English Language Challenges

For the last time

HIIII!!!!!

At first, I was very scared because the last English class that I had was two years ago at school, so I was very anxious; my biggest fear was not being able to understand anything. But when the classes started, all that anxiety disappeared, the classes were dynamic and friendly, the course always maintained an atmosphere of respect and Professor Rene was always very understanding of the students' problems and I am very grateful for that.

About of the blogs, at first, I was also nervous because it was something that I had never done before, and again my worries flew away when the writing of the blogs started, I also started to enjoy the writing process and I think the consistency of the blogs helped me a lot.

I think the weakest point of my English is definitely the speaking, I am very ashamed by my pronunciation and the strong accent that I have and that make it very difficult for me to speak, I don't really know how to improve it, besides just practice a lot, but it is difficult, especially in the quarantine times that we are living because I am not in a situation where I really need to speak English.

These days, to my own surprise, I have been using English quite frequently. I watch many series and movies in English and I constantly challenge myself to see them without subtitles. Also, I am constantly reading in English, I think that especially this has helped me to gradually expand my vocabulary.

And for the last time too

Goodbye and take care!

Memories Rescue

Hi!

Several months ago, my dad asked me to do a rescue task, transform a bunch of 8mm tapes from a handycam into a digital format. That's what I've been doing since the start of the strike, better known as “paro”.

As I said before, in another blog, I don't get along very well with technology, so at the beginning it was pretty difficult for me and I didn't know if what I was doing was right.

The process for change the format from a tape to digital is slooow and I had a lot of problems, first I was missing a very important cable, then I couldn't install a program that allowed me to do the format change and finally, one of the tapes got stuck in the machine, I just wanted to cry… so I cried…and then I asked for help.

When all the problems were resolved I started the transformation, and that happened in real time, so if one of the tapes has 2 hours of recordings, the transformations take 2 hours. Many of the tapes were recorded months apart, so I have to be really focused to make cuts and keep a chronological order.

During this rescue process, I've seen recordings from 18 years ago or even more, I've been able to see my older brother when was a kid and a younger version of my parents and grandparents.

Has really been a time travel full of emotions, a very demanding process but very nice too.

Goodbye and take care!

Subject I've enjoyed studying this semester

Hiii U!

In general I enjoy all my classes but in the times of quarantine that we are living It has been really difficult for teachers and students of film, because an important part of many subjects is the practical and group work and that in these times is practically impossible, that has been very frustrating and sometimes makes me feel like I'm not learning anything… Whoa that sounded very sad.

Well, despite the problems life goes on. So how do I have to choose a subject, I'm going to talk about "Script 1", this subject has made me want to hit my head against the walls, but not in a bad way, I guess?

“Script 1” is the first approach to learning about script writing, in classes we are told about cinematographic genres, writing structures and we share the progress each student has in the writing of they own story, here is when I feel like I want to hit my head against a wall.

Creating and developing a story is more complicated than I imagined, it is a slow and long process, where many times I have felt lost, but at the same time is a process very interesting and challenging. It's really a love-hate relationship, with a little despair.

Goodbye and take care!

Carrer-Related Website

Hello!

I spend a lot of time in my phone and one of my favorite apps is Instagram, there I follow many pages related to cinema and today I will talk to you specifically about two of them.

(I did not know how to put a link for these pages, so I will put images of their content)

The first is “colorpalette.cinema”, just as its name says the content of the page are posts of frames from different movies analyzing the color, also in the description of the publication they add the technical sheet of the films. I have been following this page around two years ago and I really like, its so interesting how the use of the color contributes to create an atmosphere.

The second Instagram page is “cinegramática” here the posts are diverse, but the ones that I like the most are the “behind the scene”, those are always so fun to watch and many of them are so clever in the way they are done, like in the use of the materials or the crazy positions that the cameraman have to do. I also been following this page for around two years ago.

Goodbye and take care! 

Free Topic

Hiii!

In the quarantine times that we're living now, more than ever, I feel the need to laugh, so in the last weeks I've been watching a lot of comedy series, and a few days ago I started to watch an American TV comedy called “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”.

This series was created by Daniel J. Goor and Michael Schur and was released in September 17, 2013 through the Fox network, and to the date Brooklyn Nine-Nine has seven seasons.

Like other comedy series as a “Modern Family” and as “How I Met Your Mother”, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, maintains a format of short episodes with a duration of approx. 22 minutes.

The series follows the adventures of a group of detectives from New York Police Department Police Station 99, the plot begins with the arrival of a new police captain, Raymond Holt, an experienced police officer who will do everything possible to maximize the efficiency and professionalism of his detectives.

This series has made me laugh a lot in the last few days, and as I move forward with the chapters, I get more and more attached to its characters, and laugh at the situations in which they are involved.

So, if you want to laugh for a while, I recommend this series.

Goodbye and take care!

A photograph that i like

Hii!

This photo was taken probably between the years 2005 - 2006, my family and I were on the beach, I really don't know who took the picture or what exact beach we were, but when I look to this photo, I feel so nostalgic and then I think that I had a nice childhood.

But what I really like about this photo is what you can’t see, like my parents' exhaustion from traveling with three young children or ¿how we all climbed that rock?

But looking in more detail at the photo I start to notice some funny things like, why my brother's hair is wet? or what it was my sister seeing to make that funny face? And finally, how long did it take to my parents get me to stay still so they could take the picture (I was a very hyperactive child)

Whenever I look at this picture it brings me joy.

Good bye and take care!

Nightmare

HI YOU

Right now, I don´t feel great I’m kind of sick, so I’m not in a really creative mood in the moment but I'll try to tell you something not too boring.

I had a bad dream a few nights ago, I’m the kind of person who dreams every night and sometimes it is really exhausting, but the dream that I had that night was too awful.

I was with my family on an island with a lighthouse, my sister and brother were at the sea and I looked at them from outside of the water, I saw something in the water and yelled at them to come out of the water, my brother listened to me but my little sister couldn't get out, the shadow in the water was every time more close to her and I couldn’t move, I was desperate but my sister was really calm.

When the shadow was next to her, I could see that it was like a mix between shark and whale and it had a lot of teeth, but then something strange happened, the monster looks my sister in the eye and then it left.

It was a nightmare to see my sister in danger and I couldn’t do anything, I hope you didn't get too bored with my story.

NOW BYE