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umairbutt · 2 months ago
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How to Transcribe Audio and Video using Riverside fm's Aritificial Intelligence Tool and Earn Money Online.
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itmlab · 2 years ago
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How to Transcribe Audio and Video Attachments in Gmail? - ITMlab
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to transcribe audio and video attachments in Gmail:
Log in to your Gmail account using your username and password. Open the email with an attachment. Click Attachments in the menu on the left side of your screen. Select the audio or video file from the list of attachments and click Download. Open your browser and navigate to https://transcribeit.com/.
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Locate the email that contains the audio or video attachment you want to transcribe. Click Attachments in the menu on the left side of your screen. Select the audio or video file from the list of attachments and click Download. Open your browser and navigate to https://transcribeit.com/ Click Sign Up.
Open the email by clicking on it. If you don’t see an attachment, click on the link in the email to open. Click Attachments in the menu on the left side of your screen. Select the audio or video file from the list of attachments and click Download. Open your browser and navigate to https://transcribeit.com/ Locate the email that contains the audio or video attachment you want to transcribe. Click Attachments in the menu on the left side of your screen.
Find the attachment within the email. It may be listed as an audio or video file, such as .mp3 or .mp4. Click On the file and select “Open in” from the dropdown menu. Select “Quicktime Player” and click Open. This will open the audio or video file in QuickTime Player on your computer. Click on the play button to listen to it while you transcribe it using TranscribeIT.
Download the attachment to your computer by clicking on the download button or link provided. Open the attachment in QuickTime Player and click on File > Export. Select “Export for Transcription” from the dropdown menu and click Next. Choose a file location on your computer where you want to save the file that will be created by TranscribeIT.
Once the file is downloaded, open it using a media player software installed on your computer. Many people use QuickTime Player, which comes preinstalled on Mac OS X and Windows. Other popular options include VLC media player and iTunes.If the file is an audio recording, you can use any software that allows you to play music files such as these programs.
Play the audio or video file to ensure it is working properly and that you can hear or see the content. The file may be corrupted. If the file is a video, try playing it in VLC media player or QuickTime Player. If it’s an audio recording, try playing it in iTunes or another music player program.
While playing the file, listen or watch closely and type out the content being transcribed into a text document or any word processing software. If the file is a video, you can use the VLC media player to play the file. This program allows you to select an area in the video and pause it so that you can type out what is being said on screen. For example, if there is a TV show playing on your computer and you want to transcribe one episode into text format, simply open up VLC media player and choose File > Open File from the menu bar at the top of your screen. Then browse through your computer’s hard drive until you find.
Pause or replay the audio or video as needed to accurately capture all the words and phrases. Once you are done, simply click the red “X” in the top-right corner of your screen to close VLC. From there, open up a text editor such as Notepad and paste in what you have typed out from VLC media player. You can then save it as a document file so that you can access it later on if needed.
Keep transcribing the content until you have completed the whole audio or video file. If you are looking for a more efficient way to transcribe your audio and video files, then check out our transcription services.
Review and edit the transcribed text to ensure accuracy and clarity. Once you have completed your transcription, check it over and make sure to review it for any errors. You can do this by comparing the transcribed text with the original audio or video file. If there are any differences between what you have written and what was said, then go back and fix them up so that they match up perfectly.
For more visit: How to Transcribe Audio and Video Attachments in Gmail? - ITMlab
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sneakyboymerlin · 3 months ago
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can we just be real for a sec
Gwen - “You shouldn’t have risked your life.”
Arthur - “I wasn’t going to let anything happen to you.”
^ they said that. they did this.
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hopeswriting · 13 days ago
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[Video description: An anime music video I made of Katekyo Hitman Reborn. It's set to the music Everybody Knows by Sigrid. It covers the Kokuyo, Varia and Future arcs, with some clips from the Daily Life arc too, as well as some of the lyrics focused on the Arcobaleno and the Arcobaleno Curse. It's mostly from Tsuna's point of view as his bond with the tenth generation (guardians) is the main theme of the video. Bits of dialogues and sounds can be heard throughout, and I also took some artistic license to match the lyrics with the anime as best as possible. /End video description]
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Verse 1: TSUNA: Zero Point Breakthrough: First Edition / NONO: Why? Why did you...? / TSUNA: Byakuran! You're the only one... you're the only one...! I won't forgive you! / YOUNG MUKURO: (LAUGHS) Shall we go together? / MUKURO: Arrivederci. (SHOOTS HIMSELF)
Verse 2: GOKUDERA: (PUNCHES YAMAMOTO) You bastard! / (YAMAMOTO HITS GOKUDERA) / (GOKUDERA GROANS AND SCREAMS)
Verse 3: TSUNA: It's fine, Uni! We can think of another way! / UNI: I'm sorry, I'm fine. There is no other way. / UNI: I'm scared. I'm scared... / (UNI STANDS) / (HER FLAMES GROW)
Chorus: TSUNA: Stop joking around! What do you think you're fighting for? It's so we can have snowball fights together again! Watch fireworks together again! That's why you're fighting! That's why you're getting stronger! So that everyone can laugh together again! But it no longer has meaning if you die! / REBORN: That's a good answer. Is there anyone you want to protect right now? / TSUNA: That's... Of course. (HIS RING IGNITES) I want to protect everyone.
Verse 4: KYOKO: Tsuna-kun! / HARU: Tsuna-san! / (KYOKO WHIMPERS) / (REBORN SHOOTS TSUNA)
Verse 5: (A WEAPON FLIES AND HITS TSUNA) / (TSUNA FALLS) / (TSUNA BREAKS FREE FROM THE SPIKES)
Verse 6: TSUNA: It hurts... / TSUNA: I beg you... Please... please... / TSUNA: If I were to lose a precious friend in front of my eyes, I could never let myself die! / TSUNA: Nami Middle is where we all met. / TSUNA: Mo-Mom! / NANA: Mmh? / LAMBO AND I-PIN: Mama! / NANA: Eh? / TSUNA: Huh? / REBORN: Ciaossu. /End audio transcript]
okay so first of all, i'm not a native english speaker so you're not allowed to clown on me should my understanding of the lyrics not make any sense to you lol.
second of all, now i've done a proper, whole ass amv of the anime, you guys have to STOP thinking i find the anime ugly and unwatchable. I WASNT EVEN THE ONE WHO SAID IT FIRST!!! and yeah, i DID say it was ugly too, but i never said i didn't like it. i DO!!!!! it's good and i like it even if it's ugly all right zqefdsfds. (i'm just kidding btw, to be clear lol.)
anyway. i hope you guys enjoyed it. <3
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meddwlyngymraeg · 9 months ago
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If anyone wants any listening practise or to just appreciate some cool Welsh rap, Sage Todz is on IG dropping bars (with transcripts) so have fun! Also Todz is so cool.
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sirsparklepants · 7 months ago
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I am. SO tired of video captions like "sound on!!!" and "you have to listen to this the delivery really makes it". It's tasteless. There's a hundred reasons someone isn't going to be able to listen to the sound, disability very much included. Explain WHY the sound is funny, for fucks sake. "The Benny Hill theme was an inspired choice for the music here". "Colin Mochrie does that schoolgirl voice and it's HILARIOUS". Shit like that is not that much more effort.
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rjalker · 8 months ago
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tumblr won't let me directly upload the video so here you go. It's also on the Internet Archive. Also, all the frames are there too, so you can edit them and make a continuation or your own version.
this is the version that's not actually accurate to the book. I wasn't even supposed to be making an animation but I got carried away.
the volume is a bit quieter than it should be since I forgot I have to have the microphone right in front of me.
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[Video description start: A short video animation based on Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, with built in subtitles and a voiceover from a single person, showing the narrator of the book, drawn as an orange and gold square, interacting with the King of Lineland.
At the top of the screen is a long grey rectangle, with two black lines representing Linelanders on either side, each with a white eye on their points. At the bottom of the screen is a box labeled, "The King's View", which starts out filled in with light grey, marching the eye on the smaller line across from the king.
The line on the right is longer to represent the King, and the Square stands below him on the screen, demanding, "Hey, Woman! What's wth this weird line you're all standing in?".
The two lines visible think to themselves in parenthesis, "(I thought I heard something...)" "(Huh?)".
The narrator demands again, "Woman! Why do you ignore me? Answer my question!".
The King wonders to himself, "(What is that weird sound??)".
The narrator snaps, "Answer me when I speak to you, woman!".
The King things, "(Okay I know I heard something that time!)".
"Ugh! Unbelievable!" the narrator says in anger, "I'll show her to ignore me!" He moves forward and puts his face in front of the King's, saying, with sarcastic annoyance, "Excuse me!".
At the bottom of the screen, the box showing the King's view is now the same gold as the narrator's outline.
The Linelanders exclaim, "Woah," and "Agh!".
The narrator demands, "What are you all doing standing in a line like this, woman? I've asked three times!".
The King responds, "I'm not a woman! I'm the King! And where the crap did you come from?".
The narrator says, "I'm sorry for mistaking you for a woman, Your Majesty, but you didn't answer my question. Why are you all standing in a line like this?".
"Nevermind that," the King says, "Where did you come from?".
The narrator replies, condescendingly, "From the side, obviously.".
The king replies, "You didn't come from the side, you're not my neighbor!".
"Not in front of you, I came from your other side. Your South side.". The Narrator says.
"South? What does that mean?" the King asks.
"You know, South! You're facing East, I came from your South.".
The king says, "I'm facing East and West. You didn't come from the West.".
"South doesn't mean West, it means South.".
"Then what does South mean?".
"What do you mean you don't know what South means? Just turn and look!"
"Turn? What does this mean?".
"You don't even know what turning is?? Okay, look, watch, I'll demonstrate which way South is.". The narrator moves over to the side, closer to the center of the screen, saying, "Let me move over first so I don't hit you by accident.". When he is in the center of the screen, so that his sides won't hit the king he says, "Okay, are you watching?".
"Yes..." the King says skeptically.
The narrator moves forward a little, towards the top of the screen, saying, "I Nove north...". Then he starts to move backward, saying, "And...I move South." As he says this, he moves backwards out of Lineland entirely. The box at the bottom turns grey again as the narrator is no longer in the King's line of sight. The narrator says, "See?".
The King demands, "See what? you've disappeared!".
The narrator says, "I moved South. You saw, didn't you?".
The king replies, "You didn't move at all! You're using some kind of trick to hide! You are a liar!"
The narrator pushes himself back into Lineland to say, "I'm not a liar! You're just too One Dimensional to see all of me at once!".
The kind exclaims, "Of course I'm One Dimensional, there is only One Dimension!".
"No, there's two!". the narrator says.
"Then prove it!" says the King.
"I already did!".
"You didn't do anything! Stop talking nonsense or leave my Kingdom!".
"Make me why don't you!" the narrator shouts back.
The King shouts, "Maybe I will! Men! Charge!"
The King and his neighbor behin to rush towards the narrator, with other lines followin them. The narrator says quietly just a moment before being hit, "Oh crap.".
The screen goes black, the voicover says, "Boom", and two white stars slowly expand and then contract again to show the narrator being hit by the Linelanders.
When the stars fade, we see the narrator asleep in his bed, which is a purple cushion with arms wrapped around him to cover all but one of his points.
An exclamation mark appears over his head as he wakes up in alarm, then bursts out of bed, shouting, "Aagh!" in shock.
Then he spins in place, saying, "Huh? Wha?" then he subsides, sinking down sligtly towards the bed again, saying, "...huh...I guess it was just a dream..."
He sinks back into the bed and pulls one of the blanket sections over him, saying, "I'm going back to bed..." then pulls the other blanket half over, saying, "That was weird...".
The video ends. End of video description.]
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cinderpaw11 · 1 year ago
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Okay I'm finally getting around to posting the chatot time stuff! Enjoy the chaos! And thanks Zop for working with my team to make these possible ⚡
{bzzrt} of course! {bzzrt}
[a series of. Very blurry pictures. About a third of them have half of a Pokemon's face in them, way too close to the camera. There are actually a couple of gems in the photo dump, however. One shot is of Rian in the light of the window, spreading their wings as a chatot. Another has Toto and Baby sleeping on a bean bag while chatot-form Rian perches on Baby's head, looking down at them curiously. There is exactly one high quality selfie, taken by Lily somewhere outside of their apartment, but it's somewhat ruined by Ember's snout inelegantly protruding behind her. There are several photos that are clearly an attempt at a selfie, featuring Finny, but the angle is incredibly unflattering (or extremely funny, depending on who you ask). The last one a group photo, taken by Zop, with everyone crowded under a tree at the local park.]
[a short video showing chatot-form Rian testing out their new ability to whistle. Blimp is whistling a harmony, floating beside them. The song sounds familiar - it's probably a meme.]
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dnp-described · 3 months ago
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(2021)
Phil: This is the afterparty
Dan: So why aren't you just doing it by yourself, why am I here? Are you saying that I'm more important than Seth and PJ and Louise and your brother?
Phil: Dan, look. I thought everyone would be excited to hear your little voice
Dan, laughing: You regret inviting me now
Phil, laughing: I also love- I love Seth and PJ and my brother and Louise as well. Okay?
Dan: Okay.
(2024)
Dan: Phil-
Phil: Yes
Dan: You and everything you know and/or love, people, places, things, TV shows-
Phil: Yes
Dan: are immortal and constant!
Phil: So, live forever with everything I like
Dan: But you can never leave the light
Phil: Yeah, I'm taking it. I mean, that means you've got to live forever as well-
Dan: Did you just drag me into your fricking eternal dimension?
Phil: Yeah, you and all my other friends, you gotta stay with me-
Dan: Oh no
phil accidentally implying he loves his partner of over a decade and immediately attempting to cover it up, 2021 vs 2024
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ecango-blog · 1 year ago
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gibbearish · 1 year ago
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does anyone know of a yknow. chill youtuber who's looking for a captioner
#my resume includes a year and a half working in a call center notating calls over the shitty phone headsets and a 120 wpm typing speed#(altho to be fair and balanced ive been out of practice for a few months so that prolly bumps me back down to like#90-100 but the curve for getting back up to speed is like. /a/ day tops and the minimum i see on similar job reqs is 60 wpm so#yknow)#i also have no other job at the moment and therefore no time restrictions#as well as a steady internet connection#as far as captioning itself goes‚ i tried out the freelance captioning service rev for a short while but they believed that in unscripted#works‚ filler words like um or uh should be omitted‚ whereas i'm of the opinion that captions exist to convey whatever#meaning is included in the words to a non-hearing audience‚ not to judge which words may or may not be deliberate or correct#word choice or w/e#so i knew i wouldn't be able to stand continuing with it despite LOVING their captioning program. oh she was beautiful. i want to kill#youtube's with a thousand rocks#suffice it to say i am extremely passionate about subtitles being as accurate as possible#i have audio processing issues and my bf is partially deaf so when subtitles are bad we both. explode and explode and explode and explode a#which ik ik 'but wait you have audio processing issues and want a job Listening To And Interpreting Audio? how does that work?'#and the answer is it is 1000x easier when i can make the speech as loud as i need w no background noise and pause/replay/slow it#if i had a .75x speed option irl i would be golden#anyways. please i want to transcribe so bad#i also captioned my own hour-long video so i am now. quite familiar with youtubes captioning system#and id say it prolly took me abt 4 hours minus figuring-stuff-out time so like#say a 30 minute finished video would take 2 hrs prolly#im not looking for anything fancy so id prolly be fine w minimum wage cuz thatd be what $15-60 a video? depending on length#so depending on How Many Videos They Make thatd sustain me just fine
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thevenusgreen · 1 year ago
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rjalker · 8 months ago
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okay. lets try this again.
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[ID: A short video animation titled, "Flatland animation: Up, up, and away!". The title card shows a light green circle partly below a grey line, with a smaller black line on the right side, and a longer black line on the left side. The voiceover for the animation says, "Key for the animation: The narrator, shoving forward", for the longer black line, "the wall," for the shorter line, and "The Sphere, partly trapped below Flatland." The labels are all on the screen as well. The voice-over accidentally reads the words "trapped partly" backwards in the narration.
The animation begins, with the longer black like for the narrator shouting, "Help! Help! Murderer! Thief! Help!" while he has the sphere pinned under the wall.
The Sphere struggles to free themselves, exclaiming, "Let - Let me go!"
The narrator continues to shout, "Help help help!"
The Sphere says, "Let me go, or I'll have to take you with me!"
The narrator responds, "Never! You'll pay for what you've done!"
"Very well then, you give me no choice!" the Sphere says. They lower themselves further below Flatland for a moment, and then surge upward diagonally, lifting the narrator by his edge and carrying him up into the sky and out of frame.
A few moments later another line enters the room, calling, "Raymond? Raymond where are you?" She comes into the room, then turns around, asking herself, "Where did he go…?" before leaving again.
When she is gone, the camera begins to move upwards, with the grey line and wall lowering towards the bottom of the screen. The once pure white background becomes very light grey, then pale purple, then keeps increasing in darkness and saturation until it is a deep, royal purple.
A pale green circle appears at the top of the screen as the camera continues to rise, along with a pale green square.
The camera begins to rotate above the two shapes while still moving upward, the circle always staying the same shape, but the square growing narrower and narrower until he is once again a black line.
Below them, a grey plane spreads out, until we are directly above all of them, looking down on the Sphere and square as they look down at Flatland, which is covered in rows of pentagonal houses, with a larger building with tiny people in the form of pixels streaming out.
The Sphere asks, "Now do you believe me?"
The narrator says simply, "Oh.".
The video ends. End ID.]
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also on the Internet Archive, where you can download and watch the video, or download the frames, which you can then edit your own versions of the characters into to make your own animation :)
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abovetherainandroses · 2 years ago
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TRANSCRIPT:
Pete: Excellent. (pause) You good?
Patrick: I'm good, how you doing man?
Pete: Great.
Patrick: Great? Good.
Pete: Good enough, great.
Patrick: Good enough? Oh man.
Pete: Pretty good.
Patrick: I mean, you d—you sound good.
Pete: Thanks. Alright, I’ll leave you out here.
Patrick: Oh no. Thanks, Pete. (to the crowd) Hi guys, how’s it going? Um. So, I know we keep saying it’s the last night of this tour, but this tour has been really amazing for us and I can’t—I really—I feel like it’s weird, like there’s a moment you know when I—I look out and I see you guys and I’m kinda like knocked back and—and I can’t tell if—I feel like I’m maybe a little um, maybe a little dramatic, but it really hits me. I’m like, there’s so many of you, it’s crazy. And I’m so grateful. Um, I’m so grateful, and it’s weird, I talked a little bit earlier on the tour about uh, about um, impostor syndrome. My mom was like, “Hey, don’t, don’t, don’t be too worried about impostor syndrome” and stuff. So I just wanted to say, if you are doubting yourself, I have no idea what I’m doing. And somehow you’re here. So, if I can do it, you can do it. Whatever it is. So let’s see if I can do this. Alright. So, uh, every night Pete kinda tasks me with playing something on piano. (starts playing) And every night I have to figure it out on piano. (continues playing) So let’s see how this goes.
Pete and Patrick banter (and some of Jet Pack Blues) in Camden, NJ!
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bebsi-cola · 7 months ago
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an audio description is just to describe everything that can be heard in a video. a video transcript only focuses on transcribing what someone said in a video. a video description describes what you see and hear in a video. (sidenote: ID is short for image description. so you can use VD for video description). a video transcript can provide most of the essential information from a video if the entire video is simply someone talking, and the focus is already on what they're saying and nothing else. but generally an audio description or transcript can make a video more accessible to Deaf/HOH while a video description makes a video accessible to blind/VI as well and sometimes i'm not sure people are clear on the purpose of what they're adding
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ecrivainalene · 9 months ago
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Leviathan Panel at Otakon 2024
I was OVERJOYED to be at the Leviathan panel during Otakon 2024! I'll do my best to recap it below, but if you want a more coherent play by play, this Twitter user did an excellent job.
I've got a handful of photos, recap of Sharp Gender Discussion, plus misc. things I remember.
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Not everyone was up for the entire time, but I snapped this photo near the end when everyone was on stage! From left to right: Waki Kiyotaka (Studio Orange), Yoshihiro Watanabe (Studio Orange), Scott Westerfeld, Christophe Ferreira (Quibic Pictures), Justin Leach (Quibic Pictures), Katrina Minett (Quibic Pictures), and Diana Garnet (ending theme vocalist).
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New concept art! Looks like Dr. Barlow, Klopp, Alek, and Sharp, right before the Germans attack the Leviathan.
More under the cut!
Alternative shot of that art bc I couldn't get my lighting right:
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Clanker and Darwinist technology designs. Watanave explained that Studio Orange's early days were spent doing contract work on Gundam anime, so I can't wait to see how that translates to the Clanker machines.
Some more concept art:
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By the way, the entire series is being adapted at once - so we'll get the complete story at once! That in mind, the second image here makes me think of that maneuver near the beginning of Goliath to pick up the cargo.
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Sharp!!! Look at them!!!
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I don't have much to say about these but I'm fairly sure I hadn't seen them before. I am wondering if they downsized Alek's crew for the sake of the story, or perhaps we just haven't seem Bauer and Hoffman yet.
We got some new character art! The panel was very cryptic about who the character designer is. Apparently they're pretty well known, but they can't share it yet!
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Volger I am so sorry your photo was unfocused. Forgive me.
The panel jokingly described him as "Alek's dad," which feels accurate. And maybe I misunderstood, but it sounds like he plays an even more important role in the anime than he does in the books. I've always considered Volger to be a pretty important character, so I wonder what else he'll do in this new series.
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Klopp looks exactly like how I pictured him in my mind!! They said if Volger is Alek's dad, then Klopp is like his mom. Which is very fair but also made me laugh a lot.
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Dr. Barlow!! She looks amazing. There was a lot of talk about the dynamic between her and Volger and how they're often playing mental chess games with each other. I'm really glad they're leaning into that dynamic.
And one more concept art:
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This looks like the visit to Istanbul, which I'm desperately hoping means we'll see my favorite chaotic bisexual, Lilit.
That's all of the photos I have! They also showed us a preview of the show plus a live performance of the ending song with Diana Garnet. No video recording was allowed and I don't break rules, but believe me when I tell you it was stunning. The world feels so full of life and adventure and I can't wait to see the final show.
Tbh I was too busy holding back tears of joy but one thing I remember distinctly is there's a shot of Sharp getting ready for the day, and we see a sheet of paper with a bunch of names written and crossed out before finally (I think) "Dylan" is circled.
Which actually brings me to the Q&A part. TLDR, between the use of "Sharp" for Deryn's name, Scott referring to Sharp as "she/he/they" during the panel, and the scene I mentioned earlier, I feel really hopeful about how they're approaching Deryn's gender and identity in this adaptation.
I asked a question about this at the Q&A and voice recorded it, so I'll try to transcribe it here as best I can because the audio is not great lol. I stumbled through my question so I trimmed it down here but I'll transcribe the response as clearly as I can!
Me: I just finished re-reading [the series] for the first time since I was probably in high school, and one of the things that interests me about this adaptation is the approach to Sharp's character... I guess I'm just interested, like, was there a lot of thought put behind, or what kind of thought was put behind how to approach their character in the anime, I guess as a chance to re-approach the story however many years after it was originally written.
Scott Westerfeld: Yeah, there's a lot to that. The "girl dressing as a boy" as a trope was something completely different in 2007 when I started writing this than it is now. And so we really approached Deryn's identity as what was at stake rather than just... rather than just her being in disguise, it's about their recreating themselves and becoming a different person and transitioning and, and so... but it's always been interesting to me that the words that I wrote back in 2009, 10, 11, y'know, as an old guy who grew up in Texas in the 70s - who was David Bowie fan! - but otherwise didn't have a lot of access into issues of gender, I'm amazed at how many people have been [able to?] adopt Deryn/Dylan as one of their own. I just got an email a week ago from a trans boy whose chosen name is Dylan. So it is amazing to me how whatever imperfections or whatever problematics there are in the text, people still find their way into what they need from a character. And as a writer, I can say that I always respected that character, I always respected their choices, I always respected who they were. I never tried to stick them into a dress and have everyone go "Ooh now you're pretty 'because 'cause you're in dress!" We didn't do that, and I think that what may be important for people and I think that's why it's still what's gonna work here, but it's been fun to be able to update it and everybody on the team's been really great about understanding that.
TLDR I don't want to get anyone's hopes up too high, but I'm really appreciative of the care that's being taken with Sharp's story and identity in this adaptation. It seems like Scott and the others on the team are taking that into account, and I'm excited to see how it plays out.
Other random things I remember:
THERE WAS AN ALEK COSPLAYER. I took a photo with them but I won't post it without their consent. Just trust that they looked fantastic.
Scott said one of the first things he was told was that Alek can't actually kill Nikola Tesla because he's too well loved by people in Japan, which I think is the funniest possible reason for a change to be made in an adaptation.
Diana Garnet (they/any) mentioned how much they love Sharp (don't we all) and also how they used to work at a Barnes and Noble and remembers selling lots of Westerfeld books!
Scott said his approach in writing Leviathan was taking everything he'd always wanted to write about and basically throwing it together, because he was just coming off of the success of Uglies and figured he could get away with it.
If I remember anything else I'll add on to this post! Overall, it was a wonderful panel and I'm incredibly excited for this project.
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