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Title: Hormones The Series ( Hormones วัยว้าวุ่น) Genre: Teen-Drama, Comedy, HighSchool. Producer: GTH & Nadao Bangkok Director: Season 1; Songyos Sugmakanan, Season 2; Ping Kriengkrai Broadcast Date: Season 1; 18 May 201324 August 2013, Season 2; 12 July 201418 October 2014, Season 3; 19 September 2015 TBU Airing Time: Every Saturday, 10pm (TST) Official Website ll Synopsis Story about teenagers in high school features issues about relationship, sexuality, sex, bullying, school gang, and family. Cast: Teaser. Though i don't know whether there is Hormone the series fans in soompi, but i still try to open the thread to share about this drama series. I hope to find more friends in here currently, i watched ep0 of season 2 and also i watched raw ep1 (though i dont understand the dialogues, i can still understand the situation), tbh i don't really like it. I feel like they putting everything in one episode makes it looks messy.
Not about the characters only, its include new characters even to point of the parents. Its way too pack for me. Im thinking if they can make it to show stories of all characters within 13 episode, i don't want to see rushing scene (short scene) and pack episode through out the series, ep1 is enough. And i kinda miss director yong's work, still not get use to the new directing. Hope for better episode today. I have a very high expectation for season 2. Season 2 Ep1 Highlight.
I feel great when i talk about hormone without worrying about getting warning. I want to talk about tou and his acting abilities. He improve like alooooooooooottt. The scene when phoo sent him out in ep2 was totally awesome. We can see in his face how he really hope and waiting for phoo to call his name but instead he heard phoo closing the gate. After that he still wait, but phoo turn off the light.
And finally phoo turn off his room's light. And thee cried. I feel really bad for him, he looks so hurt. Thee please dont be. You are great.
Please.move on and be happy!! Hormone the series season 2 episode 1 recap by picadrama Promiscuous Romance is the talk of the town. It’s a lakorn portraying the behaviors of teenagers when it comes to sex. We get a glimpse of the lakorn within the first few minutes of the episode – a drama within a drama. Two teenagers – Pat and Ken – meet in the back of a taxi cab and things get heated pretty quickly. Pat convinces Ken that no one will know about what’s going on between them, especially his girlfriend Min.
Plus if he is going to be as stiff as a plank of wood he should have no come. Ken quickly gets in the mood Promiscuous Romance reminds me a lot of Hormones. I am sure the director of Hormones is trying to send us a message.
The episode with Pat and Ken in the taxi cab is being discussed by everyone at school in the following days. Tar walks in school and notices that everyone is talking about the show. He walks toward Mhog, and asks him about the show. Is it that good? Mhog confirms that yes it is. He’s been watching it too. Mhog then asks him how his new song is coming along.
Tar says nothing much so far. One of Tar’s bandmate is out of town so it’s been hard to coordinate. Tar then spots Pop, one of his friend, with a girl.
If I am not mistaken, Pop is the one always doing the little podcasts and news videos at school. Or is it someone else?
Anyway, Tar explains that Pop gave him a fake rendez vous and now he is flirting with a girl. Tar and Mhog walk toward Pop and the girl. Read more at: http://picadrama.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/hormones-s2-episode-1/. Episode 2 is about the heartbroken people, but its more thee centred. People like tar, sprite, they already move on. Especially tar, because phang seems to like him, after getting advice from pop, tar go well with the flow. i love how he flirt with phang, 'i'll find you a boyfriend, he's not handsome, his name is Oran(tar's real name).' Obviously he was asking kanom phang to be his girlfriend right?
He's good with words. And matured alot since season 1, he is no longer the furious tar who throw his fist to win face bcoz of a girl. As for thee, i feel bad for him for not being able to move on. When phoo asking toei to be his girlfriend through facebook, its obvious that he no longer confuse and already choose toei.
I believe he use facebook is not only because it was hard for him to say it but its because he wanted to show that 'he already choose toei' to thee. He constantly update his facebook about toei so that thee can see and understand phoo's meaning, so for me its a clean breakup. They already completed their 'gate breakup conversation' from the season one. I believe phoo want thee to move on too, that's why he updating his facebook. 'i told you, i chose toei' - phoo. He directly saying this to thee. Its totally the end.
Thee should open his heart, not letting 'phoo in his heart' blocking non from entering his heart. I think its too early to conclude that non is the same 'type' with thee. Maybe he's just a very friendly boy. He has not show any hint that he is gay imo.
Sprite is confusing, she looks like she interested to get back to phai in episode one, but. In episode two she was show interest to porche.
She even said, 'phai is my ex-boyfriend', so. Her friendly manner in ep1 was just bcoz she want to be friend with phai or she wanted to get back to him?
Oil is a very mysterious character, she hardly speak. A very quiet type. I wonder what is her story in hormones. Can't wait for ep3. Hope subbing ep3 wont take long for khaitoon. Its really hard to find series that told alot of stories in one series not focusing on the main hero and heroin only.
Everyone have equal screentime. And each of everyone have a very interesting stories. Oh, of course it a nickname. In France, we don't really use nicknames. We just use the first name. The one Malaysian I know personally, has a name which people always find difficult to pronounce. Is it your real profile picture?
What kind of fiction do you write? It's definitely nice to have so much people in one episode. Apart from that, I also like the real life-approach. Although I doubt if the series represent the real life of most Thai teens.
It's also good to see that there is a series which speaks openly about difficult topics. I can imagine that it may be difficult for Thai to speak about things like sexuality!?
Do you think that's a problem in Malaysia? @yoyoicecube annyeong fella soompier who's currently enjoying Hormones!!!!
I'm captain bomi that replied to your comment on Kudalakorn's blog. I'm from Malaysia too!!!! Said: as for thee, i feel bad for him for not being able to move on. When phoo asking toei to be his girlfriend through facebook, its obvious that he no longer confuse and already choose toei. I believe he use facebook is not only because it was hard for him to say it but its because he wanted to show that 'he already choose toei' to thee.
He constantly update his facebook about toei so that thee can see and understand phoo's meaning, so for me its a clean breakup. They already completed their 'gate breakup conversation' from the season one. I believe phoo want thee to move on too, that's why he updating his facebook. 'i told you, i chose toei' - phoo. He directly saying this to thee. Its totally the end.
Thee should open his heart, not letting 'phoo in his heart' blocking non from entering his heart. I think its too early to conclude that non is the same 'type' with thee. Maybe he's just a very friendly boy. He has not show any hint that he is gay imo.
Said: Oh, of course it a nickname. In France, we don't really use nicknames.
We just use the first name. The one Malaysian I know personally, has a name which people always find difficult to pronounce. Is it your real profile picture? What kind of fiction do you write?
It's definitely nice to have so much people in one episode. Apart from that, I also like the real life-approach. Although I doubt if the series represent the real life of most Thai teens.
It's also good to see that there is a series which speaks openly about difficult topics. I can imagine that it may be difficult for Thai to speak about things like sexuality!? Do you think that's a problem in Malaysia? Said: Phu should have not acted the same way as he did when they used to be together.
He should have not pat Tee so casually, shouldn't have invited him for a sleepover, shouldn't have asked Tee whether he's fine with him dating Toei (it's giving Tee's hope that there's still a room in Phu's heart for him). I know he wants to remain as friend with Tee but he should have drawn the line clearer. He should have distanced himself a bit from Tee while maintaining their friendship. Let time heals Tee's broken heart. And I'm just so thankful for the very existence of Non.
Tee needs someone to mend his broken heart and just move on. Just like Tar did with Pang. In short, even though it's Phu's way of telling Tee that he chose Toei, yet his actions tell a different story (at least to Tee). Tee definitely knew Phu had chosen Toei but Phu's gestures towards Tee gave him hope. Hence, the 'bed scene'.
So here I am hoping for Non to be the one to mend Tee's broken heart. I know it's too early to assume that Non is gay like Tee but I hope there's not another bisexual character anymore or straight-turn-gay. I don't want to see Tee suffer the 2nd time. He deserves a guy who loves him. The way I see it, Non is interested in Tee (but yeah he could also be the over friendly type). The scene where he got Tee to pay for his supper because he claimed that he left his wallet is just an excuse to get Tee's phone number and check out where Tee is living. I mean come on.
You forgot your wallet but you remember your phone? Logically speaking, you only forget your wallet if you went out in a rush. If you went out with the intention to buy something or to eat out, how could you have forgotten your wallet? I think it's more believable if he had said that he brought the wallet but there was no money inside. To me, that's his way of getting to know Tee. I can't wait to see when Non finds out that Tee's ex is Phu - a guy.
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I can't wait to see him make a move on Tee ///////.
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The relationship between Nam and Puwanes is quirky because the latter has to endure being looked at as a commoner even though he’s royalty, but the assassination attempt added a whole new level of cuteness; he has to protect his identity and safety so he pretends to have lost his memory. This resulted in Nam somewhat treating him like a pet, even naming him after a crab. There’s a part in the series where the handsome Puwanes had to endure looking ugly because of all the scars he sustained in the assassination attempt, consisting of injuries to the face and a ruined haircut.
The feud between Akkanee and Ajjima are portrayed as cute instead of violent, as they both have responsibilities caring for their own family’s dairy farms, which are separated by a single white fence serving as the border. It is through this border that many of their bickering occurred, and it is also this border that they figuratively broke as they learned how to love each other.
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“Can you tell me why we have to cut our hair short?” “Can you tell me why we have to dress in a uniform to school?” One might be surprised to learn that these questions are frequently asked by high school students in Thailand, the country where most school students have to conform to rigid rules of dress code and hairstyle. Moreover, one might be even more surprised to learn that these questions, in fact, come from a character on television, despite heavy surveillance by the state authorities.
What I have been referring to here is a recent and controversial television series, Hormones (or in Thai Hormone WaiWaWun, 2013). The series just finished its first season in mid-August. Unlike other television shows, the emergence of this series was highly influential.
There have been many debates about its content and on the state’s censorship of the show. In this piece, I make a critical review of the sociocultural significance of Hormones. This is done through conceptualising the reactions the series receives from Thai authorities, critics and audiences. Hormones is a recent attempt by a famous film studio GTH to penetrate the Thai television market. The studio has already been successful in the film industry from the top box offices like My Girl (2003), Dear Dakanda (2005), Season change (2006), Dear Galileo (2009), Bangkok Traffic Love Story (2009), and Pee Mak (2013). Directed by Songyod Sukmakanan, Hormones could be seen as targeting the young generation, who are already the fans of GTH films, as well as their parents.
Set in Bangkok, Hormones follows the lives of year 10 ( mattayom 5) students from a fictional school called Nadao Bangkok. These students are ‘Win’ (Patchara Jiratiwat), ‘Tar’ (Kan Chunhawat), ‘Moak’ (Sirachat Jiaratawon), ‘Phai’ (Tanapop Leeratanakajon), ‘Phoo’ (Jutawut Patarakumpol), ‘Sprite’ (Supassara Tanachat) ‘Kwan’ (Angsumalin Sirapatanasakmetha), ‘Dao’ (Sanatachat Tanapatpisan), and ‘Toey’ (Sutata Udomsilp), all of whom possess different personalities and face different conflicts in their lives. Hormones has become a new phenomenon for Thai television. In the past, television shows about teenagers were usually presented as situation comedy. The classic and long-running Nong Mai Rai Borisud (“the innocent troublemaker fresher”), aired on Channel 3, changes its situation and conflict every week, allowing the producer to continue making the show endlessly. The audience can also skip watching any of its episodes without missing the overall story. In contrast, Hormones borrows the convention of the western-style series, which has a complete laid-out plot, compelling one to follow it from the beginning to the end.
From the first episode, the audience of Hormones gets to see the conflicts facing each main character. These conflicts, later on, evolve and get resolved through a variety of incidents. Some of the conflicts include the intimate relationships among the characters, the violence between rival student groups, and the gender identity of the male characters. Hormones became the ‘talk of the town’ not only due to its western-styled series convention, but also through its explicit portrayals of social issues that can be found in actual Thai high school life. These issues include, for example: sexual desire among students (especially through Sprite, a female character who is portrayed as sexually open-minded); the discovery of homosexual desire (through a character called Phoo); and the challenge to the school’s authority of Win, a male character who is depicted as having a critical mind, and to whom I would like to put most of the focus on in the following discussion. Since the first episode, Hormones made Thai audiences uneasy by showing Win rebelling against the school’s authority in front of other students and teachers.
On the first day at the school, Kru Nipon, the school’s discipline administrator, checks the male students’ haircuts. Win feels annoyed and bluntly asks Kru Nipon why the male students must have short hair.
Feeling the challenge, Kru Nipon replies that it is the rule and the tradition that has long been practiced. Win does not believe that this answer makes any sense; he does not think the hair-style and education can complement each other.
On the next day, Win is caught again by Kru Nipon for dressing in his uniform too loosely. While Kru Nipon insists that a student has to dress the uniform neatly as long as he or she is wearing it, Win disagrees, claiming that school time is already over, so he can dress the way he likes. The eventual contestation of Win against the school authority goes further than verbal expressions. On the following day at the school, Win refuses to wear a student uniform, putting on jeans and a shirt instead.
Inevitably, he gets called into the guidance room ( Hong Pokkroang) and gets scolded by Kru Nipon. This time, while listening to Kru Nipon, Win asks again why students have to wear the school uniform. Unable to give a logical reason, Kru Nipon ends up yelling at him with the same old assertion that it is something that has been practiced for a long time. Win does not put himself in this situation for nothing. He actually uses his iPhone to record Kru Nipon’s illogical answer, and later on disseminates it on the student’s community Facebook page.
In the leaked clip, Win also adds that even the teacher cannot answer how the student uniform will help students study. As a consequence of this leaked clip, on the next day, many students dress for school in colorful shirts, jeans, and dresses. This makes Win feel accomplished.
The challenge of Win against the rules of Nadao Bangkok School is part of the sensitive content in the series. Along with the presentation of the student’s intimate relationships, these were seen ‘inappropriate’ by some authorities. This caused the series to be at risk of being banned. In Thailand, the censorship law has played a significant role in controlling the content in mass media, judging what is ‘appropriate’ or ‘inappropriate’, and allowing limited content to be released to the public.
In the past, films consisting of images identified by the authorities as contradicting the beautiful image of the Thai nation could be prohibited from release. Tayawarin’s Insect in the Backyard (2010) was banned due to the presence of sexual organs and acts that would make Buddhism look bad. Samanrat’s Shakespeare Must Die (2012) and Nontawat’s Boundary (2013) were banned because of the strong political messages the films covey (Boundary’s ban was later changed to “18+” after some re-editing). Yuthlert’s Fatherland (2013) was self-censored from release as the filmmaker saw the film’s sensitive political and religious contents to be detrimental to the situation in the South. On television, the latter part of an action-drama series Nua Meak 2 was withdrawn while being on-air without a clear explanation. Academics have explained the way in which the censorship by Thai state works.
Jackson, a professor in Thai cultural studies at the Australian National University, explains that what determines the censorship’s classification of ‘what is and is not appropriate’ is how the state itself wants to position the country to be seen by the world. And this could be changed depending on global cultural trends. For example, Jackson once observed that the allowance of the increasing presence of homosexuals in Thai cinema in early 21th century could be seen as the result of the adaptation of the Thai authorities to the increasing global concern of gay and human rights.
When Hormones had been on-air for about half the series, there was an attempt by a committee of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBCT or KorSor Tor Chor) to demonstrate their concern about the “inappropriate content” in the series, which could become a bad example for Thai youngsters to follow. Subsequently, the producers of the series were called up for a meeting with the NBTC. While no one knew which exact part of the series the NBTC felt worried with, it could be assumed that certain scenes that show the character challenging the school’s authority, and scenes that show the student’s ‘inappropriate’ activities in school (sexual activity, smoking, violence, etc.), would most likely be subject to being censored. The action of the NBTC irritated the fans of Hormones. In cyberspace, people started to post threads, and write criticisms of the attempt by the NBTC to sanction the show. A critic from Prachachat News that the series deserves to be on-air without any censorship as it would be useful for the youngsters and their parents to learn what really happens in school today.
On his, a very famous writer whose pen-name is ‘Round Finger’ recognised the attempt to ban the series as showing that the state authority still wants the society to ‘ aan’ (literally means to ‘read,’ but in this context, it refers to ‘learn’) only what the state wants. Round Finger disagreed with the NBTC’s sanction and encouraged the authority to allow the people, especially the youngsters, to aan the series for their own understanding of teenager life.
Eventually, the NBTC decided against doing anything with the series. Hormones managed to end its first season on the night of 17 August 2013.
Could this imply that the Thai authority has become more tolerant or accustomed to the radical expressions or extremeness in Thai media? The answer is quite complicated. This is because, as Film Sick (an online film critic) suggested, looking at the overall content of the series, it is still doubtful whether Hormones is a non-conservative Thai TV show. When the first season of Hormones finished, Film Sick wrote a comment on the series, sharing a different perspective about the content of the series. Film Sick contended that, despite the presence of radical expressions, at the end of the day, Hormones is nothing but the series about the young conservative Thai middle class who just want to show that they can rebel. “The series is not rebellious.
But it questions whether the rebelliousness can explain the new conservativeness”,. His perception comes from the fact that the series puts a high emphasis on the importance of the family institution in helping the youngsters in the series get out troubles. For instance, when Sprite, the sexually open-minded person who likes to fool around with boys, learns that her mother is pregnant, she becomes a completely different person by staying at home and help taking care of her mother. Phoo, who becomes so confused with his gender identity, is understood by his mother and his younger brother, and can live happily at the end. To add to Film Sick, the series also shows how Win, a rebel who does not care about his own family, is to be punished at the end.
The downfall of Win starts when he becomes drunk at the place of his teacher – Kru Aor, where he and his friends go for tutoring. Drunken, Win molests Kru Aor in the bathroom while his friend, who is also drunk, records a video and instantly publishes the clip online. The next day, as Win, who used to be admired for his coolness, walks into the school, he is shunned by other students for his immoral act that has gone too far. Win’s downfall is metaphorically played out in the last scene of the series. At the Big Mountain Music Festival where everyone attends to watch Tar perform, Win is ostracised by his friends.
And while he seems lost, walking around the festival, he stumbles into other teens. Being a nonconformist, Win refuses to apologise, causing him to be beaten down hard. The first season of Hormones ends with the juxtaposed images of Win lying down on the ground bruised, while other characters stay with their families. This perhaps suggests the bad consequence of being too rebellious. To understand the conservative mindset embedded in the series, we can also look at the historical development of the GTH studio. GTH originated from a group of the new face film-makers, mainly Jira Malikul and Yongyuth Thongkongthun, who migrated from television to the film industry to establish a film company Hub Ho Hin in early 2000s.
At first, Hub Ho Hin became famous through making the top box-office like The Iron Ladies (Yongyuth Thongkongthun, 2000) for Tai Entertainment. It was not until later in 2003 that Hub Ho Hin merged with Tai Entertainment and GMM Picture, one of the biggest entertainment companies in the country, to become ‘GTH’ (stands for Grammy, Tai, and Hub Ho Hin).
The main goal of the company since its amalgamation has been to create films that touch the heart of the Thai audience who, I suggest, can be categorised as the urban educated middle class. As Jira said once about the philosophy of his company, “we want to show that we can make films about issues in Thai society enjoyable.” Successful films of GTH like Season Change, Final Score, or Suck Seed, deal with issues found in the lives of the young middle-class Thai living in the city and attending well-established high schools. Like its previous filmic forerunners, the making of Hormones could be seen as dealing with the same business target. In the series, despite encountering ‘the problems’, the young characters still possess relatively well-to-do family backgrounds. They do not have to worry about financial matters, which is the typical problem of teenagers.
Even Moak, a character who does not have a mother, has a father who runs a business at home and can afford him luxuries. In the last episode, we see Moak brings his own car to pick up his friends to go to the concert. The series’ target of the educated middle class could also be seen from the way it was also broadcasted online, at the same time as it was shown on TV, through Youtube Channel, a media outlet that urban dwellers can easily access and have grown accustomed to using. This marketing strategy effected the way in which the series positions itself to be acceptable to its target audience.
The rebelliousness expressed by the characters is just a temporary biological effect that makes Hormones different from other dramas. Moreover, it can set out to impress the new generation of the middle class audience who has to be able to demonstrate their possession of a critical mind. Perhaps, the conservative style ending of Hormones was only made to satisfy the authorities, both the state’s and the parent’s, to not call for a ban on the series. At present, old-fashioned conservatism in Thailand is facing a rough time. We can see how, every time when the political figures like the ex-Senate Rabiebrat Phongphanit came out to promote Thai-ness (in a traditional sense), they were often heavily criticised for their outdated vision.
However, this does not, in anyway, suggest that Thai society is becoming more liberal and progressive. Recently, when Netiwit Chotpatpahisan, a progressive minded high school student, stepped up to speak about the abolition of any official Thai cultural practices, including the standing and singing of the national anthem, he was heavily condemned, especially in social networks. The criticism he got ranged from being un-Thai to not understanding Thai society, or just wanting to show-off. Another case is when the talk show Toab Jod (answer the question) on Thai PBS channel invited a historian Somsak Jiamtheerasakul, and an intellectual Surak Siwaluck, to have a public debate on the Thai monarchy, the producer of the show was heavily criticised for making Thai society even more fragile. Hormones, like Film Sick has argued, represents this mentality among the Thai middle class, particularly young ones. They grew up and live in the Thai society that has evolved though the global cultural trends such as liberalism, radicalism, individualism; all the ‘isms’ that could make one look modernised ( than samai).
However, giving that Thai society is dominated largely by traditional conservative institutions such as family and religion, one can only be so rebellious to the extent that he or she does not destabilise these institutions. What Hormones represents is this mentality of the young generations who like to act rebellious in order to receive attention from the public, while they are in fact very conservative. Hormones can still be watched online on YouTube. The series has also announced its second season. Pasoot Lasuka is a PhD student in the School of Culture of History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. Thank you so much for the nice summary. A lot of people including me do not have an opportunity to watch “Hormones” and thought that it was just another film like The Love of Siam (2007) where it touches upon the issue of teen sex.
I had always thought that Thai people should be exposed more to international films like: We Shall Overcome (2006) (original title = “Dr├╕mmen”) V for Vendetta (2005) Jacquou le Croquant (2007) where oppressed and abused students, peasants and citizens rebel against their respective headmaster, feudal lord or government. I thought that it would be too costly and risky to make films like these in Thailand. Just translation and distribution of these famous films are difficult enough.
But my thought has changed People are wearing Guy Fawkes mask in Thailand. This is an indication that they are exposed to V for Vendetta in one way or another. And there is “Hormones” discussed here – made by Thai producer, watched and debated by millions of people both inside and outside Thailand. It is worth noting though – “Hormones” is broadcasted via satellite channel.
The censorship practice is fairly different from that of free TV and internet TV. The target audience and accessibility are debatable too. As someone who was intrigued by the web highlight of this series, I am thankful that I had the opportunity to see the series. I have to admire Thai TV station for being so progressive and able to market a product with young cast members and yet attracted the attention of many, and perhaps this would be a healthy way to persuade youngster to consider the media and art world. However, I personally think the show could have taken care of a few details in order to be a better series. 1) I got the impression that all Thai families were well-to-do. None of them was actually portrayed in a below than average income home – even for one whose mother was merely selling cakes.
2) I did not understand how Toei could end up being labelled so negatively and yet Sprit got away with the sleeping-around. 3) The homosexual issue could have been dealt with better. It gave the bad impression that a gay boy remained so because he had no experience of being with a girl. If he had so, he would be like Phoo, who could be ‘changed’.
This gave the poor impression of real struggle among many gay boys. 4) Which teacher would allow kids to alcohol to her organised gathering? That made no sense.
5) It made no sense too that Khwan would be unprepared for exam? A good student would not prepare for exam only the night before. If she was the good student as claimed, she would have been reading weeks before. One night of not studying properly could not have made her into such state. And moreover, as a smart student, I could not believe that among all the exam cheating techniques, that option was the best she could come up with.
6) Toei played basketball. I imagined she would be strong enough to defend herself against Bee. 7) When Toei was beaten so badly, and her friends cared so much, why not just visit her home? 8) There was no mention of the English class after the Din and Dow incident.
9) Episode 13 was a waste of time. It was just an episode with much time wasted on listening to rock songs 10) Nice that Mhog could snap photos without flash at night. 1) Well, IMO, that’s probably because they were presenting students in an exclusive school in Thailand, and not a public one, where most families are average to above average income-earners as 2) On Toei’s case, bullying was the gist of her story coz Toei can be bullied easily without fighting back of which the students gotten used to. OTOH, Sprite i believe is a fighter that cannot be bullied. 3) Phoo was in the stage of choosing which side he wants to be. Thee was a secondary character so yes, I would agree with your statement. 4) There are always exceptions to the rule.
5) Remember that she was having a family crisis of her own which affected her studies thus was not able to prepare for the exams. 6) That’s just Toei’s character. She’s the most tolerant one. 7) Which friends are you referring to?
And there’s no need to visit Toei anyway because she went back to school the day (or a couple) after the incident, that’s why some girl commented it wasn’t safe for her to go to school yet. 8) I believe this is just a sort of a tutorial class or temporary class, just like the art class Dow enrolled into in one of the following episodes. From what I’ve seen on a Special Episode 14, the making of the series, they shot the Big Mountain scene in December, which happened earlier than shooting of the first episodes. 10) Some films of old cameras can do that. The higher the ISO, the higher the sensitivity to light.
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Some digital cameras and cellphones have that function as well via the Night function. My digital cam has that function which is why I can take a pics in very low light environments. One question regarding this and other series – not only in Thailand – is what is their objective. Is the aim to enlighten an audience of problems and life styles of youth? Is it to provide entertainment for young people by using figures they can identify with? Is it to showcase the rich and beautiful, or is it merely to make money? The main problem of all private stations is how to make a profit.
Usually this is done by either making the advertisements more expensive, what depends on the quota of listeners, or to reduce the cost for production. Best is to combine both. Here hormones is certainly an excellent example. Unfortunately, the NBTC gave the series an even wider audience (at least on the internet). The problem is not this series. The problem is that there are hardly any series or movies produced with sufficient quality in terms of plot, technique and skills of the actors.
. GMM One. GTH On Air Original release 18 May 2013 ( 2013-05-18) – 26 December 2015 ( 2015-12-26) External links Hormones (Full title: Hormones: Wai Wawun, 'Hormones: วัยว้าวุ่น'), promoted as Hormones: The Series, is a produced by and first broadcast in 2013. The show follows the lives and relationships of a group of secondary school students as they go through school and home life and face various issues. Breaking the mould of Thai television, which typically features and, Hormones was conceived with a style more commonly found in the U.S. And production values more usually associated with filmmaking.
It also distinguished itself by featuring controversial issues such as and, and. The series' first season was directed by, and was broadcast on satellite channel GMM One and online from May to August 2013. The series was positively received and, despite not being shown on free-to-air terrestrial television and being criticized for its content, proved extremely popular, prompting the creation of a second season.
Directed by Kriangkrai Vachiratamporn, the second season began broadcasting in July 2014. In September 2015, Hormones 3: The Final Season began broadcasting. The episodes of the final season were also released in the GTH's official channel with official English subtitles. First season poster Hormones is produced by Thai film company (GTH) and its subsidiary production and casting company Nadao Bangkok. According to director, Hormones was conceived partly as a channel for GTH to create acting opportunities for its teenage actors and partly as an experiment in creating a drama series that was non-typical for Thai television (which usually features and ). With a concept partly based on Songyos's 2008 and inspired by the British series, Hormones seeks to explore and portray various aspects and issues of adolescent life.
These include topics normally considered taboo for open discussion in Thai society, such as and. In creating the script, Songyos and the writing team conducted online research on contemporary adolescent issues, but also learned from the experiences of the young cast members. He aimed to show the issues from a teenager's point of view and actively avoided any preaching, trying instead to have consequences of actions implied through the characters' experiences. Songyos opted to use the filmmaking techniques that he was familiar with in the creation of Hormones, adjusting them to suit a television production.
Filming of the first season took place from December 2012 to April 2013. Although originally planned for only one season, GTH announced towards the end of the first season that it would be producing a second one, responding to the show's popularity. Songyos switched roles to become producer for the second season, with Kriangkrai Vachiratamporn, who had co-written the series, becoming director.
GTH also launched a programme with an accompanying series titled Hormones: The Next Gen, in order to select additional actors to supplement the original main cast from the first season. Storyline, cast and characters Hormones features an, with nine main characters in the first season. The story mainly takes place at the fictional Nadao Bangkok College, where the characters attend upper-secondary school.
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