A fresh Paprikafilm: Postcard #1

Oh yes, we were not sleeping. Or well, maybe a little. But here is a little small work.

Martijn and Dotje

I found this film (made by someone very talented) and recognise a lot of it...

Tango under our skin

The tango project is advancing and growing under the skin. Marleene and I, we are spending our sundays lately experimenting with dance, bodies, clothes and pasta di seppia. All of that on tango music. And we are getting closer and closer to that image we want to express. Even though these working sessions bring us sketching footage only, we should be able to to some serious shooting by january. Just hold on.

Cafe Noir is served!

Last weekend I was surprised to see the short film Cafe Noir. Two year and a half ago I was the responsible for camera and lighting for this Film Noir about a waiter that insists on getting a tip. Only now I saw the images. Great! Thank you Theo (the director), Irene and Alex (the actors). We had a lot of fun during screening night.

Paprika Live at Worm?

Is the Paprika coming to life? Until now, productions have been put together safely at home over a cup of coffee. By getting in touch with some jam musicians, Martijn was asked to perform a live video improvisation to accompany and interact with the musicians. A project that will be done for fun and for experimenting in an artists workshop, but may then take a next step to stage live at Worm. The technical concept should be simple; a first idea is to shoot a tape of footage that expresses different qualities (cold, warm, quick, happy, dramatic or fearful, for example) by detailing onto material qualities (wood, water, stone, skin, hair, metal) and camera movement. Another idea (already more complex) is to do a live performance with camera on stage with a small tank of water, mirrors, and other materials. To be continued..

Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Recently I have seen this collection of short movies about PARIS, it seems to me as a Cinematic Soufflé, From Quartier to Quartier and Director to Director. If I liked it? Still divided, apparently like the public opinions, leave you with both.

- GOOD REVIEW -
"Delightful Paris - A bit like being served tapas, but nonetheless very satisfying. Some vignettes are funny, some are very touching. Paris, of course, is the star. Perfect summer relief from the typical movie special effects overload. The ending was a real big surprise and just perfect. You got the feeling that the actors thoroughly enjoyed being in the film. I know the audience enjoyed watching them."- -

BAD REVIEW -
“...a mosaic of 18 miniatures, each set in a different location in the City of Light, is a cinematic tasting menu consisting entirely of amuse-bouches. After two hours of such tidbits the palate is sated. But if there is no need for a main course, you still leave feeling vaguely disappointed at not being served one."- NYTimes

Not animated but still image

One of this days (a while ago) I have bought my first LOMO LC-A second hand in the streets of St. Petersburg . I use it mainly to picture the city since all my other cameras and lenses, have just been stolen. Some years after I revisited those photos and decided to make for my first LOMO Wall in good memory of LOMO and Pite