Don’t you just long for summer, when it’s this cold? =)
It’s been some time since I’ve updated the blog, that’s because I’ve been very busy over the last months. In my regular life, I have a job and in October, that job changed. I now have to travel up to 4 hours every day back and forth from work. It’s a fun job, but the traveltime kills me (and much of the things I plan to do).
I haven’t yet found a good solution for mobile blogging to Drupal, so as long as that’s not possible, the updates to the site will be sporadic, probably… However… That does not been that I haven’t been filming. No sir. Let me tell you what’s going on.
The Space Between
In my last post I talk about the auditions for our new short film The Space Between. Well, after a few more rounds of auditions we’ve finally managed to cast all the actors for the film. We needed three male and two female actors, preferably from various countries, to make it an international cast. Well, we succeeded in that! We have actors from Ireland, the United States, the Netherlands and Brazil.
Up first is a last overhaul of the script, writing the shooting script and then rehearsals can start. I hope we’ll be able to start rehearsals in March and I would love to start photography in May at the latest. Not that there’s really a rush, but I’m excited to get started on this. I’ll keep you posted!
Update 2012:
Unfortunately due to scheduling difficulties and time constraints, The Space Between project was put on hiatus indefinitely.
Distel Promo
My friend Distel asked me to shoot a promo for his upcoming Ultra performance. I loved his idea for the promo, so one Sunday afternoon we set up in my bathroom and started shooting. Strobe lights, a TV set to white noise and a part of the stagedesign used by my old band IndusTree were all packed into the tiny bathroom. Have a look at the result here:
Zeno & Rodèlle
Zeno van den Broek, a soundsculptor and visual artist, for whom I’ve previously filmed one of his performances, has asked me to help him with a new art project, where he will present his paintings. He’s asked me to film the paintings and make it an almost tangible experience. I was excited at the concept, so I told him I’d do it. Unfortunately real life got in the way a bit and we haven’t yet had time to discuss details, but I’m hoping that we will soon be able to make some plans.
In the last couple of months I have been talking to another artist and sometime collaborator of Zeno’s, Robert Rodèlle. Robert and I have been discussing doing a musicvideo for one of his tracks for quite some time now, but unfortunately we haven’t yet had the chance. I consulted on his latest musicvideo (see below) and since we’ve been talking about what we want to do for his next video.
There’s an idea floating around to push the boundaries of decency as we might let ourselves be inspired by one of Marquis de Sade’s lesser known works. I’m really excited about the prospect of working with Robert on this. Hopefully we’ll be able to find time this summer. Have a look at Robert’s latest musicvideo:
Last thoughts
I’ve been talking to my friend Marko Martens about entering a film into a national filmcompetition, mainly because I want to work with him on a project. We’re not there yet, but I’ll keep bugging him.
My friends from Hong Kong, Robot Entourage, are working on a Zombie film, for which they’ve asked me to do the soundtrack. I’ve asked my friend Distel to help out and one of the tracks is close to completion. I’m still waiting to see the footage (and frankly to find some time) to start on the rest of the soundtrack. I’ve seen stills and from what I can tell it’ll look amazing. I’ll see if I can show you a still sometime soon.
Last night I submitted two videos to the Vimeo Awards competition. Unfortunately I couldn’t submit Heroes for Ghosts, because it was too long. I did enter these though: in the category “experimental” I entered my sci-fi short 9 and in the category “music video” I entered Distel – onde, the promo I shot which you can see above. So fingers crossed and wish me luck! =)
Well, that’s it for now. I still plan to do a series of articles on the shooting of the Heroes for Ghosts musicvideo, so watch out for that. Now I’m off to enjoy my Sundayevening!