Roma

 Had the evening to myself so I thought I'd finally get around to watching Roma. After the first hour passed I was wondering exactly where the film was going but as soon as the credits rolled I didn't want it to end. Roma is as beautiful to watch as it is to think about, it captures the lives of a family of total strangers while making them feel like people we've known all our lives. It brought back memories of my own childhood, going away with friends over the Summer and the inevitable head-aches we put my Mum and Dad through as a result of our excitement. An almost overwhelming sense of humanity is conveyed within Roma, even though its set in 70's Mexico, the events feel oddly universal, bordering on nostalgic. Even though the content of the film isn't compelling in isolation, the feeling it manages to convey is fulfilling and whimsical. A dream of a film that will stay with me for years to come.

High on Chatting

Unwound in the most glorious fashion possible toady. I played some games, met up with Rebecca for a nice lunch and I even watched a film (Carnival of Souls) and listened to a new album (Stranger in the Alps) both of which were excellent - culturally and spiritually, I felt fulfilled by before lunchtime.

After dinner Rebecca and I went to meet up with Pete at a local pub where we discussed recent film viewings and games. I brought my notebook along just in case I got a chance to discuss the topic of my next video with him and man, once we got started on that conversation we were locked into it. I want to make my next video around why video games don't make me cry compared to other mediums, I already had a handful of theories, some were reinforced and others were poo-pooed over some whiskeys. I've still got a bit of a buzz after having such a great chat and I'm eager to get writing already.

Not a Nightmare - Comparing the Resident Evil 2's

Set my video uploading this morning and got around to posting it sometime this afternoon, so without further ado, I present my analysis video on Resident Evil 2 and its remake. Little bit violent in places but I kept out any really nasty bits in case anyone is a wee bit sensitive to that. As I mentioned yesterday, I am real pleased with the final product since its a great showcase for my editing skills more than anything else. Give it a watch if your interested. 

Once work was over and everything with my video was done and dusted I told myself that I could finally relax and do something fun if mindless, and then I realised that I didn't actually know what to do with myself. The tiredness hit me hard too, feels like I haven't slept in two weeks and after eating pancakes tonight I was feeling especially lethargic. I got the day off tomorrow though so I want to spend it pampering myself a little bit so I'm looking forward to that. 

Short and Long Work

Took advantage of my hilariously short working day to crack on with my latest video... and I'm happy to say that it's all done! Woop woop! I'm uploading it sometime tomorrow morning while it exports overnight, but once again as a sneaky peak I'll pop the thumbnail below. Spent a large chunk of my afternoon/evening tightening it all up and after doing some re-writes for the script I can say I'm fairly chuffed with the final product. My editing is perhaps the sharpest here for lots of minor reasons, every day is a school day when it comes to video editing and I'm glad I still have the capacity to surprise myself.

Mentally Queueing

Rebecca popped into work to brighten my day, we agreed to pop out for lunch somewhere whenever I got a chance to go on my break. Bless her, she was sat there for nearly an hour waiting for the queue to go down so I could actually clock off for 30 minutes. We ended up trudging through the wind and rain to the Tobacco Factory Sunday market, which was partially closed due to the naff weather. Felt a bit bad dragging her to North Street to meet up but I'm immensely glad she did - gave me something to look forward to in spite of another busy weekend day.

Painful Pancakes

It was one of those days at work. One of those days where you just look out at the queue of people begging for trendy coffee and you just wish they all drank black americanos instead. Now that the weather has perked up, frappes and smoothies are the name of the game much to my chagrin. They take much longer to prep and push out than a standard order so its a mini defeat every-time I hear one being ordered. In the midst of our busiest period, someone had the tenacity to try jumping the queue and ask me to prep some pancakes for them. Sure love, I'll just stop everything I'm doing, disrupt the flow of work so you can have some oh-so-yummy frozen pancakes...

I mean, that's exactly what I did, but I was still unhappy about it.

Worst part was, they didn't even eat the pancakes! Some people man.

Edit Crunch

Cracked on with a lot of work for my next video with my day off. Finished the script, did the voice recording, got footage, music and clips sorted plus an assembly edit. 12 hours later I'm about 75% of the way done which I'm very pleased with, turned out to be a lot harder than I expected but I knuckled down and now its all coming together. Goal is to get it done and posted by Monday or Tuesday. Even after my eyes started to feel heavy after squinting at a screen all day I rested them by brainstorming my next video with pen and paper, my brain just didn't switch off today and I relished that sensation... but I am ready for sleep now, just not so ready for a very long shift tomorrow when all I want is a lie-in.