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Hey everyone – it’s been quite a while since I wrote anything here, and the biggest reason is I’ve been quite busy the last couple of weeks.
Filmmaking is great at the moment, “Campsite” is just about a week away from having it’s edit locked, which means I’ll be able to move into more of the VFX stuff. Was on the countryside this last weekend with Johannes and Mahdi, where we recorded a huge bunch of sound effects for the film. I guess in theory I could’ve just used free sound effects from the internet, but it felt better to just go out and record them in the areas we shot the film a few months ago. Also, it was a fun experience which I remembered since the summer of 2007, when me and Johannes recorded sound effects for “16″. Obviously, we did a lot of other stuff too, such as playing a lot of video games. Oh, and Mahdi is done with his ADR sections for the film which is great. While I’m not able to say a final deadline for the finished film, it’s approaching completion quite rapdily. Not sure what I’ll do once the film’s done though, except get some rest 
While I’ve been an avid user of Adobe After Effects for the last couple of years, these last few weeks I’ve really tried to learn some new things – partly related to visual effects, but also designing cool logos and such. Started to learn a whole lot of “expressions” in the software – helps when you’re trying to create random movement of objects – often helpful in jobs related to designing logos and motion graphics for commercials and such.
I’ve seen a lot of great films lately – most notably I finally managed to see “Pan’s Labyrinth” – a fantastic film which I urge everyone to check out right away. Oh, and don’t watch the English dub of it, for obvious reasons. Still waiting for “Slumdog Millionare” to hit theatres here in Sweden…oh, and saw “The Boondock Saints” last Saturday; a great film, also recommended.
Just started a photography group at school, every 2nd week we’re going to take some new photos spread across various subjects and themes, and frame them at school. Currently though, a lot of other stuff is happening over at school – a lot of tests the upcoming two weeks. I seriously can’t wait for February’s week off, which starts on week eight.
Talk to you guys and gals soon
