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Also, if anyone has any good USB microphone tips, do share.
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Love this story and the reviews. And what a great role model you have been Russell. Please don't let him go all up market and studio - keep that authentic bedroom and t-shirt thing going.
What good news. I guess as parents we just have to be patient - our support just needs to go on and on while others' adult children maybe sort out their own lives. And celebrate the victories when they happen. Best wishes for more in 2015.
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Would Young Jimmy care to review In Bruges?
(Contains violence, bad words and drug use, and is very funny in a low-key Irish way.)
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Excellent!
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I didn't think it was possible to love the Bridgeway more than I already did. Go Jimmy! I love your reviews.
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Inspirational! I know of one or two young people who have yet to really tap into their niche interests, where they can focus their abilities. Jimmy shows anything's possible. I'll pass this on to them.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
I guess as parents we just have to be patient – our support just needs to go on and on while others’ adult children maybe sort out their own lives.
I think about this a lot. It's what I say when anyone asks: "You needs to get used to the idea that you're going to be a parent longer than most of your friends."
And celebrate the victories when they happen. Best wishes for more in 2015.
And to you, Hilary!
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Spend a bit of dosh and get a good quality microphone. We bought a Samson G Track for doing voice overs. It's worth it.
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Hebe,
Bloody marvellous feelgood reading. I'm in awe of everyone involved. That is a huge and wonderful place for your family to be. Congratulations.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
What good news. I guess as parents we just have to be patient – our support just needs to go on and on while others’ adult children maybe sort out their own lives. And celebrate the victories when they happen. Best wishes for more in 2015.
Well done to Jimmy! I’m yet to turn my spectrum to my advantage in a meaningful way, given I’m possibly not just on the (late diagnosed) Aspie spectrum, but also the ADD and SAD ones too – a case of drawing all the genetic short straws at once. Still to get any productive progress from Workbridge and the Emerge Trust.
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Lisa Black, in reply to
The Wirecutter recommends the Yeti by Blue. Their review includes tests they've uploaded to Soundcloud.
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Cool work Jimmy, the audio was a little quieter than the clips, the best level above was in the Jimmy’s Hall review. There’s a bit of room sound that can only be alleviated by getting the mic closer to mouth (by whatever means necessary) and perhaps adjusting your positioning in the room to minimize unwelcome audio reflections. It may also be worth checking the pitching of your voice in relation to the room’s resonant frequency, as this can alter things significantly, e.g. my room here has a 120 hz boom which resonates when I hit sympathetic frequencies. These acoustic features can sometimes cause us to unconsciously or consciously adjust the tone we speak at to emphasise the boom or minimise it as need be. Mic positioning and proximity will have the biggest influence.
Also by the sounds of that squelchy artifact there is(?) some noise reduction processing going on, I’m not sure if this is adjustable. if so, a little bit of hiss may be preferable if you can find a happy middle ground. Having said that, I had no pressing issue with the sound, it was all clear and audible. Great reviews, of those three films I’ve only seen Saint Vincent, after watching the film I’d been left feeling that I should have liked it but I hadn’t, and I couldn’t quite work out why, your review absolutely nailed why.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
your review absolutely nailed why.
Which is the great thing about Jim's reviews. He thinks hard about why he felt a certain way about a movie. The answer might take two days of thinking to come, but he does the thinking.
And thanks for the tech tips. We'll work on those things, for sure.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Still to get any productive progress from Workbridge and the Emerge Trust.
It's a slog, but we've found Elevator quite proactive.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Please don't let him go all up market and studio - keep that authentic bedroom and t-shirt thing going.
And the posters!
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I think Jim's review of the third Hobbit movie will be worth a look. He made some interesting observations to me when I picked him up after the screening.
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mark taslov, in reply to
but he does the thinking.
Yeah it’s noticeable and appreciated. Cruising the boards at IMDB.com I stumble upon many links to reviews, but so often there is too much focus, as you say, on the media around the films and in those instances I’m also often left with the feeling that what I’d just watched was more about the reviewer’s schtick than the movie itself, so happening on a reviewer delivering the goods in detail as Jimmy is, will save time and money. Based on Jimmy Brown’s My Old Lady Review I feel confident that it’s exactly what we’ll enjoy.
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I watched this programme when it aired and watched it again last night. Such a great story. I agree with you Russell - it is a slog. I am in a wheelchair and had no luck through Workbridge or the CCS vocational support person. I was constantly being sent to places that had no accessibility for me. Certainly not enough work done on the environment. The skill matching was right on though for the most part. For me it was 'not what you know but who you know' and I've had a very successful 8 years at an accounting firm whose Director is a guy a few years ahead of me at school but a sister in my year. Awesome work by the way Jimmy.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
It’s a slog, but we’ve found Elevator quite proactive.
From what I've checked, Elevator is exclusive to Auckland. Emerge is probably the closest Wellington equivalent.
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Have a terrible cold today, which has at least had the virtue of giving me a chance to sit down at a computer and catch up on my PA reading.
Really enjoyed Jimmy's reviews: Interstellar is one of the few current movies I've seen, and Jimmy really nails it. My favourite bit was the head-butting spacesuit fight scene (disclaimer: I am from West Auckland).
I've only done a tiny amount of editing work but I wondered if the PA fund could come up with a second camera to be used to simultaneously shoot a side/isometric view of Jimmy. Then he could switch to another view for a second and then back to the front view to smooth over some of the cuts.
Similarly there's the trick of switching to a second (or less) of a relevant scene from the movie being reviewed to smooth over a cut.
I found that this sort of thing seemed to work quite well for the stuff I did, but then I hardly know anything about editing -- so it perhaps it isn't a very useful suggestion.
Anyway, jolly watchable stuff from Jimmy -- very entertaining!
P.S. If only Rob Stowell were here to offer some of his expertise...
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Jump cuts are ok with me - that's how nga tamariki roll these days :)
Table or standard lamp or some-such pointing back (from the darker side) would be nice- would get some reflections in glasses, but also an 'eye/catch light - worth trying.
There are lots of mic options these days, from cheap to very expensive, and depending what it's recorded on (I'm picking it's a laptop?) I've never used a usb mic, but I guess there's the advantage it can be powered so no batteries. -
Russell Brown, in reply to
Jump cuts are ok with me – that’s how nga tamariki roll these days :)
Yep.
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Sacha, in reply to
Ta for tip. Not ridiculously expensive either.
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If looking to purchase, a lapel mic may be best fit for purpose, but try/test/listen before you buy if possible.
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It had become apparent to Jim's workmates that he is an excellent source of pithy film reviews
Onya
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