清華大學(xué)中象牙塔里的脫口秀

While most students were busy shopping on Nov 11,Hou Yinguo, 25, a Chinese language and literaturegraduate student at Nanjing University, was workingon Friends, his talk show.

在剛剛過去不久的“雙十一”，大多數(shù)小伙伴都忙于網(wǎng)購，畢業(yè)于南京大學(xué)漢語言文學(xué)專業(yè)、25歲的候印國卻在忙著準(zhǔn)備他的脫口秀——《老友記》。

“There are a bunch of talk shows available online,but I wanted to make one that caters specifically tostudents,” he said.

他說，“雖然現(xiàn)在網(wǎng)上的脫口秀挺多，但我想做的是一檔專門針對學(xué)生的脫口秀。”

 

 

Hou is not alone. Many students are attempting to create talk shows on campus, hoping to telltheir stories and enrich campus culture. Unlike other programs, talk shows require carefulpreparation well in advance in order to have interesting and engaging content. Shows oftenencounter great difficulties in their journey to create something original.

像候印國一樣，還有很多在校大學(xué)生也投身于脫口秀“事業(yè)”，他們希望能借此講述學(xué)生自己的故事，豐富校園文化。不同于其他節(jié)目，脫口秀需要提前進(jìn)行細(xì)致的準(zhǔn)備工作，才能讓內(nèi)容有趣、引人入勝。原創(chuàng)性內(nèi)容則常常是制作脫口秀面臨的一大難題。

Priorities first

抓住重點

Finding suitable guests and topics is Hou’s top priority when it comes to Friends.

找到合適的嘉賓與恰當(dāng)?shù)闹黝}是候印國制作《老友記》的重中之重。

“We want to talk about human issues that truly have an impact on students’ lives,” he said.

他說，“我們想談一些與學(xué)生生活息息相關(guān)、有人情味兒的話題”

As the first episode was produced around Singles Day, the topic of discussion this time aroundwas relationships. Hou and his colleagues invited Qi Lin, an associate professor at the ArtResearch Institute, to sit in as a guest.

因為第一期的發(fā)布正值“光棍節(jié)”，因此，候印國選擇了感情作為談話主題。候印國和他的同事邀請了南大藝術(shù)研究院副教授祈林作為這一期的嘉賓。

“Students consider him one of ‘the most handsome professors,’ so we expected him to attracta lot of viewers,” Hou pointed out.

候印國說，“他(祈林)是學(xué)生心中‘最帥的教授’之一，我們希望他的到來能吸引更多的觀眾。”

To keep things feeling natural on the set, Hou, who also hosts the show, doesn’t do arehearsal with his guest. Rather, he simply gives the guest an outline of what he or she will bediscussing. He and 10 others then spend a week recording the program.

為了讓節(jié)目看上去真實自然，主持人侯印國并沒有和嘉賓事先進(jìn)行彩排。他只是給嘉賓提供了一份談話提綱。然后，他將會和其他十位隊友一起用一周的時間完成節(jié)目的制作。

“The whole process is fun,” Hou said. “We enjoy doing something we really like.”

他說，“(節(jié)目制作的)整個過程都很有趣，做自己喜歡的事，讓我們樂在其中。”

When the video was uploaded on the website, it attracted hundreds of students.

他們的節(jié)目視頻傳到網(wǎng)上后，獲得了成千上百名學(xué)生的關(guān)注。

Like chemistry

像做化學(xué)實驗一樣“作秀”

However, for Wang Xiaoya, 26, a graduate student majoring in journalism and communicationsat Tsinghua University, making a talk show is like doing an experiment. “Nothing really everturned out how we expected it to,” he said.

對于清華大學(xué)新聞與傳媒專業(yè)、26歲的王曉亞而言，做脫口秀更像是在做實驗。他說，“什么事都沒有我們想象得那么簡單。”

Before graduating, he made a talk show called Huixiao Tianxia with Liu Huining, 25, a Japanesemajor at Tsinghua University. The show’s aim was to tell stories that weren’t already knownacross campus.

畢業(yè)之前，王曉亞曾做過一檔名為《慧曉天下》的脫口秀，當(dāng)時與她搭檔的是清華大學(xué)日語專業(yè)、25歲的劉慧凝。他們節(jié)目的口號就是“講述清華園里你不知道的事。”

“I have been here for seven years, and I have encountered many students with inspirationalstories worth sharing with the rest of the school,” Liu said.

劉慧凝說，“這檔節(jié)目我做了7年，遇到過很多同學(xué)，他們的勵志故事都值得與其他同學(xué)分享。”

Both Liu and Wang also wanted to be broadcast television hosts, so they figured a talk showwould be a great way to hone their skills before entering the job market.

劉慧凝和王曉亞都想成為一名電視節(jié)目主持人，他們覺得做脫口秀能更好得鍛煉自己的主持能力，為將來走向社會做準(zhǔn)備。

Overworked

工作量大

In the beginning, they did all the work — contacting guests, interviewing, recording and editing— on their own. “There was a lot of pressure. We once made three episodes in a week,” Liusaid. But later, to ensure the quality, they agreed to produce only one episode each week.

一開始，他們需要承擔(dān)所有的工作，包括聯(lián)系嘉賓、采訪、錄制與剪輯都需要親自上陣。劉慧凝說，“那時壓力很大，我們有一次一個星期做了三期節(jié)目。” 但是，后來他們?yōu)榱吮ＷC質(zhì)量，決定每周只做一期。

They often went to the Student Activity Center to find interesting students.

他們常常去大學(xué)生活動中心，想找一些有意思的學(xué)生(錄節(jié)目)。

Before recording, either Wang or Liu talks with their guest for an hour to break the ice andlearn about them. After this is complete, they decide on an angle and prepare talking points.

每次錄節(jié)目前，劉慧凝或是王曉亞都會和嘉賓聊上一個小時，化解雙方的尷尬，彼此相互了解。聊天結(jié)束后，他們則會選擇一個角度切入，準(zhǔn)備節(jié)目中的話題。

“If both of us did a pre-interview, the guests wouldn’t tell us anything new,” Wang said.

王曉亞說，“如果我們倆事先都對嘉賓進(jìn)行采訪，那么節(jié)目上嘉賓就很難帶來新的信息。”

During recording, Liu is responsible for coming up with questions tailored to the flow of theconversation. Wang, on the other hand, focused on what the guest is saying to control therhythm of the interview.

節(jié)目錄制時，劉慧凝負(fù)責(zé)提問，展開談話，而王曉亞則專注聆聽，把握訪談節(jié)奏。

Many times, they’re up until midnight preparing and producing the show, but they enjoy it allnonetheless. “Making a breakthrough isn’t easy, but I’m up to the challenge,” Wang said.

很多次，他們?yōu)榱藴?zhǔn)備和制作節(jié)目都熬到深夜，但卻樂在其中。王曉亞說，“想要有所突破并非易事，但是我已經(jīng)做好準(zhǔn)備迎接挑戰(zhàn)。”

Their shows were welcomed by students on Renren.com and WeChat platform.

他們的節(jié)目曾在人人網(wǎng)和微信平臺上受到學(xué)生們熱捧。