‘AMPANG MEDIKAL’ ON AIR!
Mood: Excited Music: "When I Grow Up" by PCD
They gave us tentative date for the release of the drama series but nothing was confirmed. Today, I happen to switch from one channel to the other on Astro and to my utter surprise, AMPANG MEDIKAL was already on air. It was exactly today they air the very first episode which would run for 7 months on NTV7.
I was happy, excited and at the same time, felt rather nervous eventhough it would take 3 months before the episode I’m featured in would go on air.
I consider this production my very first professional experience with TV, playing a supporting role. There were not much direction given while we were shooting plus I only had a glimpse of the raw footages that were shot on the spot therefore, I honestly do not know how it would turn out on TV and whether my TV acting would pass thru…
Just recalling my experience on set, I felt I was rather shaky on the very first day of my shoot. I did not know what to expect and neither was I clear headed of what I was doing in front of the camera. I’m pretty sure I lost control over my surrounding, the lights, the boom mics, the people behind the camera, the HEAT (boy I was melting constantly) and of course, my lines (which was memorized an hour or two b4 I’m called!).
But I felt much more in control and clear headed on the 2nd and 3rd day of shoot (spread out once a week). When the camera started rolling, I felt I was much at ease and calm and found my own way of letting my eyes do all the talking but of course by the time I found my mojo, it was a wrap for my character. SO, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! You might just detect a sudden switch in my character the first time I’m introduced to the time I leave the hospital.
Anyhow, it was definitely a great experience and I just wanna thank Abang Is and Zuhairi for casting me (eventhough on such short notice), G and Citra for making me look so gorgeous (and very natural) in front of the camera, Khai for being so patient and forgiving, Su for screaming out of her lungs to get all of us in order, Chelsea and Jack for being so accomodating on set and laslty, Aunty Margaret for believing I’m her grandson!
‘AMPANG MEDIKAL’ is aired every THURSDAY @ 8.30PM on NTV7, saluran CERIA anda! I’ll be featured in EPISODES 16 & 17.
