Was about to start off with the first sentence and there came an insect flew by and landed on my computer screen. My first reaction was to try scare it away with the cursor. LOL! Back to the topic, I attended a LOL Uni Talk on the 7th July that was brought to us, SEGi UC students by the FlyFM troopers. Btw, 'LOL' here doesn't mean 'Laugh Out Loud' but 'Live Out Loud'. Coincidence, FlyFM is always my favourite radio stations to tune into. I listens to them all this while especially when I'm driving around. This talk was a benefit to Mass Comm students as it provides us a lot of information about this field.
LOL Uni Talk
Great speakers like Nazrudin Rahman (better known as Naz), Jaclyn Victor, Harith Iskandar, FlyFM DJs (Prem Shanker & Hunny Madu) and many more were among the guests who attended. The talk was hosted by Zher who is also one of the FlyFM's DJ. The first session was 'Living in the Limelight' featuring Naz and Jaclyn Victor. Naz is an actor, producer and a TV host where he is well-known for NTV7 The Breakfast Show and Sejuta Impian. While on the other hand, Jaclyn Victor is the first Malaysian Idol winner where her career landed her as Malaysia's Pop Diva and also a promising actress.
Naz & Jaclyn Victor
Both speakers spoke up about how they had cope with their lives in front and behind the camera and how they improved themselves to be better everytime. They also told about their ups and downs during the years throughout their life in the limelight. Their great advice to us was never to expect the starting years to be highly-paid and work our ass off to achieve what we want for better years ahead. Also, never to expect everything to turn out beautifully for us once we enter the industry. Being in front of the camera like Naz and Jaclyn Victor must be nerve-wracking especially when it is in front of like 4million audiences. Oh gosh!
After 'Living in the Limelight' session, it was the 'World of Radio' session featuring Prem Shanker (better known as Prem), Hunny Madu, Fara Aida and Vickneswaran (or Vick). Both Prem and Hunny Madu are FlyFM announcers and TV host for the 8TV Quickie. Besides, Prem is a busy man who also spins in a club every Saturday (under the moniker Premosupremo) and he tried his hand on acting in a TV series, Crossings on NTV7 that is yet to be air. While, Hunny Madu is an actress and singer who had recently released her first debut album, Pulau Janji. p/s: I never really like her when I first heard about her on air but in the recent years, I realized that she is actually someone who is always trying out new things and she is becoming better everytime I hears her on air. Btw, she really fluent with her lines during airtime.
Prem & Hunny Madu
Both speakers spoke about their lives revolving in the radio world. Actually to be honest, I was kind of impressed when they actually told that they speak on air without any scripts. Whereas, they also must be able react spontaneously and have add-ons for instance, if a recent event just happened somewhere or if people already knew about the event and how they do cover-ups to make sure the audiences tune into their channels. As we all know, it is all about the ratings. :) If the ratings are high, they stay or vice versa.
As for Fara Aida, the Head of Brand Communication in Media Prima Radio Network manages advertising and promotional campaigns as well as creating what are beneficial to their radio stations (Fly FM, Hot FM and One FM). She also oversees the media and relations and publicity for all 3 stations. Meanwhile, Vick is the Assistant Manager of Sales in Media Prima Radio Network. He leads the team of 12 in direct sales where he looks out for new businesses and collaborates with the 3 stations. Both of their jobs liaise closely to each other where one will find the new opportunity of business for the 3 stations and the other will manage the ads and promotional campaigns for the new business. They shared about how their day starts off with and how they manage their work. They also provided us with information if we are interested in the field. *Sorry, no images available for both of them*
Followed by, a talk of inspiring stories from a well-known icon, Harith Iskandar. He is famously known as Malaysia's premier stand-up comedian performing live at countless events and had entertained and will continue to entertain thousands of Malaysians and foreigners with his unique and original materials. Apart from being a comedian, he is also an award winning film director, actor, writer and entrepreneur.
Cute isn't he? Most amazing was his CSI joke. LMAO!
I would consider his talk as 50:50 because his talk was partially jokes that made the whole auditorium roars. Everyone was having a blast and we're all LOL! He spoke up on how he started off in the industry where he was an Assistant Producer in Leo Burnett and how he landed being so successful today. He told us that to be successful in being a comedian, we must firstly make a joke out of ourselves and when others laughed at us, then we can make a joke out of them. How smart! There's a student who stood up and asked Harith Iskandar a question, 'What is your vision that you want to achieve?' His answer: he was Malay but born to a Malay father and an English mother. So, when he was young, there is once where he needs to fill up a form and tick his race, his friends told him to tick 'others' whereas he was actually Malay. Therefore, his vision is to be able to change the race column to only one race, 'Malaysian' instead of separating them into Malay, Chinese, Indian and others. Thumbs up, Harith Iskandar! I totally agreed with him because why is there a need to differentiate one another when we are all counted as 1Malaysia. How about you? What do you think?
The talk ended with a lucky draw and cool prizes are won. Although, I didn't get any but these great speakers did filled my day with lots of information about the do's and don'ts, what is happening in the entertainment and media industry and how to get a step closer to the industry. Most importantly, practice makes perfect and always be you. We also can try a hand in the industry by submitting our resume to http://lol.flyfm.com.my/ for an internship or career opportunity. You can also give it a try. :) Overall, the speakers were simply amazing and not forgetting Zher did a great job in hosting the event.
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Zher
Song of the day: Boston by Augustana. Been hearing to it while blogging. Enjoy!
"Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." David Bly.
Another really long post. But for now, am dozing off to sleep. Bye!
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