2nd China Image Film Festival- Closing Ceremony at the BAFTA



Left: Li Jia (Actress), not sure who he is but he some sort of executive of China Image and Jia Dongshuo (Director)

     

 10th Octber 2010 was the closing ceremony of the 2nd China Image Film Festival which took place at the British Academy of Film and Television Award (BAFTA).

Infront of the BAFTA statue!

This ceremony wasn't as hectic as the opening one, and the night finished earlier too.  I guess probably because Su You Peng (Alex Su) wasn't there so didn't need as much security to block the fans away, lol.  But director Jia Dongshuo and actress Li Jia were there.



China Image film festival

 I forgot to mention what China Image Film Festival is in my last blog; "China Image Chinese Film Festival is the largest Chinese film festival in Europe so far, aiming at spreading the Chinese film culture. It was established in Britain in 2009 and be held in London every year. This is the second one. The film festival is jointly organized by British China Image Ltd and Chinese film oversea distribution corporations."- http://www.china-image.org/ (check out their website to find out more)

We, Miss New China had to be there again to help out; greet and meet the VIPs. Jonathan Fryer (Liberal Democrat politican) was there to do a speech and presented the best film award which was won by 'The Floating Shadow’ by Jia Dongshuo. I had to take him up the stage but he got up too quick and I was almost chasing after him to link on to his arm. The audience including us were laughing, it was quite embarassing. Other awards that were awarded were best actor and actress, best screenwriter, best director and best documentary. I don't remember the others.

 





Getting my hair and make up done

 My hair and make-up were so much better than the opening night. In fact, I did half of the make up myself because we were in such a rush the makeup artist couldn't do a full on make up. But I still got to give a shout out to Gi Gi's Bride, they are the ones who did my hair at the opening ceremony and this closing ceremony. But make-up was done by someone else at the previous event. We didn't wear those traditional Chinese dresses this time because the we were criticised for our outfits; so many negative feedbacks were recieved after the organiser of Miss New China posted our pictures up on a forum. I brought my own black dress just in case Gi Gi's Bride didn't have a dress that I would like or my style. So yes, in the end I wore my own dress but the other girls wore dresses from Gi Gi Bride.



Beautiful girls lol



Stunners! lol

From these two experiences, it gave me a really good insight of what event management is about. I also realised that not everything would go according to plan, for example our roles during the ceremony were slightly different and so self initiative is extremely important. One also needs to be able to solve a problem on the spot. This does not mean this have put me off being a events manager, in fact made me even more into it and desperate to enter the events industry!

Below are some more pictures of the night and I know its time for me to get a new camera.


Left: Me, director Jia Dongshuo and Angela



The girls and I with Li Jia (Actress)





Me and Jackie - I think shes the director of China Image.



 

Girls rehearsing how to give the awards





My first red carpet experience!

I feel so honoured and grateful that I was chosen to attend the opening ceremony of China Image Film Festival on 3rd October as one of the representative of Miss New China and also as a hostess (if that's what you call them lol). Its not really a red carpet because there wasn't a red carpet at the entrance but the VIPs and celebrities did sign the poster. This night definitely gave me a really good experience of how an event is run as I attended the rehearsals and saw how the event director and other staff were operating. A real advantage for my career and this event is exactly the sort of event I want to be involved in organising. The most difficult thing was that everyone was speaking in mandarin, instructions were given in mandarin. But luckily, a few were from Hong Kong or knew Cantonese so I was able to speak to them in Cantonese. Met so many beautiful girls and some of them translated for me when they knew I didn't understand everything- thank you so much! But it definitely improved my listening with mandarin and boosted my confidence in speaking it- especially when one of the girls said to me that my pronunciation is quite good ^.^

I had so much make-up and hair spray on me that night. To be honest, I didn't really like the make-up because it was too dark (yes, I know smokey eyes are like that but there are lighter ones) and wasn't used to seeing myself looking like that. The hair was OK, if they could put my hair up a bit higher and the fringe more lower would have been better. It was my first time wearing those traditional Chinese dresses too, it was very pretty! It was also my first time wearing a black 5in high stiletto, I didn't even think I would be able to walk in them but I did! Oh yes, ladies a pair of black heels is a must have, a good investment in your wardrobe- a valuable tip from my favourite Tyra Banks.

Above: Me and Shen Yan before our make overs.



Above: Getting my hair done

I got to see Alex Su (Su You Peng), Li Jia and the film director, Jiang Wu. Me and the other Miss New China reps were told to take pictures with Alex, that was awesome! But I wasn't in the picture with the director because I walked away to get my bag (should of got it later!). I'm so glad that I wore those heels because the marketing manager was getting all the tallest girls to do most of the tasks. For those who know me know that I love to be out there and be in the limelight. I had the opportunity to be on stage and lead the guest to the lectern to do their speech. Yes, I know its something really little but to me its amazing!!

The closing ceremony is on 10th Oct at the BAFTA!! Can't wait for this opportunity! Below are some pictures that I got from the New China Times Newspaper.

Above:  Standing outside the Empire Cinema waiting for Su You Peng

Above: Other beautiful Miss New China standing on the other side of the entrance

Above: Director Jiang Wu and actress Li Jia

Above: Group pic with Su You Peng at the Screen



 

Above: Look at the left corner there 3 girls and I'm the one in the middle, lol

Above: Group pic with Su You Peng