http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/05/27/kurosawa-documentary-at-the-internet-archive/ News, information and discussion on the Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:35:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/05/27/kurosawa-documentary-at-the-internet-archive/#comment-2711 Vili Maunula Mon, 28 May 2007 06:17:29 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/05/27/kurosawa-documentary-at-the-internet-archive/#comment-2711 Indeed. While my hat goes off to anyone who has the patience to play around with video editing software to produce something like this, I would hope that those who make these things would also put an equal amount of energy into not only writing a good narration, but also making sure that it sounds good. Proper dictation shouldn't be THAT hard to produce, and it really wouldn't hurt to double-check the pronunciation of foreign names, either. Indeed. While my hat goes off to anyone who has the patience to play around with video editing software to produce something like this, I would hope that those who make these things would also put an equal amount of energy into not only writing a good narration, but also making sure that it sounds good. Proper dictation shouldn’t be THAT hard to produce, and it really wouldn’t hurt to double-check the pronunciation of foreign names, either.

]]> http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/05/27/kurosawa-documentary-at-the-internet-archive/#comment-2705 Ben Mon, 28 May 2007 03:42:08 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/05/27/kurosawa-documentary-at-the-internet-archive/#comment-2705 Well I couldn't even finish watching the darn thing as that narrator's voice was just so annoying. But yeah one error I noticed was when they mentioned Rashomon for the first time they showed a poster for Hidden Fortress. Sheesh *rolls eyes* And... Veneese? Well I couldn’t even finish watching the darn thing as that narrator’s voice was just so annoying. But yeah one error I noticed was when they mentioned Rashomon for the first time they showed a poster for Hidden Fortress. Sheesh *rolls eyes* And… Veneese?

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