zompist bboard

Me and a friend lacked sleep and something to do. So we decided to make a movie. We were planning on doing something in German, but ended up doing it in my conlang Kozea, since we have a nice little joke going using a phrase from it, which we decided to incorporate into the movie.

Enjoy our fabulous acting and my enchanting singing. The lyrics and the lines are all in Kozea. The lyrics are written in the script in the intro, and the romanisation can be found in the description. The idea is to make everything in the conlang, so that noöne really can understand anything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cHnWEEJAdE&hd=1

This is not pure Kozea, though. It's an extremely conservative descendant a thousand years later.

I love the song, it's cute!

Hahaha, thanks. We actually spent more time on the song/intro/outro than the rest of the clip.

XD

I do kinda want to add 'xri' to some lang now.

Ossicone wrote:XD

I do kinda want to add 'xri' to some lang now.

LOL that was the first word that I noticed.

How so?

Skomakar'n wrote:How so?

I tried focusing on all the words, but the first one that popped out at me was "xri"...

Bristel wrote:

Skomakar'n wrote:How so?

I tried focusing on all the words, but the first one that popped out at me was "xri"...

Awesome. The song does slow down a bit at that part, so maybe that was why.

Could we possibly get some subtitles on these?

Ollock wrote:Could we possibly get some subtitles on these?

Not understanding anything is the thing here, but if you want to know, then I can sure tell you.

First clip, based on a sentence that Erik once asked me to translate into Kozea:
- Hey! Hwōistā (my character's name)! ... Listen! Hwēā (nickname)!
- ... Whuzzat?
- Uh, did you see that hot girl at Nōiz's party yesterday?
- Yeah. I saw her.
- She was hot!

Second clip:
- Hey! Hwōistā!
- Yeah.
- I've been thinking.
- Thinking? You?
- No.

Part three!

Translation for Ollock:
- Hey! Hwōistā?
- Huh? What's up?
- Can you see the girl on the street?
- Yeah. I can see her.
- She's hot, eh?
- That's my sister!

Skomakar'n wrote:- Are you seeing the girl on the street?
- Yeah. I'm seeing her.

Sure you don't mean "Do you see" and "I see"? It's not normal for "be seeing X" to literally just mean "be perceiving X with the eyes" - it's a euphemism for dating.

Astraios wrote:

Skomakar'n wrote:- Are you seeing the girl on the street?
- Yeah. I'm seeing her.

Sure you don't mean "Do you see" and "I see"? It's not normal for "be seeing X" to literally just mean "be perceiving X with the eyes" - it's a euphemism for dating.

I've never found the active form of see to sound very good at all, but I have heard it in Jurassic Park (the little girl says 'are you seeing this?!' when looking at dinosaurs), and since Kozea is using the active form here, I thought the translation would work out...

Oh. I read the dialogue again, myself. I see just what you mean now. It does sound completely wrong. Fixing that up.

Skomakar'n wrote:I've never found the active form of see to sound very good at all, but I have heard it in Jurassic Park (the little girl says 'are you seeing this?!' when looking at dinosaurs)

Well, yeah, but people don't usually date dinosaurs.

That squeaky jingle is a bit annoying, especially when you play it twice per video and it takes up more time than the actual episode.

At least now I know what you were laughing at.

I do wish that the actual dialogue was more audible.

finlay wrote:That squeaky jingle is a bit annoying, especially when you play it twice per video and it takes up more time than the actual episode.

Ossicone wrote:At least now I know what you were laughing at.

I do wish that the actual dialogue was more audible.

I've been suggesting that we record just the sound again after filming so that we can dub it over. We might be doing that in the future.

Astraios wrote:

Skomakar'n wrote:I've never found the active form of see to sound very good at all, but I have heard it in Jurassic Park (the little girl says 'are you seeing this?!' when looking at dinosaurs)

Well, yeah, but people don't usually date dinosaurs.

Yeah, I came to that realisation.

Skomakar'n wrote:

finlay wrote:That squeaky jingle is a bit annoying, especially when you play it twice per video and it takes up more time than the actual episode.

I still find it adorable (and I've heard it like six times in a row now)

Also, this is a good project and you should feel good.

Amusing. You guys speak Kozea quite fluently, so it sounds like it's actually some foreign language.

Mr. Z wrote:Amusing. You guys speak Kozea quite fluently, so it sounds like it's actually some foreign language.

Haha. Thanks. Yeah. Erik doesn't know the language, so it's all about telling him what to say. He usually nails it well enough after a couple of minutes of repetition. He's a good partner for this kind of stuff.

Skomakar'n wrote:

Mr. Z wrote:Amusing. You guys speak Kozea quite fluently, so it sounds like it's actually some foreign language.

Haha. Thanks. Yeah. Erik doesn't know the language, so it's all about telling him what to say. He usually nails it well enough after a couple of minutes of repetition. He's a good partner for this kind of stuff.

And you are really that fluent in it?

Mr. Z wrote:

Skomakar'n wrote:

Mr. Z wrote:Amusing. You guys speak Kozea quite fluently, so it sounds like it's actually some foreign language.

Haha. Thanks. Yeah. Erik doesn't know the language, so it's all about telling him what to say. He usually nails it well enough after a couple of minutes of repetition. He's a good partner for this kind of stuff.

And you are really that fluent in it?

Some of the phrases have required looking things up. Some have not. My knowledge is still fairly basic.

Subscrib'd xD

I just wish you guys had more (and more meaningful ) dialogue going... Also, am I the only one that got a bit lost in the orthography? xD

Anyway, the language seems robust enough in my newb opinion... looking forward to see more crazy

Taernsietr wrote:Subscrib'd xD

I just wish you guys had more (and more meaningful ) dialogue going... Also, am I the only one that got a bit lost in the orthography? xD

Anyway, the language seems robust enough in my newb opinion... looking forward to see more crazy

Thanks! This one was recorded before I read this, and was actually shot on the go while we were waiting for my bus home from Erik, so the dialogue isn't much more of a masterpiece than before, but, oh, well:

Episode 4!

What got you lost regarding the orthography?