tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171156552024-03-13T01:33:59.926+00:00Willem van HeemstraFilm & TV Career at Shooting People, see <a href="http://shootingpeople.org/cards/wvanheemstra">http://shootingpeople.org/cards/wvanheemstra</a>
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Edinburgh College of Art, see <a href="http://www.eca.ac.uk">http://www.eca.ac.uk</a>
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Weblog here at Blogger, http://wvanheemstra.blogspot.com
<br/>WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-57557999956475077562018-01-18T20:40:00.001+00:002018-01-18T20:40:21.491+00:00Willem van Heemstra<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qmR7tEIU6kM/WmEGFZx5ULI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/CxgdsE90jskmTyryEY4cixslNTOTKlFrgCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC07434.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qmR7tEIU6kM/WmEGFZx5ULI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/CxgdsE90jskmTyryEY4cixslNTOTKlFrgCLcBGAs/s640/DSC07434.JPG" width="429" height="640" data-original-width="1072" data-original-height="1600" /></a>WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-18400542492436397602010-04-07T19:37:00.002+01:002010-04-07T19:37:27.493+01:00Philippa's Tail - Fish Shop<div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">INT. FISH SHOP – DAY</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">TERRY is talking to a SHOPKEEPER, who eyes him oddly.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Freshwater or saltwater?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Fresh. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Right. I've got a cherry barb, a checker barb, a clipper barb, a clown barb; a gold barb a gold-<i>en</i> barb - which is NOT THE SAME THING – a melon barb, a rosy barb, a spanner barb and a swamp barb. I can get you in a tiger barb but we don't stock tinfoil barbs 'cause they're a bunch of bastards. (BEAT) That's if you want a barb.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Actually, I had something else in mind...?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Oh, yeah? Well we got lots of fish, for the connoisseur. Just of your cyprinids now, we've got...: -</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">What I was actually after was...</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry rummages in his pockets, takes out a wallet, and opens the wallet to produce the dead Philippa.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">...something a bit like this... If you had it...</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The shopkeeper eyes him questioningly. He takes the proffered fish corpse and proceeds to examine it, turning it over with an expert eye, testing it for texture, holding it to the light, giving it a professional sniff.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 72.0px; text-indent: 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Come with me please.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The shopkeeper takes Terry to the back room of the shop.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 144.0px; text-indent: 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So... do you think you might have anything along those lines...?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>Neolamprologus brichardi</i>, the lyretail or fairy cichlid. Don't mind my asking: how did this fish die?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I'm sorry...?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Nothing. It's just: it looks like this fish has been chewed.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">What?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This <i>Neolamprologus brichardi</i> shows unmistakable signs of chewing. It's been masticated, mate. Have you been chewing this fish?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">No. I...-!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I'm not making any judgements! It's becoming increasingly destigmatised, you know, ichthyerasty, or auto-erotic tail tonsil tickling. “Fish chewing” if you have to be vulgar.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It was a cat!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">A cat? 'Course it was, sir... All right, mate. I'll sort you out. (BEAT) She's a little stunner, isn't she, the <i>Neolamprologus brichardi</i>...!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This with a slightly unsettling wink. He leaves the room and Terry glares at the dead fish balefully. The shopkeeper returns with a fish in a plastic bag.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There you go, mate. Enjoy her.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">He grimaces lewdly. Terry pays hurriedly. As goes, the shopkeeper calls after him.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Here! Mate...</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terry turns, suspiciously. The shopkeeper hands him a card.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shopkeeper</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 108.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Give us a call. I can introduce you to some people. You're not alone...</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Courier; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">He gives Terry a conspiratorial wink. Terry takes the card weakly and exits, a little stunned.</span></div>WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-71308307313669726422010-04-07T08:33:00.013+01:002010-04-07T09:34:25.909+01:00Backstory - Mata HariWhen Film Director William van Aimstra researched his family tree, he found Hollywood actress Audrey Hepburn.<br />
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It is on Her, that he based the character of Miss Sky, in his film .... Eye of the Day.<br />
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Going back into the family history, another famous relative was found. Born in Holland but married with a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #312823; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 26px;">Rudolph MacLeod of Scottish origin.</span> Alleged female spy, Mata Hari. Which translates to Eye of the Day in Malaysian. Meaning the Sun.<br />
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It is believed that she had an affair, from which she gave birth to her daughter, Banda. Hence character Rainbow. It is through the observation of the daughter that the story of her mother, Mata Hari, is told.WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-70713580794965625132008-03-13T17:53:00.003+00:002008-03-13T18:01:40.289+00:00SHRINk the filmThis Spring sees film maker Willem working on his screenplay titled 'SHRINk'.<br /><br />It is a short story about two sisters, their dramatic separation, a vicious head shrink, and the discovery of true values in life.<br /><br />Its web site can be visited at <a href="http://www.shrinkthefilm.com">http://www.shrinkthefilm.com</a><br /><br />Give it a go, <strong>expand</strong> your imagination!WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-73994564477981949022008-02-19T13:29:00.000+00:002008-02-19T13:30:20.318+00:00Norah Jones Sings "Don't Know Why" on Sesame Street<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-c3fvqNlFvc&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-c3fvqNlFvc&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-33979193287505181852008-01-03T13:07:00.001+00:002008-01-03T13:13:04.854+00:00New Year at Balerma (Spain)We enjoyed a warm New Year celebration in Spain (Balerma, near Almeria) with friends. <br /><br /><a href="http://balermadec2007.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/4043100_b292ea6a68_m.jpg" alt="BalermaDec2007_1"></a><br />Dinosaurus on the wall...<br /><br />Click above picture for a visit to a dedicated space of related pictures on the Web (http://balermadec2007.blogspot.com/).WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-82151825812786638602007-11-28T21:59:00.000+00:002007-11-28T22:03:46.276+00:00I Still Like Football - The Movie<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="all" align="middle" height="300" width="100%" data="http://istilllikefootball.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/coverflow11xml.swf"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://istilllikefootball.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/coverflow11xml.swf" /><br /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><br /> <param name="quality" value="high" /><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><br /> <param name="menu" value="false" /><br /> <param name="flashvars" value="xmlfeed=http://istilllikefootball.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/images.xml&myColor=0xFFFFFF&myTextColor=0x000000&myAlpha=0.9" /><br /><embed src="http://istilllikefootball.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/coverflow11xml.swf" mce_src="http://istilllikefootball.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/coverflow11xml.swf" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" allowScriptAccess="never" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="xmlfeed=http://istilllikefootball.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/images.xml&myColor=0xFFFFFF&myTextColor=0x000000&myAlpha=0.9" align="middle" height="300" width="1000" /><br /></object><br />Visit the web site at <a href="http://istilllikefootball.netcipia.net">http://istilllikefootball.netcipia.net</a> of the short film by Eric Robinson (Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland), for which I am the Production Manager.<br /><br />Planned to be recorded March 2008... stay tuned (it is not all about football ;o)WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-6469109938635384192007-08-17T11:13:00.000+01:002007-08-17T20:25:05.016+01:00Script to PopcornI have discovered a fast and efficient way to '<span style="font-weight:bold;">produce</span>' a film with the use of software for scheduling, budgeting and shooting. Or from script to popcorn ;o)<br /><br />Here is how to go about it:<br /><br />STEP A: Write the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Script</span> (a.k.a. screenplay) with <a href="www.finaldraft.com">Final Draft</a>.<br /><br />Example:<br /><center><pre>EXT. LONDON BAR - NIGHT<br />YING YING arrives at a bar in London sporting bright pink hair. <br />All the men in the bar are looking at her. <br />Two men (MOB 1 & MOB 2) wearing black suits walk towards her. <br />She makes a break for the back door.<br /><br /> STRANGER A<br /> I like London.<br /><br /> STRANGER B<br /> Oh, can you bear the shit weather?<br /><br /> STRANGER A<br /> C'mon, this is a cool city, very fun.<br /><br />The men (MOB 1 & MOB 2) are chasing YING YING down a London street. <br />YING YING's shoes race along the pavement.</pre></center><br /><br />Save it as a "<a href="www.moviemaker.com">Movie Maker</a>" file (*.rpt).<br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2969158_919269d7ad_m.jpg"/><br/><br /><br />STEP B: Open <a href="http://www.junglesoftware.com/">Gorilla</a> and make a New Project.<br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2969600_3ce9d75cc3_o.gif"/><br/><br />Choose to import the script (*.rpt).<br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2969534_a91b7b89ec_o.jpg"/><br/><br /><br />STEP C: After the import and deciding on the start and end of the shooting days, Gorilla shows the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Calendar</span> of the Principle Photography (a.k.a. the Shooting).<br /><a href="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2969532_0ba7735e70_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2969532_0bc4fd1047.jpg"/></a><br/><br />Click to enlarge: Calendar, auto<span style="font-style:italic;">magically</span> generated from the imported script!<br /><br />STEP D: Next by pushing the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Breakdown</span> button we switch to the Scene-by-Scene (or breakdown) overview.<br /><a href="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2970056_f19bf69730_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2970056_e344eb3ff9.jpg"/></a><br />Click to enlarge: Breakdown of scenes<br /><br />See how it relates to the original script, with Scene heading (EXT. LONDON BAR - NIGHT) and Characters involved in this scene (e.g. STRANGER A, STRANGER B). <br /><br />NOTE: Since the characters YING YING, MOB 1 & MOB 2 didn't have a dialogue in this scene they are not (yet) listed in the right hand column, but I will do so by selecting and moving them in there. Problem resolved!<br /><br />One of the many conventions in film making is that we colour code the scenes depending on if they are taking place inside (INT.) or outside (EXT.), if it is day time (DAY) or night time (NIGHT). The following diagram shows this and it is reflected in Gorilla as you can see on the righthand side. <br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2970159_e22b101094_m.jpg"/><br/><br /><br />NOTE: The top bar is 'red' but that is because we are currently on that scene's page, if we step off it it will be .... 'GREEN' of course (EXT. NIGHT).<br /><br />STEP E: Very useful for the casting (linking the script character to an actor or actress) for your film production is the Characters screen.<br /><a href="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2970495_a2c276507a_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2970495_8dba0e468c.jpg"></a><br/><br />Click to enlarge: Lead Character YING YING linked to actress KATHLEEN<br /><br />STEP F: Films are directed by directors. Directors are directed by... Money. So switching to the budget and accounts views.<br /><br />The individual budget lines are divided into two categories: "<span style="font-weight:bold;">above the line</span>" and "<span style="font-weight:bold;">below the line</span>" expenses. <br /><br />In the "above," or <span style="font-weight:bold;">ATL</span>, category, you'll find costs associated with a film's cast, writer, producer, director, stunts, and story rights. The remaining expenses -- set design, camera rentals, special effects, film, editing, etc. -- are categorized as <span style="font-weight:bold;">BTL</span>, or below the line.<br /><br />...WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-83589446422312315332007-08-16T19:59:00.000+01:002007-08-16T20:47:56.311+01:00Life has a Steering WheelI took the wheel and gave it a spin...<br /><br />Now I have a job with ScotSys, Apple's Premium Reseller in Scotland.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2964964_80e5088de3_o.jpg"></center><br/><br /><br />They are the only company in the UK to be both a Microsoft Gold Partner and an Apple Premium Reseller. <br /><br />They are in fact <span style="font-weight:bold;">Apple’s No. 1 Education Partner in Europe</span>. They are therefore uniquely placed to combine the best of Microsoft and Apple technologies across your educational establishment, and to understand the complexities involved in providing innovative and robust solutions.<br /><br />Is this a tiptoe into the US?WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-67763773563868462832007-08-13T09:10:00.000+01:002007-08-13T09:43:25.988+01:00Song as ScriptsSongs that read as Scripts is what this web log entry is all about.<br /><br />Let me start by one of the songs that was playing on the radio and inspired me to write about it.<br /><br /><img src="http://us.ent1.yimg.com/images.launch.yahoo.com/000/009/583/9583838.jpg"/><br/><br />Tiffany<br /><br />Song: "I think we're alone now" by Tiffany Darwisch (original by Tommy James And The Shondells in 1967, writer Ritchie Cordell).<br /><br />Lyrics:<br /><br /><pre>Children behave<br />That's what they say when we're together<br />And watch how you play<br />They don't understand<br />And so we're<br /><br />Chorus:<br />Running just as fast as we can<br />Holdin' on to one another's hand<br />Tryin' to get away into the night<br />And then you put your arms around me<br />And we tumble to the ground<br />And then you say<br />I think we're alone now<br />There doesn't seem to be anyone around<br /><br />I think we're alone now<br />The beating of our hearts is the only sound<br /><br />Look at the way<br />We gotta hide what we're doin'<br />'Cause what would they say<br />If they ever knew<br />And so we're<br /><br />Repeat chorus<br /><br />I think we're alone now<br />There doesn't seem to be anyone around<br />I think we're alone now<br />The beating of our hearts is the only sound</pre><br /><br />How would this look if we story boarded it? Perhaps the video clip will give us an idea.<br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qo_CeBtQnjU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qo_CeBtQnjU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br />Video clip of "I think we're alone now" by Girls Aloud<br /><br />- more following -WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-50581540134236401562007-08-09T21:14:00.000+01:002007-08-09T21:42:23.688+01:00Stick Meets BoardAfter trying to construct a methodology for storyboarding following a few well-defined steps AND having built a shared library of stick figures representing characters in a story we can now mix them in. Welcome Stick Figure, please enter the Storyboard!<br /><br />So, to put things to work, here is an example picture which we will accept as being the main character in a heavy crime story ;o)<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2903606_b2794b312b_m.jpg"/><br/><br />Alicia Keys as a bad girl<br /><br />Now since we (the audience) will be at eye level with her, that is where to draw the red line (i.e. eye-line) and also the horizon leans a bit to the right bottom side.<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2903603_cc0f69d7c5.jpg"/><br/><br />Sketch phase of the storyboard with main character features shown through (blue) stick figure.<br /><br />A good point to notice is that the fierce eye of Alicia (showing her emotion) is well placed at a crosspoint of the pink thin lines. This crosspoint - according to the rule of thirds - is a position in a picture that attracts us by nature.<br /><br />See that apart from the character, the important item in the frame (i.e. the gun) is also part of the sketch phase. Make it a habit to sketch in blue lines. If we trace over them in the Ink phase (folowing) blue tends to 'hide' itself from our attention thus focusing on the Ink lines (in brown).<br /><br />... more followingWvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-46311972656652121502007-08-07T11:36:00.000+01:002007-08-08T14:16:37.834+01:00Guys and Girls on ShelvesThis web log entry discusses the solution I have found for re-using 'stick figures' in my storyboarding projects.<br /><br />If one wants to use something over and over again without re-creating, establishing a library is a good idea.<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2878598_012f381e5c_t.jpg"/><br/>For comparison, to learn about 'anthropology' one can simply go to the library, get the book (or a few books) and use them as 'references'. The same approach works for me with the exception that I will source 'stick figures' rather than books.<br /><br />Stick figures as explained in a previous web log entry 'represent' (human) beings in drawing, for example in storyboards for movie productions. The stick figure can be male or female (or a hybrid). As soon as I 'stick' (pun intended) such a sketchy drawing in my library I can re-use it over and over again. That speeds up the process of drawing, and I can concentrate on the narrative (i.e. the story) rather than the technology (i.e. drawing).<br /><br />Here is an example of a stick figure's parts (skull, chest, hips).<br/><table border="0"><th><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2878544_d96c5b7bad_m.jpg"/></th><th><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2878546_b625aa5d80_m.jpg"/></th><th><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2878545_cc90609568_m.jpg"/></th></table><br/>Stick figure from three angles: side, 3/4, front<br /><br />I see the advantage of shelving the head, upper-body and lower-body for each angle separately in my library so I can move them around individually, to arrange more different poses.<br /><br />Below is an example of how a stick figure underlays a more detailed sketch.<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2878613_22b812f19f_m.jpg"/><br/><br /><a href="http://cagedbeagle.com">Dean Yeagle</a>'s sketch of girl 'Mandy' follows the general shape of the side view of my stick figure. Although to accentuate the female body he has decreased the chest, increased the breasts and the head. Also, whereas her body is 'drawn' from the side, her head is actually facing 3/4 aside (i.e. profile). Had I used the 3/4 head of my stick figure, the 'match' would have been even closer. <br /><br />Excerpt from <a href="http://www.artyears.com/exclusive/yeagle.html">an interview</a> with animator Dean Yeagle:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How important is color to you when designing characters?</span><br />"<span style="font-style:italic;">Not important at all in the beginning stages. First the line, always. Color adds mood or indicates a character's state of mind or general health perhaps, and is therefore a very important component eventually, but first of all is the character, expressed in line. The ultimate color may be in the back of my mind as I design, but usually that comes later. In designing backgrounds, however, the color may well be the first thought and the determining factor in the end result.</span>"<br /><br />Rather than using one (big) library where I could store all re-usable items (such as stick figures) to make a specific storyboard, I have decided to store the stick figures in a 'shared' library. This way I can develop different storyboards, whilst sourcing from a single, specific library of stick figures. I need only to keep my stick figure library updated and well-organized to have all using storyboards benefit from it.<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2894146_9d20ea1e42.jpg"/><br/><br />Shared libraries, rather than one massive single storyboard-tied-in library.<br /><br />...more followingWvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-72956883134886508932007-07-28T23:52:00.000+01:002007-08-08T17:35:11.312+01:00Back on BoardWith so many storyboard assignments I have been supplied with for film and DVD productions I have decided to speed up the process.<br /><br />The best way to make something go faster is by introducing a routine.<br /><br />With that I mean a set sequence of steps to be taken from start to finish, with each step clearly defined.<br /><br />The first consideration when trying to visualize a story is by choosing a frame or window within which the story will happen. If you look around in the world around you there is no limitation to the horizontal and / or vertical broadness of your view. It is 3-dimensional (i.e. height, width, and depth) all round.<br /><br />In a 2-dimensional (i.e. height and width only) medium like film, the audience's view <span style="font-style:italic;">IS</span> limited both horizontally and vertically, however. This needs a creative decision: what to show and what to leave out. In sum, what to frame. By the way the same counts for a painting, poster or TV commercial.<br /><br />So, that said, I call step one the FRAMING step.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP ONE: FRAMING</span><br /><br />Below you see an image of the aspect ratio and size of the frame (aka window) that every film maker has to decide on.<br /><br /><a href="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2895464_37b8d45a6e_o.jpg" border="0"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2895464_a67074f387.jpg"/></a><br/><br />Click to enlarge: Frame sizes and aspect ratios for film medium<br /><br />A few notes are helpful to fully understand my choice of aspect ratio and sizes.<br /><br />First of all we are used to having a wider size of an image as compared with its height. This automatically suggests that the frame is <span style="font-weight:bold;">rectangular</span> and 'on its side' or landscape as it is called. With a photocamera one can take portrait pictures and glue them in the photoalbum, with film we cannot turn the film screen 90 degrees or ask the audience to lay on their side. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Film is landscape angled</span>, no exceptions to the rule!<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2793774_4d143d03d2_m.jpg"><br/><br />Comparison of three common aspect ratios constrained by the screen diagonal size (the black circle). The widest and shortest box (blue, 2.39:1) and the middle box (<span style="font-weight:bold;">green, 16:9</span>) are common formats for cinematography. The most square-like box (<span style="font-weight:bold;">red, 4:3</span>) is the format used in standard definition television.<br />[source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)]<br /><br />Second, the choice of 'stretch' in a horizontal direction (standard versus widescreen) is an artistical choice. In general, the <span style="font-weight:bold;">wider</span> the frame, the more the audience 'feels' part of the scenery; <span style="font-weight:bold;">subjective</span> view. In contrast, the more <span style="font-weight:bold;">squared</span> the frame is the more distant (say <span style="font-weight:bold;">objective</span>) the audience experiences the film.<br /><br />See underneath examples:<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2793807_0ae82fa34a_m.jpg"/><br/><br />Standard (4:3) used for objective, documentary, technical, instructional, training purposes. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2793808_c96440b8f7.jpg"/><br/><br />Widescreen (16:9) used for subjective, fiction, narrative, dramatic, emotional purposes. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.<br /><br />Next, the reason for the two light blue areas on both ends left and right of the frame is as follows. We will have to draw a "horizon line" at some point to start an image of the storyboard. Just as in real life, every place we visit has a horizon. This line is topic of our next step. Yet, already we need to reserve space for the <span style="font-style:italic;">vanishing point(s)</span> left and right of the frame. The vanishing point is discussed in the next step too. <br /><br />Finally, to adhere to a European standard I have taken the paper size A4 as the overall drawing space for my storyboards and adjusted the frame size to fit on paper. No reason other than convenience.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP TWO: PERSPECTIVE</span><br /><br />By choice of camera angle (high, neutral or low) the perspective of an image is changed.<br/><br /><table border="1"><th>The eye-line is always at the distance from the ground - where the spectator (or camera) is standing - to the position of his or her eyes cq the lens.</th><tr/><td>It is a misconception that the eye line is 'on the floor', unless the spectator or camera is on the floor himself or herself. For ease of use the eye-line is also called the horizon line, although one would expect the horizon to be at floor level.</td></table><br />Also if the spectator (whose eye is always at the height of the horizon line) views an object or actor not from straight on (horizontally) then 2 vanishing points depict the scene's (imaginary) lines. As a rule of thumb these vanishing points are always at 1/2 the width of the frame aside, where no distortion takes place.<br /><br /><a href="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2807840_ebfedc2ab1_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2807840_074aaf8012.jpg"/></a><br/><br />Actor <span style="font-weight:bold;">at</span> spectator's eye-level: <span style="font-weight:bold;">neutral</span><br /><br /><a href="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2807843_9cc8fed1a5_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2807843_8162acdf44.jpg"/></a><br/><br />Actor <span style="font-weight:bold;">above</span> spectator's eye-level: <span style="font-weight:bold;">dominant</span><br />Example of dominant actor below provided by <a href="http://www.animatedbuzz.com/tutorials/camerangles.html">AnimatedBuzz</a><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2807941_ce653d59c2.jpg"/><br/><br /><br /><a href="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2807842_cd5ad681ea_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2807842_77ed59895c.jpg"/></a><br/><br />Actor <span style="font-weight:bold;">below</span> spectator's eye-level: <span style="font-weight:bold;">submissive</span><br />Example of submissive actor below provided by <a href="http://www.animatedbuzz.com/tutorials/camerangles.html">AnimatedBuzz</a><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2807942_70687e0e41_m.jpg"/><br/><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP 3: DEPTH / RULE-OF-THIRDS / POINT-OF-VIEW</span><br /><br />The next step is to bring a new dimension to the width and height of the flat surface of a storyboard paper or screen, i.e. <span style="font-weight:bold;">depth</span>. This is by default an illusion, but it has tricked the eye of the spectator successfully and adds a sense of 'space' to the shot.<br /><br />Underneath figure shows how with a change in <span style="font-weight:bold;">size</span> of the character (big in front, small in the distance) and with the use of <span style="font-weight:bold;">overlapping</span> (the cloud over the moon) this illusion is applied. <br /><a href="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2824243_3a6142c4e8_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2824243_ca4014818c.jpg"/></a><br><br />Click to enlarge: Overlap and sizing, creating the illusion of depth.<br /><br />Another point of interest is the distrubution (or arrangement) of the elements of the image in the frame. From research it has been found that the human eye likes to rest at what is now known as the crosspoints of the 'thirds' of the frame; the <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://photospot2004.blogspot.com/2004/07/rule-of-thirds.html">Rule-of-Thirds</a></span>. Here these crosspoints are depicted by little pink circles on the pink dividing lines. We perceive information of interest to reside at those crosspoints, and if so we find this aesthetically pleasing. So, I suggest in storyboarding this should be aimed for. <br /><br />In addition, placing a character far behind for example another character's shoulder signals to the spectator that he or she takes the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Point-of-View</span> (the 'observation') from the nearby character. The spectator sees along with this foreground character and thus experiences his or her feelings. The script will have hinted from whose point the particular shot is experienced, which should be drawn likewise in the frame.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP FOUR: BALANCE & CONTRAST</span><br /><br />Text...WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-83505116843312144492007-07-25T22:52:00.000+01:002007-07-31T15:56:50.893+01:00In Good ShapeThis entry will discuss the 'shape' of human being, in particular the difference between the male and the female body. To speed up the drawing and communication of the intention in storyboards, which character is male and which is female, I try to simplify their body form by use of well-known geometric shapes.<br /><br />The following comparison is one by opinion rather than by physics rule or law. In general, the female body mimics a 'pear' shape (or two stacked triangles), whereas the male body looks like an apple shape (or one pentagon).<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2814395_13006c7981_m.jpg"/><br/><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Female</span> body shape is that of a pear or two stacked <span style="font-weight:bold;">pyramides</span>.<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2814459_3b2e930698_m.jpg"/><br/><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Male</span> body shape is that of an apple or <span style="font-weight:bold;">pentagon</span> (i.e. 5-star).<br /><br />In conclusion, we could draw just the geometrical forms and provide enough visual cue to the viewer to distinguish between the two sexes.<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2819737_aa459e1903_m.jpg"/><br/><br />Male and female figures in abstract form.<br /><br />NOTE: The male shoulders are three heads wide, his hips two heads wide. The female shoulders are two heads wide, her hips three heads wide. The legs (3.5 heads high) of both genders are almost as long as the head and upper body (4 heads high). These are the biologically correct measures. Exageration might help to define their characteristics more, e.g. big male chest, slim female waist.WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-1591429235536884652007-07-21T23:40:00.000+01:002007-07-21T23:42:51.980+01:00How To Find Music You likeEnjoy the following instruction video:<br /><embed type="video/quicktime" src="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mov?http://media.revver.com/qt;sharer=29471/119146.mov" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" scale="aspect" cache="False" height="376" width="480" autoplay="true"></embed><br /><br />Learn IT from the pro's ;o)<br />[source <a href="http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/pages/episodes.htm">http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/pages/episodes.htm</a>]WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-2425986376603980992007-07-07T06:56:00.001+01:002007-07-07T07:43:58.807+01:00Tell a Story in 5 FramesI found a wonderful group on the Web that urges its members to Tell a Story in 5 (Photo-)Frames.<br /><br />A good story has characters in action with a beginning (Act 1), middle (Act 2), and an ending (Act 3). <br /><br />Fortunately a lot of information can be given in a single photograph, enhancing the limitations of five photographs for your story. <br /><br />Location, time, and atmosphere aid viewer imagination. Keep standards of pictorial beauty, but pack as many story telling elements in one photograph as possible to develop an action.<br /><br />ACT I:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1st photo</span>: establish characters and location.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2nd photo</span>: create a situation with possibilities of what might happen.<br /><br />ACT II:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3rd photo</span>: involve the characters in the situation.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4th photo</span>: build to probable outcomes<br /><br />ACT III:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5th photo</span>: have a logical, but surprising, end.<br /><br />Have a look and try it for yourselves at <a href="www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/">www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/</a><br /><br />Here is an example:<br /><br />... images following...<br /><br />The Power of Five:<br /><br />- We have 5 Fingers on one hand, or 5 five toes on one foot<br />- We have 5 Senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch)<br />- We have 5 Working Days in a week<br />- We have a 5 Forces Model in Competition according to Michael Porter, an Economics Strategist<br />- We have 5 Elements (Water, Earth, Fire, Wood, Metal)<br />- ...WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-2936517197938085622007-07-04T03:21:00.001+01:002007-07-04T03:38:02.067+01:00On The LotThe Television channel FOX has started a competition between film makers called 'On the lot'. It is a lot of fun to watch and learn from it along the shoot.<br /><br />A sure success has been the short film "Die Hardly Working" by director Zach Lipovsky, which you can see at <a href="http://www.thelot.com/episodes/?ep=10&vd=113"/>here.<br /><br /><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2624028_8807c3102c_o.jpg" /></a><br/><br />Click to watch: Die Hardly Working<br /><br />About two co-workers while bored in their cubicles, declare a make believe war with one another. A battle of epic proportions ensues.WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-48238831607630915072007-06-01T23:58:00.000+01:002007-07-04T03:53:49.023+01:00The Problem with PetsYahoo... another child-friendly film is in the making!!!<br /><br />The title: <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Problem with Pets</span><br /><br />And I will be <span style="font-style:italic;">Art Directing</span> this wonderful story about MONICA, her tortoise SPEEDY and the bright orange LAWN MOWER..... ;o)<br /><br /><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/251/524738217_0e3109c7ed_m.jpg"/><br/><br />SPEEDY, the tortoise of MONICA<br /><br />Excerpt from the script by Frances O'Neill:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;font-family:courier;">"A picture perfect cottage sits in a beautiful garden surrounded by farmland. MONICA, a sweet looking girl of 7, wanders through deep grass taking photos with her polaroid camera. BARB, her impeccably turned out mother, is at the other side of the garden, she appears to be dusting the roses. SPEEDY, a pet tortoise, moves slowly through the long grass at the edge of the manicured lawn towards MONICA. <br /><br />The peace of this idyllic scene is broken by the roar of a tractor lawn mower which moves ever closer. DR DICK, still dressed in his work suit is astride the bright orange lawn mower. MONICA raises her eyes to heaven and makes for the house. DR DICK waves to BARB as he drives by almost out of control. BARB smiles encouragingly and waves back to him, then turns back to her roses. <br /><br />Speedy and Dr Dick are on a collision course.<br /><br />Titles on black: THE PROBLEM WITH PETS."</span><br /><br />We will be filming from Sunday 3rd of June upto and including Friday the 8th of June in a beautiful estate across the river Firth of Fourth, in the Scottish countryside.<br /><br />Read about the Art Department and what we have in stock for our film crew to capture... a lot of pets, I promise.<br /><br />Visit the web site at <a href="http://theproblemwithpets.blogspot.com">http://theproblemwithpets.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />Or for pictures of the shoot go to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/problemwithpets">http://www.myspace.com/problemwithpets</a>.WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-16171355861291799472007-05-29T17:43:00.000+01:002007-05-29T17:50:56.694+01:00Who is watching whoI have spotted a documentary (de Meta & Fosa Show) made by my niece Marjolijn van Heemstra and her sister Anneloor van Heemstra amongst a creative team. <br /><br />Well done, it was good fun watching this:<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QrKktExlanU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QrKktExlanU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br />Now who says Television is dumb... maybe we should watch more who's in the audience rather than what's on stage. <br /><br />Or not...WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-47879628927521097872007-05-27T19:52:00.000+01:002007-05-27T19:56:49.215+01:00China by Plane 2007The late-breaking news has reached my weblog.<br /><br />Aileen and myself will be traveling through Mainland China from end of June 2007. Our account of this journey will be documented, as you can expect after having read my blog so faithfully in the last two years of its existence.<br /><br />The scratch page is at <a href="http://chinabyplane2007.blogspot.com">http://chinabyplane2007.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />Ni Hao<br />(good day)WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-7529094368587959422007-05-15T01:39:00.000+01:002007-05-15T10:25:49.150+01:00Shinju the movie web siteA long awaited link to the official pictures web site for Shinju has now been made public. Please have a sneak preview at what is to show and tell you all about my latest short film about Japanese breast bondage.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.shinjuthemovie.com"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/199/498737170_3c6f6297af.jpg" /><br/><br />www.shinjuthemovie.com</a><br /><br />More still images, sound clips and a trailer will follow soon ;o)<br /><br />See you in the cinema!<br /><br />Willem,<br />directorWvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-50674603631778380162007-05-11T10:38:00.000+01:002007-05-11T10:52:37.563+01:00Shinju MatsuriThe Shinju Matsuri is the Festival of the Pearl.<br /><br />It is held in Australia, Broome. (see <a href="http://www.shinjumatsuri.com/">http://www.shinjumatsuri.com/</a>).<br /><br />Broome's Festival of the Pearl, Shinju Matsuri, began over 35 years ago. <br /><br /><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/493489469_7c2bede907_o.jpg"/><br/><br />Handing out the meal.<br /><br />The pearling industry thrived here, with up to 400 luggers fishing off the local shores. People from Japan, China, Malaysia and elsewhere were brought in to work the boats and dive for pearl shells. When the pearl harvests would finish, the traditional cultural festivities and celebrations would begin.<br /><br />With the release of the film Shinju we will soon be celebrating the 'Festival of the Pearl' ourselves ;o)<br /><br />NOTE: Shinju (from the Japanese 真珠 meaning pearl).WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-5537246139530724812007-05-06T02:03:00.000+01:002007-04-25T18:54:24.012+01:00EverAt three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year, the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07. <br /><br />This will never happen again.WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-79325339625191176652007-05-05T19:56:00.000+01:002007-05-11T10:33:09.412+01:00Shinju the movie recordedOn Saturday 5th of May we completed the film recording of my latest film Shinju (see <a href="http://shinjuthemovie.blogspot.com">http://shinjuthemovie.blogspot.com</a>).<br /><br />This film has been produced with the help and support of a great many people (and a spider).<br /><br />Amongst them Waki, wife of my producer Nigel Smith. Below she is depicted in her Japanese kimono. <br /><br /><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/485330142_449f84791e.jpg"/><br/><br />Wife in Japanese kimono [picture taken by Jacqueline Weir, 2007]<br /><br />Her picture plays an important role in the story about Japanese dual love suicide; Shinju.<br /><br />More pictures following...WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17115655.post-66582218825713778212007-04-24T22:41:00.000+01:002007-04-24T22:48:32.210+01:00Coming Soon - Shinju the MovieHello and welcome back after a fair stretch of radio silence on my part.<br /><br />I can explain my hiding by telling you that we have been - and still are - preparing the next big thing; SHINJU (meaning Pearls) the movie.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/409825827_8b95dcd25a_o.gif"/><br/><br />Shinju in Japanese characters<br /><br />This is my major project - as a director - for the completion of my second year at the Edinburgh College of Art in Film and TV Studies.<br /><br />Have a sneak preview of all arrangments before we start filming and keep your fingers crossed for a successful release half of June 2007.<br /><br /><a href="http://shinjuthemovie.blogspot.com">http://shinjuthemovie.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />Sleep tight!WvanHeemstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02304486645676953566noreply@blogger.com0