New projects and physics-studying!0

Hey everyone! It’s been a while since I posted a longer round-up about what I’m currently doing in terms of filmmaking, school, movies I’ve watched, games I’ve played and other fun stuff! I’ll also announce a new project, as I’m changing my schedule a bit in terms of films I’ll be working on this year.

So let’s start with what’s probably the most interesting, filmmaking. If you’ve checked out the films on the right-hand side of the website the last couple of weeks, you might have noticed that “Connected” is set to be my next project. Well, I shot about half of it right before we started to shoot “Zombie Exterminator” so I haven’t worked on it for quite some time now. So I’ve decided to cancel that project (although the concept will be used on a future project, more info on that further down though) and shift my focus completely to “Derby”, my first take to create a more drama and reality-based film. I started to write the script and some general ideas for the film earlier during my week off from school last week. It’s going to be interesting to film it, as I’m guessing it’s going to be an easier shoot overall, at least compared to “Zomberminator” (yeah, my internal name for it) and “16″. Hopefully I’ll be able to put together a first draft of the script to send around to some filmmaking friends this weekend, and I’m going to start searching for potential actors and actresses next week. I’m planning to shoot it over a couple of weekends, as the weekdays are just too filled with studying at the moment to get any good filmmaking done. I am practising Apple’s visual effects software Shake a few hours every day though, and it seems like a great piece of software – even if I’ve only barely scratched the surface of it.

But the real news for today is what I’ll be shooting this summer, which is slightly larger in scale. The film doesn’t really have a name yet, but I’m currently calling it my 2008 Halloween project. It’s a more serious and more carefully planned thriller/horror film (with more of the story currently leaning towards the thriller side). It’s going to incorporate some aspects I thought of during the making of “Connected”, with people being chained to one-another – only this time done in a different, more dramatic way. I’m not aiming for the film to be very bloody and filled with shocks, as I think it’d be a much greater challenge to try and create a scary mood. I havn’t started scriptwriting yet, but both my mind and my filmmaking folder (which I recently bought ^^) currently has some ideas in them. I havn’t really started to write a script yet, but I think I’ll start to do this once I’ve finished writing on “Derby”.

I’ve been going through my pile of DVDs I havn’t watched the last couple of weeks, and seen both good and mediocre films! First of all, to start off on a good note, I recently finished watching “Dead Man Walking” (with Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, and directed by Tim Robbins), a film about a nun’s relationship to a condemned person on death row. It was a great film, with some truly spectacular performances and a great twist at the end that left me with loads of thoughts. Another film which I saw, which I guess was ok, but not all that great, was “Big Nothing” featuring Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer. I mean, it had a few good laughs, but it wasn’t at all as comedic as I thought it’d be. It was more or less filled with some very dark humour throughout the film, which I guess works once in a while – but if a whole film is based on it, it can get pretty depressing. Also, Simon Pegg with an American accent is just…strange (read: bad).

I havn’t really got around to play many video games the last couple of weeks, as I’ve been busy with school (currently studying for a physics exam on Monday). But during last week I did get around to play some Burnout Paradise against Johannes and Fredrik, which was loads of fun. Definently recommended game. Add my gamertag if you want to meet up for a race or two. On the countryside where I spent most of my time last week I went back and played “The Godfather” quite a lot. The graphics suck bad, but the gameplay is spot on. Shame there’s no co-operative option, would have been a great addition to an already splendid game.

Well, got to go back to studying now, so I’ll talk to you guys later! And by the way, if you havn’t seen “Sweeney Todd” yet, I’d suggest you to do so right away! It really is pretty amazing and has some wonderful music in it. I won’t write a review of it here on the website as it’s been out for a few months in some areas and I bet it’d be quite unneccessary to write and/or read a review of such an “old” film. Oh, and as you might have noticed, there are some new banners featuring some newer films at the top of the website!

Stay tuned for more news concerning both “Derby” and my 2008 Halloween project soon, and take care!