2008 TVB Calendar

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Moving on from last year's collaboration with a Thai design company, the theme of this year's calendar is the move towards HDTV and a high definition "movie feel" to the smaller screen. As a result, the production of the new calendar was handed over to movie mogul and famed director Stanley Kwan (關錦鵬) to show the TVB stars in their best light.The concept that Director Kwan has tried to portray in his creation has been "The Seduction of Film" and he sought direction and advice from many professionals from cinematic production, including Bruce Yu (余家安) and William Chang (張叔平) in order to bring out the unique aura from each of the artistes.The photoshoot spanned locations in Hong Kong and Taiwan and involved 65 artistes, spanning the range of young leading stars, veteran actors and newcomers. Themes for the backgrounds included the 2008 Olympic Games that will be held in August, Miss Hong Kong and the festivities of the holidays. In line with the movie drama theme, there were also shots of Hong Kong airport, a scene from a family feud and elements of office politics.Director Kwan accepted this unusual appointment through his close links and friendships with TVB and an invitation from TVB executives Virginia Lok (樂易玲) and Chan Pui Wah (陳佩華). He graduated from TVB's training class in 1976 and although he left the company in 1979, he said that the years he spent in the film department taught him a lot of skills that he was able to put to use later during his distinguished career in film.Asked which artistes he felt had potential, the director said that they each have their own personas, but Fala Chen (陳法拉) and Kate Tsui (徐子珊) were among those who caught his attention. As for the male artistes, he was impressed with the four young males: Ron Ng (吳卓羲), Raymond Lam (林峯), Bosco Wong (黃宗澤) and Kenneth Ma (馬國明), but it was Bosco who left him with a particularly deep impression and he felt that TVB should take steps to promote him onto the big screen.The calendar will be distributed to TVB's business contacts and clients as part of the company's end of year goodwill.