Precious experiences

This time, I would like to talk about my precious experiences I have done in the past.　There are two big experiences I have done. One is taking the audition of "Tensai telebi-kun" and another is being in the film of the "Charlie and the chocolate factory" as one of the many Japanese girls who came to buy the chocolate. 

I took the audition of "Tensai telebi-kun" which is also known as "tentere" when I was about 10 years old. I really can't remember how old I was. Any way, my dance teacher got this chance of taking part of the audition for 2 girls in her dance school and she chose me as one of the girl to take part. This TV program was so famous that I wish I could appear in this. My mother allowed me to take this audition as she thought it would be good chance to have this kind of experience. The first judgement was the photo. I went to the photo studio to take the photo to send. Another girl, who took the audition, and my dance teacher was here too. This photo taking was so weird to me at that time. I was thinking of posing in front of the camera, but as soon as I went in front of the white cloth, the cameraman told me to dance. I was so confused but I did what he told me. My dance teacher danced some steps in front of me so I copied what she did. The photo taking was so fun! I wish I would have another chance of taking photo in this big studio in the future tooJ I luckily passed the first judgement!! The second audit was at the television station. This was also my first time to go to the television station. My first impression of it was so big. This was only thing I thought. I saw the children who were in this “tentere” program and I became to have stronger feeling that I want to be in this program. In second audit first thing I had to do was to think of the original character. I think it was examining how much interesting thought the examinees has. The character I drew was clod man I think. I remember it was not interesting at all. Hahaha.. If I could take this exam again I would think of more interesting and funny one! Second thing we did was showing our special talent. So I danced a piece, which I loved. I think I did my best and I believe it wasn’t bad. But unfortunately I failed in second audit. I was sad and I thought I shouldn’t have taken the exam at that time but now I think it was good experience to take part in this audition.

Next is being in the film of the "Charlie and the chocolate factory" as one of the many Japanese children who came to buy the chocolate.  I had this chance from my friend’s father who was working as the newspaper editor in London. Director of this film was looking for some Japanese children who would act as a Japanese children coming to buy the chocolate. This scene was taken in a big studio in London. We had to go there twice. Once when we measure the size for the costume, which mine was the uniform of the secondly school known as sailor suit. Second time was when we take the scene. The scene taking took more than 6 hours though the scene was only less than a minutes. We had to prepare spending an hour, waiting for 4 hours and took the 10-second scene spending an hour. The scenes were children running in to the sweet shop so we ran like 20 times. Taking it over and over again. We had the chance to have lunch in the dining room in this studio and I think I saw the dwarfs in this film called the Oompa-loompas. (I forgot the spelling.) I’m not sure. Any way the lunch was deliciousJ And I also so the setting of when Charlie and Willy Wonka flies in the bubble. I saw the big tank filled with melted chocolate, which actually was a brown paint.

 

I feel how lucky I am to have these experiences and I really want to thank my dance teacher and my friend's father and also my parents who permit to take part in these precious experiences.