I recently joined a Korean-Canadian film crew, Visually Unboxed, over the summer and then decided to create huge goals for it... And now we are proud to say that we are working on a three year plan with the first step being a registered start up next summer. To prep for it, we found ourselves a client, a Korean start up called Hello!Geeks and started working with them to create an Indiegogo campaign video and content guidance.
First news is that Indiegogo--or any crowdfunding campaigns--just do not happen by putting up some content and clicking submit. Who knew that it takes so much work and digestion of channel-specific analysis? Indiegogo is different from Kickstarter. They work with a different algorithm called the GOGOFACTOR.
Today, I'm just going to outline our key findings from our "a look into Indiegogo" report we made for our friends in Korea. ** Originally written in Korean, translated for my blog.
And here is where I will leave you guys. I did dissect each step-by-step process of pre-during-post Indiegogo campaign, but this blog post is a teaser.
I will keep y'all posted on Hello!Geeks's Indiegogo campaign we are launching in about two months!
Working hard to find peace within myself but to spread knowledge.
Knowledge is money, wisdom is reward. Feeling humbled these days with the time I have and don't have as a small fish (more like algae? plankton?) in a big pond.
Honestly speaking, there's not much happening in Seoul in my personal bubble, however, I don't know why I'm always out of time. I have a really different set of priorities in Seoul and I think it's deteriorating me bit by bit. But I'm growing. And now, I am obviously not making any sense by contradicting myself. Just look at some pics okay? BGM: 서울은 흐림 (cloudy seoul) by 못 (Mot)
I can't help it. This guy just gets it. GD's mine. Hands off. Heh heh heh heh.
Key takeaways: 1) Though the ombre hairstyle was totally two years ago, the tip thingie on your long wavy hair is like the mainstream-yet-edgy thing to do if ya wanna swoon guys. 2) Men must dance well. 3) Bright yellow dreads in a poopy pigtail form doesn't look bad at all if you're wearing cheetah pants.
MMMmmmmm webtoons are Korean mangas. Mmmmmmm. I read a lot... Mmmmmmm first it started as me reading Korean and improving Korean, and now it's just I read it on the phone or when I want to procrastinate and now I read just like a lot. But I mean, once in awhile, you come across one that you just get HITCHED to, y'know ? It's just pretty much immaculate and yer all about it. Well this one's one of them for me.
Errr, all you need to know is that the guy in the suit is basically Korean mafia trying to kill time as a teacher in middle of nowhere town. And then he develops all these connections with them. Ultimately, this one's fiction and it's really reaaaaally reeeeeaaaaaaaaally touching.
I tried writing Korean poems and my first two succeeded. So. Here are my 3rd and 4th that I just whipped out nearing 4am. This is a better portal (I feel mentally safer) than Facebook. Weird, eh ? Since this page is TOTALLY public vs. Facebook's "relative" privacy. Haha. If you understand them, feedback would be much appreciated !!!!!!!!!
우리는 너무 달라서 틀렸었어
해맑은사람들사이에서도
너가 제일빛이났어.
너의 머리뒤에는 노란자같은 halo가있었어.
너의 발옆에는 빨간 광 이있었어 !
쓰리 고 !
우린역시극과극.
난슬픈사람들사이에서도 제일 lifeless이지.
나는눈물대신 영혼을 끊었지.
나는 위에서 바라보지, 너의 everlasting glow를.
스톱 !
우리는 너무 달라서 틀렸었어.
미래
나는 쓰래기더미아래 제일냄새나는 쓰레기다.
내가 등장하는 순간
바람까지나를 홀로두고간다.
나의존재감을 느끼는 순간
반대쪽은 찌그러지지.
난그래서멀리서
거리두면서
숨어다니면서
어둠을반기면서
숨도안쉬면서
조그만한 먼지보다도 못한인생을 하루하루지내지.
그러나
나같은것도 나한텐
나
라는것이있어.
그래서 자존심도있어.
언젠간
내냄세는 그대의 머리속에있을듯 없을듯 스며들을거야.
어느덧 항상차있는
포근하고 익숙한 집냄세처럼-
기대해
그리고 기다려.
내가분리수거될때까지-
ㅎㅎㅎ 띄어쓰기... Plus, lack of vocab is so evident...... T^T 노력할게여 ~
RIGHT NOW. Life is boring. All I look forward to are readings that I am behind on and my beautiful bed. I wish to wash my pillowcase because there are black marks everywhere.... Mascara + eyeliner. OMG. It's killing me. But I don't have the time, so I will get around to it this weekend. Stoked to kill off the items off my to-do list.
At work @ JNBY. Sample sale is going on ! Come and ask the associates to book an appointment !!!! It's gonna be killer. 2623 Granville Street is the address, between 10th Avenue and 11th Ave. Sweeeeet. During a down time, we tried on pieces in all these different ways; it's pretty sick. However, my BlackBerry is on its death spiral right now... and isn't functioning at its prime. SIGH. So here is the question: android or iPhone 5 ?!?!!!???!? Wearing: DKNY plum silk shirt + gold necklaces-turned-chain.
Bored at work. I haven't been drawing a lot these days due to lack of time and me reading (fiction, of course) when there is spare time. So I think I lost all my pen holding skills. Sad, but this is one of my terrible doodles that I produce at JNBY. I need lessons. I want to be at LFW. I know it's a bit off-topic, but it's true.
BUNTZEN LAKE !!!!!!!!!! It was like crossing the border. It was a long, hot wait rewarded by gin + whatever. Then the makguli I wanted to try so badly + some amazing food called MOOK (묵). 오마이갓. My Korean people are seriously the best, *__*v
Back in July @ Barcelona on the Granville strip for Kathy's birthday !!! AWH YEAH BABY. SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS EVERYWHEREEEEEEEEE. ***NOTE*** Nobody remembers this video being taken. LOL !
Breathless, "I don't know if I'm unhappy cuz I'm not free or because I'm not free, I'm unhappy." This flick's so sexy, so scrumptious + so sad that I cry cry cry. French is a film language and Godard is a masterpiece himself. "Two things are important in life: for men, women; for women, money."
Walkabout, I watched this movie basically twice back to back. I just HAD to watch it again with commentary on. It was such a special film with grand ideas poised in smaller things. Definitely recommended to only those who can sit through lots of silent, background music filled scenes with not too much action or dialogue. It teaches us, as participants of the modern society, what true pureness and innocence that can only be found outside our everyday lives are. Beautiful cinematography + original sound track. Casting's spectacular.
Transformers 3, I'm such a sucker for blockbuster's. I just can't wait til I watch Cowboys + Aliens. Hehehehehehehe. Cried a lot during this third installment of the series... Rosie Huntington-Whitely over Megan Fox ANY DAY. Shia will always have my respect. He's carrying Hollywood on his perfect shoulders. I wonder what kinds of films he's going to do in the near future...
Horrible Bosses, talk about a good comedy gone bad when it lasted for TWO hours. Horrible aftertaste. It still had its funny moments and I would say that this is Jennifer Aniston's ONLY decent movie that she has ever made. She was in a total of 20 minutes... Maybe that's an exaggeration and she was in about 28 minutes of the movie...... Yup, not a fan.
Midnight in Paris, Classic Woody Allen with wonderful acting. This one is on my BUY ON DVD/BLURAY list. FOR SURE. I would watch it over and over again since a) deals with my favourite time in history, the 20s b) has Fitzgerald as like one of the main 20s characters, c) Adrien frickin' Brody, yo !!!!! Okay, yeah. This movie's near perfect.
The Trip, I really need to watch this movie ASAP. Excited to see Steve Coogan act again !! :D
Korean TV survival show- That phrase sounds lame. But this show is not lame. Like all Korean things, it is obviously OVER-DRAMATIC and its purpose is to MAKE EVERYONE CRY and leave the audience an unforgettable IMPRESSION. So at first, I was just like MEH. And then it started getting reaaaaaally good and I started getting as obsessed with it every Sunday afternoon, just like my father.
It's called 나는 가수다 (I Am a Singer). The 7 singers that are battling each other are all legendary in Korea; they are the top of the top in all different genres. At the end of three weeks that include two live performances, the singer with the lowest amount of votes is sadly eliminated. That may sound somewhat rude to have a reality show with these top singers, but in fact, this show makes them even better. They feed off each other, the energy, and the chances given to them to break through walls they didn't even know that existed. For me, this is truly inspiring, but just really entertaining. HAHA. It kind of makes me feel pathetic though.. it's like WTF am I doing....... ? Heh. Heh heh.
Situated in the Best Dojun [베도] page of Naver, Holy Mountain 홀리마운틴 by Abikyuhwan is the reason I got into checking out Best Dojun webtoons. In case you don't know what best dojun means.. These webtoons aren't the picked, paid, and official webtoons that Naver sponsors; these are unpaid and are products of attempts to get on board the official webtoon list. Anyone can upload on the Dojun site, and the best rated ones get promoted to Best Dojun. Pretty simple.
Holy Mountain, 홀마 for short, is a story about a girl and her affiliations with the concert hall, Holy Mountain. Deals with variety of parts of life: school, Korea's idol culture, developments in the smaller areas of the cities, gangsters, and friendship. I love how it touches upon very unusual occupations and that it has viewpoints from adult characters as well as a middle schooler (the protagonist). But the whole thing has a musical background and I can proudly say that this guy has a FANTASTIC MUSIC taste ! His first episode features GIRLS !!!! I've never heard of a Korean - living in Korea - that knew about Girls when they debuted !!! TOO COOL.
홀마 also has a huge design element. This author is not only just a mangaka, but more of an artist. The way he incorporates music into each piece, he also makes sure that there are a variety of cuts and different angles. His play on text is especially interesting and his unique darker pop-art style is definitely something to note.
So I got really interested in what kind of a human Abikyuhwan was. And you can find out more about him at his blog here: click click 작가블로그 Abikyuhwan's blog click click You can tell that he loves music and manga; no wonder he can produce such a quirky masterpiece like Holy Mountain. He made me make a Naver account so that I can leave comments on Holy Mountain and on his blog, too !!!!! ><;; This is how much I love this webtoon. Sigh, hehe.
