Some reflections about the talks…(✿◠‿◠)
Ivan Teo Teochew Chef
On 14 May, Mr Ivan Yeo shared his experiences and journey as a Teochew Chef. He creates Teochew fusion dishes that are unique, and is a co-founder of The 1925 Brewing Co. He also strongly believe that we should never try to make yourself believe that you are from another race, neglect our own culture and roots, or receive so much impact from modernisation that we forget who we truly are.
星期二特写
新传媒8频道《星期二特写》的制作团队在五月十五日与大家分享了两部纪录片的制作过程：三天两夜 《小印度》和 生活气场《黄埔小贩中心》。主讲者有吴多炀先生和杨绍强先生。吴多炀先生是《星期二特写》高级主编，从事电视制作28年。他参与2008年的《星期二特写》节目“生死一线—毁容”，2010年的“三天两夜—芽笼与小印度”，和2012年的“谢幕人生—妈姐”，荣获三届《红星大奖》最佳资讯节目。杨绍强先生是《星期二特写》的资料撰稿。
我们认为这个是个很好的经验，而且我们也有的看《星期二特写》的两个作品。我们不只学到怎么拍摄，也了解了视频是怎么制作的。那两个先生也回答了很多同学们的问题，而他们的答案有适当的建议，也对我们有很多意义，可以让我们取下来使用。
Personal reviews:
3 Ideas I found useful from NYConnects
2 reasons why I found these ideas useful
1 application I have for these ideas
athena: from NYConnects, I learnt some interviewing skills, how to choose items to be put into the video, and that it is important to preserve our traditional culture and food. I found these ideas useful as I can better understand the different dishes of the different dialect groups, and also how to have interesting “材料” in the video. One application I have for these ideas is that I can source and interview interesting people in Chinatown, for the video.
caitlin: 3 things I found useful from ny connects
1)I learnt about some interviewing techniques, like how to plan and design the interview to being punctual and respectful
2)I learnt the importance of preserving our heritage and culture
3)I also learnt about how Singaporean food can be transformed into fusion food
2 reasons why I found these ideas useful
1)our project was about food and heritage
2) we had to interview people when we went to Chinatown
1 application I have for these ideas
1) applying it to the video we are going to make
caroline: I feel that the NY connects sessions were very helpful in helping us decide what is important or unimportant to put in the video and I also learnt many interviewing skills. I also learnt that it is very important to preserve our local culture and cuisines. After the sessions, I found that I could better understand the food cultures of the different cultures or dialect groups, and how to make our videos or presentations more interesting. In Chinatown me and my teammates could interview the people with more confidence.
chan yan: I feel that NYConnects has helped me learn the importance of keeping our traditions and how we can do that while keeping up with the modern world. I also learnt how our shows are made to attract viewers. These are useful as they constantly remind me to appreciate our traditions and cultures and makes me want to find out more about it. I can apply this to my daily life when I ask more questions about why certain things are done that way so I can increase my knowledge and help others learn more too.
qiao li: Three ideas I found useful from nyconnects include interviewing skills, how to modify traditional foods in order to suit the taste of young people and appreciating our roots and cultures. Two reasons why I find these ideas useful is because firstly, they directly or indirectly allow us to appreciate our culture/heritage, and also the interviewing skills are useful as they will help us to better gather opinions and views from people. One way I am going to apply these ideas is in the chinese video. I will use the interview skills to gather ideas from people and the appreciation of our culture will help us to create meaningful content for the video.
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