VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Homework

write about something that you look forward to.

Pronunciation

colleagues= col leegs

Vocabulary

1.headquarter= main office
ex: Our headquarter is in LA.

2. humid= chao shi
ex: it’s humid in Shanghai so it could get really chilly in winter.

3. attend= go to (physically be there)
ex: I have to attend the lecture/ seminar.

4. join= make it to the team
ex: we have to join numerous clubs in the university.
ex: I join the XXX club but i’ve never attended any events.

5. participate= 参与  be a part of XX
ex: some fathers don’t participate in parenting.

Speaking exercise

Describe an interesting job that you have heard or read about.
what it is, when you have heard or read about it? what people do in that job? explain why you think it is interesting.

The editor is part of the production job. Editing is interesting because the editor won’t attend the shoot sometimes. They will to call footage from what we shoot, merge them together into one piece. Normally we will shoot ten minor footage, they need to cut it into 30 seconds. The director will give their initial thoughts but different edits will present different kind of feelings.

Someone they are doing some emotional pieces, someone may just make it like quick rhythm. Part of them will be in-house, like MPC, they have their own editors. Part of them will be free-lance. They will charge by project.

Today we will hire an animator, she will be a freelance, but she will work with us in the company, she will charge us by day. If she no need to come, she will judge the brief and give us a quotation. If she have to come to the company, the whole day will be booked.

Revised

Describe an interesting job that you have heard or read about.
what it is, when you have heard or read about it? what people do in that job? explain why you think it is interesting.

An editor is part of the production team. Editing is interesting because the editor doesn’t participate in the shooting. the shoot sometimes. They will collect footage from what we shoot and merge them together into one piece. Normally we will shoot a ten minute footage, they need to cut it into 30 seconds. The director will share his ideas/insights but different editors will present/come up with different styles.

Some editors prefer the emotional styles whereas the others may prefer a quick/ fast-paced style.  Some of them will be in-house, like MPC, they have their own editors. Some of them will be free-lancers. They will be charged by the project.

Today we will hire an animator, she will be a freelance, but she will work with us in the office, she will charge us by day/ she will give us her daily rate/ hourly rate. If she doesn’t need to come in, she will look over the brief and give us a quotation. If she has to come in (the office), we will pay her for the whole day.