Living in Oblivion

First, Frankly, I don't like this movie. I mean, personally, I don't like it. I had a fun time watching it and it's one of the most clever movies I've seen but :)) the gut feeling is that I don't like it (of course, I don't hate it either).

Now, the first impression is that the narration (correct word?) is very much like Run Lola Run: you see it and it turns out to be not "it" and so on. It's a rather interesting technique (although I have to admit that I somewhat feel annoyed). The black and white scenes remind me of Ed Wood (also because Ed Wood's theme is about similar: filming). I don't particularly like black and white movie (because I feel that there's something missing: color) but I do appreciate the way it's used in Living in Oblivion. The scenes are switched smoothly and cleverly.

One more thing that's great about this one is lighting. I don't usually notice the impact of lighting in movies, but I do in this one. It creates quite an atmosphere and emphasize the actor's facial expression.

And last but not least is the acting. I think each of the actors did his part very well. Frankly, I still can't image how they can do a right acting of a wrong acting. Sounds complicated (to me).

In conclusion, this is a definite recommendation to someone who hasn't seen it yet, but as for myself, I don't think I'll watch it again. I find the film innovative, great (in almost every aspect: acting, lighting, script, music) and interesting but, nah, gut feeling is something that you can't deny.

Project content

I'm in charge of writting the lectures for this project, which eventually means I'm responsible for the whole content. The file can be downloaded here. Except for the quiz, the document has generally every bit of information we put on the flash.

Contracted Hiragana

This is the contracted Hiragana charts: characters created by combine a "i" sound (ie i, ki, chi...) with eather kya, kyu, kyo to create a new sound. There are totally 33 of them.

Hiragana with two dashes and one dot

This is the chart of Hiragana with two dashes and one dot. The dot and dash are put to present more sounds. There are totally 25 of them