{"id":24020,"date":"2023-06-29T16:38:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/?p=24020"},"modified":"2023-06-14T16:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:43:52","slug":"from-vietnam-to-bournemouth-harley-huyen-les-experiences-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2023\/06\/29\/from-vietnam-to-bournemouth-harley-huyen-les-experiences-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"From Vietnam to Bournemouth Harley Huyen Le’s experiences so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest blog post from student Harley Huyen Le about her challenges and successes so far.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Vietnam adapting to a new country, it’s common for us international students to be overwhelmed sometimes, no matter how many experiences we have had. I am no exception.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, thanks to the support from our lecturers, I never feel lonely in my Producing Film & Television course<\/a>. My classmates are so striking with their diversity of cultures and talents, we’ve all come here with the same interests and an open mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"17<\/a>

My classmates, MAPFT 2022\/23 students in our course unit leader\u2019s eyes. [Taken by Dr. Reina Loader]<\/p><\/div>From the beginning the ice was broken by our Programme <\/span>Leader, Reina, with the general question \u201cWhat is your favourite film, and why?\u201d; it was a doodle to share our hobbies, experiences, who we are, and our stories so far.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nine months of studying in three semesters are challenging, especially with academic requirements and film projects. However, we have all the intellectual resources we wish for, with detailed explanations to ensure we are on the same page and engage with each unit. Of course, we are the only ones who can use them wisely or not! It is up to each individual to plan their one-year master’s. Moreover, I always enjoy my tutorial time, where I am listened to and then guided in the best ways possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m finding our course is preparing us to be professional producers so that after graduation we can jump into the real world of project production and present our abilities in distribution and communication.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Harley<\/a>

Harley Huyen Le and her pitch for a documentary film in the 2023 pitch session.
[BTS photos by Avinash Nair]<\/p><\/div>I will never forget the three great <\/span>pitching days at the end of our second semester<\/span><\/a>, where each of us had a chance to present our project, from concept idea to pitch deck. <\/span><\/p>\n

All of the lectures and other course mates attended. It is not overrated for the qualities we get from various works, from documentaries and fiction films to animation, action, noir, or romance genres, with excellent research and masterful performances. When writing these words, I still recall my pleased and excited feeling when I enjoyed each of our pitches.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a master\u2019s student, I always treat my work and my teammates as professionally as possible. Sometimes it is a bit strict, but I believe that \u201cpressure makes diamonds.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>

We, as MA students at MAPFT, were in our 2023 pitch session. [BTS photos by Irmak Karayel]<\/p><\/div>One of my latest projects has come to the industry as professional work. It is a music video produced with a limited budget and hectic schedule, with only two weeks for us to prepare everything, including casting calls, pre-production, setting up locations, and a ton of paper-works. As a producer, my creator, DOP, Tiqian Huang, and I were in high tension to ensure everything would be done, and ready for the three continuous shooting days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of the hard work of our team, of nearly 30, we produced excellent footage. Our MV \u201c<\/span>What\u2019s My Name<\/span><\/a>\u201d was nominated as a Top 5 Music Video in Canon\u2019s UK and CVP UK events, along with the \u201cStories in Motion Film Competition” and other professional works in the industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Three<\/a>

My production team and I were on three shooting days for the MV \u201cWhat\u2019s My Name?\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

It was such<\/span> a huge encouragement for us<\/span><\/a> to gain more confidence after graduating. We still keep learning and earning more lessons in our career path. <\/span><\/p>\n

Undoubtedly, joining the master\u2019s course at Bournemouth University is my most extended but beautiful overseas trip.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a guest blog post from student Harley Huyen Le about her challenges and successes so far.\u00a0 From Vietnam adapting to a new country, it’s common for us international students to be overwhelmed sometimes, no matter how many experiences we have had. I am no exception.\u00a0 Fortunately, thanks to the support from our lecturers,… Read more » about From Vietnam to Bournemouth Harley Huyen Le’s experiences so far<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":24022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1669,1671,828,1663,12],"tags":[3444,2035,2049,3443,1046,3445],"class_list":["post-24020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pg-courses","category-film-and-television","category-international-student-stories","category-postgraduate","category-student-blogs","tag-canon-uk","tag-ma-producing-film-television","tag-masters-degree","tag-music-video","tag-presentations","tag-producing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24020"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24046,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24020\/revisions\/24046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}