Hey, just posted two new gallerys featuring images from the 21st and 23rd October. Check them out either by clicking here or by going to the gallery page using the navigation bar above.

Stay tuned tomorrow for news concerning filmmaking and a new film review!

Until then, take care!

Hey everyone - haven’t written anything here for over a week - been busy, firstly with school but also a few photography but also film-related projects. Look back tomorrow for a few new galleries featuring quite a lot of pictures.

Also later in the week I will post my review of the swedish film “Låt den rätte komma in” which I saw with Johannes last Sunday - also going to see “Quantom of Solace” when it premieres on Thursday, so expect a review on that as well!

Got to continue editing now though - talk to you more tomorrow!

Went out with Johannes and Fredrik yesterday around Malmö and shot some cool photographs - I’ve uploaded the 44 best photos to the website, and they’re now available to view on the gallery section of the website!

Here’s another set of behind-the-scenes pictures from the production of “Campsite”, my current film project! Check them out either right here, or on the film’s page. Unfortunantly, Fredrik Steffen of Steffen Photography couldn’t tag along this weekend and take stills, but images were still taken by friend Andreas (thanks!).

It was a great weekend, thanks to everyone involved! We’ve now shot over 90% of the film - it’s going to be fun to move into post-production for real (even if I’ve already started doing that slightly).

Talk to you more later this week, take care!

Here’s my review on the latest film directed by D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Two For the Money) starring Shia LeBeouf (Transformers) and Michelle Monaghan (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). Keeping it as spoiler-free as possible!

I kinda dug the premise of the film, at least based on what I’d seen in trailers for it - the idea that someone or something is able to control every little aspect of what we call modern civilization (basically, anything that’s connected to some kind of network) and thereby forcing people to do bad things. While most of the internet population seem to hold some kind of grudge towards up-and-rising star Shia LeBeouf, I think he’s been great in every film I’ve seen so far (well, maybe not in I, Robot) and he sure is an actor to keep an eye on. After asking a couple of friends if they wanted to see it and being turned down a few times, me and a friend went and saw it in theatres last Tuesday.

So let’s start out with the story. The story actually has two main characters, Jerry Shaw (LaBeuof) - a no-name kid working in a local store under the shadow of his military-oriented twin brother, and Rachel Holloman (Monaghan) - a divorced mother. After both being threatened by a mysterious voice on their mobile phones, they both have to race through the US to complete assignments their given - or they will be killed. Let me just start off by saying that this really is the kind of film that you have to turn off selected parts of your brain to watch. Don’t go hunting for any logic or any real deep storyline with complex characters. The film is aiming to be pure entertainment, and doing a pretty damn good job at it! The film’s structure is pretty much 10 min. of introduction, 1 hour and 40 minutes of mad non-stop action, and a few patriotic minutes at the end to round it all off. So while I can’t really give any points for plot originality, as an audience member you are treated to your fair share of action, and I believe they must have had really fun making the film. The best scene of the film is by far, according to me, one that takes place in a tunnel filled with traffic - and a miniature sized jet aircraft.

Shia LeBeuof pretty much plays the same character he played in Transformers and Disturbia, which means he is getting pretty good at it by now. At first I expected him in a proper adult role, with him sporting a mustasch and beard throughout the film, but luckily, that’s not at all the case. Michelle Monaghan does a pretty good job with her character. Come to think of it, neither her, Billy Bob Thornton or Rosario Dawson (both playing agents working for different Pentagon-related agencies) are given much to do in a film that focuses so heavily on it’s action sequences. One actor that’s fun to see is Michael Chiklis (star of TV show The Shield) who plays the defense secretary in the film. It’s an interesting role, seeing as it differs quite a lot from his role in “The Shield” and unlike Kiefer Sutherland in “Mirrors”, Chiklis manages to pull off his character without a trace of Vic Mackey shining through.

The visual effects are pretty amazing. While not on the same level as the higher-budgeted “Transformers” or “The Dark Knight” you don’t doubt a second what you’re seeing on the silver screen. The cinematography and set design are pretty cool - neither of them attracts too much attention to themselves - it gets the job done, so to speak. I found the sound design and music to be a notch above that though - it features some brilliantly scored music by Brian Tyler, who is slowly but surely gaining a name for himself in the industry working on bigger and bigger films. I was glad to find that the theatre company have decided to fully utilise their equipment’s full potential, and are playing films at a higher volume than before. While not being too loud, it adds impact to the awesome visuals.

Eagle Eye is at the end a pretty cool film and is the definition of hollywood entertainment - if you don’t mind the somewhat far-fetched story. Any fan of action and/or science fiction films should definitely check this out as soon as possible. Everyone else, who are looking for a more emotional story with deeper rooted characters, move along.

Another week at school! Not much has happened this week - still, it’s a much more fun week than how the last one was. Been getting some homework, and actually doing stuff at the lessons. Last year I wouldn’t complain to have a break from school once in a while, but the last couple of weeks have just felt so…well, unnecessary. While both the math and physics lessons at least manage to keep somewhat of a good pace (every lesson feels useful), the rest of the lessons are quite a bore.

But enough of that! Been working quite hard on what I’ve filmed so far for “Campsite” - most of the film has been edited and graded, which means only sound and music are remaining. While having filmed over half of the film, some scenes still remain. Hopefully I should be able to get those scenes and shots done during the upcoming weekend, where we’ll be going to the countryside yet again -only this time, the crew is almost doubled. If everything moves according to plan, I should have it all filmed before the end of October, which means I’m perfectly on schedule. It has really helped to keep sort of a real deadline on the project - I won’t tell you what it is at the moment, as I’m not entirely sure I will be able to keep to it until just a few weeks before the film should be finished. I have a lot of other plans for films I want to make after “Campsite”, but one thing at a time.

Oh, I sold my Panasonic DVX100 the other day to a Christian society from Jönköping, here in Sweden. It feels great to have gotten rid of both the XL1s and the DVX, as I hardly ever used them and they mostly just sat on a shelf, collecting dust. My plan is to eventually sell the HDR-FX1 too, probably mid-2009 - still waiting to see what the Red Scarlet (3K resolution at a relatively low price) is all about…

That’s pretty much everything I had for you right now - check back later today for my review of “Eagle Eye” - the new action flick starring Shia LeBeouf - as well as early next week for some more pictures from the shoot of “Campsite”!

Take care!