Love Cuisine, Episode 6: Behind the Scenes

This is the English translations for the Behind the Scenes of Love Cuisine, Episode 6 (料理高校生 – 第6集 BTS). We’d liked to give a head’s up and say that there are some parts of the BTS (behind the scenes) that we did struggle to hear and translate and we’ve made notes stating our inability to translate the part. Our primary language is not Mandarin-Chinese and we translate by the Chinese subtitles that are supplied in the videos.

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OUTSIDE SI PING HIGH SCHOOL Love Cuisine Cast

Rehearsing the scene outside the Universiade venue. Allison Lin as Fang Xiao Rou is giving encouragement to the Si Ping High School students who are off-screen. Lego Li and Duncan Chow stand behind her.

Duncan Chow acts up and repeats Allison Lin’s line in a high sing-song voice.

Lego Li flicks a hand, gesturing the students to follow along. He raising his hands then drops them.

Lego Li brings his hands in front of him again as does Duncan Chow in preparation for Allison Lin’s next line.

Duncan Chow breathes deeply, lifting his face towards the sun, wide grin on his face as he takes in air with wide open arms. Lego Li inhales more modestly, lifting his arms close to his chest. Lego Li breathes in before mouthing Allison Lin’s lines in a mocking way.

Lego Li continues to mouth Allison Lin’s next line and act out her actions from behind.

Allison Lin claps her hands together and begins a cheer.

Lego Li stamps his fist.

Allison Lin claps, beginning her cheer again. Lego Li follows, imitating Allison Lin’s actions and mouths her lines.

Duncan Chow raises a determined fist into the air, grinning. He claps to the beat of the students’ response as well as mouths their lines.

He turns to grin at the camera momentarily, finding the cheer amusing.

Allison Lin leans in and raises her right hand by her ear, wanting to hear her students cheer louder. Lego Li mirror Allison Lin’s actions. Duncan Chow, still grinning, gives two thumbs up as he continues to mouth the students’ lines.

Allison Lin brings her arms up near her chin, her hands in fists.

Allison Lin punches a fist into the air.

Duncan Chow punches a fist into the air in a cute way, copying Allison Lin.

Duncan Chow turns to look at the camera, laughing out loud.

OUTSIDE SI PING HIGH SCHOOL Love Cuisine Cast

Filming the scene where Wen Zhen Yu talks about shouting the students coffee. Shot is on Lego Li surrounded by the crew. Duncan Chow is delivering his line off-screen.

Lego Li snaps his head in the direction of Duncan Chow.

Cut to Take 2 of the scene. Shot moves back to include Lego Li, Allison Lin, Duncan Chow and a couple of students in the background. Allison Lin is holding a bottle of coffee. Lego Li is handing a bottle of coffee to Allison Lin.

Duncan Chow, Lego Li and Allison Lin grins. Based on Take 1, Duncan Chow was supposed to say that his character will shout, but he’s stuck with getting Han Jie shout.

Behind the scene footage speeds up.

The cast and crew disperses after the scene ends.

Behind the scene footage goes back to normal speed. Lego Li informs Duncan Chow about his mistake.

Duncan Chow bursts out laughing upon hearing the mistake. Lego Li repeats the fact again.

Duncan Chow turns towards the direction of the director.

Duncan Chow moves over to Lego Li. He places a hand on Lego Li’s shoulder.

Duncan Chow raises his hand in apology to those around him.

Cut to Take 3. It’s not an official take. Camera is on Allison Lin before it pans over to Duncan Chow. He walks towards the camera with a grin. His jacket is slung over his left shoulder and his shirt is stained with “sweat” marks.

Time jump. Cut to shot of Duncan Chow’s back. His shirt is completely wet.

Duncan Chow spins around to speak to the camera.

Duncan Chow breaks into a chuckle.

Duncan Chow shows to the camera his light blue jacket.

Duncan Chow brings the jacket to his nose. He sniffs it and hugs it.

ROOM IN SI PING HIGH SCHOOL Lego Li and Allison Lin.

Filming the scene where Fang Xiao Rou and Han Jie are locked in a room together. Lego Li is performing the scene where he leaps high towards a high window to escape. Camera is on the left of Lego Li and Allison Lin. Lego Li is at the back of the small room, against a net fencing, ready to do a run-up and leap. Allison is sitting down left of him. Crew is countiing the take down.

Allison Lin turns to look at the camera with a look of concern on her face.

Lego Li begins his run. Camera follows him as he leaps and grabs hold of the ledge of the several-metre-high window. Lego Li lifts himself up easily using his arms strength before extending his leg across the window ledge to get his whole self through the window.

Camera pans to Allison Lin’s expression of amazement.

Cut to Lego Li sitting on an erected platform. He is coming back down from having filmed the leap.

Cut to filming of the scene where Fang Xiao Rou is helped by Lego Li to escape through the window. Allison Lin is over the window and supported at the feet by Lego Li. Outside the window, a crew member is on a concrete block supporting Allison at the top.

Fang Xiao Rou laughs and begins kicking her feet. The kicking sends Han Jie falling to the ground.

Han Jie is angry and flicks at Fang Xiao Rou’s feet with his fingers below.

Han Jie, out of anger, flicks at her feet from below.

Time jump. Camera cuts to Lego Li talking about Allison Lin.

Interviewer says something inaudible in the background which has Lego Li nod.

Cut to shot of Lego Li crouched down and looking behind him. He sees Allison Lin stand behind him: her head is levelled with her left arm and hand which is extended in front of her. Lego Li follows her gaze, turning around to the wall on his right. He notices their shadows and quickly connects with what Allison Lin is doing. She’s trying to make her shadow on the wall pat the head of Lego Li’s shadow.

Lego Li begins to bob his head up and down to make his shadow look like Allison Lin’s shadow is patting him.

Cut to the filming of the scene where both Han Jie and Fang Xiao Rou tumble to the floor after failing to get Fang Xiao Rou out the window. The room is dimly lit and both Lego Li and Allison Lin are sprawled on the floor on their backs. The director is instructing Allison Lin and Lego Li in the background.

Both Allison Lin and Lego Li get up. Allison Lin holds her ankle in her hand.

Han Jie wipes his hands against each other to clean them.

Fang Xiao Rou turns her attention to Han Jie, having previously had it on her ankle.

Fang Xiao Rou holds her ankles in both her hands and winces in pain as she throws her head back.

Han Jie shakes his head.

Allison Lin falls to the side and hits ground. She is heard laughing.

Cut to Lego Li sitting down left of the shot in a dark, film-noir-like backdrop. He is hunched over with his arms casually resting on his lap. Only the upperback and the right side of the back of his head is lit by the window above. Allison Lin is off screen complimenting Lego Li with an accent, performing another one of their short acts together.

Lego Li stares straight at the camera with put-on annoyance.

Camera moves quickly in on Lego Li, focusing on a closer shot of him.

Camera pans right to focus on Allison Lin who’s sitting on the bright side of the room.

Allison Lin breaks into a silent laugh.

FILM SET HALLWAY Hong Yan Xiang

Hong Yan Xiang is on a hoverboard segway, showing his skills on the device.

Hong Yan Xiang spread out his arms as he rolls across the room.

Hong Yan Xiang does a turn.

Time jump. Hong Yan Xiang extends his arms towards a crew member to help himself balance. Allison Lin is just beside him, watching.

Hong Yan Xiang attempts to get off the segway with the crew member’s help and ends up losing his balance. He slips and falls backwards. The crew member manages to save Hong Yan Xiang from hitting the ground and falling flat on his back. Allison Lin (who’s only visible from the shoulder down) runs away from Hong Yan Xiang’s embarrassing moment.

Hong Yan Xiang laughs at the mishap. He returns upright with the help of the crew member and points at the camera for catching this on tape. He laughs at himself and tries to run away from the camera.

OUTSIDE SI PING HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS Lego Li and Hong Yan Xiang

Filming of the scene where Lego Li and Allison Lin are chasing the “ghost” (Ma Chong Sheng) at the school at night.

Lego Li as Han Jie catches Hong Yan Xiang as Ma Chong Sheng and tackles him onto a black landing mat that’s position behind the bush. They pretend to struggle. Hong Yan Xiang’s arms and legs flail and cycles in the air. Lego Li’s leg cycles in the air momentarily before he gets himself onto his hands and knees only to flip himself 180 degrees sideways to land on his back.

Hong Yan Xiang gets up and pretends to be stopped, falling back to the ground. Lego Li gets up half way before he does another flip, this time a 360-degree sideway flip.

Lego Li flips again to land on his back.

Lego Li cups his head and yells out as if he’s been kicked in the head. Lego Li gets up, staggers and points off into the distance, left of the shot. Hong Yan Xiang gets up and runs out of the shot, making his escape behind Lego Li.

Cut to the NG (no good) take.

Hong Yan Xiang is hiding behind a tall bush, back facing to the camera with Lego Li standing a short distance behind Hong Yan Xiang. Camera pulls the shot back to reveal the director and boom operator standing in the same vicinity as Lego Li.

Hong Yan Xiang throws himself to the ground before the director makes the call to do it.

Hong Yan Xiang gets up, laughs and apologises.

Cut to Lego Li hunched over, appearing to have been laughing quite hard. Shot takes place after the film of his character’s struggle with Ma Chong Sheng.

Lego Li is breathless as he starts laughing again. He explains the moment during filming when he actually got hit by Hong Yan Xiang.

Lego Li bends down out of shot and pops back up into shot before leaping and angles off sideway, away from the camera.

Lego Li returns towards the camera, continuing his laughter.

Hong Yan Xiang, who’s by the landing mat a short distance from Lego Li, laughs in the background.

OUTSIDE SI PING HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS Lego Li and Allison Lin

Lego Li is lying on the landing mat, feet and arms sprawled out.

Allison Lin walks into shot from the left. Allison Lin stands over Lego Li, who lifts his head slightly upon seeing her.

Lego Li prepares to sit upright, but Allison Lin pushes Lego Li back down to the mat.

Lego Li stays down as he watches Allison Lin being tended to by the hair stylist. He begins to act out a suggestive scene as the hair stylist starts spraying hairspray.

Allison Lin turns her attention to Lego, grin on her face.

Allison Lin cups her mouth with her hands and begins to giggle quietly.

Allison Lin plays along. The hair stylist moves away as Allison Lin removes the shoulder bag she’s carrying.

Allison Lin throws her bag down forcefully to the ground and prepares to dive.

Just as Allison Lin prepares to dive, the hair stylist gestures Lego Li up so she can tend to his hair. A voice in the background calls Lego Li to approach as well. Lego Li rises to his feet to stand as Allison Lin makes her dive.

Allison Lin lands on the landing mat, flat on her stomach. Lego Li plonks himself down in a sitting position to allow the hair stylist to touch up his hair. Allison Lin turns to look at Lego Li then at the camera.

Allison Lin lifts herself a little, glances in Lego Li’s direction again before flopping back down to the landing mat with a wide grin on her face.

(Intermission)

PHOTOSHOOT FOR SPOP, SUPERMARKET LOCATION Lego Li and Allison Lin

Lego Li is at a roll of plastic grocery produce bags. He unrolls a film of the bags.

Lego Li quietly roars.

Allison Lin doesn’t react to Lego Li as he drags a long film over her head. She lets Lego Li wrap the plastic around her body.

Allison Lin lets out a laugh as Lego Li continues to try wrap Allison Lin in the film of produce bags.

Slight time jump. Camera angle cuts from the right to the left. Lego Li is wrapped in a layer of the produce bags. (He’s wrapped himself in the bags instead of Allison Lin.) Allison Lin stands on the right of him, in between the roll of bags and Lego Li, a film of the produce bags crossing the front of the body.

Lego Li starts spinning, taking Allison Lin around with him, bundling them together in a couple layers of the film of produce bags.

Cut to a medium close-up of Lego Li and Allison Lin as they do their poses for the photographer. Allison Lin is loosely wrapped in the bags and smiling. Lego Li stands behind Allison Lin, almost cheek to cheek. He pulls a devilish face as he drags the film of bags across. The film of bags begin to tear just as the shot is taken. Lego Li ‘s gaze drop to the tear and moves to grab the bags again to make it appear like he’s dragging the film across again. Two shots are taken before Allison Lin changes her expression to a surprised look and points at Lego Li.

Allison Lin and Lego Li change their expression slightly between a couple more shots. They both release their poses. Allison Lin turns around to face Lego Li.

Cut to Allison Lin sitting on an indoor picnic table, dressed in a blue backless dress and being tended to by crew. Interviewer is asking Allison Lin about her backless dress.

Allison Lin laughs at the joke. Her gaze suggests she’s not too keen on the idea, though.

Slight time jump. Allison Lin is still up straight on the bench in her blue dress. She is again being tended to by a few of the crew as they fiddle around with the dress and the necklace she’s wearing.

Slight time jump. Lego Li, dressed in a bluish grey winter coat blazer and pants, is being tended to by the crew. Allison Lin is at the picnic table she’s been seated not too far from Lego Li.

Allison Lin watches Lego Li being tended to briefly, repeating her comparison:

Allison Lin turns her attention back to the interviewers, smiling.The hair stylist arrives to work on her hair.

Allison’s eyes and mouth widen as she realises how the way she said “Ice Queen” sounded so much like “Ice Cream”. She lets out a few chuckles.

RESTAURANT Lego Li

Lego Li has taken hold of the camera with his left hand and is playing around with the camera. He shows the camera something he’s holding between his index finger and thumb (appears to be a gesture that is to form a heart shape). Lego Li looks down at it before bringing it closer to the camera to show us. He takes it back then brings it forth again. He draws the camera around 120 degrees as he continues to bring whatever is in his grasp back and forth. The voices behind the camera laugh.

Lego Li continues bringing his index finger and thumb towards and away from the camera.

Lego Li continues and doesn’t let go of the camera.

Lego Li finally lets go of the camera, pushing it away lightly. Lego Li grins. The camera falls back quickly and focuses upwards as the camera person behind loses a little control over it after the release. Interviewer and Voice thanks Lego Li for his participation in the live broadcast.

Lego Li opens his arms and gives off two peace signs before bowing his head.

UNIVERSIADE VENUE Lego Li

Lego Li is in his chef uniform and fiddling around with his tall chef’s hat. He is having trouble wearing and walking around the Universiade venue with the hat on.

Lego Li brings the hat up and prepares to wears it on his head.

He pauses as he carefully places the hat on his head. He turns to his left and looks beyond the camera, like he’s checking his reflection in a mirror.

He checks to make sure the hat is on properly.

He turns his gaze back to the camera.

Lego Li turns back to check his reflection a couple of times, making sure his hat is on properly before turning around to stare down the room which is beyond the camera’s focus. He turns back to express the bashfulness he feels with the hat on.

Lego Li lifts his hand to touch the top of his tall chef’s hat. He circles the rim of his hat with his index finger.

Interviewer is heard laughing.

Lego Li confirms Interviewer’s observation.

Time jump. Camera cuts to following Lego Li from behind as he heads towards the Universiade’s kitchen. Lego Li is suddenly stopped by a television screen installed above him as his hat hits it.

Lego Li quickly grabs hold of his hat. He steps back and points at the monitor above him.

Lego Li walks again, purposefully walking into the television screen again.

Camera cuts to another moment where Lego Li bumps into the television screen, hitting the back of it with his hat.

Lego Li looks up then back at the camera.

Lego Li knocks his hat into the back of the television again as he tries to navigate through the preparation bench on his right and the television screen up above on his right.

Lego Li laughs. Both hands reach for his hat again, holding onto it. He looks up at the television screen, checking its position. He angles his hat away from the screen and around it, making it through without hitting the screen again.

Lego Li laughs, his gaze on the television screen that gave him so much trouble.

UNIVERSIADE VENUE Duncan Chow, Nita Lei and Calvin Lee

Duncan Chow, Nita Lei and Calvin Lee are at the back of the room for the Universiade in the spectator area. Duncan Chow is leaned over and nodding to Calvin Lee and Nita Lei who are making hand gestures—waving and clasping the hands—nodding, appearing pensive, pretending to instruct, no one saying a word.

Nita Lei kisses her fingertips like the hand gesture Italians use when they say “bellissimo”. As she does this, she flicks the tip of her own nose. Duncan Chow bursts out laughing as does Nita Lei.

Nita Lei covers her mouth, laughing in embarrassment.

Cut to Duncan Chow in the Universiade spectator area amongst the spectators and judges. He dances around with two flags tucked in between the back of his collar, one on either side of his head.

Duncan Chow dances around for a few moments before removing the flags from his collar and laughs.

Cut to Nita Lei standing over Calvin Lee who is sitting behind a long bench in the spectator area. She holds a flag and threatens to hit Calvin Lee with it. Calvin Lee faces her with a grin.

Calvin Lee turns to look at the camera.

Nita Lei returns to herself, smiling sweetly.

Camera zooms in to a close-up shot of Calvin Lee with Nita Lei still acting sweetly at the side.

Time jump. Calvin Lee sitting in the spectator area, glasses off, arms crossed with a proud grin on his face. Nita Lei and Duncan Chow lay on the table, back of their heads to the camera.

Calvin Lee turns to speak to the camera.

Calvin Lee lets off an almost maniac-like laugh before he stops suddenly. His expression falls, his eyes close and he sleeps for a moment.

He bounces right back, fully awake and grins to the camera.

UNIVERSIADE HALLWAY Allison Lin and Amanda Chou

Allison Lin and Amanda Chou in the hallway. Allison Lin is complimenting on Amanda Chou’s Cindy Yao who is dressed in her black chef’s uniform accompanied by a red neck tie. Amanda Chou is bashful, covering her mouth.

Allison Lin moves out of shot to allow the camera to focus solely on Amanda Chou. Camera moves down the length of Amanda Chou, down to her feet then back up.

Allison Lin pops back into the shot and whacks a hand across her hat. Allison Lin laughs before popping out of shot again. Amanda Chou starts to whimper, hands holding her hat.

Allison Lin pops back into shot, a wide grin on her face.

Allison Lin’s face straightens as she notices Amanda Chou’s accent.

Allison points a thumb at Amanda Chou as she looks at the camera. Amanda Chou moves in with her hands on her hips, increase her height, raises her chin and looks down on Allison. Allison Lin turns and is genuinely surprised by Amanda Chou’s sudden promixity.

Time jump. Allison Lin signs off for Love Cuisine Episode 6 BTS.

Amanda Chou standing next to Allison Lin with her hands on hips pulls a face. Allison Lin turns to her and takes hold of Amanda Chou’s left sleeve. Her pleasant expression drops to annoyance. Amanda Chou playfully pulls away and grins widely.

Allison Lin transforms back to a wide smile. Behind the scenes ends.

Julia and Tania:

We read quite a number of people say how cool Han Jie and Lego Li is, but not so much about how cool Allison Lin is. We sort of get it, Fang Xiao Rou’s character doesn’t really help people think otherwise, but then we actually think that. But Allison Lin, she is cool and it’s really a shame Love Cuisine doesn’t show how cool Allison Lin really is. She’s always so full of energy, so smiley. She seems to get along with anyone and everyone. Her reactions to situations are awesome, too. We giggled when we saw her dash off before the camera caught her expression after Hong Yan Xiang fell off the hoverboard segway. It’s was really interesting to see her walk up to Lego Li and push him back onto the landing mat after filming the struggle in the bush with Ma Chong Sheng/Hong Yan Xiang, creating a nice “Han Jie/Fang Xiao Rou” moment/skit. Fan service!

After watching these behind the scenes, we’ve decided that Lego Li and Allison Lin are more fun to watch as themselves than it is as Han Jie and Fang Xiao Rou! Both of them are so playful and responsive around each other. The part where Lego Li just clicked with Allison Lin after seeing her extend her arm in front her and following her gaze to the wall is proof that they have a great working relationship. Allison Lin’s comments about how she’s used to Lego Li’s antics during their SPOP photoshoot suggests it, too. Lego Li and Allison Lin are both awesome… Allison Lin probably just a little more awesome in our view!

Duncan Chow referring to himself as Han Jie, that was so funny! Take 1 – “I, Teacher Han, will shout you coffee.” Take 2 – “Teacher Han will shout you coffee.” Then he goes up to Lego Li and asks if he really said Han Jie and then laughs when Lego Li confirms. Duncan Chow laughing made us laugh. We love this part of the BTS.

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