Category: Filmmaking
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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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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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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…
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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…
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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.
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STIPOH Promo Video
Last year September, I shot a promo video for STIPOH (Stichting Promotie & Ontwikkeling Handboogsport), a Dutch foundation promoting archery. They managed to secure an excellent location, the old open air theater “de Lichtenberg” in Weert, the Netherlands. At the time of shooting the theater was being renovated and we could only use it for…
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I Saw The Hobbit in 3D HFR
Tonight, I went to see the 3D HFR (High Frame Rate) version of The Hobbit. I read a lot about HFR the last couple of weeks and read positive things but also a lot of negative things of people who experienced the movie. Just to tell you where I’m coming from: I don’t like 3D movies.…
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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…
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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…