Episode 2 Trailer

I've finally completed the second installment of my video blog. Below you can watch the preview video. Although the preview doesn't present the entire idea of the synopsis of the episode. The full thing should be completed in the next coming week, as I add the final touches. Stay tuned (or not) until then to find out the what the second one is all about.

The preview contains clips from our trip to Kenting, the southmost point of the Taiwan. A friend of mine, Alison Perry, came all the way from NYC to visit, so my buddy Val and I decided to take her to one of the most renown and picturesque parts of the island. I'll go ahead and speak for all three of us and say that we thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially when we got down and dirty and did some serious hiking in the Kenting National Park. There were some kick-ass views from atop the mountains. Highly recommended for those of you who will make it out there one day. It is also a nice change to the usual itinerary for Kenting, which usually encompasses getting wasted and partying. I've done my fair share of that down there.

Life in Taipei can get slightly monotonous from time to time (as you will see in the full episode), so these mini trips around the island is our way to ensure we never get too bored with the quotidian routine. Enjoy and stay tuned!

Episode 2 Promo Pic

I had some creativity bulb go off today and I decided to put some stuff together. I wrote out the script for the second episode including the music and all that good stuff. The tentative title is... well, I am still working on that. But, I did put together this silly promo pic with myself in it. All in good fun!

"Sheme the fcuk?" Pilot Episode

So, the first episode is finally here! I had to edit and upload it a ridiculous amount of times until I finally was satisfied with the way it came out. iMovie disappointed me a number of times, as it had failed to save certain parts of the movie and the BIGGEST let down was with iMovie 9 when the audio and video settings went completely out of whack during the upload. Luckily, this problem was fixed in iMovie 11, which came out right around the time when I was attempting to upload the video to YouTube. I am sure there are more problems to be discovered in iMovie 11, however. iPhoto 11 is already malfunctioning when transferring photos from the iPhone. Macs sure do have their share of issues, even if they are not susceptible to most computer viruses.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the pilot episode, and my first attempt at a v-blog. I am already working on the second one and hopefully it will be done in shorter amount of time. Although, I do need more ram and hard drive space in order to put it all together.

P.S. For an explanation for the bizarre title of the episode, refer to the YouTube summary. I promise it will make sense.

Situation 101 Series Trailer Version II

Here's the second, edited version of the trailer that I posted on Facebook. I edited it for some content. If you notice, it's really small and sort of insignificant. Anyways, enjoy!

Situation 101 Series Trailer

As promised, the trailer has been finished and uploaded to YouTube. Enjoy! The pilot episode should be done soon. Stay tuned!

Higher Resolution "Promotional" Images

In the last post they were too small to really appreciate my art! Haha

The new V-Blog

So as you all can tell, it has been ages since my last update. And the same goes formy last few updates. I think I have realized a reason for this - I am just not that big on writing things down. Moreover, my procrastination tendencies make it even harder tokeep this blog up to date.

However, I think I might have found a solution. I have always had an appreciation for visual arts, especial video and image editing. Finally, this past year, I have materialized my hobby into something tangible. Actually, years back, I bought a now archaic Sony Mini-DV camera and

since then have been gathering together footage of my daily life. Throughout the years I have acquired quite a collection of mini-DV tapes.

More recently, after getting my hands on a new iPhone 4, which records digital video in high definition (720 hdp), I have started to document the best moments of my life in Taiwan, albeit not really teaching English anymore. So the blog quote might be slightly misleading and outdated now. But, more importantly, instead of writing things down, I take things down in the moment - by recording it!

And with this cool new iPhone 4 feature, I think my mini-DV tapes will have to take a back seat for a while. Until I can allocate some serious time to re-watching and editing them. For now, I will focus on my current footage that I have acquired. I have decided to edit the video in style of a reality series, or better yet - webizodes. Webizodes, a portmanteau, meaning an episode on the web, would be a perfect way to share my footage with you all. At least those of you who are interested in watching. We'll see what happens and where this process will take me. I will be uploading the videos to my YouTube account and posting updates of them on here.

The name I came up with for my web series is Situation 101. "101" being associated with the Taipei 101 skyscraper (featured in the blog picture at the very top of the page), the former tallest building in the world. The symbolism is pretty clear and need not be explained. The "situation" part of the title, I lament to admit, was borrowed from the Jersey Shore show, and symbolizes the different situations that take place with me and my friends here in Taiwan. The pilot episode is due to be finished in the next coming week (I have yet to come up with a title for it) and should be uploaded by the end of the month. In the mean time, I think I will put together a short series trailer to give people an idea of what my new Video Blog will consist of.

Stay tuned!

P.S. I've included some "promotional" images above! I mean, if you're gonna do something, you gotta do it right, right?