Meeting with the crews of Asia Business Channel

   Early in the morning, I was told by Yii Yang that there would be crews from the Asia Business Channel coming to the campus for a documentary video shooting that day and I was asked to follow him to meet up with the crews. As a mass communication student who majored in FTV units, I was very happy to be given this opportunity to take a look on how's real life production company actually work and possibly to learn some skills from the crews. At the same time, I was nervous because I worried about that if the crews have any  inquires or maybe any emergency situations that would have occurred and I was unable  to manage them well, it would probably bring embarrassing or even bring disaster for the school image. Hence, it is quite important that public relations practitioners need to train themselves to become quick thinker and are able to empower the skill of communication. Fortunately everything went smooth through all the day.

   We waited the crews in front of the Curtin reception. With a friendly smile and hands shake before we started our conversation. Ms Mira Gojkovic was the producer and George, the camera person for the documentary production. Both of them were freelance photographers from Belgium and were currently recruited by the ABC station, Asia Business Channel, which is an independent production company specialized in producing programs that focus on the economic development as well as the sights and sounds of countries in focus. These special programs are aired on a regular basis on Asia's premiere television network, Channel News Asia, so they were working on a documentary about the University in Malaysia

  The crews requested to record some footage from the campus, hence Yii Yang and me became the tour guides and led them around the campus. Throughout the process, I found that, as a public relations practitioner, we have to be aware on a lot of current affairs and should have fully understanding of the company we work with because we never know what kind of questions the clients would ask. Once again, communication skill is very important.

On the left is the camera person, George and the right is the producer, Mira Gojkovic.

The camera person is concentrating on the recording.

The crews and me.

  Before they left, Ms Gojkovic passed me her name card and she would probably send a copy of the video to the school after it has completed. It was a very new experience for me and i get to know more about my school.

Name card given by Mira Gojkovic.

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Ten Ing Ahe (Kim)

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