Proofreading, Translation and Other Things

Last year I had the privilege of being able to combine two of my passions, when my friend, Amancay Tapia , asked me to proofread the first draft of the screenplay for a film she was making. I first met Amancay when I was an exchange student at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , where she was studying English Philology. Even back then, she was a highly creative individual, who regularly wrote and performed in various plays. I always thought that she would go on to have a career in the arts, and indeed, she has since become an independent filmmaker with eight short films and a full-length feature, Campo de Batalla (Battlefield) - now available on You Tube , under her belt. Rescue Me is one of her latest projects and was partly funded via the Kickstarter website. The inspiration behind it comes from Amancay's wish to explore how the financial crisis has affected people on a more personal, human level. It's a subject that many of us can relate to - as I'm prett...

Well, it has been several months since I started this blog, so another entry is long overdue. Just before Christmas, I decided I'd better make use of some cinema vouchers which I'd bought c/o Groupon. I have to say that there wasn't a great selection on offer, but I did get to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" - or, as it was the German version, "Wolkig mit Aussicht auf Fleischbällchen 2". The sequel follows the further adventures of intrepid young inventor Flint Lockwood, who - as viewers of the first film will remember - designed a machine that converted water into food with terrifying results.   ( It's behind you! ) Part 2 picks up to find that Flint is working for super-inventor Chester V, whose task it was to clean up the island which had been wrecked by the food storm in the first film. Until it turns out that the machine which caused the chaos has survived and what it produces has mutated into food-animal hybrids. It...