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Tag: short film

  • 27 Hours To Go On Viewster!

    27 Hours To Go On Viewster!

    Viewster Online Film Fest It’s only 27 hours to go untill the end of the Viewster Online Film Fest. My short film “I Want To Believe” ranks at #56 at the moment with a Viewster hotscore of 90.3%. I am really excited about that. The ranking has been fluctuating quite a bit last week but…

  • “I Want To Believe” on Viewster Online Film Fest!

    “I Want To Believe” on Viewster Online Film Fest!

    Today, the Viewster Online Film Fest kicked off. My short film “I Want To Believe” is part of the selected films. You can watch the film here: http://www.viewster.com/movie/1262-17532-000. If you like it, please share the link with your friends and like the film on Viewster. Let me know what you think about it. Thanks!

  • Viewster Online Film Fest starts tomorrow!

    Viewster Online Film Fest starts tomorrow!

    Tomorrow, my short film I Want To Believe will be shown on the Viewster Online Film Fest!  from June 12 to June 26. I will post more information about the screening tomorrow. Watch the film if you can and vote!

  • Website for “I Want To Believe”

    Website for “I Want To Believe”

    As I’m submitting my short film “I Want To Believe” to several film festivals I created a website for the film where people can find more info. On the website you can watch the teaser/trailer and read a short synopsis of the film, the production notes and the director’s statement. The credits are listed and…

  • Test screening my short film “I Want To Believe”

    Post production The past two months I have been working hard on my short film “I Want To Believe”. Post production is a strange process with ups and downs. You spent a lot of time behind your computer fine tuning the edit, creating visual effects, fine tuning the edit, doing sound design, audio mixing, changing…

  • Monday Challenge: Superhero – Zoë Says No

    Monday Challenge: Superhero – Zoë Says No

    Film Riot’s Monday Challenge Some time ago I was watching a episode of Film Riot with my daughter, Zoë. It was the episode with the Superman sketch. Zoë really liked it and that immediately made me think about making her “supergirl” in a movie. Then, a couple of weeks later, Film Riot announced their Superhero…

  • LEGO Turing Machine Video in Jerusalem Science Museum

    LEGO Turing Machine Video in Jerusalem Science Museum

    Two months ago I was approached by Nathan Zeldes, curator and scientific advisor for the CAPTCHA exhibition of the Jerusalem Science Museum in Israel. He asked if he could use my LEGO Turing Machine video for the exhibition. The video was to be displayed next to a replica of the Turing machine they were building. Tri-lingual As the museum is tri-lingual, Nathan asked…

  • Philip Bloom workshop in Brussels

    Philip Bloom workshop in Brussels

    This week, I attended a 2-day workshop by Philip Bloom in Brussels. There were 24 participants. During the first day we were given an assignment to shoot a 30 second video about something ordinary and make it look interesting. We had to find a subject and shoot the footage within a 2 hour period. In…

  • Background Footage For The Title Sequence Of My Short Film

    Background Footage For The Title Sequence Of My Short Film

    A couple of days ago I got an idea for the title sequence of my short film. I had already finished the title sequence itself which consisted of a few simple text animations. White font on a black background. A bit boring… The idea was to shoot some out of focus footage of the set…

  • Reshoot “I Want To Believe”

    Reshoot “I Want To Believe”

    Last Saturday I did a reshoot of a couple of scenes for my short film “I Want To Believe”. All went well although there were still some things I could have done better. But I guess that’s the curse of every filmmaker.

  • Recording Additional Audio for my Short Film

    Recording Additional Audio for my Short Film

    Today I recorded additional audio for my short film “I Want To Believe”, also called ADR (Automated / Additional Dialog Replacement). I recorded the dialog of Martine, the voice actress, who, in the film, is on the phone with the protagonist. I recorded the audio in the quiet living room of Martine’s home. I used a…

  • Progress report on “I Want To Believe”

    I have been working on the edit and I’m satisfied with its current state. I still need to tweak some cuts to optimize the flow of the story. The audio recording of the second actor is planned for next week and in the first week of January we’ll do a re-shoot of a couple of scenes I’m not happy…