, put your hand up, say~cheers!” ” everybody, shake your hands, smile!”
We raised the flags in our hands as one, and cheered wildly, I thought that the camera must be full of smiles😂 I felt like that was too dramatic, a little stupid/silly and embarrassing, but it was interesting.😆

When the melody of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games sounded again, I cried and recalled the good times ten years ago.
As a Chinese, I was very excited and happy to see the changes of/in our motherland in/during these years. I love China, I heart China.

After the morning show in Beijing, I flew to Shanghai for the evening show. Before the gala started, I put on my earphones, dressed staff uniform for working. My jobs was to ensure that the programs will be according to the plan from the backstage, I had to listen to all of the orders from the director through earphones at all times , keep a close eye on the performers, and manage the schedule/timetable of the performance by my brain. This is a mission impossible, unfortunately I’m not Tom Cruise.

Audiences of the gala also had to turn off their phones to ensure that the live broadcast will be perfect. Everyone had a national flag in their hands. They needed to cheer whenever the camera was closer to them. Hell yeah, all the shows in China ,must be successful , enthusiastic and great, they are so similar.

In the beginning of the show, four soldiers took the national flag to the stage for the flag-raising ceremony, and then the literature and art performance of 15 programs started/commenced. Everything was good, and every spectator’s face was filled with a wild smile，maybe beautiful fake smile, but I was getting crazy. While I managed everything from the backstage，my ears were full of the director’s nagging and orders. I felt like a busy Mom in the nightclub.

At the end of the last program that was a song named “Me and My Motherland” sung by the mayor and audience , I really released all of the pressure. At the moment, with the beautiful melody, I thought of the entire day: I flew a round trip between Shanghai and Beijing  in a day, as if I had played “A Tale of Two Cities”. Although it was a hard day, I still felt happy, because I would/will get three times the salary for the overtime on holidays.

take part in something
to be actively involved in something with other people:
All the children took part in the Thanksgiving play.

captivating (adj): holding your attention by being extremely interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive:
a captivating performance
Her voice was utterly/absolutely captivating.

spectator (n): a person who watches an activity, especially a sports event, without taking part
（尤指体育赛事的）观众
They won 4–0 in front of over 40,000 cheering spectators.
他们在4万多名观众的加油助威声中以4比0获胜。

drone (n)an aircraft that does not have a pilot but is controlled by someone on the ground, used especially for dropping bombs or for surveillance (= careful watching of a place)
无人驾驶飞机
E.g.: The U. S. Border Patrol’s unmanned drone helped agents track down their smuggling suspect.
E.g.: drone camera

as one
formal
1 : at the same time : all together
They rose as one and cheered her.
2 : in agreement with each other
We are as one on this issue.

staff uniform-员工制服

at all times
continuously:
When you’re at the airport, you should make sure you have your luggage with you at all times.

keep a close eye/watch on sb/sth. phrase. If you keep a close eye on someone or something or keep a close watch on them, you observe them carefully to make sure they are progressing as you want them to.

timetable (n): a list of the times when particular activities or events will happen; schedule:
An election is expected in one or two years, although no timetable has been announced.

commence (v): to begin something
开始；着手
We will commence building work in August of next year.
我们将于明年8月开始破土动工。
Shall we let the meeting commence?
我们开始开会，好吗？
Unfortunately, he commenced speaking before all the guests had finished eating.
遗憾的是，没等所有客人都吃完，他就开始讲话了