Author Archives: Richard Graham

It’s me Superheroes!

Excellent! A few weeks ago I found the most amazing piece of software called “It’s me” ( www.reallusion.com ) that has these brilliant 3D animations. They instantly gave me tonnes of inspiration to come up with a series of action packed cartoon clips for the DVDs. I was thinking of doing “cutie, cutie” ones for…

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To the grindstone

Right I have two days to get some serious work done before i have to travel again (my schedule is crazy!). So here we go with editing the DVD and making it look really Genki! I also updated the website with the stuff I produced in Korea (including a new phonics game ) and sent…

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Bye Bye Seoul

I can’t believe I was in another country this morning! Flew back to Fukuoka (only 2 hours) and got back to work. Mind you going out for dinner in the evening was a shock, things are really more expensive here!!

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DMZ & North Korea

Of course one of the main “tourist attractions” of South Korea is the tour of the DMZ or border area demilitarised zone. But just make sure you get the right tour when you book! I was looking forward to checking out the room you see on TV programmes, with the soldiers facing each other and…

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What it’s all about & Coffee Shop Phonics

I went for a look round Seoul again today (I’m here till Wednesday as it’s a Japanese holiday so there are no flights back!). Yesterday I had a quick look at the Itaewon area, which I wasn’t very impressed with, but today was Insadong which is a really nice place! First off was the Korean…

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TV

One thing about being in Korea is that I don’t understand the TV. Which is quite good as it means I can focus on the visuals and how they are put together – vital skills for the upcoming DVD! So I spent a bit of time today going through some effects and techniques for the…

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