A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Image by Lukas Bieri, courtesy of Pixabay Well, hello again, dear friends and Constant Readers! Welcome to another edition of Bloggin' On, the no-reviews, no-politics zone of A Certain Point of View. It's Sunday, February 2, 2020, and as I write this, it's early afternoon in my corner of the Sunshine State. Presently, the temperature in the area is 62℉ (17℃) under sunny skies. According to the local forecast, this is as warm as it will get; the low tonight will reach 46℉ (8℃), but unless I go out for a walk and somehow get locked out, I don't have to worry about that. As you can see from the post's title, I received another text from my filmmaking partner Juan Carlos Hernandez about the progress of our comedy-drama. Today, Juan and his wife Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez are busy doing ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement) work, which is recording the actors' voice performances and editing them seamlessly into the digital video. This technique is also called loo...

Photo Illustration: Pixabay Hi, there, Constant Reader, and welcome once again to Bloggin' On, the no-reviews, no-politics space of  A Certain Point of View. It's Saturday afternoon in my corner of Florida, and as I look out my study's window, it's a grey and somber day. Presently, the temperature outside is 64℉ (18℃) under mostly cloudy skies. That's not too bad; it reminds me of late fall in Sevilla (Seville), Spain when I was a participant in the College Consortium for International Studies' Semester in Spain program almost 32 years ago. However, I was hoping to go out on the front porch, a book in one hand and my Amazon Fire tablet in the other, to get a bit of fresh air and sun while reading for a bit. If it was sunny I'd still try to do that now, but the skies are dark and the sunlight is thin and dim, so I think I'll just stay in my cozy study. Juan Carlos Hernandez, my friend from high school and the actor-director with whom I collaborate a...

Hi, Dear Reader, and welcome to another installment of Bloggin' On, the blog-within-a-blog where I don't write reviews (at least, not full-blown ones) or delve into politics. Think of this section of A Certain Point of View as the department of "stuff" or "miscellaneous essays" touted on the blog's home page. Well, I usually write my blog posts in the morning, but I'm off to a late start today. Right now, it's mid-afternoon here in my corner of Florida; the temperature outside is 65℉ (19℃) under partly sunny skies, which isn't too bad, all things considered. It's nice and cool without being bone-chillingly cold, although it is advisable to wear long-sleeved button-downs or light jackets if you're going to venture outside (I hardly ever do, although I should) on days like this. If I do decide to go out for a stroll, I need to do it before the sun sets; as the day's light dies and gives way to night, the temperature will dr...

Illustration Credit: Pixabay Hello there! Welcome to another installment of Bloggin' On , my blog-within-a-blog where I don't write reviews or dabble with political commentary. It's early afternoon on this Monday in my little corner of Florida, and the weather outside isn't frightful; the current temperature is 66℉ (19℃) under cloudy skies, and the low tonight is expected to reach 55℉ (13℃). It was supposed to rain this morning, but there's no evidence outside that any precipitation fell here, so that part of the forecast was off. My friend and filmmaking partner Juan Carlos Hernandez updated me over the weekend about the progress of our film Ronnie and Her Two Nincompoops. (That's the working title Juan chose; I don't know what he and our producer - and Juan's wife - Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez will choose.) The "shooting" (principal photography) phase is over, now Juan, Adria, and their son Anthony are doing post-production work: editing,...