We are studio Popping Shower. When we considered the important things in our life, music came up first for all of us and we believe music has a special and great power to encourage and connect people. It is close to our mind. In this film, you will meet three characters, and music connects all the characters to each other. Only music can do this. We wrote the original story, script and planned everything in English, but in the end we wanted to express the feeling of the characters in Japanese with English subtitles so everyone can understand. **FILMS may be viewed on Youtube ("About the Conference" drop down menu) or in the Watch Parties: Thursday 8pm-9pm or Sunday 10am-12pm or 2pm-6:30pm!**
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Ashley Ford is a language lecturer at Nagoya City University in Nagoya, Japan. Her areas of interest include Creative Project-Based Learning and Performance in Education, especially through filmmaking and music performance activities. Her current activities also explore the method and process of filmmaking to collect, analyze, and present data in qualitative research. She organizes an annual film festival for English language learners with the JALT Performance in Education SIG, and hopes you will encourage your students to make films to enter next year!