編者按：“眾志成城,抗擊疫情”成為當下所有人努力的目標。作為普通老百姓，保護好自己，就是為國家抗疫做貢獻。這場突如其來的疫情，改變了每一個人的生活，也促使所有人對當下的生活有了更加深入的思考。疫情之下，生活在中國、海南的外國友人，以及在海外關注關心中國的外國友人，都是和我們一起並肩戰疫的一員。作為外國人，他們如何應對和抗擊疫情？如何安排自己的生活？對於這場疫情以及中國的抗疫行動，他們又有什麼樣的真實感受？即日起，海南國際傳播中心將陸續推出《抗疫•老外日記》系列，通過老外的視角和筆觸，真實反映疫情之下外國友人的真實生活和感受，也反映外國友人與我們一起，共克時艱的堅定決心和真摯情感。
Editor’s note: Foreign friends living in China and abroad who are concerned about China are all fighting with us against the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus. As foreigners, how do they respond and fight against the epidemic? What are their true feelings about the epidemic situation and China's anti-coronavirus actions? From now on, Hainan International Media Center will launch the "Anti-epidemic • Diary of Foreigners" series, which will truly reflect the real-life of foreign friends living in Hainan during this special moments from their own perspectives.
Hello World,
Today was the 16th day I’ve been staying home (I think) to avoid catching the novel coronavirus pneumonia. The stores are closed. The gym is closed. Everything is closed, so I have no excuse not to work on my film projects at home.
I woke up at 10am and felt great all day. My work requires a lot of creative energy, so I need a ton of caffeine to get anything done. Since Starbucks closed, I’ve been making my own green tea. It’s probably too strong - it’s stronger than anything I’ve ever drunk before and sometimes it keeps me up until 4am.
The strong tea made by Charlie
I’m making a 抖音 show where I review movies in order to help audiences distinguish strong movies from weak ones. It’s all presented from a film director’s perspective. The show will also promote Hainanese 清補涼，so today I worked on the 清補涼 animation (in my show, strong movies receive a bowl of 清補涼 and weak movies don’t get anything).
Charlie’s Tik Tok show
Later, I finalized the latest cut of an American movie I’m editing called “Divine Comedy” (based on the popular story of the same name). It feels great to finalize this movie, which I’ve been working on since last September.
The editing work
After that, I had a phone meeting with a line producer in Los Angeles about my next film “Space Families”, which I plan to film in Hainan. Prior to the novel coronavirus pneumonia, we were planning meetings with potential investors, but everything is delayed now. I’m glad my line producer is in LA, so he can keep working during this crisis.
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I had my breakfast around 4pm. 5 eggs, a ton of nuts, and some raisins. The only thing that could beat this breakfast for me would be chicken and waffles, but, like I said, everything is closed.
After that, I brainstormed some ideas for some video essays I’m planning to put on 抖音 about creativity. I want to teach young people about linear and non-linear thinking and give them a glimpse of how regular creative thought can benefit our lifestyles and health. Today’s topic is “The Subjectivity of Creativity”. I’m going to try to explain this stuff in Chinese in the show, so there’s a good chance no one will understand anything I’m saying.
Brainstorming of Tik Tok show
I soon got tired of looking up Chinese words on Plecco app, so I took my new 口罩 and went for an outdoor workout. It’s not the same as going to the gym, but if I don’t get fresh air soon, I’m going to get a migraine (this usually happens around 5pm).
Finally, I came home, washed my hands for about 20 minutes. After that, I ate some chicken and worked on some sound design for my last movie “寶貝”, which we filmed in Hainan last year.
Movie Poster of 寶貝
Around 9pm, I started feeling exhausted. Now I’m going to watch a movie I want to review on my 抖音 show. This movie is called 巨鱷島. So far, it’s a terrible movie, but the overdubs are hilarious, so I’m enjoying it very much. I’m going to have fun reviewing it tomorrow.
抗擊疫情，我們與中國同在
你好，世界。
我是來自加拿大的電影導演查理，今天大概是我為了防控抗“疫”呆在家裡的第十六天。商店很多都關門了，健身房當然也關門了。鑑於此，我沒有理由不在家好好創作我的電影項目了。
上午十點鐘起床的時候，我感覺一天都會不錯。我的工作需要有很強的創造力，所以我需要大量的咖啡因來讓我保持清醒，因為附近的星巴克也關門了所以我開始自己泡綠茶。看起來茶有點濃，它確實比我喝過的任何東西都濃，有時候甚至能讓我清醒工作到凌晨四點。
我在做一個電影評論的抖音節目，從一個電影導演的角度來幫助觀眾區別什麼是好電影。這個節目還會推廣海南“清補涼”，所以今天我要做一些關於“清補涼”的動畫（在我這個節目裡好電影在評價時會得到一碗“清補涼”作為嘉獎，其他電影則得不到）。
稍後，我會完善仍在剪輯中的美國電影叫做《神曲》。我從去年九月就開始了這個項目，能一點點完成它我很開心。
在此之後，我會與洛杉磯的執行製片人開一個電話會議，討論我的下部計劃在海南拍攝的電影Space Families。由於疫情的發生，我們本來計劃要和一些潛在投資者見一見，但現在只能推遲了。我很感激我在洛杉磯的製片人，他能保證相關工作的運轉。
我在下午四點才開始吃早餐，五個雞蛋，非常多的堅果，以及一些葡萄乾。能在我心裡打敗這個早餐的，只有雞肉和華夫餅，可惜現在沒辦法出去吃。
吃完早餐，我開始頭腦風暴一些想放在抖音上關於創意的視頻節目。我想要教給年輕人什麼是線性思維什麼是非線性思維，然後給他們看看創造性思維能對我們的生活和健康帶來哪些好的影響。今天這個主題就是“創造力的主體性”。我會嘗試用中文來做這期節目，所以大概沒人能聽懂我在說什麼了吧。
除了用手機軟件來學漢字，我還是會戴著口罩到戶外進行一些鍛鍊。這跟去健身房不太一樣，但是我還是在下午五點出門呼吸一些新鮮空氣，不然我就要偏頭痛了。
回家之後我會很認真地洗手，然後吃點雞肉，為我去年在海南拍的電影《寶貝》做一些聲音設計的工作。
晚上九點鐘的時候，我開始覺得有些累了。我開始為我的抖音影評節目來看一些電影。今天看的這部叫《巨鱷島》，在我看來不算是個好電影，但是錄音效果很好玩兒，所以我挺享受的。我明天一定會為此出一個很有趣的影評節目。
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海南國際傳播中心出品
Hainan International Media Center Presents
Written by Charlie Sporns
Translated by Ding Xin
Editor: Jin Nannan
翻譯：丁昕
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