Don't shy away!

People are so camera shy!

JB and I went filming for Broadcast Journalism today...

Topic: A Tsunami Story
Location: Tampines Mall (The field outside the mall)

We went at 1-ish, thinking that it would be a piece of cake and that we would be done by 3pm...
How wrong we were...
Sure, there were people donating stuffed animals, but when we asked them sweetly to spare us a few seconds of their time and just give us a statement, they laughed and declined, saying they look bad and all...
Well...
That should teach Singaporean a thing or two...
You never know whom you are going to meet out in the streets, so dress up!
We'll have better decorated streets that way...

Then, we came across a mandarin-speaking person, which is fine except that my mandarin is like my Greek!
OMG...
Felt so embarrassed...
I think she could not really understand me...
I gave that up politely...

Then came a little kid who looked interested in the camera.
I talked to him a little and cajoled him into granting me an interview!
If I thought that he would be vocal, I was seriously mistaken.
All he said was "Yea", before looking all over the place.
I think we spent about a minute and a half in utter silence on camera.
Waste of film I call it...

We finally got into hurried filming when it started to drizzle.
It was about 4.30pm by then!
Think about it!
Taking over 3 hours to film a 2-minute piece!

And we've got 5 such pieces to complete!
*Sigh*

Well... going to school to return the camera tomorrow...
Driving tomorrow too!
Stay off the roads at 4pm!
Also, pray I don't stall...