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The term “B-roll” comes from the world of film where editors used to use an “A” and a “B” roll of footage, before the digital age changed everything. It is alternative footage intercut with the main shot. B-roll shots are similar to cutaways in that they help break up the static interview shots.
It can make telling a story much easier and compelling with added footage. As a general rule B-Roll can include animation, graphical elements, photographs and extra footage.
Wiki sheds some more light on the term and it's usage.
"The term B-roll originates from a particular solution to the problem of visible splices in the narrow film stock used in 16 mm film. 35 mm film was wide enough to hide splices, but 16 mm film revealed the splices as flaws in the picture.
Until the mid-1970s, teams shot both main A-roll and secondary B-roll footage on 16 mm film. Sound was integrated onto the film by way of a magnetic stripe at the edge of the film. The A-roll and B-roll scenes, shot at 24 frames per second, were converted to the television frame rate of 30 fps using a telecine system consisting of two film projectors, one showing the main A-roll footage and the other showing the B-roll. The sound from the A-roll footage was used, or sound from narration or voiceover, while images without sound from the B-roll were intercut as desired.
In the 1980s, the term B-roll was adopted for linear video editing using at least two video tape machines. Traditionally, the tape decks in an edit suite were labeled by letter, with the 'A' deck being the one containing the main tape upon which the main action material was shot. The 'B' deck was used to run tapes that held additional footage such as establishing shots, cutaway shots, and any other supporting footage. The sound was usually taken from the A deck alone, so that the B deck provided video without sound. As linear editing systems were unable to dissolve between clips on the same tape, an edit decision list (EDL) was used to mark clips as "A-roll" and "B-roll" to indicate source machines."
Take 2 from my visit here to Shaftesbury on May 2021.
Gold Hill is a steep cobbled street in the town of Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset. The view looking down from the top of the street has been described as "one of the most romantic sights in England.
Gold Hill really came to fame in 1973 as the star of director Ridley Scott’s television advertisement for Hovis bread showing a young grocer boy valiantly pushing his bike up the steep hill to make his deliveries to the musical accompaniment of Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9. In 2006 it was voted by the public as the most loved advertisement ever. Ironically the voiceover was made in a Northern accent and the music performed by a brass band giving the impression that the scene was actually in Yorkshire rather than Dorset!
This was a song from the musical "War of the Worlds" which also includes a voiceover by Richard Burton (1978)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77rinB5pYqA
The summer sun is fading as the year grows old
And darker days are drawing near
The winter winds will be much colder
Now you're not here
I watch the birds fly south across the autumn sky
And one by one they disappear
I wish that I was flying with them
Now you're not here
Like the sun through the trees you came to love me
Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away
Through autumn's golden gown we used to kick our way
You always loved this time of year
Loose fallen leaves lie undisturbed now
Cos you're not here x 3
Like the sun through the trees you came to love me
Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away
A gentle rain falls softly on my weary eyes
As if to hide a lonely tear
My life will be forever autumn
Cos you're not here x 6
Songwriters: Gary Anthony Osborne / Jeff Wayne / Paul Anthony Vigrass
I've always been interested in voiceover work and I have to say, for some reason, when I look at this gorgeous flower and all its floral taffeta, I have a character in my mind that's saying (in a very British accent and lisp), "Oh daaaaarling, juth-t look at thith dreth, ithn't it it quite thimply ekth-kwithit? The mothe gorgeouth thing you've ever theen?" (...does a 360 degree twirl while grinning madly). "Come, come - give me your hand, my dear. I'm juth-t dyyyyyying for you to meet the otherth."
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‘This a very wild place - not civilized.'
(From: Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys, 1966).
Savages!
By nightfall she finds herself tied to a pole in the rising sea, battered by angry waves. They have forced her to wear the Ghost Mask of the Intruder. All part of routine immigration formalities, they said. She ain't happy! Big crabs snap at her feet, the tide is coming in, the water is cold, and the first sharks are beginning to take an interest in her. This ain't civilized! This is no way to treat a Lady! Savages!!
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Whatever happened?? Will she survive? Will the crabs get to her first? Can she escape the rising tide? Will the sharks eat her alive? And will she get her tourist visa?
Find out in autumn when we return!
The Prisoner in Red: Kangsom
(don't worry, it's just the movies)
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From our series 'Island Story' - the story of a shipwreck. "Alone and stranded on tropical shores that time forgot, a beautiful Lady from Shanghai struggles for survival, with humor, charm and style. Storms, cannibals and witches - she will encounter them all!"
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Alas, I am forced to put things on hold for a while due to some international travel and a bureaucratic nightmare, followed by holidays in Scandinavia. I will try my best to put out a few new photos every now and then. I wish you a pleasant summer!
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Excerpt from totimes.ca:
OTTAWA, ON and TORONTO, Feb. 14, 2022 – Canadian Nurses Association, the national organization dedicated to championing nurses across Canada, today in Toronto unveiled a massive, 28-storey reminder to people in Canada of the immense role nurses have played and continue to play amidst a continuing worldwide health-care crisis in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The mural, entitled “We Are Nurses — We Answer The Call,” located at Toronto’s Dixon Hall shelter in the Yonge-Dundas area, was officially dedicated this morning at an on-site ceremony which included remarks from CNA executives and spokespersons.
“COVID has impacted the nursing profession in measures we still can’t quantify,” said Tim Guest, CNA President. “Nurses in all practice settings, many in crisis, have played a significant role in the last two years responding to this deadly virus. Despite the disproportionate toll on their own mental health as a result, they have continued to answer the call that this pandemic has foisted on the Canadian health systems. The latest wave may be waning, but we are in still in the middle of a bonafide health-care crisis. This monumental artwork serves as a reminder of nurses’ sacrifice.”
The mural, created by artist collective Oneday Creates, depicts the diverse faces of four nurses looking out at the city’s skyline. Complementing the static image featured on the wall, and as a nod to the art and science in which the nursing profession is steeped, the mural also contains an augmented reality overlay, launched via QR code on mobile devices. The AR experience brings the nurses’ faces to life with voiceovers and links to stories from the front line and other CNA initiatives.
I've been planning to shoot Vegas Elvis here in Keong Saik Road for a while: at night it looks amazing, the distracting colours of the buildings behind will be replaced by lovely bokeh light balls. I bought a geared tripod head earlier in the day and stopped on the way home to do a quick test. Being close to 5pm, I was starting to get nice shadows, too.
I need to reframe to get Elvis higher - I love the cinematic crop of 21:9 but the 35mm FOV of the RX1 won't let me do that given that I can't back up any more. I have a 19mm lens on a Sony A6300 that might do the trick, so that camera will come along for the next shot.
I love being home to put my daughter to bed, so sunset / night shots are a big commitment now. Finding shots that work in the day time is now my obsession!
marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Sweetiekittens-Cute-Anime-Gi...
I like doing voiceovers so here are some cute gestures I made
check out my others! ^_^
I spotted Rudolph along 3rd Street in Santa Monica and I thought he would be a good stranger to talk to. He was kind and interesting and had a lot of stories about places he had been and people that he had met. He was a renowned classical and jazz bassoonist but a recent injury to his wrist limits that career. Now he's a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and he is turning his focus within the performing arts from music to acting, including commercials, voiceovers and animation.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Group Page.
Gemma and my ode to the people affected by the writer's strike. There are just too many of my friends touched by the WGA strike. When the writers strike, the shows stop and lots of people may and will lose their jobs. The last strike in 1988 lasted 5 months.
So for my friend who's husband creates characters for a hit show, my friend who is an executive at a network, my friend who is a lead on a new show, my friend who is a voiceover artist, my friends in between shows, my friend who is a writer and had to fly back to the UK today, my friend who owns a casting company, my many, many, many clients who act and all the people (from the caterers to the headshot photographers) affected we are praying for a quick resolution.
This one is probably my favourite, because of the iconic red Hong Kong taxi going past. Growing up, they were diesel powered cars, but because of pollution issues in the former British colony, all cabs in Hong Kong now are LPG - they're silent now.
It was a 2 lane road going right to left, and this taxi was in the near lane, and was going to make a turn at the light, so it was slowing down.
Behind it, the bus was past the light and continuing full speed, and the stuttering effect with the light trail is the 10 fps refresh rate of the orange display board showing which route the bus runs.
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"The Hunt For Red January" (Sunsets); SS IMRAN - Hunter-Class Sun(set)Seeker. Target In Range, Ready, Arm Photon Torpedoes, Shoot/Fire! - IMRAN™
If you have loved movies like "The Hunt For Red October", then you will enjoy my version of a sequel in the parallels to the story of this sunset.
Columbia (MBA IMRAN's) Pictures Presents: "The Hunt For Red January."
EXT.
Florida. Coast Of Tampa Bay.
Present Day. 1800 Zulu.
Pakistani American mariner & aviator is peering across the scene in front of him. He unzips his windbreaker to reach into a pocket. He pulls out 2 dog treats he tosses at two attentive U-boat experienced German(Shepherd Dog)s standing at attention on either side of him.
VOICEOVER:
"We had completed the assigned circle around the sun. We had survived the year 2020. 2021 had officially begun. But there were still negative energy and dangerous radiation leaks from around us that meant 2020 had not given up its hold. It was repeating the negative cycles by sending a repeating red heavenly body which we had to shoot down every night until January 21, when, we were assured, the last of the orange radiation and Soviet-era enemy influences would wane.
That was our mission tonight. The Hunt For Red January Sunset(s).
The sleek black and gadgetry armed Nikon D850 with its long lens in front was braving the whipping wind, using its latest technology to track and then to shoot (a timelapse video of) this (stunning) sunset. A massive force of a red and gold sun with an accompanying armada of pink, gold, and purple clouds was giving it cover from the prying eyes of SS (Sunset Seeker) IMRAN Hunter Class warriors.
The predicted course of the starship Sun was unfolding on the heavenly map over Tampa Bay, across from my blessed home in Apollo Beach, Florida. But these last few days would require everything the fleet could throw at it. So it was a great moment for the old but experienced Nikon D300 to play some photography war-games alongside its two-decades newer cousin, the D850. The SS IMRAN Hunter Class D850 (non-submersible) was silently tracking the movements of the sun. It appeared to be peering at it like a periscope raised from inside the swimming pool.
The older and slower, but strategic and untethered D300 was lurking nearby, watching the watcher, sunset, and camera hunting the sunset-hunting camera.
The flagship D850 led the action. Target(s) in-sight(s), ping for autofocus, target acquired, lock on, hold her steady, go full manual, lens to manual, set shutter priority, arm photon torpedo zoom tube, set range for 200mm, set depth (of field) infinite, (focus) lock, and fire.... Fire! Fire! Fire!
Pink trails of Apollo (Beach) rocket photon torpedoes in the water streak across the oceanic horizons.... striking the massive space body just as it touches the horizon... It's a direct hit. And another. Another one gone.... Another one strikes the rust (ball of fire).
Flash, boom,.... and, .... Fire again..... More photos.... Flash, Boom!
And then the massive sun, at least on this one day, seeming to try and hold its place on the horizon, doing its best to stay afloat, struggling like a mighty orange beast humbled into defeat, attempting to unleash some gamma rays in retaliation before sinking, seems to give up the fight, and at first slowly, but then rapidly sinks. There is goes.... down....down... down. The sun, the orange ball, has sunk.
Distant waves like ripples in space-time mark where the nuclear fusion-powered solar beast met its timely and nightly end.... Sinking below the depths of the horizon, into the seas of reality, and the history books of memories of another day of a blessed life. Mission Accomplished.
Turning up my collar to the cold wind and damp winter air, I looked at Kennedy and K2, my German Shepherds. Down periscope. Down, boys, down. All Nikons, disarm shooting systems, switch to fully automatic. Multiple beeps sound.... Program Mode confirmed on all devices. Kennedy and K2 wagged confirmations and I ordered a return to a warmer home base... back inside the house.
"The End!"
© 2021 IMRAN™
How boring does the "Beijing Planning Museum" sound? Very!
How surprisingly awesome is the "Beijing Planning Museum"? Very!
The museum features a few giant city-models. And I mean GIANT! You can get a sense of the size of this thing by looking at the waist-height red rope around the outside. Not only is this a fully detailed model, but each of the buildings light up individually in a cascade, corresponding to a dreamy Chinese voiceover. The voice describes each sector of the city and what makes it unique. There is music playing in the background that I could have sworn was the same music as "Jurassic Park", so that was a very strange addition to the scene.
from Trey Ratcliff at www.stuckincustoms.com
This is an edited (cut out the really blurry bits) that shows the essence of my little adventure today. It also reveals that I am NOT a videographer and wlllnever do voiceover work. In my defence it was a grey day and I did not have my cool Zacuto Z-finder on me that would have helped me be less jittery.
Explored Jan 15... never would have expected that!
Played chauffeur to my wife and daughter this afternoon as my little girl is doing some voiceover work. Meant that I had a couple of hours to kill so ventured into Regents Park and shot the blossom.
Les ouvertures se font rares dans ce temple protestant. Reconstruit par les prussiens après l'avoir détruit (et une grande partie des archives de la ville au passage) en 1870, cet édifice en grés rose fait brut même de l'intérieur. Ce dernier est composé d'une grande halle et est épuré au possible selon les volontés protestantes.
Fun fact : Du fait de la même époque et du même style, elle a plusieurs similitudes avec l'architecture la gare de Strasbourg construite quelques années après avec notamment ce grés rose et ses vitraux aux inspiration néo-romanes (cf commentaire).
Sources : Archi-wiki sur l'église (FR) && Archi-wiki sur l'ancienne église détruite (FR) && Wikipedia sur l'église (FR) && En vidéo (FR)
Yesterday I had Sir Charles on the door to the men's toilets at Archerfield Airport in Brisbane. I guess rather undignified having him collect 20 cents to use the facilities, poor man after being such a pioneering aviator in his day. Luckily for us, one of his most famous planes, the Southern Cross was never scrapped and is now the central piece of the Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial at Brisbane Airport. Here's a note from what they have to say (more below).
"Calling all aviation enthusiasts and Brisbane historians, allow extra time on your next trip to Brisbane Airport to visit the the Kingsford Smith Memorial.
This memorial is dedicated to the early Australian aviator Sir Charles, best known for making the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia, the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand.
The preserved “Southern Cross” aeroplane, which Kingsford Smith used for the trans-tasman flight is on display at this memorial, and Brisbane Airport is the custodian of this important relic for the Commonwealth of Australia.
The best way to tour the centre is through a self-guided tour of the information boards, or via the voiceover system that tells the story of the Southern Cross."
Sadly, the Memorial is a bit tucked away on the way into the airport, and hard to find and get into. Also, the front windows lean in to the top and it looks like BNE (Brisbane Airport...Corporation) doesn't know about window cleaners. Between reflections and dust, even with a PL filter it was hard to get a decent nose on shot.
In my last year of work before retirement we moved to new large premises at Eagle Farm* on the old airport property. We had a competition to name the conference and break out rooms (note the modern nomenclature!) which I won, naming them after pioneering men and women of aviation in Australia. A small legacy to Smithy and his friends. I hope ten years on they still have those names. We also have an original oil painting of a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo which is entitled "Smithy" (the artist's title). I like to think they both have a little spirit of each other in their wings.
Here is the full story of Southern Cross and much about Smithy! The Aviator that is.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Cross_(aircraft)
* For much of its life, Brisbane Airport was known simply as Eagle Farm Airport after the suburb in which it was located. Now it's big enough to be a suburb in itself and moved a little east end on end.
This is part of the Steam Illuminations event at the Watercress Line heritage railway in Hampshire, UK. The steam locomotive featured is number 506 (LSWR Urie S15 Class), which, along with the carriages, has been specially decorated with thousands of programmable LED lights for the event. Locomotive no. 506, returned to service in 2019 after a lengthy restoration. The Steam Illuminations is a unique light and sound show featuring LED lights on both the exterior and interior of the train carriages, synchronized to music and hosted by a TV personality (‘Voiceover Man’).
The "Steam Illuminations," is a separate light-show experience and generally does not feature a Santa visit on the train itself. Trains depart from either Alresford or Alton and return to the starting station. The full experience lasts approximately 1 hour 45 minutes, but allows 2 hours for the festive adventure.
The Watercress Line is the marketing name of the Mid-Hants Railway, a heritage railway running 16 km from New Alresford to Alton where it connects to the National Rail network. The line gained its popular name in the days when it was used to transport locally grown watercress to markets in London. The railway currently operates regular scheduled services, along with dining trains, real ale trains and numerous special events throughout the year.
The train is shown at Alton railway station which serves the market town of Alton. The station is the terminus for two railway lines: the Alton Line, which runs to Brookwood and on to London Waterloo, and the Mid Hants Watercress Railway which runs to Alresford. The latter once ran through to Winchester, but was closed to passengers in February 1973; it reopened as a heritage line in 1985. Two other routes, both now closed, also served the station: the Meon Valley line to Fareham and the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway.
Services operate along the Alton Line to Brookwood and join the South West Main Line towards London Waterloo. The line was single-tracked as far as Farnham by British Rail in the early 1980s
watercressline.co.uk/special-days/steam-illuminations/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercress_Line
Come see me.. I got you! Working back into the SL radio and club world. Need sweepers bumpers commercials etc? I'm your gal!
Visit this location at *VOICE FACTORY - Voice Over Services/Voice Work/Voice Actor in Second Life
The artwork "Holy Quarter" begins with the video story of the British explorer Harry St John Philly, who traversed the Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter) desert in the 1930s. He tried to find the ruins of an ancient city he believed was buried in the sand. Instead, he found the traces of what he assumed was a volcano. But it was, in fact, one of the largest craters made by meteorite on earth, causing a strange ghostly landscape. The film was shot on this location and the artist Monira Al Qadiri visits the place, to connect with her country's hidden narrative, with another history beyond that of fossil capitalism and geopolitical power struggles. She was raised in Kuwait, one of the world's largest oil exporters.
The room also contains shiny glass sculptures placed on the floor. They suggest oil bubbles or hardened lava, but are actually based on the shapes of the meteorites that Philly recovered. A voiceover says: "Beware of the curse of the black pearl."
One of the artworks of the Borås Art Biennial 2024 (exhibited at Borås Art Museum). This year's theme is "Layers, Loops, Lines".
boraskonstmuseum.se/english/boras-museum-of-modern-art/ex...
(website also in English)
The Stranger: [voiceover]
Way out west there was this fella I wanna tell ya about. Goes by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least that was the handle his loving parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. See, this Lebowski, he called himself "The Dude". Now, "Dude" - there's a name no man would self-apply where I come from.
But then there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place so darned interestin'. See, they call Los Angeles the "City Of Angels"; but I didn't find it to be that, exactly. But I'll allow it as there are some nice folks there. 'Course I ain't never been to London, and I ain't never seen France. And I ain't never seen no queen in her damned undies, so the feller says. But I'll tell you what - after seeing Los Angeles, and this here story I'm about to unfold, well, I guess I seen somethin' every bit as stupefyin' as you'd seen in any of them other places. And in English, too. So I can die with a smile on my face, without feelin' like the good Lord gypped me.
Now this here story I'm about to unfold took place in the early '90s - just about the time of our conflict with Sad'm and the I-raqis. I only mention it because sometimes there's a man... I won't say a hero, 'cause, what's a hero? Sometimes, there's a man. And I'm talkin' about the Dude here - the Dude from Los Angeles. Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude. The Dude, from Los Angeles. And even if he's a lazy man - and the Dude was most certainly that. Quite possibly the laziest in all of Los Angeles County, which would place him high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide. Sometimes there's a man, sometimes, there's a man.
Well, I lost my train of thought here. But... aw, hell. I've done introduced it enough.
Elvis on Des Voeux Road Central as 7 ton buses pass on either side, with the long exposure creating the electric blasts of light.
The only drawback? 7 tons either side on a long exposure means it's impossible to get the microphone ultra pin-sharp, but the over-all effect of motion against a steady subject draws the eye in.
Gotta figure out a way to stabilize this better so I can get the Shure logo super sharp next time!
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Embark on a tranquil visual odyssey with "Whispers of Winter," a short nature video that takes you through the serene and snowy vistas set to the soothing tunes of folk music. With no voiceover to interrupt the peaceful ambiance, this video is a pure meditative experience. Glide over pristine white snowscapes, marvel at the soft glow of dawn reflecting off the icy surfaces, and wander through the tranquil scenes of rural hamlets nestled in the wintry embrace. Each frame of this video is a postcard from the heart of winter, inviting you to relax and find a moment of peace amidst the silent beauty of nature. Whether you're seeking a visual escape or a moment of quiet contemplation, "Whispers of Winter" is your gateway to the soul-stirring quietude of the season.
This video is done in the style of the closing segment of the TV show "Sunday Morning," characterized by the use of ambient sound minus voiceover and/or background music to accentuate the visuals. :)
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(Barbie & Raquelle)
Barbie : She’s gonna be so happy ! I can’t believe everything she go through the last few weeks !
Raquelle : Barbie, you could use one of these loud and clear voiceover that are mostly use in sitcom to explain what you mean !?
Barbie : Why ?
Raquelle : Just do it !
Barbie : Ehh… okay.. « Summer find out that Teresa & Ryan secretly see each other » .. And … Raquelle what’s the point of that ?
Raquelle : Continue.
Barbie : « And she got hit by a car, so we were all really worried. »
Raquelle : That’s false, The hit a car, not get hit. She run and that poor car didnt see it coming.
Barbie : But Still I don’t get …
Raquelle : whatever… you ruin what was suppose to be a great voice over with your dumb Questions… When is she coming ?
Barbie : In a few minutes ! The others might come really soon too !
Here's Elvis sitting on an internally lit traffic bollard on Des Voeux Road Central in Hong Kong. When the 50mm Summilux-M is wide open & bokeh balls are perfect circles, it's hard to make out the background. So I stopped down a little, hence the polygonal edges to the bokeh of lights.
It's not obvious what this is, but if you live in Hong Kong, you'd know it's an iconic street tram approaching on the left (see the tracks embedded into the road surface?) The big white ball of light is the headlamp.
I would have loved to have a longer exposure to get light trails but buses and trams are so heavy that they'd shake the road and I'd lose the pin-sharp focus. FYI, I had a small LED light shining on the front of the mic to help pop, and in Lightroom, I dialed down the vibrancy & saturation for a more life-like look.
A pedestrian bridge supporting both folks and bikes over the Platte River... the sun helpfully hiding behind the main support...
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Meredith (closing voiceover): We enter the world alone and we leave it alone. And everything that happens in between, we owe it to our self to find a little company. We need help. We need support. Otherwise we’re in it by our self. Strangers, cut off from each other and we forget just how connect we all are. So instead we choose love. We choose life and for a moment we feel just a little bit less alone.
--“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Go North East's Washington-based "Connections4" branded Mercedes Citaro 0530N/Mercedes Citaro 5364 (BX63 BDE) is pictured here at Go North East's Washington Depot, Washington, looking resplendent after having been driven through the bus wash, undergoing a destination display and Next Stop Announcement media update. 27/02/16
In line with minor service changes to "Connections4" service 4 and "Red Arrows" service X1, and the re-launch of the brand for the latter, Go North East has updated its Next Stop Announcement media screens on these services.
As part of a wider scheme for all of the company's existing Next Stop Announcements to be reviewed - the main visual changes are summarised below:
- The company is expected to roll out a new 'line-plan' format on all services with Next Stop Announcements, allowing passengers to see the previous, next and future stops, as well as the ultimate terminal point, with scope in future of showing expected journey times.
- Go North East will depict connections to other Go North East buses at key interchange points by showing images of the brightly coloured buses. Passengers should recognise the striking livery design and know that they need to alight to connect to that service.
- BuzzFare ticketing zones will be advertised, so that passengers are aware of where a boundary starts and ends on the route.
- Go North East will make use of the TFT monitors on express routes in between long-distance bus stops by promoting the company's smartphone application which allows customers to see live times, buy tickets and download timetables while on the go; as well as other things such as the company's 'Key' smartcard that makes travelling by bus easier, cheaper and more secure.
The new Next Stop Announcements will be voiced by Emma Hignett, who is a female British voiceover, best known as the voice of London's buses. Emma has a classic, warm, friendly, and informative voiceover.
Standing in the courtyard of the beautiful Thian Hock Keng Temple in Singapore's Chinatown, you can see the intricate tiling on the floor that identifies the different areas around the altars and the prayer hall. Even in the middle of a busy weekday afternoon, devotees can find solace here.
It is the oldest Hokkien temple in the country, and the main temple, where this image was shot, is dedicated to the Taoist goddess of the sea and protector of all seamen, Mazu, significant for Singapore's origins as a port with many traders using the island as a gateway to other points in South Asia. It was gazetted by the Singapore government as a national monument in July 1973.
It was an overcast mid-afternoon Friday with light rain falling when this shot was taken, but the wide-open courtyards allowed plenty of light on to the tiled flooring. The microphone was gently placed on the wooden threshold at the front entrance of the temple, with the camera about 30cm off the ground and level with the top of the microphone.
Information on the temple courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thian_Hock_Keng
Day 101
Spent all day and most of the night editing audio for a client. This is all I saw all day so I'm sharing it with you.
light upon light ... joy to joy! ~ rumi
≈ Dog is God spelled backwards ≈
Lulu, the Queen of Hearts, is eleven years young today!
The day i met her she was 8 weeks old. She was a birthday gift to me from my brother and mother. She came from Australia on an airplane and when i first saw her, i swear, the whole room and everything & everyone in it turned golden..
The room was full of puppies, and every one of those dear tiny beings was crying or barking. .. Every one except Lulu, who was sound asleep and peaceful.. wholly comfortable in her own skin and in the world in which she found herself.
It was required that she have a full physical exam before i could bring her home.. During this exam, the assigned veterinarian found something that caused him to say she should not go home with me.. or with anyone.
My family was concerned (as the reason for them giving her to me is that i had been very sick, and they felt a dog would help me cope with all that i had to cope with).
When they heard this very bad news about Lulu, they voted that i should not keep her.
I went to the clinic and brought her home.
That was almost 11 years ago.. since then, Lulu and i have been an inseparable pair.
i learned from her how to make the food she can eat, as she is allergic to almost every meat and to almost every grain. Once a month i spend 4 days doing a freezerful of finely chopped raw organic vegetables, mixed with the few cooked grains her body can accept. And every morning & evening i de-fat the fish or rare meat her body can assimilate.
Each time i do this, i say a prayer for ALL the animals of the world to be given the love, honoring and kindness they deserve.
Lulu has to take 48! natureopathic supplements every day... and years ago she taught me to give them to her easily:.. i say "open" and she tilts her head back and opens her mouth! so the pills can be easily given to her.
This all may sound like i saved her life, but the truth is that she saves my life. On a daily basis. ~ I say that to her almost every day.
The other thing i say to her is "Loving you is the easiest thing i have ever done in my life."
She is also the one who taught herself to surf on surfboards as a puppy of about 4-5 months.. typical of her, she just climbed on! ~ Since i don't surf, she relied on the kindness of surfers to let her ride.. They all grew to adore her ..and looked for her if we missed a day walking the beach.
When she was about that same age, i was encouraged (pled with) to take her to 'obedience training', as she (a recalitrant one) pretty much ran the show, ruled the roost, etc..
When we went to her class on the first day, the instructor said, "Oh no, not a basset hound .. they are so stupid!".
At the end of the 6 weeks of lessons, there was a big gathering of all the families of the dogs, to show how they had done... It was set up as a kind of a competition and there were the 45 dogs from the class competing in the showing. As i'm not into competition, especially for an animal, this was not my finest hour. ..But it was Lulu's - she took 1st place amongst all the 45 dogs. She received a standing ovation and the instructor literally had to eat her hat.
(Then, when it was all over, just to let me know it was all a joke to her, and that she was still in charge, Lulu refused to come when i called her!... :-)
When she was 2 1/2, i was asked if she would be in a t.v. commercial. Since i had exhausted my affinity for the movie business after many years working in it, i said no. .. Then the person told me it was for The Blood Bank of Hawaii. .. Then i said yes.
It was a complex shoot with dollying backwards, etc. and 6 different camera set-ups. Even though still a pup really, she did it all with flair. The commercial was shown for 5 years on all stations in Hawaii, since it was so successful at bringing people in to give blood.
In the commercial she was called "Fred" by the voiceover speaker.. so for many years when taking our evening walks, people would stop to meet her, or just shout "Fred!" out their car windows.
To Lulu, no one is a stranger .. and everyone is a friend. She has more friends than anyone i have ever known.
I speak to her in 4 languages and she responds to all of them. She talks to me and i understand her language too. - When i ask her questions (and i don't just mean about food or walks) she answers yes by licking (& by the enthusiasm of her licking, she tells me how much 'yes'!)... and, in a way i can't explain, she answers no.
This image was taken by my friend Wolf 2 years ago.. it is one of the few of Lulu have left to share till i get the new Mac, so can scan the photos i often take of her..
You may be surprised when i finally get a new computer that she is now all sprinkled, like sugar, with grey...
About 2 years ago, she became unable to climb onto my bed, so since then we both sleep on the floor.
When i come to go to sleep (i sleep on her new dog bed, as she only likes her old scroungy one!), she is fast asleep... but she kicks out her legs towards me like a rabbit until she finds a body part of mine to wrap them around. This is how we sleep.
About 1 year ago i started noticing she was losing her hearing and her vision.
As she is considered a 'large dog with dwarf legs', i'm told that her lifespan is not what it is for smaller dogs.
According to my Vet (who used to be a traditional Veterinary Surgeon and is now a fully Natureopathic Vet ~ and who travels here from another island once a month for his many doggie patients here) Lulu is now 88 in people years.
So getting to this birthday is a work of art on Lulu's part...
In the last few weeks and especially in the last few days, things have been sort of turned upside-down in my life.. and so i have not been able to be on Flickr as much as before ..as much as i would wish to be.
i so very much hope you will understand that i'm not able to come to visit you on your streams as devotedly as before, for the forseeable future. ... I will absolutely pop in whenever i can..
Despite that, i feel the need to share this very long! honoring of my Lulu with you, my dear friends...
I've loved ~ and love ~ many people and animals in my life ... but there is only one Lulu.
And she is the true heart of my life.
Happiest Birthday dear Lulu, golden girl!..
(she is not really mine, she is everyone's.. ;-)
Yesterday i saw the movie " i am the beautifull creature that ilves in this house", it reminded me of the classisc, more insunuating horror film.
I thought the voiceover was a little bit coasting, something slow but the atmosphere taht is recreated in the scenes has me totally trapped.
Self-portrait series. Day 340.
This is just a short taster for the British Transport Film 'A day with SELNEC', made in 1972. The full movie is just under 23 minutes in length.
Thanks to collaboration between the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, TfGM and the North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University, the film will shortly (at the time of writing) be available for sale to the public for the first time.
With voiceover by Michael Aspel, the film looked at a typical day in SELNEC's life and voiced optimism for the future. Rail as well as bus transport was in SELNEC's remit and so were the many aspects of the region's passenger transport including planning, influencing bus design and the start of construction - alas, stopped shortly after - of the Picc-Vic rail tunnel.
The video is now on sale at www.motgmshop.co.uk.
If you'd like to find out more about the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, visit www.gmts.co.uk.