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apparently-artless · 3 years

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The Other Way Around - 1st Chapter

A Daiya no Ace Fanfic

Warning: Not Beta Read, English Grammar Nazi be warned! ( `ε´ )

Summary:

Just as how the whole baseball team is protective of one Sawamura Eijun. The southpaw pitcher is also protective of his teammates – his second family away from home.

Note: Different settings and timelines for each character. Check out source below for AO3 version.

Characters: Sawamura Eijun, Okumura Koushuu, Seto Takuma, Asada Hirofumi, Okumura's classmates

Chapter 1: Okumura Koushuu

Summer had finally ended and so is Kōshien. Seidou baseball team, the new champion of the said event, is busy preparing for the upcoming Fall Tournament now that the third year had retired. Sawamura Eijun, the new captain, was unanimously selected by their former two vice-captains and captain.

It’s a heavy burden considering he is still the team’s ace but he’s being supported accordingly by Kanemaru and Kominato as vice-captains. Besides, there’s Furuya and it’s not wrong to say that they have two aces in the team right now. After the summer tournament, Furuya and Sawamura had become even closer but the rivalry is still there. Their usual antics can still be heard from the bullpen and dugout. Needless to say, Sawamura is mostly the one doing the talking. But this time, Furuya is sharing the ace burden with Sawamura when he sees that Sawamura is trying to fulfill his responsibilities as the captain. He even requested Coach Kataoka to let him be the one in charge of the pitching team. Of course, Sawamura complained at first but eventually agreed upon seeing the determination in his rival’s eyes.

Summer ending also means classes resuming. During lunch break, Sawamura was on his way to the classroom of Seidou’s new main catcher, Okumura Koushuu. As soon as Sawamura arrived at 1-A room, he loudly announced himself as he looked for the catcher.

“I’m Sawamura Eijun of the baseball team! I would like to request the presence of our new main catcher, Okumura Koushuu! May I know where he is?” The southpaw declared while rotating his head from left to right.

There were several murmurs across the room as gazes traverse from the loud southpaw pitcher.

That’s Sawamura-senpai. The ace of the baseball team.

Wow! To think that someone as great as him is visiting our classroom.

His pitching is so sick! I saw him during the Kōshien. Maybe I should go ahead and have him sign my baseball?

Eh? So Okumura is the new main catcher now? Even though he’s still a first-year? So cool!

As expected, Okumura-kun belongs to a different dimension.

The whisperings continued but Sawamura couldn’t care less. Fortunately, one of Okumura’s female classmates answered the pitcher’s inquiry.

“If you’re searching for Okumura-kun, he just went out for a bit. He’ll be back in a few minutes,” said the girl in glasses with a smile who appeared to be their class representative.

“Oh! Is that so? If that’s the case, I’ll just be waiting outside. Thank you so much, young lady!”

The girl blushed at being called a young lady. “N-No, it’s fine. You can stay inside. It’s not often that a senpai visits our room. Also, I think some of my classmates would want to talk to you. Would it be possible to indulge them while you wait for Okumura-kun to arrive?”

“I see. So the first years would like to hear the wisdom of this lowly pitcher,” Sawamura responded in a serious tone with his arms crossed and his eyes closed as he pondered on the girl’s request while trying to hide the blush forming on his cheeks. “Then, if that’s the case, feel free to ask me anything and I’ll make sure to respond to the best of my abilities!”

How many pitches do you have?

Were you a member of a senior league before you went to Seidou?

Do you plan to go pro after high school?

The southpaw pitcher was continued to be bombarded with questions that he unwittingly responded to as he scratched his head because the first years seemed to assume that he’s some big-shot when he’s actually not. At least, that’s how the boy perceived himself. After all, he still has a long way to go.

After about five minutes of waiting, Okumura arrived and noticed how half of the space of the room was vacated and most of his classmates were gathered in front. He only needed two seconds to process what’s happening inside as he heard his main battery partner's obnoxious way of laughing.

As he entered the room, most of his male classmates and some of his female classmates were listening attentively to the southpaw pitcher.

“Okumura-kun! You’ve finally arrived. Sawamura-senpai is looking for you. He’s been here for a while now,” said one of the first-year managers who is in the same class as Okumura.

But before Okumura could respond, Sawamura already noticed his arrival.

“Okumura-shounen! Where have you been? I’ve been waiting for you,” Sawamura bellowed in the center of the crowd as he raised his left hand while waving enthusiastically at the catcher.

The whole class turned silent as they watched Okumura moved towards the front of the room where the pitcher and some of his classmates were gathered. As if intimidated by the boy’s aura, his classmates dispersed to give way to Okumura which he didn’t notice as he’s focused on the beaming second year.

“What are you doing here, Sawamura-senpai? Do you need something from me?” Okumura asked.

As soon as he spoke, some of his classmates seemed amazed hearing his voice.

So, he does speak.

I see. He’s still using Keigo when speaking to his senpai.

“Now, now! Don’t be so stiff Okumura-shounen! Why don’t we speak outside so I can discuss the details with you? You see, Furuya and I tried to come up with our training menu for the week for our pitchers and catchers. Since you’re the main catcher now, we thought it’d be best to seek your approval too! We’ll start the training this afternoon so I’d like you to check it now. Just check the ones for today then you can check the remaining ones once you have the time.”

Okumura-shounen?

So Sawamura-senpai calls Okumura-kun as Okumura-shounen?

Does he call other first years as ‘shounen’ too?

Okumura-kun doesn’t seem to mind.

Okumura’s classmates remained silent but they were obviously thinking at the back of their heads. They didn’t expect to see this side for both players. This is indeed a rare sight for them – a talking Okumura and a very serious Sawamura. Before Okumura arrived, Sawamura was wearing this idiotic look which made him appeared to be approachable. Had he shown this serious face right at the start, no one would have even tried talking to him.

“I wouldn’t mind doing this now. However,” Okumura paused as he looked at the two megane duo silently peeking at the front door of their classroom. “Taku, Hiro, what are you two doing here?”

“Ha-ha-ha. Koushuu, you found us,” Seto replied as he fake-laughed while Asada just smiled awkwardly.

“You’re not even making an effort to hide,” Okumura commented with his usual monotone.

“We heard Sawamura-senpai is in 1-A room right now so we decided to take a look.”

“Take a look? What are you talking about? You see him all the time in the dorm and during practice.”

We’re here to make sure nothing bad will happen between you two.

Asada and Seto thought to themselves as they immediately went to 1-A room upon hearing someone from their class that Sawamura was in fact visiting one of the first-year classes.

The conversation went on like this:

Boy A from class 1-C: Oi, you’re from 1-A, right?

Boy B from class 1-A who’s speaking to one of his friends in 1-C: Yep. Why do you ask though?

Boy A: Are you sure this is the time for you to be here?

Boy B: Huh?

Boy A: I heard that Sawamura-senpai is visiting your class. Don’t you want to check him out? You won’t even shut up last time after watching Kōshien.

Boy B: Ehh? For real? Dude! Tell me that earlier!

And then the boy ran towards his own classroom. Seto and Asada who were nearby happened to hear the entire conversation. And in 1-A room, they could only think of one person as the main reason for the southpaw’s visit.

Going back to the present –

“Oh! Seto, Asada! You’re here as well! Feel free to join this tiny meeting. It’s good to be exposed to this type of planning. Especially you, Asada, since you’re one of our pitchers too,” Sawamura beamed in response upon seeing the two first years while naturally ignoring Okumura’s comment.

The four of them had forgotten the fact that they were still inside the classroom.

The boy in black glasses called Okumura by his first name.

So he has friends too.

Are they from other dimensions as well?

Sawamura was the first one to notice the weird silence emanating in the room, which is surprising, to be honest. He noticed too, that Okumura’s classmates seemed to be looking at him with curiosity. A realization suddenly dawned at the southpaw as he drew nearer to the boy.

“Oi, Okumura,” whispered Sawamura.

“Why are you whispering?”

“Your classmates are looking weirdly at you. Are you by any chance being bullied? Are you not getting along well with the class?”

“Huh? Just where did that come from?”

Seto and Asada who can hear their conversation just fine were trying their best not to laugh. Since the two were classmates, Seto had already explained to Asada how he worried a lot about Okumura being in a different class because he tends to be misunderstood by some of his classmates. Needless to say, he knows what’s actually going on in the minds of Okumura’s classmates. After all, those were his initial thoughts too when he became Okumura’s classmate for the first time.

“Or maybe it’s that! You’re the one bullying them? That won’t do Okumura-shounen! As one of the members of Seidou baseball team, you must not use your strength to bully the weak,” Sawamura whispered once more, his right arm placed on Okumura’s shoulder and his left arm covering his mouth as he spoke, as if the two of them are on the mound planning some tactics to strike the batter out.

Seto laughed some more but decided to stop this hilarious conversation seeing that Okumura is now trying his best not to smack the pitcher on the head.

“Senpai, no one’s bullying anyone,” the boy in black-rimmed glasses decided to join in on the ‘secret’ conversation. “Koushuu’s very quiet when he’s in class, you see. I bet some of his classmates are just fascinated to see him talking normally.”

Asada nodded as well.

“Oh! Is that so? Thank God you’re not being bullied, and you’re not the bully as well. Yosh! Let’s clear the misunderstanding right now!” Sawamura proudly declared as he faced Okumura’s classmates.

“Sawamura-senpai, wai – “

But Okumura’s attempt at stopping the pitcher was in vain as Sawamura addressed the entire class.

“Listen up, Class 1-A! Okumura-shounen here is a very passionate baseball player. If you want to know more about him, you may want to start with baseball first! And then everything will follow! These two young megane lads here with me,” announced the pitcher as he walked towards Asada and Seto and placed both his arms on their shoulders. “…assure you that Okumura will not bite people. While I can definitely understand that he seems like a wild wolf, there’s no need for you to be so guarded around him.”

Seto and Asada were once more trying their best not to laugh at this awkward scenario. Okumura, on the other hand, was emitting an ominous aura towards his not-so-adorable senpai.

“Oh, of course! We’ll take note of that! Thank you for your guidance, Sawamura-senpai!” said the girl in glasses.

“No worries! Now, if you’ll excuse us. We still have some things to discuss.”

Okumura was speechless at the moment as he followed the three outside his room. There were various comments from Okumura’s classmates as the four players left.

Sawamura-senpai is a weird one.

Yep! But he’s still cool! At least, he’s looking out for his kouhais.

I wonder if Okumura would be willing to share some strategies when it comes to game-calling? I’m a catcher in our baseball community team.

“Senpai, you’re no longer allowed to go to my classroom. If you want to discuss something, meet me at the library,” Okumura finally spoke as soon as they stepped outside the room.

“Don’t be like that! We’re the main battery now! No need to hold back on me!”

“I am holding myself back, but for a different reason,” Okumura responded, his menacing aura oozing out again.

Seto and Asada initially laughed but tried their best to diffuse the tension between the two by telling them to continue with their meeting.

As stubborn as he is, Sawamura still visited Okumura at least once a week in his classroom. And each time, his class got to see a different side of the catcher. Gradually, Okumura started making conversation with his classmates as they realized that he is a normal student as well. Of course, his catching skills are still extraordinary.

#dna fanfic #daiya no ace fanfic #diamond no ace #daiya no ace #anime fanfic #fluff and humor #sawamura eijun #okumura koushuu #asada hirofumi #seto takuma #kousawa

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Astronaut Journal Entry - The Last Week

Currently, six humans are living and working on the International Space Station, which orbits 250 miles above our planet at 17,500mph. Below you will find a real journal entry, written in space, by NASA astronaut Scott Tingle.

To read more entires from this series, visit our Space Blogs on Tumblr.

I can’t believe that Expedition 55 is already over. Today is Sunday, and we will depart the International Space Station (ISS) next Sunday morning (June 3).

168 days in space.

There have been many challenging moments, but even more positive highlights of our time on ISS. The new crew from the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft (Oleg Artymyev, Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold) joined Norishige Kanai (Nemo), Anton Shkaplerov and I last March. Since then, we have completed two spacewalks, captured and released the SpaceX Dragon-14 cargo craft, captured the Cygnus OA-9 cargo craft and completed a myriad of maintenance and science activities.

The team on the ground controlling, monitoring, supporting and planning has been amazing. It is always great to work with them, and especially during the moments where the equipment, tools, procedures or crew need help. It is incredible to see how much a good team can accomplish when methodically placing one foot in front of the other.

I have been lucky in that the first crew (Mark Vande Hei, Joe Acaba and Alexander Misurkin (Sasha)) and the second crew (Drew, Ricky and Oleg) were all amazing to work with. I do believe the planets aligned for my mission onboard ISS.

Drew and Ricky have been friends forever, and listening to them nip at each other provided a ton of great humor for the ground and for us. Their one-liners to each other reminded me of several scenes from the movie Space Cowboys.

This a great example that happened as I was writing this log entry:

Ricky: Hey Maker, is this your smoothie?

Maker: No.

Ricky: It must be Drew’s.

Drew: Hey Ricky, don’t drink my smoothie.

Ricky: What smoothie? This one has my name on it (as he writes his name on it).

Drew: Okay, Grandpa Underpants, hands off my smoothie.

Ricky: Okay, Feustelnaut – we have rules around here, so this is my smoothie now!

All: Much laughing. (To quote my kids: “LOL!”)

One the hardest things to do in space is to maintain positive control of individual items such as tools, spare parts, fasteners, etc. We try very hard not to lose things, but even with all of the attention and positive control, items can still float away and disappear.

We generally hold items in a crew transfer bag (CTB). Inside the CTB are many items for the system that it supports. When the CTB is opened, the items are free floating inside the bag and tend to escape. It is very difficult to maintain control of the items – especially if they are small, do not have Velcro, or when the daily schedule is so tight that we are rushing to stay on time. We always try to close the CTB’s and Ziploc bags after removing or replacing each item to maintain positive control, but this takes much more time to do for individual items, and if the timeline is tight, we absorb more risk by rushing.

The same applies for tools, which we usually keep in a Ziploc bag while working on individual systems and tasks. Last month, I was installing a new low temperature cooling loop pump that had failed a month or two earlier. I gathered the needed tools into my modified (with Velcro) Ziploc bag as I always do and floated over to the work area. When I got there, one of the tools that I had gathered was missing. I looked for 30 minutes, and could not find it. Lost items are very hard to find because the items that escape are usually barely moving and blend in with the environment very quickly. A lost item could be right in front of us and we would never see it.

Our crew, after learning these lessons, decided that when anyone loses something, we would tell the other crew members what we had lost with a general location. This has had a huge impact on finding items. If a different crew member can help within the first minutes of losing an item, the new crew member has an excellent chance of finding the item. We have proven this technique several times during the expedition – and Nemo was the very best at quickly finding lost items. But, in my case, we still could not find the missing tool. Our amazing ground team understood and vectored me to a replacement tool and I finished the job. I spent the next 3 weeks watching, looking and never forgetting about the lost tool. Then, one day last week, Oleg came to the lab and handed us a tool he had found in his Soyuz spacecraft, way on the aft side of the ISS. Amazing. We finally found the tool and I was happy again. This was a lucky ending. ISS has many corners, crevices and hard-to-see areas where missing items could hide and never be found.

We captured a Cygnus cargo craft last Thursday. I was very impressed with the entire team. Our specialists and training professionals in Mission Control did a great job preparing the necessary procedures and making sure we were proficient and ready to conduct operations. The robotic arm is a wonderful system that we could not operate ISS without. Being in space, however, it has some very unique handling qualities. If you think about a spring-mass-damper system just as you did during physics or control theory class, and then remove the damper, you will see a system that is very subject to slow rate oscillations.

In test pilot terms, damping ratio is very low and the latency is well over a half of a second. Also in test pilot terms – this is a pilot-induced oscillations (PIO) generator. These characteristics require crew to “fly” the robotic arm using open-loop techniques, which requires a huge amount of patience. Test pilots are sometimes not very patient, but understanding the system and practicing with the incredible simulators that our ground team built and maintain help keep our proficiency as high as possible. The capture went flawlessly, and I was very impressed with the professionalism across the board – crew, flight controllers and training professionals – what a great job!

Drew, Ricky and I got to play guitar a few times while on ISS. This was fun! Drew connected pickups to the acoustic guitars and then connected the pickups to our tablets for amplification. I’ve never heard an acoustic guitar sound like an electric guitar amped up for heavy metal before. We had a great jam on the song “Gloria”, and a couple others. Rock on!

Last night we had our last movie night. The entire crew gathered in Node 2 and watched Avengers Infinity Wars on the big screen. We enjoy each other’s company, as we did during Expedition 54, and this was a welcome break from the daily grind of trying to complete the required stowage, maintenance and science activities while preparing for departure.

Our last full weekend here on ISS. I gave myself a haircut. We usually clean our spaces each weekend to make sure we can maintain a decent level of organization, efficiency and morale. This weekend is no different, and it is time for me to vacuum out all of our filters and vents. You’d be amazed at what we find!

The top 5 things I will miss when I am no longer in space:

The incredible team that supports ISS operations from our control centers

The camaraderie onboard ISS

The breathtaking view of the Earth, Moon, Sun and Stars

Floating/flying from location to location with very little effort

Operations in the extreme environment of space

Find more ‘Captain’s Log’ entries HERE.

Follow NASA astronaut Scott Tingle on Instagram and Twitter.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.

#nasa #space #astronaut #space station #crew #journal #blog #spaceblog #captain

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2017-FILM GENRE-BLOG

BLOG JACK WRIGHT 40324774 FILM GENRE

WRITING OUR FIRST DRAFT OF A SCRIPT - I had never written a script before and have never really attempted to, I always just pictured myself behind the camera or editing so this was a new side to the industry I was exploring. I began with a simple idea of a man being stuck inside a room. This idea grew and grew into this deep meaningful piece which I had grown to love. It was very abstract and melodramatic, but I loved writing it and could picture the process of turning it into a short film. I grew very passionate for it. I had shown it to a number of friends and they really liked the idea, but I had to constantly be making changes as it was just far too complex to understand at times. Thus I discovered a major problem, because I had wrote it, I understood it. Elements that were clear to me were not so clear to a reader. So I made some further adjustments until I felt I was happy with it and that I had fixed these issues as best as I could. As a first draft submission I was happy.

CHOOSING A PRODUCTION PROJECT - Today we all pitched our original script ideas to the rest of the class, this was the first time I had done this so I feel I could have done better, but it was a complex premise and I was nervous. I have a lot to work on in the future, but that in itself was a great learning experience. After everyone had pitched their ideas it was then a case of voting for the top 6 project ideas. Mine was not selected but a few of the project ideas I really liked were. We then had to assign ourselves onto a project into specific roles. It had to be two main roles in varying projects. I became nervous as I had never been a part of a production group this size so I had no idea what role to go for or what I would be useful as. Eventually I chose my favourite two of the six ideas and chose the role of ASSISTANT DIRECTOR on ‘Bleeding, Not Broken’ and an EDITOR on ‘WHORE.’ I’m excited to start working on each of the projects and to begin learning more about the roles as we go on.

SHOOT DAY 1 - ‘Bleeding, Not Broken’ - Today was the first day of filming our production, as AD I was beginning to feel nervous with the pressure that was on my shoulders. Never having worked with so many people and not having met some of the people on the course I was partnered with I worried at how they would react if I made a mistake or found out I was inexperienced. Luckily with the help of the PRODUCER I had my clip board assembled with a shot list, shoot schedule and was taking notes. Working with my production group for the first time was amazing. The positivity of all on set was astounding. Even though shooting outside for a great length of time became difficult, all the cast and crew persevered and gave it their all. Although at times we were falling behind the schedule, once we got going we caught up with time and we were able to wrap on time. I learnt a lot on this shoot as everyone pitched in to teach me the ropes, I felt very comfortable with rest of the crew very quickly as they were all very welcoming. A fantastic professional work environment. After wrap the DIRECTOR, PRODUCER and I decided to have a brief together on how the shoot went as we were scheduled to shoot the following day. We were overall pleased with the result but agreed there were some adjustments needed on the next shoot schedule, for example we needed to start shooting later (so it was dark) and giving ourselves more time for each shot. We also had to redraft the shot list as there were a few new ones that were needed.

SHOOT DAY 2 - ‘Bleeding, Not Broken’ - With the redraft of the shoot schedule and shot list, today went a lot more smoothly. I now knew what I was doing and how to stay on top of things. I felt as I if I were in control at all times and everyone was working together well, all of us working simultaneously with each other and just as hard. One problem we ran into while filming was that to get a number of shot only the DoP could operate and view the camera because no one else could fit in the car without being in shot. Therefore it became a trust exercise between the crew and him to get the shots. The shots according to the DIRECTOR were fine from what she had seen and we were happy to continue to move forward with the shoot. By the end of the night we had got everything we needed plus a few pickups, we had finished pretty much exactly when we scheduled to, and everything was done. It was now just a case of the post-production being sent underway. I was very pleased with how the second day of shooting went, I felt composed and that we had learnt from our mistakes from the previous day. We made the necessary adjustments and saw the results we needed. A very fun and all round positive experience.

CREATING OUR SOUND PROJECT - On the 16th of October 2017, our group held our first meeting to brainstorm ideas for the sound project. After bouncing a few ideas off each other we had concluded that the idea we all thought had the most potential was the idea of creating a sound collage and incorporating the most uncomfortable, irritating sounds we could come up with. After discussing the idea more we constructed the narrative of, “A Walk Through a House of Horror.” Thinking of this theme of ‘uncomfortable entertainment’ and ‘abstract art’ we decided to look at and draw from the works of Antonin Artaud and his theatre of cruelty. We wanted to test and learn how to push people completely out of there comfort zone, but adapting these methods to work effectively with only using sound. On the 18th and 19th we began the recording process. We encountered a number of different issues along the way. We were constantly taking it in turns operating the Tascam while the others were making horrendous sounds with numerous objects or just using our vocals. During the process we realised our narrative was, what we felt, the weakest part of the project idea. This was due to it feeling very repetitive. We discussed ways to make it more engaging and to push the audience further out of their comfort zone. We then came up with the idea that it would be, “A Walk Through Hell.” This idea now allowed us to use a number of weird sounds and effects in post as we were no longer restricted to the an ‘earthly dimension.’ We could now bend the perception of realism in our piece. On our third day of recording we had expanded on the idea of using hell as a location and theme. We drew from biblical passages of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Each horsemen having a theme, for example ‘Conquest.’ This is what we decided to use to create a narrative to our piece. The structure was divided between the four themes.

THE SOUND CRIT - The feedback we received was mostly positive, and the aim of our piece seemed to have been a great success. The class all agreed that it was very intense and made them feel very uncomfortable. They also enjoyed the fact that it was a very abstract and that we owned that. The constructive feedback we received was to create a stronger, clearer dialogue throughout the piece. There were moments we used segments of the American ‘Pledge of Elegance’ but that was unclear to the audience due to the distortions we had used; possibly over-used. Moving forward from this I feel we need to experiment a lot more in our work. We need to try a lot more things before deciding to move forward with our project. Especially in the sector of dialogue, to experiment with clarity and sound levels to construct meaning and see what that may possibly bring to the table. In conclusion, I was very happy with our piece and the response it received. I felt there was a clear build and timeline of improvement as we progressed through the piece. In future I have learned to dedicate more time to experimenting with dialogue and other structures.

FINAL DRAFT SCRIPT SUBMISSION - Coming to the deadline towards the end of the semester the final draft of our individual script projects were due. Having been so busy filming and working on various other projects I hadn’t had the chance to look at my original script in a while. Going back and reading it had shown me a lot. I understood that my original concept was far too complex. I am proud of how ambitious it was, but having learnt a lot this semester and having grown as a creator I feel it was not an accurate representation of my best ability. After speaking with Catriona I decided that I would develop an idea I had been working on which I felt was a stronger piece. I felt it was stronger due to the arc of the story, the structure, characters and over all narrative and development of the script. After completing multiple drafts the script finally reached a level where I thought it was complete, it had achieved the status of a final draft. The whole script change shows me how far I have come along this year, and how Napier have helped me develop my skills in the industry. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to learn and to also see my understanding progress.

EDITING THE PRODUCTION PROJECT “WHORE” - The second role I had chosen on a production project was as the EDITOR of the film ‘WHORE.’ The editing software we used on the university campus was completely new to me. So it was an opportunity to learn and to come to grips with it. After learning the basics I was responsible to sync all the footage together with the audio files, a few problems occurred but I was able to work through them and resolve them as I went along. After completion of the syncing I moved along to creating the rough cut. A process I really enjoyed. After achieving the rough cut and approving it with the DIRECTOR I began to fine tune it. This process was a lot lengthier as it was very specific and minute. Unfortunately I had a family member who I was close to pass away, this meant I couldn’t finish the visual lock as I had to fly home. The rest of the group were very supportive. They all stepped in and finished editing the project for me without hesitation. An action that I am very grateful for and one they should be praised for. A great group of people.

PRODUCTION PROJECT CRIT - I had flown back from being home at the funeral to be a part of the film crit. I can honestly say it was hard to focus but I tried my very best. Both of the projects that I was involved in were screened. The response seemed to majorly positive on both parts with only a few small criticisms to adjust. They were majority to do with sound or narrative, which was very useful to hear and to take on board, but luckily they weren’t my roles or responsibility. Hearing the criticism though was very useful as it makes me aware of certain issues to look out and avoid in the future, for example audio levels of recording are correctly adjusted, even though it isn’t your role we can seek to encourage each other while always learning. One thing I took away from the crit is the importance to have a POST-PRODUCTION SUPPERVISOR, a role that sounded both very interesting and useful. A role that I am going to consider on a future project.

#Napier Submission FilmGenre 2017

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