PRESS RELEASE – Launching a sitcome “Bo tu 10A8” (The Four of 10A8)

Hanoi, 29 May 2009; Smart Media JSC held a press conference on launching a sitcome “The Four of 10A8” to be broadcasted from 8 June 2009 on VTV3 channel at 22:10 from Monday to Friday every week .This is a youthful, funny and romantic TV sitcome, consisting of 260 eight-minute succinct parts. Although each part is quite short, it’s rich in contents with much more interesting circumstances. Its broadcasted episodes can be re-watched as well as downloaded to your computer from the site www.botu10a8.com.vn or kenh14.vn – the information supporting channel for "The Four of 10A8”.

Like many other serials for sensitive teenagers, "The Four of 10A8" will also focus on school life of the 9X with happiness, sadness, love and compassion, and even negatives resulting from social environment and family.

With truthful reflection of teenagers’ humorousness, childishness and thinking rather than the view about the youth through adults’ prism, the film’s outlook and perception are quite different from those of other teenage ones

The filmmaker team including director, editor, musicians... are all young, mostly 8X, modern and fresh in thought mode, and fully experienced in the sitcome filmmaking industry.

"Through analysis & research into television audience’s demand and lessons learnt from countries all over the world, Smart Media decided to invest a large amount in production of a typical TV serial targeted at adolescents. It’s Smart Media who has been the film’s investor, developing ideas as well as scenario. The film has been jointly produced by Smart Media and MediaOne. Different from the scenario modulated from foreign ones, "The foursome of Class 10A8” truthfully reflects the youth’s real life in Vietnam. There are many situations occurring during school age that everyone has ever experienced and wants to save such most beautiful & precious moments in life. Contexts of the film were created and built in accordance with actual life. Its contents are close to real situations. Beside, the actors included a lot of freshmen, promising to become talented actors with natural acting"- said Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Smart Media’s CEO.

Thanks to lessons learnt from successful TV serials in the world, Smart Media brought into full play the “multimedia” element in issuing and exploiting the film. Each typical episode will be uploaded to the film’s official website at botu10A8.com.vn, to video sharing web pages such as youtube.com, clip.vn , etc. and other forums and websites for teenagers. A lot of extremely attractive marginal contents will be particularly provided for the media but television , and can be downloaded to computers or mobile phones. Songs and sound tracks in the film will be broadcasted on the radio channels, internet and/or can be downloaded to mobile phones for listening, set as ring-tones or ring back tones. Smart Media will also release a music album accompanied by this film. In addition, exchanges between actors and audiences will be organized during the film presentation. With an elaborate research and investment in the film’s contents, the professional filmmakers, and talented director and actors, Smart Media believes that "The foursome of Class 10A8” will meet the audience’s expectations and become an attractive film in 2009 - 2010.

 

 

Contact:

Ms. Nguyen Bich Thuy, PR Manager
Smart Media Joint-stock Company
1Thai Ha, Viet Tower, 18th floor, Dong Da Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam
Mobile: 093 608 7777
Tel: (+84) 4 3857 5555
Email: thuynb@smartmedia.vn

 

Several images of “The foursome of Class 10A8”.

Photographs taken at the press conference:

Young actors:

Actress: Nguyen Thuy Anh

DOB: 03/02/1995

A pupil, class 8A, Marie Curie Secondary School, Trung Yen, HN

Cast as Phan Linh

Actress: Duong Duong

DOB: 18/10/1988

A student, K58 course, Pre-school Education Department, Hanoi Teachers University

Cast as Mai Lam

Actress: Pham Mai Chi

DOB: 23/06/1990

First-year student, Finance and Banking Department, Hanoi Open University

Cast as La La

Actress: Tran Ngoc Phượng

DOB: 18/02/1991

A pupil, class 12G, Dinh Tien Hoang Private School, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

Cast as Hong My

Actress: Tang Nhat Tue

Real name: Le Duy Linh

DOB: 24/12/1987

Occupation: musician, singer, actor

Cast as Do Do

Actress: Le Huynh Anh

DOB: 28/1/1992

Tang Media’s staff

Cast as a musician

Actress: Le Anh Duy

DOB: 18/9/1989

A student, Raffles International School

Cast as Minh Hoang

 

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