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I recorded the conception and production of my graduate film 'Waldeinsamkeit' in the following 18 blog posts. If you are interested in how I created this film please click and scroll through the entries.
The last push
I managed to finish my film on time, and I am very proud of it. In these last few weeks, the making of the film has totally consumed me...
Silvana
May 4, 20234 min read
Week 11
I struggled this last week. I still got three shots done, which is good although I always wish it was more. But I went into some problems...
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Apr 10, 20233 min read
Week 10
So now there is really just one month left. And although I am making faster and faster progress, I don't even have half of my film done....
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Mar 30, 20232 min read
Week 9
This past week was very productive and I can feel that I am getting into a flow and am putting scenes together more and more quickly. I...
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Mar 23, 20232 min read
Week 8
I made same changes to the animatic and cut a few scenes out that I thought weren't adding anything to the film. The total length is now...
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Mar 15, 20231 min read
Mid-Point
We are halfway through the semester now, with a little bit under two months left to complete our films. Here is the formative update...
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Mar 9, 20232 min read
Week 6
I am making steady progress with my third scene and it should be finished in the next few days. This one is a lot of fun to animate; I am...
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Feb 26, 20232 min read
Week 5
The next scene is finished, yayy! I am moving forward slowly but steadily, and I am very happy with how it turned out. It took a little...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Week 3 and 4
The weeks are starting to blur together, but I think I am making good progress. I have finished my first shot, composited and all, and...
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Feb 9, 20232 min read
Week2
This past week I have been working on the next scene, which builds on the test shot I posted previously. It is taking longer than I would...
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Jan 31, 20233 min read
Start of the last Semester
The "Production and Post-production" course rolled on this past week and I can feel that it's getting serious now. This film has to be...
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Jan 22, 20234 min read
End of Semester One
This semester went really well, despite a big workload. I have been juggling this course, the dissertation as well as producing a 3:30...
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Dec 13, 20223 min read
Updated Animatic
While it took me a while to put together the first full draft of the animatic, updating it took much less time. Getting those initial...
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Nov 28, 20223 min read
Animatic Progress
Over the past few weeks I have been putting together the first draft of the animatic for my final year film. This process took me much...
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Nov 21, 20223 min read
Starting the animatic
I started putting together the first scenes of the animatic for my final year film. I decided to do the animatic digitally, because I...
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Nov 4, 20221 min read
Progress Update
I did some experiments trying to live capture ink flow under camera to be used both for my final year film an a music video I am working...
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Nov 2, 20223 min read
External Pitch
A week ago we held the external pitches for our film projects this year. This meant that the audience was bigger and included some...
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Oct 24, 20223 min read
Final Year Film - Idea development
My 4th year at university has begun and it's weird to think it is my last one. For the most part it will consist of producing a film as...
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Oct 9, 20222 min read
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