Author: Andre Theelen
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Going The Film Festival Route
Finished the film. Now what? I finished my film “I Want To Believe” in January. I then decided to submit my film to film festivals. Initially that took quite some time as I didn’t plan on submitting the film to festivals and I didn’t prepare any marketing related content. I had to create that as I…
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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…
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“Just A Little Higher” by Grain of Wood – a music video
Yesterday Grain of Wood launched their new website including the music video I shot for them. It was a project I very much enjoyed as I love working with the combination of music and visuals. The band as well as myself really liked the end result. The band wanted to capture the feeling of playing…
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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…
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Colour Grading with Davinci Resolve
Davinci Resolve I attended a two day course on Davinci Resolve a couple of weeks ago. I also have been reading up on colour correction with the excellent book “Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema” by Alexis van Hurkman. A well worth investment if you’re serious about colour correction/grading. I have been…
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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…
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Photographing the supermoon
Last week I took a first try at shooting the supermoon. In this post I’ll share my experience. Supermoon A supermoon occurs when the moon orbits the Earth at its closest point, coinciding with a full moon. The moon then looks very large, especially low on the horizon. This year this occurred on Sunday, June…
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Music video for Grain of Wood
Grain of Wood A couple of months ago I talked with Eric van de Kerkhof about the upcoming album “Welcome Home” of his new band Grain of Wood. At that time he was still in the middle of recording the album but he was interested in making a music video for one of the tracks…
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Photo Shoot with Grain of Wood
Grain of Wood Last week I did a photo shoot with the Dutch band Grain of Wood for their upcoming album “Welcome Home”. Their music is a mix of latin, jazz rock and fusion. The band consists of founder and main composer Eric van de Kerkhof on guitar, Marco Dekkers on guitar, Martin Senders on…
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Don Buchla Documentary on Kickstarter – 10 Days To Go
Clarity Films Producer/director Connie Field and editor Gregory Sharpen of Clarity Films are working on a documentary about the synth legend Don Buchla. They started a Kickstarter project to raise the funds to be able to finish the documentary. They have 10 days left to reach their goal of $25,000. Please check it out if you’re interested…
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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…
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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…