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Character #570: 万 wàn

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Make a Movie 万

KEYWORD:

10,000

Pinyin:

wàn

Actor:

wu-/u (Fictional Character)

Set:

-an

Room within Set:

Bathroom or Backyard

Prop(s):

一 (Razor Blade)

丿(Samurai Sword)

㇆ (Pincers)



Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Tyson

I ended up making a scene with a saber-toothed cat after seeing that cat on an ad for the movie "10,000 BC" and reading that they lived 10,000 years ago.
I also found a song with J. Bieber in it called "10,000 Hours." Maybe someone would find J. Bieber helpful for this scene.

MB Team

Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAQd1Kfgmow&t=1936s


Mike Rotchford

A line from Horatius by Macaulay
“The horse are thousands ten”
Glad now I had to memorize that poem in high school


Rick Angleland

The only association I have for 10,000 - so as to avoid just trying to remember that number (1,000? 100,000?) is the Grand Old Duke of York who had 10,000 men, he marched them etc.
But that's a lot of extra props (the duke, the men, the hill).
Any other ideas?

MB Team

This is where Luke & Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFLwYVMRfNY&t=3647s

 



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Comments   6

Abigail

I enjoy running so I can make my actor do/prepare for a 10k race.

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jack brady

looks like a person running (legs) + spear. so i made a scene with spear man fighting a sabertooth tiger for the 10000 reference as Tyson suggested.

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Gregory Savage

Sing Ho! for a brave and a valiant bark, And a brisk and lively breeze,
A jovial crew and a Captain too, to carry me over the seas,
To carry me over the seas, my boys, To my true love so gay,
She has taken a trip on a gallant ship Ten thousand miles away.
Refrain

So blow the winds, Heigh-ho; A roving I will go,
I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play!
I'll start by the morning train, To cross the raging main,
For I'm on the move to my own true love, Ten thousand miles away.
A song I learnt when young, Scottish I believe

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Julia Chen

The pincers prop and 10,000 made me think of the Christmas Island crabs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo7Rpr_xyOU&t=16s

(Although there are far more than 10,000 of them!)

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Georg Lohrer

For this story I have the benefit of Wolverine as my wu-actor. As he comes into the backyard of my an-location he sees himself confronted with an army of 10.000 scorpions (㇆ is a scorpion's spike). But Wolverine has his razorblade-sharp samurai-sword-like cutlery built in. It will be a massacre.

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Kolia

Oh thank you! I was stucked with this one!

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