#BTVS Cast 2019

[on-this-day-btvs]

November 6, 2001

Once More, With Feeling aired for BTVS season 6, episode 7. This was the only BTVS episode performed as a musical. All of the regular cast performed their own vocals, although two actors (those who played Willow and Dawn) were given minimal singing at their request. Apart from vocal and choreography prep: "[actual shooting] took something like 19 hours of singing and 17 hours of dancing in between shooting four other episodes."

The demon Sweet (shown in a blue suit above) is played by Hinton Battle, a three-time Tony-winner. This is his only Buffyverse appearance.

(mod note: Apparently Hinton Battle also choreographed the dancing in this episode!)

Commonly referred to as "OMWF," the episode was nominated for a 2002 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction. (If it had won, the award would have gone to Christophe Beck and Jesse Tobias.) Despite the nomination, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences neglected to include the title on the ballots. The Emmy was awarded to the Opening Ceremony of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

In March 2019 a vinyl press of the original cast recording was released, with cover art by Paul Mann (shown above).

The moderator is unaware of any recordings of the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony ever being sold, in any format.

(image create to illustrator Paul Mann) (vinyl details and image via Consequence) (SMG quote and other information via wikipedia)

[misskittyspuffy]

Amber Benson & Emma Caulfield - October 12th, 2019 (CloudsCon, Paris)

[jiannguo]

Certain dramas do very well in summer slot, and certain don't . Is there a theory to it? For instance some modern dramas like Crime Crackdown and You're my Glory did great last year, and this year seems its Costumes. Wish ygy aired as well in this slot

Great question!

Well summer is a time when schools and universities are off, and that period is around end of June/ beginning July to end of August. At this time, costume dramas esp xianxias are very popular (if done well...) coz they are catered towards the younger population (you'll often see older drama viewers being bored with seeing content from this particular genre). Also side by side, any costume dramas such wuxias and historicals are also popular, especially if they feature traffic idols. The three examples are the dramas with a good amount of heat this summer, "Love Like the Galaxy (Zhao Lusi / Wu Lei)" on Tencent, "Immortal Samsara" (YangZi/ChengYi) on Youku and now "Love between Fairy and Devil (Esther Yu/Dylan Wang) on Iqiyi.

Right now in 2022 summer, these three web only dramas have the highest broadcast heat among the three largest web playforms, and rankings sort of jumps between each other.

(Not counting "A Dream if Splendour" as it was pre summer and ended before July)

Romcom with young/traffic idols are also a huge hit in the summer, examples would be like you said "You're my Glory" with Dilireba/YangYang from last year and in 2019 would be "Go Go Squid" with YangZi/LiXian.

Crime Crackdown last year was aired in Dragon TV, BTV, CCTV and Tencent Video. It aired during the month of August last year, and was starred by Sun Honglei who is a very respected veteran in the industry and drama is supported by a strong supporting cast as well as supported by govt agencies. So this drama was quite unique in itself.

I wish Yuguyao aired as well but summer is now over. I'm hoping the drama gets promoted well, whenever it airs.

[hardestgrove]

Dude! You're completely right that Willow and Xander have very specific voices; and honestly I don't think I could get them down as well as you have, even after spending the better part of 20 years rewatching the show. (I'm 28, I used to stay up specifically to watch btvs with my mom bc she taped it from tv lmao.) I'm super excited that you're working on more crossover stuff, that's gonna be awesome!!

thank you so much!!! i watched bits of buffy growing up on tv and but moreso angel the series bc i literally remembered all about s5-- more than i remembered anything specific about buffy then rewatched/watched all of btvs in 2019 while doing inktober and it's been downhill ever since lol.

i have more buffy writing on my AO3 and my btvs side on here is @annyankers

i'm genuinely interested in doing some kind of btvs/st crossover bc i think you can make it work and work well but i have to really brood over it you know? like i need to sort out just how much of which thing is staying and how to shave the cast down to something manageable and then which ships stay from both canons and which go etc. god i just thought of cordelia/eddie enggame holy SHIT--

it's something i'd actually love to brainstorm and talk out with people. as it stands i'll probably only write little things like this that are kinda just nebulous and on there own bc i really do need to get to other projects and i really wanna be very critical and think about what i'm doing here. i have a habit of not wanted to cut out too much of canon even when i know it's making things too bloated re: a new plotline and usually i end up whittling it down over time as i narrow down the outline but i would really wanna try and go for the jugular right from the start with this one bc there's just so much fuck shit to deal with and i wanna really try to blend things as seamlessly as i can

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter - Sunday, November 22nd

JOYCE: But what they didn't get was, that it was a copy of the bill of lading… so they thought that it was another order form, so now I've got two shipments of Greek amphorae on my hands! SPIKE: That's funny. And really, how many do you need, amphorae?

~~Crush~~

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A Man Married Is A Man Marred (Buffy/Spike, T) by stuffandnonsense

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Spike’s Worst Summer Ever (Buffy/Spike, 13+) by Blackoberst

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What Goes Around Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by celtic_goddess

Daughter of Aurelius Chapter 19 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by Loup Noir

Know Your Mind Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by SzmattyCat

What Became Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Megan

Blood and Black Lace Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, R) by SlayrGrl

In Death, That I May Live... Chapter 31 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by Irishrose

Anniversary Chapter 24 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by Nik84

The Magic Box Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by JCCx

Through the Stones Complete (Buffy/Spike, PG13) by Ajmilone

Dear Friend Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, PG) by JustWriter2

The Umbrella Initiative Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, 13+) by Zab Jade

Web of Souls Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, 13+) by Ree, Zab Jade

Star Wars and Buffy are Non-Mixy Chapter 211 (SW crossover, Buffy, FR15) by Sharie

Sons and Daughters of Sineya Chapter 15 (Chronicles of Narnia crossover, Buffy, FR18) by dogbertcarroll

The Ninth Bomb Chapter 37 (NCIS crossover, FR13) by Cordyfan

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[jbuffyangel]

Happy 20th Anniversary to ANGEL! I am super excited EW is celebrating this show. Angel is my favorite Buffy character and while I never loved the spin off as much as I loved BTVS, I adored all of these characters. They all look amazing.

[jennycalendar]

i router, you giles

read it on ao3!

“Wifi,” said the dark-haired woman, holding a small tech-looking box out in front of her like it was some sort of birthday present. “Got any?”

In which Giles meets the new computer science teacher, Jenny is unapologetically combative, and Willow does her best to set them both straight. (It doesn't work.)

in the event that jenny calendar does show up in the btvs comic reboot, we are probably going to see her meet giles for the first time. and because i have my own thoughts about how that will play out, i wanted to make sure i wrote a fic about it before there’s any established canon.

doesn’t actually require any knowledge of said 2019 reboot--just that this is giles and jenny’s first meeting, now with modern tech thrown into the mix.

“Wifi,” said the dark-haired woman, holding a small tech-looking box out in front of her like it was some sort of birthday present. “Got any?”

Giles missed the British Museum, where his request for a lock on his door had been processed and accepted. “The library’s closed,” he said, in the annoyed-academic voice that generally got most of the children in this school to leave immediately. “If you could perhaps come back later—”

“Oh, no, this is totally a necessity,” said the woman, breezing past Giles as though the word closed wasn’t in her vocabulary. “See, the principal’s under the impression that this—” she blinked, squinting around in the dim light, “—musty old cave of antiquities is lacking a basic Internet connection, so I figured, hey, why not be a good neighbor—”

“Neighbor?”

“I’m in the classroom across from yours,” said the woman, giving Giles a small, bewildered frown. “I see you all the time. Are you telling me you’ve never noticed me?”

“I’m a bit busy,” said Giles, gesturing around at the books he had been shelving, “and I do not appreciate my work being interrupted.”

“Well, aren’t you just a laugh and a half,” said the woman, looking—amused? Giles was insinuating that he didn’t want her there, and she thought it was funny? “Anyway, you being a stuck-up snob totally isn’t the point right now—”

“I beg your pardon?”

“—my point,” said the woman, verging on impatience, “is that I brought you a wifi router. In this day and age, an actual internet connection is a total necessity.”

“Yes, we wouldn’t want people to unplug themselves from their smartphones and actually read a book, now, would we?” said Giles waspishly. “Forgive me, Ms—whatever your name is, but I’m afraid I cannot condone adding a potential distraction to a place of studying. Please leave.” With a wince, he realized that this wasn’t very decorous of him. “I appreciate the offer,” he tacked on somewhat unconvincingly.

“You so don’t,” said the woman. Her eyes were narrowed. “And for the record, computers aren’t a distraction. They’re a tool. Have you ever used one, or do you just cast aspersions on anyone who does?”

“Oh, absolutely the second one,” said Giles, pulling out his flip phone for emphasis. “I see no need to muddle my mind with poorly sourced information and exorbitant amounts of social media.”

“Oh my god,” said the woman disbelievingly, “have I somehow stepped back into the nineties?”

“There were computers around then,” Giles began smugly.

“The 1890s, Rupert,” said the woman, giving him an extremely attractive grin. Giles very hastily replaced the revealing adjectives with annoyingly smug and glared back. “You know, you can rot your brain from academic elitism just as fast as you can from—ahem—” She cleared her throat, then said in a horrible British accent, “exorbitant amounts of social media?”

“I don’t sound like that,” said Giles indignantly. Then, “And my name is Mr. Giles, thank you—”

“I’ll cut you a deal,” said the woman. “I’ll call you Mr. Giles if you let me install wifi in your library.”

“Absolutely not!” said Giles immediately, infuriated. “How dare you blackmail me with informalities!”

“Well, how dare you insult me and my chosen profession!”

“You came into this library when there was a clearly marked CLOSED sign on the door—”

“I was trying to be friendly!”

“BY BRINGING IN THE INTERNET?”

“Okay, what is going on?” came Buffy’s voice.

Giles turned. Buffy, Willow, and Xander were standing in the open doorway, all of them watching the spectacle with expressions that suggested they’d been here for longer than he would have liked them to be. “She was attempting to install better Internet in the library,” he said, “and I told her that I wasn’t having any such nonsense.”

“Wait, the Internet is nonsense now?” said Willow, frowning.

“Rupert here thinks that everyone uses good wifi for flash games, dating sites, and Instagram,” said the woman, patting Giles on the shoulder. He jumped away and knocked over two stacks of books. “And I attempted to inform him that actually, the Internet is used for a lot of things when you’re not a dinosaur.”

Buffy looked extremely happy. Xander looked like he was trying not to laugh. Willow’s frown had deepened. “Well, Giles isn’t a dinosaur, Ms. Calendar,” she said, “and I don’t think it’s very mature of either of you to be acting like this. You two are my favorite teachers.”

“Her?” said Giles.

“Him?” said Ms. Calendar.

“Work it out,” said Willow, and led a beaming Buffy and a giggling Xander out of the library.

Giles considered this turn of events. Awkwardly, he said, “I—suppose I was a bit abrasive, initially. If Willow likes you, you can’t be as intolerable as you initially seemed.”

“Way to apologize,” said Ms. Calendar, looking completely unimpressed.

Giles snorted. “Am I supposed to grovel for reacting poorly to you forcing your way into my library?”

Ms. Calendar tilted her head, glaring at him. “You do know that the reason a school library needs Internet is for things like online research papers and collaborative study groups?” she said.. “A lot of the work that these teachers assign is done almost entirely online, and a lot of students are going to turn to the library for a good place to study between classes. The least you can do is make the library more accessible for the kids who are going to be using the Internet responsibly.”

“Or,” said Giles, refusing to feel guilty, “the least I can do is make the library more accessible for the children who want to come in here and read books, undisturbed by YouTube videos and, and, Myspace.”

“Have you ever touched a computer, or have you just read a lot of instruction manuals from 2009?” said Ms. Calendar.

Giles didn’t want to answer that.

“Anyway,” said Ms. Calendar. “I do not accept your apology, I think you’re a total asshole, and at some point, when you aren’t paying attention, I am going to sneak back in here and put the wifi router somewhere you will never find it. Kudos!” She patted Giles on the shoulder again (she had graceful fingers with sparkly, painted nails, not that Giles noticed) and headed out of the library without a backwards glance.

“I hate her very much,” said Giles to the books. It didn’t sound all that convincing.

The wifi router turned up seventeen times within the next two days, regardless of his attempts to remove it from the library. Giles had no idea how she was doing it, and strongly suspected that the children were helping her out.

[wickedcouchpotato]

Beijing TV Announces List of Upcoming (Spring) 2019 Dramas

Beijing Television (BTV) has just recently revealed a list of upcoming spring 2019 dramas with some of them are already airing. Here are some of the dramas (I’m interested) in random order:

1. The Thunder ( 破冰行动)

Cast:  Johnny Huang Jing Yu (Moonshine and Valentine), Simon Yam (Magic City), Zhang Xi Lin (Nice to Meet You), Wang Jin Song (Legend of Fuyao)

No. of Episodes: 48 

Genre: Action, Crime

2. Youth Fight ( 青春斗 )

Cast: Zheng Shuang (Love 020), Gai Yue Xi (Youth), Xu Yue (When a Snail Falls in Love), Chen Xiao Yun (Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace), Wang Xiu Zhu (When We Were Young)

No. of Episodes: 38

Genre: Youth, Romance

*currentntly airing 

3. One Boat One World (海洋之城 )

Cast: Zhang Han (Here To Heart), Claudia Wang Li Kun (Martial Universe), Lawrence Wong (Story of Yanxi Palace)

No. of Episodes: 30

Genre: Business, Modern Romance, Melo

4. Never Say Goodbye ( 不说再见)

Casst: Allen Ren Jia Lun (The Destiny of White Snake), Janine Chang (Here To Heart), Liu En You (Meet in Youth, Love in Foods), Xiong Nai Jin (Legend of Chusen)

No. of Episodes: 30

Genre: Crime, Action, Romance

5. Youth Should Be Early ( 青春须为早)

Cast: Hu Yi Tian ( A Love So Beautiful), Elaine Zhong (Long Time No See)

No. of Episodes: 30

Genre: Youth Romance

6. Healer of Children ( 了不起的儿科医生)

Cast: Chen Xiao (Queen Dugu, Red Rose), Wang Zi Wen (Ode To Joy, When a Snail Falls in Love), Jia Qing (The Great Protector, The Lover’s Lies)

No. of Episodes: 40

Genre: Medical Drama

7. New World ( 新世界)

Cast: Sun Honglei (Game of Hunting, To Be a Better Man), Wan Qian (Secrets of Three Kingdoms), Edward Zhang Lu Yi (Sparrow, The Patriot), Li Chun (Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace)

No. of Episodes: 70

Genre: Historical, War, Action

8. River Sunset ( 长河落日)

Cast: Edward Zhang Lu Yi (Sparrow), Janine Chang (Here to Heart, Empress of China) Ryu Kohata (Mystery of Antiques), Yuan Zi Yi (Princess Agents)

No. of Episodes: 30

Genre: War, Suspense

source: sina

[ao3feed-willowtara]

Inktober 2019

by mrs_d

A collection of short fics written in response to the Inktober 2019 prompts. Tags and rating will change.

Specific relationships & relevant tags are found in the summary of each chapter.

Words: 4701, Chapters: 10/31, Language: English

Fandoms: due South, Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Multi

Characters: Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker (due South), James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), MCU Cast Ensemble, Original Child Character(s), All-New All-Different Avengers - Character, Miss Kitty Fantastico

Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, Tara Maclay/Willow Rosenberg

Additional Tags: Ficlet Collection, Inktober 2019, Post-Series, Zombies, Canon-Typical Violence, Ice Fishing, Very Obvious Jokes, Sickfic, Curtain Fic, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Missing Scene, Kid Fic, Househusband Steve Rogers, Halloween, Discussion of Death, Implied Sexual Content, Captain America Sam Wilson, BtVS Season 4

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2MCaFiS

[ao3feed-btvs]

Inktober 2019

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2MCaFiS

by mrs_d

A collection of short fics written in response to the Inktober 2019 prompts. Tags and rating will change.

Specific relationships & relevant tags are found in the summary of each chapter.

Words: 4701, Chapters: 10/31, Language: English

Fandoms: due South, Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Multi

Characters: Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker (due South), James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), MCU Cast Ensemble, Original Child Character(s), All-New All-Different Avengers - Character, Miss Kitty Fantastico

Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, Tara Maclay/Willow Rosenberg

Additional Tags: Ficlet Collection, Inktober 2019, Post-Series, Zombies, Canon-Typical Violence, Ice Fishing, Very Obvious Jokes, Sickfic, Curtain Fic, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Missing Scene, Kid Fic, Househusband Steve Rogers, Halloween, Discussion of Death, Implied Sexual Content, Captain America Sam Wilson, BtVS Season 4

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2MCaFiS

[misskittyspuffy]

[Day 1] Opening ceremony - October 12th, 2019 (CloudsCon, Paris)

James Marsters, Andrew J. Ferchland, Dagney Kerr, Kristine Sutherland, Amber Benson, Emma Caulfield, Phina Oruche, Robia Scott, Nicholas Brendon

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"Cô gái thời tiết” Mai Ngọc: Từ bỏ con đường người mẫu để trở thành BTV truyền hình

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"Cô gái thời tiết” Mai Ngọc: Từ bỏ con đường người mẫu để trở thành BTV truyền hình

Mới đây, Mai Ngọc chia sẻ về việc chuyển sang Ban Thời sự – chính luận của VTV khiến không ít khán giả ngạc nhiên. Nhưng ít ai biết, cô nàng đã từ bỏ con đường người mẫu chuyên nghiệp để chọn sự “chông gai” như thế nào?

BTV Mai Ngọc.

Nhiều lần trượt casting MC

Được biết từ khi còn đi học, Mai Ngọc đã là cái tên đắt show trên các sàn diễn, bìa báo… nhưng rồi lựa chọn cuối cùng của bạn lại trở thành Biên tập viên (BTV)?

– Từ năm 15-16 tuổi, tôi đã được lên rất nhiều bìa báo như: Hoa học trò, Đẹp… hay đóng quảng cáo và nhiều sàn diễn thời trang. Quả thật, con đường trở thành người mẫu chuyên nghiệp vô cùng mở.

Khi thi đỗ vào Học viện Báo chí và Tuyên truyền, tôi cân nhắc rất nhiều, giữa việc đi làm người mẫu chuyên nghiệp, thi Hoa hậu, hoạt động nghệ thuật… hay bắt đầu từ con số “0” – casting làm MC? Nhưng những năm tháng mẹ cho tung bay thả cửa đi diễn show ở TPHCM, Hà Nội… tiếp xúc với thế giới, tôi tự cảm thấy mình không phù hợp. Tôi thích Hà Nội, thích yên bình, thích học báo và trở thành BTV.

Lợi thế hot girl có tiếng và kinh nghiệm sân khấu có giúp bạn trong những lần casting MC, BTV không?

– Không đơn giản thế đâu. Năm thứ nhất đại học, tôi đã thử casting rất nhiều kênh, chương trình của VTC, Truyền hình Cap và trượt đến vài lần. Sau 3 lần trượt, tôi đã từng nghĩ: Mình thích công việc này thật nhưng hình như “nó” không thích mình. Quá tam ba bận mà vẫn trượt, đã có lúc tôi nghĩ: Thôi buông tay. May mắn quá, đến lần thứ 4 thì đỗ VTC, mà là đỗ vớt.

Đó là chương trình “Đẹp +”, chuyên talkshow với người nổi tiếng. Hôm đó, họ cần một người mẫu đến quay minh họa, nhưng vô tình chị chủ mục chương trình bảo MC chuẩn bị nghỉ đẻ, thiếu người dẫn. Tôi đã tự ứng cử và casting. Sau đó tôi được nhận xét: Chưa ổn lắm nhưng có thể đào tạo được vì xinh xắn phù hợp với chương trình và quan trọng nhất là họ đang quá cần MC.

Thời điểm đó bạn thiếu sót gì mà bị nhận xét chưa ổn?

– Khi bắt đầu tại VTC, tôi đã xem lại rất nhiều lần những chương trình mình dẫn và nhận ra khuyết điểm. Ở ngoài, tôi được đánh giá là nói chuyện rất tự nhiên, rất cuốn hút nhưng cứ đặt máy quay vào là cứng đơ, căng thẳng. Lúc đó đúng kiểu tôi đang diễn chứ không phải đang dẫn. Và thời gian làm việc tại VTC, tôi được tôi luyện và khắc phục yếu điểm này.

Trước khi trở thành BTV, Mai Ngọc là cái tên sáng giá của làng mẫu.

Sau khi có kinh nghiệm bạn ứng tuyển sang VTV?

– VTV chỉ nhận người đã ra trường và có kinh nghiệm thôi, mà lúc đó tôi vẫn còn là sinh viên. Sau khi làm việc tại VTC, tôi đi casting ở VOV Giao thông và được nhận. Nhưng cũng chỉ được dẫn những chương trình 5 phút hoặc ghi âm rồi chỉnh tiếng. Tôi thắc mắc: Sao các anh chị không cho em dẫn chương trình trực tiếp vì em có thể ứng biến trên sóng? Nhưng mọi người bảo: Giọng nói và hơi của em thì không thể nào ngồi trên sóng 1 tiếng để làm “Giờ cao điểm” hay “Quà tặng âm nhạc”.

Nên tôi lại phải nghiên cứu lại băng ghi âm giọng của chính mình và tự sửa. Các chương trình trò chơi tôi dẫn sóng, rating rất cao, khán giả tham gia rất nhiệt tình nên mọi người cũng nhìn ra năng lực. Cộng tác được hơn 1 năm thì chính Giám đốc VOV Giao thông nói sẽ ký hợp đồng chính thức khi tôi ra trường.

Nhưng khi ra trường, tôi lại đứng trước lựa chọn: Một công việc được ký hợp đồng chính thức, ổn định hoặc bước vào VTV làm cộng tác viên bắt đầu từ con số 0 và chưa biết tương lai sẽ như thế nào? Tôi tâm sự với mẹ và mẹ chỉ hỏi một câu: “Ước mơ cuối cùng của con là gì: một nơi ổn định, lâu dài nhưng không được lên hình hay một công việc được lên hình?” Vì thế, tôi bắt đầu tại VTV.

Những thời điểm “chênh vênh” đó, có khi nào bạn tiếc con đường người mẫu không?

– Mặc dù cũng có thời kỳ khó khăn trong công việc, cũng nghe thấy nhiều nhận xét “có hình thức thì khó gắn bó lâu dài” nên tôi càng phải cố gắng chứng minh điều ngược lại. Cho đến ngày hôm nay, tôi nhận thấy những gì mình đã từ bỏ là quá xứng đáng. Không có gì phải hối hận.

Mất ngủ khi lần đầu “đứng sóng” Ban Thời sự

Hình ảnh Mai Ngọc với vai trò BTV Thời sự.

Mới đấy bạn chia sẻ chuyển đổi công việc sang Ban thời sự. Bạn đã bắt đầu chính thức tại đây chưa?

– Tôi nhận được đề nghị là đầu tháng 11, sau khi suy nghĩ 3 ngày, tôi nhận lời. Và đến 20/11, tôi chuyển sang học việc, làm quen mọi thứ bên Ban Thời sự. Nhưng hiện tại thì vẫn chưa chính thức, tôi vẫn là “Cô gái thời tiết” cho đến hết 31/12/2018. Từ 1/1/2019, tôi mới chính thức lên hình bên Ban Thời sự VTV1, khung sóng 17h30-18h30.

BTV Ban Thời sự là vị trí mà nhiều người mơ ước, tại sao bạn lại mất thời gian suy nghĩ?

– Như tôi đã từng chia sẻ, tôi cũng sắp 30 tuổi, lại gắn bó 5 năm với “Bản tin thời tiết”, đã quen việc, quen đồng nghiệp nên ngại thay đổi. Người ngoài nhìn vào không hiểu được những kỷ niệm, những lần cùng xông pha xương máu với nhau, làm tin, đi bão, trực bão… Đó như là giammobungsieunhanh.com thứ hai của mình. Chuyển đi là xa giammobungsieunhanh.com nên cũng đắn đo nhiều.

Nhưng mọi người đều nói đây là thử thách mới, cơ hội để thực hiện nốt chặng đường trong giấc mơ BTV của Mai Ngọc. Và tôi đã chuyển sang Ban Thời sự. Bạn bè trêu, từ nay không còn là “Weather girl” mà là “News girl”.

Công việc mới thay đổi thời gian biểu của bạn như thế nào?

– Thay đổi nhiều chứ. Khi lên “Bản tin thời tiết” 3 phút thì mình mất 3 tiếng trước giờ lên sóng để chuẩn bị mọi thứ. Bây giờ thì khác, chương trình 60 phút mình mất 10 tiếng để chuẩn bị. Lên sóng 5h30 chiều thì công việc đã bắt đầu từ 9h sáng: Tổng hợp nguồn tin, họp hành với tổ chức sản xuất, cập nhật thông tin, kể cả khi đã xong kịch bản nhưng 5h25 có thông tin mới vẫn phải cập nhật vào sóng, thay đổi chóng mặt…

Bắt đầu với guồng quay mới, bạn có “ngợp” không?

– Có chứ. Ngợp và khó. Trước mình làm thời tiết thì chỉ cần cập nhật thời tiết nhưng bây giờ thì tổng hợp tin và có sự đánh giá, thay đổi nhanh. Đòi hỏi người dẫn chương trình cực kỳ hiểu thông tin để truyền tải đến khán giả. Tôi luôn tâm niệm người dẫn chương trình là người kể chuyện, muốn kể chuyện hay thì phải hiểu đúng. Tôi phải xem chương trình tin tức trong nước và quốc tế như “Ellen show” vì cũng muốn chương trình thời sự chính luận nhưng có phong cách, nét riêng của chính mình.

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