Currently sitting in one of the editing suites over at Skurups Folkhögskola and transferring some material for some work I’ll be doing later this summer. We’ve had our good-byes for the first year of film studies here and are now moving into summer break for some time. It’s been an exciting and fun year, I’ve learned a LOT of stuff. It’s had its fair share of hard times with deadlines, internal conflicts etc. but it’s all been such a good experience, and I can’t wait til it begins this November again.

So what will I be doing up until then, besides enjoying some time in the sun? Well, first off I’ll be doing some work on a feature film which is to be shot during the summer and autumn – will drive up to Trollhättan on Monday to pick up some gear, and then we’re moving on to starting the construction of the office for the production. Proper work on that film starts at the beginning of July, so we’ll still have some time to kick back and enjoy some time off. Currently we’re going to start proper pre-production on our upcoming short film which is set to be shot during the summer. Actors and actresses are starting to come together and the core team behind the camera is rapidly forming. I’ve been discussing the potential of doing a follow-up on the documentary shot this spring about Kåseberga, to flesh it out to around half-an-hour to forty minutes and thereby have something to edit for the rest of the year. Still have to see how the schedule will be formed during the summer, so I’m also able to take a break for at least some weeks.

Sales of Harry Spexter och Petriorden has begun at S:t Petri high school, where it will be sold in limited release throughout the summer. To not counteract the sale of the film, the online premiere of the vfx-heavy action filmed has been postponed to late summer/early autumn of this year – as has been the case with previous spex films. But when it finally hits the web, it will be in a new format, which is reedited for the web with a slightly shorter runtime, some alternate scenes and of course, English subtitles. More on this later during the summer, as I hope to be able to put together a big event for the release of the film – to build hype for next year’s spex film – which I’m not directing but obviously giving my full support!

Loads of tech things happening also, as we look forward to the launch of the new version of Final Cut Pro, along with FXhome’s HitFilm, which I’m currently trying out. Yes, it’s quite spectacular.

Stay tuned for more news! Take care everyone!

Rapidly approaching the last week in Skurup – have been involved in three of the six first year exam films (as screenwriter, DP and director) and it’s been loads of work the last couple of weeks to get everything done and on time. The film I’m directing, Alvesta, has been in post-production for the last couple of weeks and it was just finished two days ago. It’s currently getting ready for its premiere at school tomorrow, which will be exciting (mostly to see what everyone else have worked on and what became of the other films I were involved in). After subtitles have been added, the online premiere should follow in about a week.

Also I’ve been working on the first 48-hour video marathon I’ve been involved in, titled “Ett skott från höften”. We’re all grouped up into small teams of five people and get just two days (eight hours on every day) to conceptulize, shoot and edit our film. So it’s really a 16-hour video marathon. So far it’s been going great, and as we’re currently starting on our second day (editing day) we’re finishing up on logging loads of video material and sound. Was sound engineer on the shoot, so it’s been a bit busy trying to get some good material whilst learning all the ropes within this new area of work.

Also got a temp job for pretty much the entire summer and autumn on a feature film which is set to go into production shortly – feels good to have it all planned out for the summer – or well, basically.

Completed work on the Harry Spexter DVD, which marks the end of a three-year producing period for the spex committee at S:t Petri High School. It’s been a fun ride, but I really feel I’m happy with ending it after three years and handing over the directing to a new crew. Currently in negotiations about producing next year’s spex film (assisting with equipment, editing stations etc.) but we’ll see. I’m pretty sure Redhawk Productions will be involved in some way or another, but it’s way to early to say.

Also soon starting the pre-production of our latest short film to be shot during early July – the casting process will begin shortly, and we locked the script just a few days ago.

So back to work here – take care everyone and keep tuned!