Sunday, September 11, 2011

What's in a name?

Here is a shot of my name (taken during in-flight entertainment) as the Director of Photography for the film TAKAMINE, credited as 「サムK ヤノ」. This was how the my name was written in the original shooting script so I decided that this was how my name would be credited in Japanese. The "K" is from my Japanese name "Keiji," so in Japanese my name is actually written 「矢野恵司」.
Here is a shot of the DP's name, Sam K. Yano, credited as 「サムK ヤノ」. This was how...See More