I received a phone call two nights ago from Kannan (director of the TV movie I worked on), asking whether I could fill in for him at the production shoot of the upcoming TV dining show 'Fine Dining'. It was a pretty simple job, so I went.
The director of the show is Woo Ming Jin, whom I know through Kannan (we went to see Mukhsin together). We had to do two segments yesterday (meaning, two different locations), here are some photos I've taken.
At MEZZA NOTTE, an Italian restaurant + Jazz bar:
Hostess Fay with guests Jit Murad (read about him here) and Zahim Albakri
Fay and her 2 guests taking photos with a waitress at Mezza Notte
Director Woo Ming Jin (the one standing) in action
Italian Chef Max showing Fay how to make Salmon Tartare
The most wonderful thing about doing a dining show is that... you get FREE (and DELICIOUS!!!!) food! Here's what I had for lunch:
Unfortunately, bad news came while we were eating. Like all productions, we ran into a couple of unpredictable problems, in this case, we lost one of the guests for the next segment (the other guest is actress and beauty queen Zoe Tan)!
The director and the production manager started making numerous phone calls, hoping to find someone who could fill in as a guest. Carmen Soo was busy. Ditto with Amber Chia. The rest couldn't come in such short notice (they were supposed to come in two hours for the next segment).
Ming Jin said that it wasn't compulsory to have a celebrity as a guest, just someone pretty enough on camera, and not shy enough to speak out.
So I started to think of people I know who aren't afraid of the camera, and I only had a couple of choices. One of them being Grace, who played the Rabbit Fairy in my last short film, GIRL DISCONNECTED (watch her in this short preview), and will be the lead actress in my upcoming short film RED BEAN SOUP (tentative title).
Grace happened to be nearby, so she could go to the Al-Nafourah restaurant in Meridian Hotel, a restaurant that specializes in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food.
Here are photos from the second segment shot in Al-Nafourah:
The make-up artist working on Grace
Make-up artist fixing Grace's hair
Grace, with Fay in the background
Hostess Fay interviewing Lebanese Chef Ibrahim
Grace listening to instructions from the director
Hostess Fay and her two guests, Grace and actress Zoe Tan, during food-tasting
Make-up artist Shin, taking photo with Fay, Zoe Tan and Grace
And yes, after the shoot, we had great food for dinner too.
The director of the show is Woo Ming Jin, whom I know through Kannan (we went to see Mukhsin together). We had to do two segments yesterday (meaning, two different locations), here are some photos I've taken.
At MEZZA NOTTE, an Italian restaurant + Jazz bar:
Hostess Fay with guests Jit Murad (read about him here) and Zahim Albakri
Fay and her 2 guests taking photos with a waitress at Mezza Notte
Director Woo Ming Jin (the one standing) in action
Italian Chef Max showing Fay how to make Salmon Tartare
The most wonderful thing about doing a dining show is that... you get FREE (and DELICIOUS!!!!) food! Here's what I had for lunch:
Unfortunately, bad news came while we were eating. Like all productions, we ran into a couple of unpredictable problems, in this case, we lost one of the guests for the next segment (the other guest is actress and beauty queen Zoe Tan)!
The director and the production manager started making numerous phone calls, hoping to find someone who could fill in as a guest. Carmen Soo was busy. Ditto with Amber Chia. The rest couldn't come in such short notice (they were supposed to come in two hours for the next segment).
Ming Jin said that it wasn't compulsory to have a celebrity as a guest, just someone pretty enough on camera, and not shy enough to speak out.
So I started to think of people I know who aren't afraid of the camera, and I only had a couple of choices. One of them being Grace, who played the Rabbit Fairy in my last short film, GIRL DISCONNECTED (watch her in this short preview), and will be the lead actress in my upcoming short film RED BEAN SOUP (tentative title).
Grace happened to be nearby, so she could go to the Al-Nafourah restaurant in Meridian Hotel, a restaurant that specializes in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food.
Here are photos from the second segment shot in Al-Nafourah:
The make-up artist working on Grace
Make-up artist fixing Grace's hair
Grace, with Fay in the background
Hostess Fay interviewing Lebanese Chef Ibrahim
Grace listening to instructions from the director
Hostess Fay and her two guests, Grace and actress Zoe Tan, during food-tasting
Make-up artist Shin, taking photo with Fay, Zoe Tan and Grace
And yes, after the shoot, we had great food for dinner too.
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