Lightning was tutored by Julian Doyle, who has worked on a wide range of things, from Monty Python to Terry Gilliams Brazil, and also on Kate Bush music videos. He had a lot to say about lightning, showed a lot of examples through film clips and some films will never be the same after he [...]

Do not dig within 2 metres of this mast. I have some explaining to do, or “3 things – the sequel”.

Not all courses are good. Actually, the scriptwriting course I attended yesterday was crap. Even though the tutor had a lot of experience writing scripts, he didn’t reallly now how to teach. And in stead of learning us what to do when writing a script, it ended in discussions about film. Cool, I like discussions [...]

3 things before I go to sleep: 1. It’s exactly 5 months in London today. Hurray ! 2. I am officially someones girlfriend. He is Italian. 3. Davy doesn’t want to speak to me – at all. Now, don’t worry, things are not what they seem. But it is going to be a hell of [...]

Starter for ten – David Nicholls Northern Lights – Philip Pullman The Cryptographer – Tobias Hil I have found my bookshop. I buy loads of books in the charity shop around the corner here in Croydon, where I can buy a bag full of books for only a few pounds. Most of them are just [...]

A cafe just around the corner in Page Street My flatmate decided that Africa was more interesting than London, and after a few weeks there, she has decided to leave London for good. That means that the other room in our toplocation appartment is going to be available for a new lodger, and we have [...]

Trainpain II – a poem

(Now with pathetic filmclips) I wonder.

It was very interesting. Again.

I admit it, I am not especially in the target audience for Stormbreaker (official site). This is a young version of James Bond and the newspapers love the idea of main character Alex competing with Harry Potter about who is going to be the most popular teenage idol.

Lawrence (Bill Nighy), at the G8 in the Girl In The Cafe Lawrence (Bill Nighy), at the G8 in the Girl In The Cafe For all the people writing, calling, texting, buzzing me (I love you all for it thanks! Keep sending me mails about Bill it makes my day!) here we go one more [...]

(Trafalgar Square) I told Davy that I normally never complain about the weather. I love sunshine and rain, snow and storm, and everything in between. But this heat, I have problems coping with it. He jumped from the window sill, took my hand and said “Come with me, I know what you need”. He did [...]

Denmanstreet – home of The Cafe I really don’t understand women who go shopping for clothes when it is 35 degrees (C) in London. I mean come on. Women who are actually willing to stand in a queue in front of the dressing rooms to try out some t-shirts and the accidental pair of trousers, [...]

From Bill Nighy to Davy Jones This is not a ramble about Bill Nighy, or maybe it is, or maybe not quite. I was so amazed to see those pictures (they got send to me and I simply had to put them up) that it is worth a post. And since I am warning you [...]

Very nice suit Kevin.

He was just standing there, with a can of beer in his hand, unstable, lost track long ago. His clothes dirty, his shoes worn down and his voice filled with drunkenness. She tried so hard to talk him into reason. She told him to get on bus 24. Did he have his bus pass ? [...]

Bill Nighy Art III – Bill goes Blur Bill Nighy Art III – Bill goes Blur Even though I only saw him a split second yesterday (on the loose indeed, together with Alex Pettyfyer, and Alicia Silverstone, and Ewan McGregor(!)) it was enough. Enough to have me forget the things I should have been working [...]

(Detail of a poster for the Science Museum) I love working in a hi-tech enviroment, and I am a gadget geek. And our office really is the center of technology. In our mailbox today: Something to remember in the Kitchen on the second floor: it’s on the same circuit as the server room, and the [...]

If Yak himself asks you if you want to make a short film with him, you would be pretty stupid to say no. So I said yes! And it is such fun, and I am learning so much about filmmaking. We will keep you up to date about this project, and you can ofcourse read [...]

A part of the storyboard It was a long, and not the least hot day but it was so cool. This is a kind of resume of my first day at the London Film Academy. I mostly wrote it because I want to keep track of what we have been doing, and how it has [...]