SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8,
1992
AS
THOSE
PRODUCED
PRODUCED
BY
BUT THESE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (ETV) PROGRAMMES ARE AS
AND PAINSTAKINGLY METICULOUSLY INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION HOUSES.
JUST
CARRY
THE ETV PRODUCTIONS MAY BE SHORT, BUT THE MESSAGES THEY HAVE LASTING EFFECTS ON THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF HONG KONG AND FROM SIMPLE THEY RANGE FROM SIMPLE ADDITIONS TO SOLVING EQUATIONS,
CORRECT CONVERSATIONS IN ENGLISH TO WRITING CHINESE ESSAYS USING THE CHARACTERS AND EXPRESSIONS.
LIFE THOUGH SHORT IN DURATION, FILMING OF SUCH FEATURES AS THE
BE JUST AS OF A BAT OR THE METAMORPHIC CHANGES OF A BUTTERFLY CAN
IN THE TIME-CONSUMING AND CARRY NEARLY THE SAME RISKS AS A SOJOURN WILDS OF BORNEO.
"WE
HAVE
FOR
CAVES IN
REMOTE
AREAS
OF THE NEW ΤΟ LOOK TERRITORIES AND IN DOING SO COULD UNSUSPECTINGLY WALK INTO DEEP POOLS. HUNDREDS OF BATS THEN THERE IS ALSO THE INEVITABLE ENCOUNTER WITH
OF THE ESCAPING FROM OUR INTRUSION." SENIOR ETV PRODUCER (SCIENCE) EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR CHAN KAI-BUN, RECALLED.
PROCESS
STARTING FROM VARIOUS
SIMILARLY, A FIVE-MINUTE SEGMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL OF A BUTTERFLY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED IN SEVERAL MONTHS, LIAISON WITH EXPERTS, THEN COLLECTING LIVING SPECIMENS IN THE STAGES OF THE METAMORPHIC CYCLE AND FILMING THEM UNDER ENVIRONMENT.
A SIMULATED
"WE HAVE TO ENLIST THE HELP OF SNAKE EXPERTS IN THE
MR CHAN SAID. FILMING THE LIFE AND HABITS OF SNAKES.
■
CASE OF
COUNTRYSIDE HE SAID POISONOUS SNAKES WOULD BE RELEASED IN THE
THE SNAKES IN A FOR
TO CAPTURE EVERY MOVEMENT OF FILM CREW NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THE SNAKES HAD TO BE RECAPTURED AFTER FILMING.
THE
"
"IT IS
OUR FILM CREW HAS TO BE NOT A FUN EXERCISE. ALERT IN CASE THE REPTILES SUDDENLY CHANGE DIRECTION AND ATTACK AND IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND EFFORT IF THE 'STAR' ESCAPED THE BUSHES ANYTIME, MR CHAN EXPLAINED.
ON
FULL
THEM.
INTO
CHANNELED MODIFICATION
MR CHAN ALSO ADDED THAT A LOT OF HARD WORK HAS TO BE INTO THE DESIGN OF SPECIAL PROPS AND ANIMATIONS, AND THE OF EXPERIMENTAL SET-UPS TO ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE PRESENTATION
TELEVISION.
SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE DISAPPOINTMENT AND FRUSTRATION.
THERE WOULD BE OCCASIONS WHEN THE DESIRED RESULTS COULD NOT ACHIEVED DESPITE MONTHS OF PREPARATION AND HARD WORK.
ON
BE
WHEN ENJOYING
"HOWEVER, ETV PRODUCTION IS VERY REWARDING, PARTICULARLY WE VISIT THE SCHOOLS AND FIND OUR YOUNG AUDIENCE ARE REALLY THE PROGRAMMES," HE SAID.
FOR BOTH
CO-
ETV
MR CHAN HAS BEEN PRODUCING SCORES OF ETV PROGRAMMES
HE NOTED THAT FORWARD PLANNING, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
PRODUCING ENTERTAINING ORDINATION AND PATIENCE WERE VITAL IN PROGRAMMES.
/HE POINTED