Written
by Issac, @ Worlda
Have you ever wondered what you would be if
you are not doing your current job? Will you seize a chance to experience a
different occupation, to become a different person in the society? Tim Perry, a
talented ESL international teacher in China had his
first try in cross-occupation experience.
It was Oct. 6th, 2016.
Two officers had already been waiting for us
at the gate of Guangzhou Traffic Controlling and Management Center. God bless
it was not too late when we stepped out of taxi. “Nice to meet you.” Said Ms
Huang from the Guangzhou Immigration Bureau, shaking hands with Tim and me. “Thank
you for coming to help.” said Officer Ren, from the TCM Center.
There was a commercial filming for
Guangzhou Security Bureau in the Center. And Tim was going to star an
international expert in cooperating with Chinese officers. I came to help with
translation and anything makes the filming smoothly.
Being led in and walking pass a shady stone
path, we went into a large white building. In the main controlling hall there
were screens all over the wall. Some were cameras showing the live situation on
the street, some were maps displaying the police force distribution, and the
others had various data on the real-time traffic. Tim was very curious on the
police force around his home and I was shocked that they really could zoom in
to see the number of cars parking randomly on the street. Every day, emergent
calls for accidents and traffic data from street floods into this center and
from here orders and solutions are given out. Standing under the vault, one can
be easily overwhelmed and feels the weight of the responsibility for taking
such power.
After meeting the director and faculty and taking self-fie in the center, all characters were in position and the filming was going to start soon. The process was simple but not easy for acting. The story was: Tim being the expert newly came to the center greeted by the Chinese officers who showed him around. But a simple scene such as shaking hands could be filmed many times in order to capture a perfect moment. Let along shooting from different angles. It was a new and special experience for Tim, standing under the spotlight, ignoring the staring camera, diving himself into an international police character. He was totally into the character already. Stroked firm, shacked strong, stared seriously. Suddenly, an “accident” occurred. Two officers and Tim leaned close to a monitor. Every one held their breath only leaving the camera moved slowly. It gave a close up to Tim’s calmn but concerned eyes
The filming was very successful.
Isn’t it a very rare experience to play a totally different role in another realm? Who can imagine an ordinary teacher could star an international police someday? This is the amazing part of life. You never know what is waiting for you to discover. Tim is a great teacher and actor. In some points of teaching, acting skill is required when you are in front of kids. Teachers need to act to show an example, to play a demo, to be someone else. All are for getting students to figure out themselves willingly and easily. That is why Tim dived into the character so easily. I respect his everlasting effort and confidence in all kinds of situations, and I like his humor.
When we finished and started heading back, Tim tempted me and said “Next stop: Hollywood!”Thank you for reading our blog！
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