Phonetics Updates + new look and sound!
Added 2021-02-01 04:38:36 +0000 UTCGood afternoon patrons! I'm just posting this video to let everyone know about the most recent phonetics lesson updates, as well as announce my comedic video's new look and sound. Looking forward to hearing all your feedback on this! Thank you very much for your continued support, and I'll be posting again either tomorrow or the next day with the phonetics updates!
Best from Beppu,
Dōgen
Comments
Appreciate the input John—plan on bumping up the brightness just a bit. Cheers!
Dogen
2021-02-04 01:36:20 +0000 UTCI would just agree with Dan that the video looks a little dark but again if that is what you want then its fine, it's just what I noticed when I first say it
John McNairy
2021-02-04 00:50:31 +0000 UTCHi Dan, thanks for the input, appreciate it! With regards to the tests, the only one which has been updated is test number one, which only covers up to lesson 10, and I'm nearly positive that at this point all of the lessons up until 10 have been updated with native recordings. Thus, the score you get on test 1 should be based on the current lessons 1-10. I have yet to update test 2, which does include i-adjectives, and I introduced new, also correct ways to say i-adjectives in some of the recent lessons (I believe lessons 12 and 13). Thus if some of the answers you got wrong dealt with i-adjectives then yes, it is possible that you used the newer pronunciation which I have yet to include in test 2. Thank you for pointing this out—I'll make a note in test 2 right now to let everyone know about this. Cheers!
Dogen
2021-02-03 11:03:33 +0000 UTCAppreciate it Angela! Glad to hear that you like it!
Dogen
2021-02-03 10:56:55 +0000 UTCThanks Eve! Yes, I'm working on addressing that dark spot with a new reflector. Appreciate the input!
Dogen
2021-02-03 10:56:10 +0000 UTCThanks Kuchlong!
Dogen
2021-02-03 10:55:39 +0000 UTCThanks Matt! Yes, it shows up on Youtube slightly darker than on my desktop, and I recently bought a reflector to help with the lack of light on the right side of the screen. Cheers!
Dogen
2021-02-03 10:55:31 +0000 UTCLooks great! Kudos on the upgrade!
Angelalikesthings
2021-02-02 15:57:54 +0000 UTCI'm glad you specified that it was black magic the company and not actually black magic what was changing the lighting and video effects I was starting to get really curious. Apart from that, I have one feedback and one question. I think the editing looks pretty neat, maybe a bit dark? but maybe that's the effect that you're actually looking for which looks good, I am looking at a video of your comedic video's and comparing them side to side and it does look better as it is on this one. Now, the question I have is, I am curious if you could check the tests for the phonetic lessons and in case there are some changes on the tests if you could upload a PDF with the updated versions, with answers and without answers, or in case they actually work the same as with the updated versions, if you could just let me know and maybe specify in the description of the videos for the tests. Since a doubt I had while I was doing the tests was that maybe I was answering incorrectly because I was missing some information from the not updated videos and maybe I was going to have an incorrect answer because I was not connecting all the dots, I don't know if I am explaining myself. The thing is that even though I didn't do too bad I had enough score to keep watching the next lessons without having to re-watch them. I somehow had that doubt inside my head that maybe some of the things I got wrong (maybe 1 or 2 or 3 incorrect answers) could have been because of those reasons which is not a major problem but still, I am rewatching now all lessons from lesson 12 to lesson 31 watching also the not updated lessons just to make sure my brain has that information beforehand and not blame to the fact that maybe I just didn't know the answer, I don't know if I am making sense right now so let me know if I was all over the place so I could rephrase my question. Anyway, thank you so much for these amazing lessons they've been super helpful! :)
Dan
2021-02-01 17:23:35 +0000 UTCI like the bokeh and color quality/saturation. I wonder what it might look like to light "stage right" side more as you're very in shadows on one side.
Eve Parker
2021-02-01 06:22:06 +0000 UTCliking the new look Dogen😁. looking forward for the new videos 😊
Kuchlong kuchlong
2021-02-01 05:07:43 +0000 UTCOverall I'm liking the new look, though it does seem a bit darker overall than previously? If that's what you meant when you mentioned that one part of the image is still a bit dark then no worries. Looking forward to seeing how the new videos go!
Matt - Ozball
2021-02-01 04:45:03 +0000 UTC
