A couple of weeks ago my friend Angie asked me if I was interested in doing some filming for a Korean shopping channel, with the chance to make some money. Of course I said yes, something great about being a foreigner here is that you get random opportunities to turn up, be yourself and get paid for it. I have previously also filmed for a samsung advert and in China my friends and I were filmed for some kind of drama. Angie asked me to also get a guy to come with me (they insisted he be white so as to maintain the Korean English speaker stereotype) and I roped in my friend Michael to help. We had a great time messing around on the set, as there were lots of fun props. The product we had to gush over was a type of 'English speaking robot'. Basically a computer programme that you speak to and it communicates back. It had a hard time understanding my accent as it was geared towards an American one, and this made for some funny mistakes but overall it was a cool toy to play with!
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Hello...? |
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We had to pretend to chat to each other in English |
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Asking 'Where is the restaurant?' and thoroughly scaring the poor guy (although it's just acting!) |
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Such a hard life for us actors |
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Playing with the product |
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More pretend conversations |
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On set |
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Perv |
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me and my friend |
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Taking a well earned break |
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The Beatles, they get everywhere! |
If the Princess kisses the Toad does she get her Prince? Now I understand those strange photos on Facebook!!
ReplyDeleteNone of the toads I've kissed turned into Princes. :-(
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