Ad shooting WITH Leehom

Yes.. is WITH the real Leehom... not banner/poster/banting/cardboard...

I'd always envy the TW fans where they can participate in Leehom's MV. How I wish I could have a chance... and my dream came true~ Finally I had a chance to 'work' with him, not in his MV but in the same ad.
Both of us were lucky enough to be part of the 80 extras in Leehom's upcoming endorsement ad. It's a China ad which will not be broadcast in Msia. Thx to my friend which asked us to be replacements the very last minute. * Luv ya Joseph~!*


Our journey started on Thursday *very early* morning......

We departed from home @ 3:45am to the production house where they provided buses for us to Bukit Tinggi. After taking our attendance, had a short briefing in bus where they told us the 'ultimate' rule.. DO NOT GO NEAR TO THE RED TEAM, WHICH IS WANG LEEHOM'S TEAM. No cheering, handshakes, autographs, photographs, calling him, and waving. We cannot even show excited faces if he smile to us, cannot show any reaction if he hug and kiss too.. *how I wished to... haha!*
After everyone arrived, everything sorted out nicely, we left @ 5:00am.. Bukit Tinggi here we come~~~

Everyone slept through the whole journey and we arrived in Bukit Tinggi @ 6:00am. Sky is still dark, nice cooling weather, and the lights decos are nice! We were then lead to our 'dungeon' for breakfast. Food sucks to da max! Cold fried rice and bitter fried noodle. After breakfast, wardrobe selection, rules and regulations of the day, etc...

Life of a 'prisoner' begins...... we were not allowed to go anywhere except to our dedicated washroom. It's hot when the sun rises even though we are in Bukit Tinggi!! All of us were left under a canopy doing nth and ended up taking naps on the table.. =.=

Everyone was bored and slept...

As time goes by~~~ 8, 9, 10, 11, 12:00pm...

"All extras standby now!"
Finally! We got something better to do rather than sleeping and crapping! and... can see Leehom! Everyone went up to the set, saw the featured talents were having rehearsal, Leehom not there yet, and soooo hot!! We waited for our scene in shades and suddenly they need 10 extras in front to fit in the empty spaces and we were the lucky ones! Both of us were positioned in front among the extras. *wuhoo~* Then rehearsal started... we were hired to jump and cheers together happily coz it's a summer ad.

After a few round of rehearsal, here comes the superstar~~ *cheng cheng cheng~~~*
He walked out from the back and coincidently he passed by in between me & mv! We were super excited but we cant express it out on our faces =.= Later on our 'bao mu' a.k.a supervisor came told us rmb the rules coz those behind got scolding for waving to him. Then everyone rehearsed again, and cameras start rolling~
Act, act, act... jump jump jump~ these few shots were the normal shots coz they just need close-ups of him. It's a very sunny day and after 10 mins of standing under the sun, I started to feel burning pain on the top part of my feet. Sunburn!! *ouch* Luckily during breaks for the next shot, there's unlimited cold can drinks and water for us to quench our thirst and also to cool us down.
Approximately 1 hour later, Leehom decided to have lunch first before continuing...

Lunch suck as well.. =.= had a 'bien dang' with only satu pokok of vege and 2 small pieces of sweet sour chic.. Weather is super duper hot and everything is bad at that time. After lunch, rested for around half an hour, jumping & cheering again @ 2:30.. This time they needed all 80 extras together cos they are shooting from a high angle. We went back into places, and here comes the fun~~
They wanted a human wave(correct ah?)! Co-director directed what they wanted, rehearsed, the man comes out... He passed by Mavis and she was shivering in excitement! haha!
Co-director explain what they wanted to him then camera start rolling. NG for a few times and they changed 'story' for some better shots. This time our man need to run in between the crowd! This was fun! I was so excited *inside* when I overheard them talking on the new story line coz he will definitely pass by me! *wuhoo~*

Camera rolling again~ *drink drink drink... ahhhhh... jump! cheer! run run run~~~* I could feel the 'wind' when he run passed me! 2 attempts and the director was not satisfied with it coz the crowd behind were too far apart (they actually made way for him to run through). Leehom told the director that the crowd don't need to make way for him when he pass by. So, director said "stand nearer to each other now!" ... "Action!"
This time we were standing abit too tight for him to passed through and I have to 'jump' aside for him to pass through. *SYIOKNESS!!*
Few attempts again and they changed another 'story'. This time I didn't know what they planned coz we were having break in the shades as there are some clouds covering Mr. Sun~ Yes.. they want the very very bright sunny sun as they didn't use the spotlights.. =.=
10 mins later? "10 seconds!! standby! sun is here!!" This time the crowd arrangement in front changed a lil and I get to stand in between the featured talents(= nearer to Leehom)!! *wuhooo again!*

Waited for the clouds to clear, standby, camera rolling, ACTION! He repeated the same action, and everybody cheer! He happily jumping and cheering then he ran over and stopped beside me!! cos the featured band were surrounding me and he need to have some interaction with them. We then jump, dance, and cheer together around him and with him!! *SYIOKNESS TO DA MAX!!* He is like a few centimeters away from me! and I can shout out my excitement 'officially' cos the camera was still rolling. *Wuuuu!!* Mavis was drooling as well at that time cos she can see his face right in front of her!

This was our fav. scene of the day and our job has ended... We went back to our 'base' and waited for them to finish their close up shots. Round 1 hour+ later (@ 4:30), my friend(one of the featured band members) came down and told us thats all for the day~~ Clean up, salary time, head counts, Bye bye!!!

They even brought bench as props =.=
and that's 1 of our supervisor

Actually we guessed he was in good mood that day cos he sang and whistle on set. Other than that, he showed the cute side of him. We had to freeze before the camera starts to roll and he followed what the director said whereby he actually don't have to. He helped to 'catch' those who moved when they said freeze. Quite hard for me to explain that part, hope they will show the 'behind the scenes' then you'll know..

Bye bye B.Tinggi~~

- The End -

Us in bus

It's a very rare chance to participate in his ad and work together with him. Although it's hot and tired but this might be only our once in a life time chance and we really appreciate it. *Thx Joe!* ^^


One more thing, now I understand why people working around artists/superstar have no reaction when they see them... cos it's really nth much special about them after working for a period of time. We were super excited at first but nearing the end and with the sun shinning bright above us, what we want was just cold drinks and aircon even he is just standing in front of us.. =.=

My badly burned left shoulder.. =.=

PS: We didn't have group photos or what-so-ever interaction with Leehom cos it's working time! ;)
and no cameras allowed on set, so no photos of that part too~

Joseph, KC, MV, MV's 'kat zai'
*didn't ask what's his name =.=*

Hate u MV!! arghhh!!!!