Here’s another little tool for your writer’s toolbox; a friend of mine had read my novel and we met at a cafe to discuss it. After some constructive overall feedback, we started to talk about the characters, their wants and needs and what pulls them toward and away from their goal. My friend grabbed a […]
Work in progress: EATING AN ELEPHANT – PART III
Eating an Elephant, part III This is the last part of my elephant series. Be sure to check out part I and part II. After my art is “inked”, I go back to the computer, scanning my pages and adjusting the contrast, so the lines are clear. I then put photos in for backgrounds wherever […]
On the move: MOVIE BUSINESS MEET AND GREET
I attended the annual(?) Fiction Day at the Danish Film Institute (DFI) yesterday. A long, exhausting day of panels, discussions and talks from some of the people who call the shots in Danish film. As you may know, the arts are heavily subsidized in Denmark, making it almost impossible to get funding for a movie unless […]
Film School Confidential: THE 8 SEQUENCE APPROACH
Well, I wasn’t physically assaulted on the last day of the semester at Film School. But I sure felt like a punching bag, pitching my story to a teacher who was shaking his head and saying “No. No. No”. At the National Film School of Denmark they teach the three act structure, as a rule. There […]
Film School Confidential: HOW THE DIRECTOR WORKS
Another intense week at film school almost over. Hopefully I won’t get punched in the nuts today! For the past three days we have been in sessions with director Kaspar Munk, who is educated at the alternative Danish film school Super16. We watched two of his shorter works, both coming-of-age films with more sensory images and […]
Working methods: STUDIO vs HOME OFFICE
I have always been in favor of a studio space or office – away from home. And yet here I am, settled with my coffee at my new office set up. At home. There are a lot of reasons why I felt now was the time to try to work from home. One reason is that […]