One of my friends gave me this electronic copy of the brief NHK documentary segment about me that appeared last week.
So… this was ripped from a VHS using a G3 iMac [read: old computer]. The motion was already bad so I didn’t worry about encoding it at such a high quality. Supposedly they’re sending me a DVD of the show next week, and at that time I hope to encode it properly.
Warning: all Japanese!
HOLY CRAP!!!
Totally awesome. I loved so many things about the video:
1) the slow pan up from your crossed legs at your computer desk (very strange)
2) about 3/4 of the way through when the BGM changed and it got all touchy-feely; classic NHK wrap-up
3) the Jackie Chan bit at the beginning! (so many memories of “dirt bags”
4) the miniature cars in the “Shamisen Kyoshitsu”
5) your TRUE MASTERY of the nod-head-to-indicate-I’m-done-with-my-sentence behavior… not only have you totally pwn3d the language, but you’ve also trained your neck and eyelid muscles quite expertly
Congratulations, Sym. This is totally awesome.
Chris:
Thanks!
1.) Yes! I thought that was really bizarre too. I wish I had been sitting with better posture too.
2.) Yes! I knew that was coming too, since the director sent me one of his pieces on Japanese Noh, and the same music came up.
3.) Yes! Can you believe I get paid for that?
4.) Yes! I had a lesson tonight and told my teacher that, and he said “Yeah, they’re great, huh?”
5.) Yes! I had no idea I did it so much until I saw this video. I was super nervous and a little sick too, which probably increased my blinking and nodding. “Ok. I’m done. Either ask another question or stop filming.”
Jesse:
Subtitles are a good idea. I still don’t have the DVD, but let me think about how long it would take me to put them in. It’s only 5-min, but I’ve never done it before…
Anyway, I’ve actually got the filming for the Kubota program tomorrow. So we’ll get another chance to see how much I blink!
Yay – I finally got to see it – thanks for the video tip. I would love to know what those women were saying about you at the beginning!
Just a quick update for those who might be waiting for a HQ version:
I’ve got a DVD, but, unfortunately, the entire show is on it, so I’d have to rip it and do some editing. My computer just isn’t fast enough to do that efficiently, so I think for now my time is better spent elsewhere.
Sorry!
