Art class

When I walked to the toilet yesterday I passed a woman at the shared washing up sink. She was cleaning brushes. Not just a few of them, loads of them. A closer look revealed that she had a small cart filled with glasses with brushes, and palettes filled with paint. I walked on.
But then […]

Storyboarding

5 tips from a girl who desperately tries not to go insane while slowly moving towards the actual production of her 10 minutes short film.
And 4 tips to get you started.

Storyboarding

Storyboarding

So while you surely are at home, having a nice dinner, enjoying the weekend - I am still at the office. I am the only person in the office. And I am not working, not on work work anyway.
But I found a new song today, I am going to write a bit more about that […]

Dan In Real Life

I hate long posts on blogs, I seldom read them, they put me off. But I know that I too often write them myself. There is a lot to say, but I will keep it as short as possible. I promise. There is some bad news and there is some, erhm, news.

Me and my sneakers back on planet earth

This is just a short post to say that I am back on Earth. I think. Travelling in space messes up your mind. But here is a short list of things I have to say today (will write proper posts soon, I promise):

It’s day 42 today. Use it […]

Bill Posters will be CCTV’ed

OK, not a lot of time, so - memo style post with lovely picture.

I am quite shocked by the sudden death of actor Heath Ledger (28). He was extraordinary in Brokeback Mountain.
Where are we with the 60 second action feature you wonder? Well after another long night of mad movie making […]

We did it. We shot all the insane scenes we wanted to shoot. We have been incredibly lucky with our actors as they were all very motivated, patient (when things took a bit longer than expected), talented and up for it and it has been a very busy couple of days. We now take 48 […]

I was home at 10.30pm. Yay! That means that I can get a close to normal night sleep.
We were all very tired today, which was noticable in the lack of laughter outbursts, but maybe that was for the better, having the actors around. And things went very well. It was clear weather, cold but with […]

If you wonder why it is be a bit quiet down here, I am busy with the short. Yesterday I was home at 2.30am (yes that’s in the middle of the night, and thank you London for having 24 Hour bus services) and I just came home from another long day of preparing.
We are as […]

Trabi on Tower Bridge

Trabi on Tower Bridge - Click for the whole picture
I bet you spend your New Year’s day relaxed. Visiting family and friends maybe, or sleep longer after a party yesterday.
Mine was a bit different. If you are tired following the 60 seconds action feature story, come back later.
A list of what we […]

The annual XMAS card postcard exchange

It’s that time of the year again, and you know how I feel about it.
But the question is are you up for it again?
I will design a brand new Girl postcard, which I am going to have printed in a card shop in a special very limited edition. It is […]

Sneak preview

We made a film. It is not finished yet, we need to edit it, but yesterday we were out in the beautiful weather London is offering us at the moment and I found myself directing actors, composing shots and generally feeling more at ease doing all this than I ever thought I would.
The actors […]

The Girl Is Making A Film

It wasn’t the first time I attended a casting, only this time I was there with a directors hat on to see if I could spot potential Dan and Junes (the two main characters) for my short film. This was not a casting session specially organized for my short, this […]

The Girl Is Making A Film

One of my friends:
“So it has really started now, you are doing it”
Me: Well not really, I can still run away you know.
She: No you can’t, I have 15 extras who can’t wait to be in the “love is in the air in the park” scene. It is happening, you […]

A true story.
At 3am in the morning:
Dan: “Ahem”
Me “Oh God no, not again, wait until tomorrow”
Dan: “Sorry but …”
Me “What is it this time, I need sleep!”
Dan “I was thinking that maybe I should wear a red tie in stead of a blue one.”

If you step inside you can see a first concept version of a possible film poster for my short film. Not that I actually am going to print film posters, but it might be usable for the DVD cover or something. I mostly just thought it was fun to make, and it can be a […]