Metaphoria - Services and Samples

Content Creation & Development

Edutainment product adaptations and scriptwriting
Entertainment product scriptwriting
Advertising & PR copywriting
Educational English (ESL) materials for print, digital, WWW, etc.: authoring and publishing

The Studio-on-Demand^® Service Suite

(For further information on the blend of virtual and real-world elements that we are offering as Studio-on-Demand^® please contact us by phone or email.)

Consulting & Team-Building
Project Management & Coordination
Scriptwriting & Copywriting
Production Support Services
...and so much more.

Translation

Translation / Localization / Versioning (especially to and from Japanese)
Interpreting (especially to and from Japanese)
Dialog coaching (Japanese only)
ADR (lip-sync dubbing)

Please explore samples of our previous work below:

Video Editing & Sound/Music Design

Here's a clip from a demo reel we assembled and sound-designed for Gonzo Digimation. (Click the graphic)

Gonzo Digimation Demo QuickTime Movie (9 MB/ TRT 00:01:03)

ADR (Lip-Sync Dubbing); Live Action

Here are some paired videoclips of our Japanese-to-English ADR work, done for Telesis International of Tokyo, on two NTV/TV-Iwate live-action dramas: Japanese source material is first, followed by English versions below.

You will need Quicktime Player from Apple to view the videoclips.

Clips from Nigeru Onna ("The Lady is a Fugitive") — NTV / TV-Iwate — (Click images below to play movies)

Japanese

J1) 37 sec.	J2) 31 sec.	J3) 21 sec.	J4) 58 sec.	J5) 43 sec.

English

E1) 35 sec.	E2) 31 sec.	E3) 22 sec.	E4) 58 sec.	E5) 43 sec.

Clips from Ikite, Ikite ("Loving Life") — NTV / TV-Iwate — (Click images below to play movies)

Japanese

J1) 35 sec.	J2) 52 sec.	J3) 16 sec.

English

E1) 36 sec.	E2) 53 sec.	E3) 17 sec.

ESL (English as a Second Language) Content Development

Y.K. Metaforia was commissioned by Thomson Learning (in 2007), and its successor, Cengage Learning (in 2008), to provide content for two textbooks with accompanying CDs. Jamie West's Design Makes the World Go 'Round features reading passages about icons of design and the people who designed them. His Branding Success tells inspiring tales of entrepreneurship. Both books offer additional mini-readings & fun dialogs & integrated exercises. West has also composed the exercises for the Japanese ESL edition of Douglas Smith's triviafest, Ever Wonder Why?

Rumiko Varnes's latest work, Koibito-tachi no ei-kaiwa (English for Lovers), was published by Kōgakusha in 2007 and includes dialogs available on iTunes.