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So last night I had an opportunity to watch the 2007 documentary “Steal a Pencil For Me.” The film can be summed up as follow: Deported to Nazi concentration camps at Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen...
View ArticleI am going to miss you…
NetFlix. You may not realize this, but I’ve been a NetFlix subscriber (off and on) since the service started in 1999. I sit back and marvel that I’ve been using their service for almost 10 years. Even...
View ArticleGo! Go! Go!
Wow! That pretty much sums up my experience watching the big screen outing this weekend for Speed Racer. Now, in full disclosure, I grew up racing home each day from school to catch Speed and the...
View ArticleRunning through my head….
This song has been running through my head for the past week… The post Running through my head…. appeared first on QiRanger.com.
View ArticleGo Speed Go!!!!
OK, so it’s no secret that I really enjoyed the Speed Racer movie. The effects driven film really took me back to my childhood. It was a fun way to spend a few hours. My mother had wanted to see the...
View ArticleThe nectar is ready…
Nectar from the gods. … for me to enjoy. For the past week, I’ve been coming down with a summer cold. The way the aircons work, and the fact that most Koreans children do not cover their mouths when...
View ArticleSunday morning musings…
Bad day? I think not... I hope that you’re doing well today… I am not. It seems that my little summer cold has still decided to hang aound a bit longer. I thought I had finally kicked it to the curb,...
View ArticleHere we go again…
The Movie You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life… See that girl, watch that scene, dig’in’ the Dancing Queen! Friday night and the lights are low. Looking out for the place to go…....
View ArticleBrilliant!
Every now and again, I’ll come across something on YouTube that really impresses me. It may be an original concept or a new take on an old theme. What I present below was first shown to me today and...
View ArticleThree out of Four Ain't Bad…
It is rare that Jo and I sit down and watch a series of movies over a weekend. In fact, I really can’t remember the last time we watched more than one film in a weekend. This is sometimes surprising,...
View ArticleTwenty-Five…
From the YouTube Blog: This summer marks the 25th anniversary of the film that put “crossing the streams,” Gozer the Gozerian, and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man on the map. An instant quotable classic,...
View ArticleA work evolved…
Ain't got no Fan Death here! During a little afternoon nape today, I received a short text message from my boss: CONGRATS! STEVE! WE WON 2ND PLACE IN CONTEST OUT OF 22 BRANCHES! I was really surprised,...
View ArticleFirst!
Seoul Tower I hope that everyone is continuing to have a great first weekend in 2010. Jo and I are enjoying our last few days of vacation and took the opportunity to travel with some friends into Seoul...
View ArticleTravel Videos: Music
Tunes! There are several things that go into making a good travel video, and one of them is music. I’m not a musician and have very little talent in this area, but I do know that adding a layer of...
View ArticleTravel Videos: Research
I’m going to be brutally honest. Most people don’t care about your trip. You have to make them want to care about the trip. When preparing to produce your travel video, you’ll need to do research ahead...
View ArticleTravel Videos: Editing
PLEASE DE-INTERLACE!!!!! Here we are… the final entry in the series. This is where it all comes together: Editing. Believe it or not, this is the most fun and challenging part of the process. Once you...
View ArticleThey are delicious?
I had some left over footage from out trip, or non-trip to Jeju. I filmed the toilet bit just before we started back to Seoul and really wanted to use the footage in the video, but couldn’t make it...
View ArticleMonday… Monday
From the media pole! The past few days have been amazing, but alas it is Monday once more and time to focus and get ready for work. This past weekend was a great little get-away for Jo and I since we...
View ArticleMany thanks!
One of the things I try to do with my travel videos is to make them fun, interesting, and educational. When I returned from holiday this summer, I saw that Experience Korea had launched its Season 3...
View ArticleThe Pick-up
Today was the awards ceremony for the most recent Korea Brand UCC Contest. Unfortunately, due to my work schedule, I was unable to fully participate; however, I did manage to make it out to Seoul for a...
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