u/siddu1901

A bit of story:

I used to learn English from movies and music. I've been a huge fan of the The Weeknd, and I used to try to sing every song of his word-by-word. Over time, I started pronouncing things the way he does too. I never knew that I was learning English while all of this, but I did. Now, I speak it fluently like a native, to the point where I have been asked multiple times if I was born in the country that I was living in, which is an English-speaking country. I was always confused about how I had the accent, which I never practiced or tried to learn. But I've been doing that without even knowing for years.

Why that story is relevant to me now:

Now that I'm learning French, I want to do the exact same thing. I want to sing French songs, repeat French lines from movies and shows, etc. I'm in search of charismatic and interesting personalities in the French entertainment and art scene. I love good cinema and great R&B music from any time period. Old or new. I want to find some artists and filmmakers and actors that I can follow along and learn this beautiful language the way I learned English!

*apologies if you already saw this in a different subreddit.*

Took a bit of courage and getting over embarrassment to write this. I graduated with a design degree few months agoand i have experience in 3D animation before that so I can do a couple of things like design, motion graphics, anything with cameras and etc. also learned basics of front end development in college.

But because of the way things are right now and because of how bleak and uncertain the future is, I've been thinking about pivoting to tech or any other field. something that I can self-learn for a year or a year and a half. not particularly fascinated about trades and also can't go to college in any realm of possibility due to being broke.

When I first thought of it, the first thing that came to my mind was to become a full-stack developer because we did learn a lot of front-end development in college even though the program was more design focused. But as I started researching, all I saw was how people who went to college and universities to become a full-stack developer were not finding any jobs. As with the case with many other tech fields. I found out that not a lot of people are hiring juniors in the current market. That killed any of my remaining hopes I had, because why would anybody hire a self-taught junior, while there are people who actually went to college for that?

So yeah, I feel like I hit the dead end again and don't know what to do. which way to go. how to approach this incomprehensible maze of life. And being a 25-year-old, I feel stupid because the world says that I have plenty of time, but somehow, I feel like I'm running out of it.

Took a bit of courage and getting over embarrassment to write this. I graduated with a design degree few months agoand i have experience in 3D animation before that so I can do a couple of things like design, motion graphics, anything with cameras and etc. also learned basics of front end development in college.

But because of the way things are right now and because of how bleak and uncertain the future is, I've been thinking about pivoting to tech or any other field. something that I can self-learn for a year or a year and a half. not particularly fascinated about trades and also can't go to college in any realm of possibility due to being broke.

When I first thought of it, the first thing that came to my mind was to become a full-stack developer because we did learn a lot of front-end development in college even though the program was more design focused. But as I started researching, all I saw was how people who went to college and universities to become a full-stack developer were not finding any jobs. As with the case with many other tech fields. I found out that not a lot of people are hiring juniors in the current market. That killed any of my remaining hopes I had, because why would anybody hire a self-taught junior, while there are people who actually went to college for that?

So yeah, I feel like I hit the dead end again and don't know what to do. which way to go. how to approach this incomprehensible maze of life. And being a 25-year-old, I feel stupid because the world says that I have plenty of time, but somehow, I feel like I'm running out of it.

Had a fantastic experience at an IMAX GT show yesterday. Movie itself was great and it looked amazing too.

Only thing I found a bit jarring is how there were a lot of scenes when the actor who was speaking is not at all in focus. They were switching back and forth between actors during conversations and sometimes, the character who is speaking is not at all in focus. Idk if it’s just me or if anyone else felt the same.

Could it be because of how huge the cameras are and the difficulties in placing the actors around it and focal length issues? Or could it be that the cost of a retake is too high due to how expensive the 65mm stock is and they just okayed those shots despite the actors being not in focus?

Not bashing the film, just curious!

Had a fantastic experience at a GT show yesterday. Movie itself was great and it looked amazing too.

Only thing I found a bit jarring is how there were a lot of scenes when the actor who was speaking is not at all in focus. They were switching back and forth between actors during conversations and sometimes, the character who is speaking is not at all in focus. Idk if it’s just me or if anyone else felt the same.

Could it be because of how huge the cameras are and the difficulties in placing the actors around it and focal length issues? Or could it be that the cost of a retake is too high due to how expensive the 65mm stock is and they just okayed those shots despite the actors being not in focus?

Not bashing the film, just curious!

I love Magadheera soundtrack so much. I always believed that Rajamouli and Keeravani’s work go hand in hand and neither of them can exist without each other.

They both fit each other so well that I can barely imagine anyone that can score Rajamouli’s movie or bring out that facet of music from keeravani’s within.

When Keeravani got his Oscar for RRR, I was absolutely proud, but also chuckled. Because what I felt as a 9 year old watching Magadheera with the sonically and atmospherically huge background score that plays during the royal scenes, the racy soundtrack when the hero gets on to the horse in the middle of the road and especially the female solo track that goes like “Dheeraa…..” during the end of the 100soldier fight when the hero is almost dead, could never be replicated. I didn’t know anything about awards but my 9 year old self gave him the highest of the highest awards to keeravani that day in his head.

Magadheera’s soundtrack is yet another example of Keeravani creating the huge atmosphere and scale sonically, that Rajamouli created visually. He makes it feel grand. Larger than life.

It’s just so fucking good man. So good.

Anyway, I hope one day they release the OST. That would be a blessing.

My first name is long as hell. Literally 4 words of ethnic name (yeah my family had fun naming me). Is there a way to ask someone to call me by a preferred name during convocation? Please let me know!

If not, well, I guess yall are gonna hear a whole ass sentence.

Hello everyone. I completed my two year program and a field placement on may 21st. I received an email congratulating and basically confirming that I’m graduating on may 28th. In addition, on may 29th, I got my diploma via email.

It was a prescheduled shift, and so I was working on may 28th and 29th. I was not anticipating that I was going to get my diploma that day. I got paid on the biweekly schedule until may 29th.

I immediately stopped working after that and since I felt that I’m in trouble, I applied for a celpip and wrote it in two days and got my results. I’m going to apply for pgwp in two or three days.

My question is, am I in trouble for working on the day I got my diploma? Do I attach an explanation letter mentioning an honest apology that i wasn’t anticipating to get my diploma during my shift? How do I approach this situation?

Also, what are all the things that I need to make sure if before applying for pgwp? I saw people posting about getting a reduced pgwp due to biometrics expiring and etc. So I just wanted to know what are all the things that I have to take note of before applying for pgwp.

Please help me out! Thank you!

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