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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Movie poster design “I Want To Believe”
I designed a movie poster for my short film “I Want To Believe”. I made the photo using the background lights that were in the scene and added a studio flash with grid to light the actor for dramatic effect.…
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Shooting My First Narrative Film “I Want To Believe”
Yesterday, I shot my first narrative film “I Want To Believe”. It was a long day but eventually we got everything we needed. A big thanks to my crew who made it all possible! This film has been in preparation…
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Storyboarding My Short Film
I finished the storyboard for my first narrative short film which I will be shooting at the end of this month. I already made a shot list and I took that as a starting point for drawing the storyboard. I had…
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Silver and Light
I came across this beautiful documentary today. It’s about the wet plate photography of Ian Ruhter and it is just amazing. It shows the process of creating something extraordinary, by hand. It’s photography at it’s rawest form, resulting in unique…