This is going to be our very first shoot!
This is the start of a full TV shoot day
This cake is getting more spotlight than me.
One more time please.
Director: You are on.
Good morning guys this is Cathy Cat.
It's now 3am... just turned 4am.
If you are wondering why...
Today we are going to Hiroshima to take part in a real Japanese TV shoot.
We want to share that experience with you.
You will be able to see real Japanese TV work in action.
So let's go together...
Hey guys. It's me the director of Ask Japanese.
Well, I am wearing a mask, glasses and a cap so I guess I am still hard to see.
What's with that weird accent you are talking in?
I will be documenting Cathy's Hiroshima documentary today.
Thank you!
Let's go!
Now we arrived.
This is my very first time visiting Hiroshima.
I slept a lot on the plane but outside it's minus 5 degrees!
That's pretty cold.
We just went on the TV crew's bus.
Maybe you don't have that in your country so let me explain.
Generally those are little mini vans on which the crew and the... not so close!
We all get on the same van and we get taken to the shooting locations.
And the windows are shaded so people outside can't see inside.
So if there should be a famous TV person on the bus, people won't know.
That's pretty thoughtful. We also have a professional driver.
And we have a crew too.
The first thing on our schedule...
we will get our makeup done.
I already applied most of my makeup though.
She might fix some areas. Also makeup artists might use sturdier makeup
or use makeup that looks good even if light shines on it.
Let's ask her for her help.
I got a cute hair makeover.
She gave me a fish bone braid.
Next will be our first shoot.
First shoot of the day, let's go!
[usually the Ask Japanese director has to handle all Ask Japanese shootings]
[This time he had to be careful not to obstruct the professional crew]
[Capturing the images of the shoot for you on YouTube]
[They also use very different equipment than we do]
In order to make sure the food is looking as tasty as possible
you can see that the food is getting its very own spotlight.
The camera comes really close, to make it look the best way possible.
so people will enjoy it and go like "I'd like to eat that too. Very important."
I don't get a spotlight when we are on the streets of Harajuku!
This cake is getting more spotlight than me.
[Cathy is interviewing the owner in his cafe in a more casual way]
[we got food made for us specifically to show it on camera]
So that was the first shoot of the day. We started at this cute cafe called Trecasa.
You can see that dow there.
The cake I was eating is down here. There is a trick to eating it.
When you eat it, you have to make sure it still looks pretty when you eat it
But if you make a mess it won't look good on camera.
You can see that there is a second cake here, the reason for that one is
One cake gets eaten and the other is for taking pretty images
I probably need to give this back to the cameraman so he can take a good image of this
Also whats very different is....
With Ask Japanese it's just me and the director. In this case
it's actually lots of people. You can't see them.
But there is a stylist, a cameraman, a microphone person, ....
there are people who look over the shoot, there is the director,
then there is the other director. So it's quite a lot of people coming together
to work on this shoot together.
I must say... if you have seen the finished video image... I am nervous
So many people are staring at me at the same time...
But it's also a very good experience.
Everyone is nice, which is always good.
And this tastes lovely.
[Next shooting location]
Right now we are at a sake tasting place.
If you think about Japan one of the most known alcoholic drinks is Sake.
We're allowed to test some. Since we only had lunch,
I had a very hefty lunch in order to drink sake, so I am not completely drunk
and then not being able to speak Japanese anymore.
It's gonna be quite exciting.
Sake tasting... I hope I don't get drunk. You know how I get with alcohol guys....
[It's ok to just take small sips, we don't have to finish it all]
The sake tasting is over now!
There were many different flavors.
Important here is not to down the drink,
each one has a different flavor.
I needed to quickly figure out what makes each one different and
mention that on the spot.
I would have liked to try more, but I actually already feel a bit tipsy.
So I held myself back.
On that note we will go straight to location number 3.
[Location number 3: Area and sights]
We are right now near a famous East Hiroshima main street
in this area there are many Sake factories.
So in this area you can explore and find many interesting new things.
We shot a video of us walking in this area.
But we are already on our way to location 4 now! I gotta hurry a little.
What are we waiting for here? We are waiting for the sun to come out.
We need nice sunlight.
We are trying to get good natural lighting.
Waiting for good sunlight. Oh...
I think we are almost there. Let's do this.
One more time. Go.
[Sometimes natural light is better than artificial light so it's worth waiting for it.]
[Location number 5]
[Location number 6]
We are at a standing bar right now and I had lovely sake to drink for the shoot...
And I am getting more and more tipsy right now.
There are some lovely students next to me and they asked me for my signature.
I am allowed to sign a phone!
I was like "Are you sure? I am just a YouTuber!" and they said "Yes sign the phone!"
So I am signing the phone and am just finishing it up right now!
Let's give it the mouth...
Can you see this?
And the whiskers! One two three...
Yay thanks so much. - Thank you so much too!
The sake I tried here for the shoot was very tasty.
So the owner asked me to sign the bottle as good memory keepsake.
Let's go.
Done. Thank you so much for letting me sign it.
I got it!
It was very tasty. Thanks for the treat.
How did you enjoy the TV shoot?
I had fun. It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be.
My guests over here reacted well to the shoot too. Thanks for coming.
How did you like the shoot?
I had fun. And you are cute.
I had an awesome time!
It was a bunch of fun! Thank you!
Same here it was so fun!
Thank you so much.
I feel really happy right now.
What was fun to see, we only have one TV camera on us right now.
So the camera would shoot the same scene several times,
changing the angles several times.
So we would get light from the top, light from the side and such.
They tried to show us in the best way possible and moved to do that.
Made me realize how important light is for a real TV shoot.
Final event of the day. It's not almost 7 in the evening.
There is an event by many Sake producers and
we are allowed to take part in that.
That's gonna be exciting, I don't know what it will be like.
Quite a lot of people will be there. I am a little bit nervous now.
I hope my Japanese skill is good enough...
Let's see how it goes...
Ok I think we are on standby. I think we are going...
We will start the ceremony now. Ready go...
[People singing a sake song]
This is an event of many sake brewers and people connected to the sake of the area.
We did "kagami wari" you break in a sake barrel with a hammer
This is a ceremony and everyone celebrates it.
I must say that was very special, that I was allowed to join in
and actually break the barrel.
It was very special that I was allowed in and break the barrel
I feel very happy about that.
Then listening to the song about sake, that everyone sang
it's an old folk song. That really moved me, because I could really feel how...
strongly sake is connected to Japanese culture.
And how everyone feels about that.
While we were doing that the camera crew was going round and
filming us saying hi to people, to just create
a general feel of the atmosphere that we are having here today.
It's very exciting and I have never done anything like this.
I feel very honored and pleased to be here and very very grateful.
visitor: Dankeschoen! (German for thank you)
Dankeschoen!
Hey guys I am back in the Hotel right now.
We had food after the last shoot
at the sake event when we split the sake bowl.
Opened the sake barrel with the hammers...
After that we went for proper dinner because obviously the staff
didn't have anything. One of the things I realized is, when you work with Japanese
TV is, the staff is so good at putting themselves last.
They will not eat, sometimes not even drink water,
and sometimes in really rare cases they won't even use the bathroom
if it disturbs the shooting.
I think the people who work behind the camera
and do all the other work, they have a lot of pressure as well to
make everything happen in the time schedule that is given to you.
That was quite impressive. They were hungry so we went for dinner
and now we are back at the hotel so...
I have been awake for almost 20 hours and working for most of it...
I am surprisingly still awake. I had a low point when I was drinking alcohol.
See if you drink alcohol in front of the camera, you need make sure
that it's the amount that you can still keep working with afterwards.
For me the moment, when I went into that hall with lots of people, ....
that was probably the most difficult for me at the end of the day
it was the end of the day and a lot of people talking at the same time
And I was like "Where are the cameras" you always have to
keep in mind where there is a camera, so you don't make a silly face or....
do anything like that.
Be your best in front of every camera if possible.
Try to at the same time have a good connection with the people around you
Say hi to others...
if they recognize you or if they look curious and such.
I learned a lot a lot a lot today!
I am absolutely amazed how good the team is working together.
Everyone! The Lighting, the sound, the camera,...
even the people that we just went to interview...
Everyone is working together in perfect harmony to
create a full masterpiece at the end.
So that was day 1 working with a Japanese TV crew! There is still more
to learn and our adventure continues.
Yay the director of Ask Japanese is really grateful that you watched until the end.
Pretty much there is more to learn and more to see...
There is gonna be a second video of day two!
Because we are here i total for 3 days.
They are pretty intense, we have one thing after another,
So if you are curious to find out more about how it is to actually work
with a TV crew and work with media in Japan, please follow us for the next video
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I am very pleased I have the chance for this great event.
It's not as usual for people to have a chance to do this.
I am glad I can share this with you guys and hopefully you get a good insight.
I wish you a good night and catch you soon. Bye!
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