General updating malarkey!

Oh livejournal, how I have neglected you and how much life has gone by since I last wrote here.

In all fairness, I first started this to help keep people up to date with my subbing and with the 'translator's notes'. I've now got a facebook page for the subbing updates, and am still using the forum. I guess the translator's notes will still go here though.

And as for my subbing, yes I have fallen behind... terribly behind. So, here's a summary of the last six months or so as means of an excuse!

I went to Budapest again.
My house flooded.
I restarted at college.
I started my dissertation.
I started to subtitle Marie Antoinette.
I visited Austria, saw the musical Elisabeth, met with my dear friend.
My house flooded.
I finished my dissertation 1st draft.
My house flooded.
I started writing a play for my drama course.
My house flooded.
Christmas.
Landlord said he wanted us out.
Important exams.
Started rehearsing for a different play.
Started to be ill.
Managed to upload the first part of Marie Antoinette FINALLY
Moved out and started living in travelodges.
Got more ill (pneumonia, joy of joys)
Got mostly better.

So, I'm currently doing my last year of college, living a nomadic lifestyle, frantically rehearsing for my play which is being performed in about a week (the 13th) and for the other play, while still a little ill.

No, I don't believe it either!
So do I have a good enough excuse for the absence? hehe


On the plus side I am very excited for my play, and exceptionally stressed. Everything about it was done by me and a classmate from writing to lighting to acting. It's a short about friendship and mental health and it's quite, erm, chaotic, shall we say. There's a lot of stuff in it including costume changes between each scene for all characters and freaky makeup applied onstage. There's dance, there's fight scenes (fisticuffs!), there's guitar, there's German. Someone decided to bite off more than they could chew. Anyway, I might be able to get some photos up on here at some point and I'll post how it goes on my personal facebook if not here.

Dissertation time

Actually in honesty this is part of the presentation.
I made this video to hopefully give people who attend and, hypothetically, have no knowledge about Hu theatre a bit of an introduction, of a feel for it at least. It's split into three sections: Rebecca, Romeo es Julia, and general Operettszinhaz.
Would be grateful if you could let me know what you think. Actually, it's my first ever attempt at mixing a song medley like this and my first attempt at ages at doing any actual video editing!

Full credits to be posted when I'm not half asleep.

Edit, 21/05/2014:

Video clips
until 0.37 - clips and songs from Rebecca
until 1:11 -  clips and songs from Rómeó és Júlia
1:11 - end - a mixture of clips (listed below in order) aiming to show more general theatre culture and life. The song is from the musical Rudolf.
From the musical Elisabeth
From the New Year concert
From Miss Saigon (1990s version)
From a traditional operetta/dance flashmob
From a flashmob (with American tourist!)
From a children's Christmas concert in the Parliament. A medley from Midsummer Night's Dream.
From a flashmob (really famous popstar)
From a traditional operetta/dance flashmob
From the New Year concert
From Miss Saigon backstage
From Miss Saigon makeup
Soundmixing
From Miss Saigon
From Midsummer Night's Dream
From an international gala concert (he sings in Hungarian and her in Japanese)
From Miss Saigon (1990s)
From Miss Saigon (2012)
From a concert in the Parliament
Backstage at an outdoor gala
From the New Year concert
From the New Year concert