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[midaskey]

puppy eyes? Puppy eyes

sketched to try to figure out how to draw him

[absolutebl]

I've just started watching Love in Translation. I'm loving it but there's an annoyance that I'm expecting will repeat in future episodes: in one scene the actors' lines dropped out and we only hear music. We do get the burned-in subtitles.

I've seen this in other series and it never fails to annoy me. I'm guessing music rights issues are involved. It won't stop me from watching the series, but I'm peeved.

Why don't they keep the music track separate so they could just drop it out? I figure if anyone would know, you would.

I am sorry but I have no concrete knowledge in this regard. I can make an educated guess?

I'm so used to sound issues with the Thai pulps it's likely I didn't even notice.

But you are correct, it is common practice to keep the tracks entirely separate. All tracks separate, vocals, ambient, everything. Right up until the final cut. For exactly this reason.

I mean I can understand why dialogue might be combined into one track out of limited on-site tech necessity but not a backing track of any kind.

Also it's relatively easy to keep them separate. I have no idea why they would do what you're describing.

Best guess is they cut it together into one track (!) for the final and only then found out they'd get demonetized for the music on one specific streaming service. Then were too lazy/cheap to do a quick fix (or they no longer had a post-production team and don't keep in-house sound - a WILD idea, but I wouldn't put it past them). Maybe they lost the multi tracks?

But demonetized is a YT thing and last I checked, Love in Translation wasn't on YT.

It's unlikely iQIYI would respect music IP rights. Netflix maybe. Is that where you are watching it?

Regardless, this is all a post production thing, and with the pulps that is almost always where the biggest issues lie.

Oooo, maybe the streaming service is doing it themselves? Would they do that? It's awful clumsy but they are that... Hummm.... not sure.

[lajeunefilleenfeu]

The difference between Katniss and Gale is that Katniss will fight with everything inside her to protect her loved ones and Gale will fight with everything inside him to create a better world for his loved ones.

Katniss is just Gale a little to the left. Gale is just Katniss a little to the left. They have the same love and the same goals that come from love; only they have different ideas on how best to help the ones they love.

Do you do everything you can to protect your loved ones within this oppressive system designed to destroy them, or do you try to dismantle that system so your loved ones don't need your protection anymore? That's the difference between Katniss and Gale. That's it.

[peikonlainen]

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[aegeanwave]

Drew something again after like half a year

[afangirlsplaylist]

It was done

Throughout the years, people would ask them, again and again, and again, when did they know? When did they know this was going to happen? The friendship; the partnership, the brotherhood, and the family. When was it sealed and decided that Rhett Mclaughlin and Link Neal would become Rhett and Link? It's a question with an answer that is somehow complex and simple at the same time - coming down to several moments. 

It was done the second the words Buies Creek left the mouths of Rhett’s parents, the empty half of Rhett’s spirit pulsing hard even if he didn’t know it yet. Once they’d moved there it pulsed still harder, easing some his fear when he walked into his new school. It was as if it knew its other half was there - living, breathing and walking the halls. It was so insistent that it might as well have been ringing, and something was answering back. 

It was done the second Rhett glanced over at the only other boy in the classroom, and caught a glimpse of his careful colouring out of the corner of his eye. He didn’t like to think about how long the part of his soul would’ve been hurting without his knowledge if he hadn’t met Link then. It made him feel uneasy when he thought of how easily one of them might have resisted the urge to write on their desk in the first place, or how easily one of them could have chosen another day. Either way, he told himself they still would have become friends in time anyway. The possibility that they might not have become friends at all was not an acceptable thought and he refused to entertain it. 

Originally posted by razle-dazle

It was done when the lonely only child - who formed no bond with the people he was supposed to call siblings, picked one for his own. One tall, lanky and gentle sibling by soul. Link Neal was only five years old yet it was with an adult finality that he thought this one I will keep. This one I will embrace. Siblings by marriage could come and go, he was okay with that. Someone he’d embraced was another story - because everything he embraced he didn’t let go of. 

It was done the second their blood touched paper. Sure, the blood oath was gone now - apparently lost beyond recovery or stolen by the hand of someone unaware of its value. They might wish that the physical oath still remained but even though both the blood and the words had no doubt faded, dried up or were no longer in existence - their impact remains. The promise was kept.

Originally posted by @rhettsbabe

It was done the second they left Greg’s rehearsal dinner and stepped into a car - high off their friend’s happiness and the appreciation of the crowd. They would argue later in life that they had possibly the most important conversation of their lives in that car, the advice of their wives lighting their darkness. They were content, usually, with engineering - but it was only then that they found the difference between that and happiness. 

It was done the second their feet danced past the city limits of Los Angeles, a line they would’ve thought they’d never cross. They were told that two boys from North Carolina would never enjoy this dance of victory (in this case a literal one) since it was meant for those of a higher caliber than a small town. So they soaked in the moment and everything it meant from then onwards.

It was done the second they took a seat at a card table and opened their mouths to say good mythical morning. The table was seemingly insignificant and not even meant to seat two people their size, but it would become everything. Their mythical empire grew until they outsized it - their success visible in the holes and stains on the raggedy top. Still, it made the journey with them, remaining as a keepsake of the beginning. 

Finally, it was done when they walked through the offices of the newly rebranded mythical entertainment - speaking excitedly (and at times a little heatedly) about what they could do with their office and loft space. The crew grew and filled the lockers, the awards hanging on the walls rose in number and the mythical entertainment logo glowed brightly behind the reception desk. 

It was done. 

Inspired by a conversation with @wolfspirit00 :)

Thanks to the always dazzling @razle-dazle for helping me find some gifs.

[gappylulu]

Art Thing! (two days in a row!)

Basically me with soft colours...I’m really enjoying messing around with the airbrushes. I might make this my icon actually, cause I really do like it  Also oh shit it’s late again...whoops (I did something this time tho ^.^)