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ID: 2590 Intermediate
This lesson teaches you some phrases that will be handy on a movie set for all you budding actors and models out there.
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导演 dǎoyǎn director
灯光 dēngguāng lighting
to arrange
chǎng measure word for scene
导演灯光这样打可以吗
dǎoyǎn 导演dēngguāng 灯光zhèyàng 这样dǎ 打kěyǐ 可以ma 吗
Is the lighting OK like this?
这场戏的灯光不需要太明亮可以稍微再暗一点这样可以更好地配合舞台背景
zhè 这chǎng 场xì 戏de 的dēngguāng 灯光bù xūyào 不需要tài 太míngliàng 明亮kěyǐ 可以shāowēi 稍微zài 再àn 暗yīdiǎn 一点zhèyàng 这样kěyǐ 可以gèng hǎo de 更好地pèihé 配合wǔtái 舞台bèijǐng 背景
The lighting for this scene doesn't need to be too bright. Can we make it a little darker to make it fit with the stage design.
好的这样可以吗
hǎo de 好的zhèyàng 这样kěyǐ 可以ma 吗
OK, is that OK?
很好就这样
hěn 很hǎo 好jiù 就zhèyàng 这样
Good. That's it.
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