For a stretch of 2 shoot days within a week, the whole production team had to deal with 2 batches of 100 kids because of our 100th episode special.
Imagine trying to fit 100 kids into a small studio, and getting them to do what we want!
We had "hot fudge sundae auntie" (my boss/director) trying to get the kids to do big reactions by gyrating crazily (in a kid friendly way), we had "swaying jie jie" (my colleague) trying to get the kids to sway for the finale of our MTV shoot, and we had "open your mouth" (my producer) trying desperately to get the morbid choir to look happy and open their mouths while the song lyrics play.
It was utter madness.
Our soundman has told me that one day, he will have to retreat to some mountains to find that peace and tranquility that the kids have destroyed in his heart.
And the kids weren't the worst thing to deal with.
It was the parents.
I made the mistake of telling my colleague who deals with kids and parents that for that day, the kids would wrap at a certain time, but instead, we overran by 2 hours.
So, at the end of our day, as we sent each kid out, 200 pairs of angry, impatient eyes were looking, scrutinising and waiting for their precious little darlings to be out. Then there were the complaints that felt never ending.
Well, it was a really hard lesson for me in time estimation. 1st AD-ing is challenging, but of course I hope I'll be up for it.
Till our next crazy shoot day.
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