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!