As an intern with few television experiences, I bore in mind what our supervisor Da-Yang (大楊哥) had told us to be observant and industrious, learning as much as I could from the participation of this shooting project in Thailand. Since on the battlefield most of the work demands real professionals, what interns could contribute was minor yet trivial with importance, like handing over bottles of water, wet wipes, tissues, tapes; however, Peiying (貢丸) and I would leap at any chance to take script notes, catch photo opportunities, prepare props, and carry tripod and boom microphone – hope to at least share the burden as a team and to completely blend in by doing.
Besides taking script notes, I also kept a record of the interviewees’ names and sometimes their contact information so that we can send them the DVD of related episodes afterwards. Assigned to such a mission, I got some lovely opportunities to interact with the locals, smiling and asking their names whether through our interpreter (小真姊) or not, and if they speaks English, we could share some interesting stories or personal experiences during the breaks of shooting.
