Behind the Scenes of NihonGO NOW! | Hiroki Ohsawa | The Ohio State University
"A Language Educational Web Series Meets Hollywood"
At the Ohio State University, award-winning film director, writer, producer, and editor Hiroki Ohsawa shows his latest work NihonGO NOW! Web Series, a Japanese language educational media based on a textbook series by the same name, produced by The Ohio State University faculty Mari Noda (Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures) and her colleagues. Ohsawa gives behind-the-scenes look at the making of NihonGO Now! to language learners, teachers, filmmakers, and anyone interested in Japanese, language pedagogy, film, and web series as a new media.
The web series is an innovative artwork to accompany a beginning-level language material. It portrays three Americans who learn and use Japanese to participate in Japanese culture in Japan and in the US. Ohsawa also discusses his journey as a foreign filmmaker in the US.
Awards:
・Best Web Series - Red Wood Film Festival
・Awards of Recognition: Web Series - Accolade Global Film Festival
・Official Selection: Best Web Series/TV Pilot - Indie Short Fest
・Official Selection: Best Web Series - Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
Buy "NihonGO NOW!" Textbook from:
Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/search?kw=N...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=NihonGO+NO...
"NihonGO NOW!" Textbook Authors:
・Mari Noda - The Ohio State University
・Patricia Wetzel - Portland State University
・Ginger Marcus - Washington University in St. Louis
・Stephen D. Luft - University of Pittsburgh
・Shinsuke Tsuchiya - Brigham Young University
・Masayuki Itomitsu - Linfield College
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11095584/
Full 12 Episodes and More: • NihonGO NOW! (Japanese Language Educationa...
▶ 株式会社オオサワコーポレーション／Ohsawa Corporation Inc.: https://ohsawacorporationinc.wixsite....
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Q: Why did you use the font & color for the title logo page?
PART I: Hiroki Ohsawa
2:06 Waseda University
3:56 Bandai Namco
4:42 Language School
7:13 New York Film Academy Los Angeles, MFA Filmmaking
PART II: Production of NihonGO NOW!
8:37 Offer & Requests
11:07 Shoot in Japan
12:50 Q: What is overhead?
14:27 Q: How did you choose opening & ending songs?
16:59 Q: What was the criteria to choose actors?
PART III: Filmmaking & Learning Foreign Languages
20:27 Same dialogue, but different. Why?
22:45 Story (Logline)
30:17 Acting
PART IV: Q&A
37:40 Q: Will you make season 2?
39:25 Show, Don't Tell
43:12 Q: Who did decide the detail of the separating trash cans?
44:38 Q: What's your intention with the smartphone charms?
47:44 Q: Why didn't you delete dialogues in montage scenes?
53:09 Q: What's the difference between courseware development and filmmaking?
1:01:37 Q: Why did you use Naruto Run in the scene?
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