Behind the Scenes of Fabulosity

Who knew that something that seemed so fun and full of glamour could be so darn long and exhausting?

And I wasn't even in charge of doing anything. I was just milling about being a nuisance to everyone haha.

It was the day that Andy and Joel have been working on for the past couple of weeks; the video shoot for Andy's new collection of chic shapeless dresses, things that dozens of animals died for ;p

The video was only supposed to be one and a half minute but we spent the entire day shooting, from 9 a.m to 7 p.m. Footage that would only amount to several seconds needed hours to be set up.

Before this, I never knew that things that seemed so simple can be soooo complicated one lor.

Like lighting for example, I thought it'd be something like, OK turn on all the lights, make sure the model stands in the light and snap snap snap. But noooo, the lights have to be tweaked endlessly to highlight this, make sure it hits the right spot there and like, the lights have to be bright enough to cancel each other out so that there'd be no shadows on the wall or something like that. Whoa, complicated!

Make-up and outfit changes are the other things that take forever. Flawless and perfect takes a long time to achieve! Like, you gotta blend the colors to get the right shade, texture then match the colors, then match it with the clothes, do they look good together, is it the right contrast, rub baby oil onto all exposed skin, tuck ALL hair under the wigs etc etc.

The clothes needed to be pinned here, tucked in there, adjusted every 30 seconds, the wind must be blowing it at the right angle so that it flows nicely (I would know being the unofficial fan-holder, among my other jobs), not to mention SELLOTAPED! 60 percent of the collection consists of Sellotape which is such a bitch HAHAHA!

Talking about my other jobs, Andy said I was like, the Ugly Betty of the shoot. No I didn't have to run around and get that bitch coffee thank God but hello, they should be thankful they have me for all the other things that needed an extra pair of hands! LOL kidding I wish! I was totally extra sangat on that set.

I would run around and play while everyone else is busy up to their noses. You would keep on hearing things like,

"Jeffrey ah, the glasses don't really suit your face lah. Take them off and put them back k?"

"Jeffreeeeyy, don't play with the shoes lah. Later break or something"

"Jeffrey, that fur is the model's next outfit. Can give to her or not?"

"JEFFREY YAN! STOP WEARING THE SHOES!"

Not the exact words lah, but you get the idea. Hee hee. I was bored what!

There are sooo much more fierce pictures I wish I could post but Andy made me sign a confidentiality agreement and made an Unbreakable Vow not to leak any pictures of his fabulous garments so I only posted those that didn't show too much, which is mostly Halix at work. Hahaha ;p