torsdag den 17. september 2009

vækstlaget i dansk film


...kære whizzkid-filmvenner. Bedre sent end aldrig. Her er et godt tilbud til i morgen:Nyheder til filmbranchen
17.09.2009
Invitation fra Filmværkstedet
Filmværkstedet lufter ud, ryster posen, og åbner dørene for de skøre, skæve, gode og ikke mindst dårlige idéer.
Kom til KAMIKAZE "slyngelstuedag" fredag den 18. september 2009 med Michael Noer, Philip Einstein Lipski og Martin De Thurah på Filmværkstedet. Adressen er: Gothersgade 55, 1123 København K. 4 sal. Her vil herske en tilbagelænet og uforpligtende stemning. Samtidig har du mulighed for at lufte din projekt-idé og modtage sparring fra vores tre konsulenter. Der vil også være en lille godbid eller to til ganen.
PROGRAM
Kl.10.00 begynder vi dagen med morgensang, boller & hygge Kl.10.30 præsenterer konsulenterne sig selv og viser nogle af deres værker Kl.12.30 er der frokost Kl.13.00 kick-starter vi en idé-inspirationsrunde, hvor du kan få udviklet din idé Kl.16.00 serverer vi friske KAMIKAZE-drinks. Læs mere om KAMIKAZE og tilmeld dig/jer på: kamikaze@dfi.dk
Filmværkstedetog Michael Noer, Philip Einstein Lipski og Martin De Thurah

mandag den 14. september 2009

...story is all, but gear's exiting


...ok friends, of course we are discussing gear in between at our filmsschool - everyone would be a bit geeky now and then, isn't it. Old student Gyozo shot filmJeppe at a filmfair in Århus in close contact with the hottest HD "Red"-camera...for pros, not for kids! Hojskolestudents around.

søndag den 6. september 2009

letter from a friend


Teacher-Manja from "The School of Body and Mind" asked me to trace a students film made back in 07. She wanted it for her classes:



Dear Jeppe!I received the e-mail you sent for Adam. I still have the video installation film, so I can send it to Manja. But how is it possible, that the dvd doesn't work and you are telling it only now, 2 years later :) ? Didn't Manja use it since 2 years :) ? Where should I post it? To Odder Hojskole?Anyway, what's up with you and Jette and Jesper and Henrik and all the others I like very much? Did something change since I was there? Jesper wrote an e-mail once at Xmas time with the plans of the school eg. renewing the darkroom and the painting room. Is it finished already? How does it look like now? Oh, how I loved to develop fotos in the darkroom... And what about the good old media room with the nice mess on the shelves :) ? Do you sill have a lot of filmmakers in your class? And what about your nice Jeppe-land with your happy pigs and cows? Do you still ride your bike to the school sometimes?Oh, I have so many questions, I know. But it was such a nice time with you in Odder I will never forget, and if I could I would spend one more term there :) Don't you plan to visit Hungary :) ? It would be so nice to see you. Unfortunately I won't have that much time and money to go to Denmark, but we'll see.There were a lot of film competitions in Budapest this summer, and some Danish short films have won. I was thinking of all of you and it was a nostalgic feeling to hear "Der er godt." (or somehow similar written). One movie I liked very much was "Sunburnt", it was a very funny one.Since Odder I have made a 1year filmschool, now I'm finished, it wasn't as intensive as the term in Odder, and more theoretical but ok. Now I hope to finish university in a year (German) but during this time I want to film as much as I can. I hope to find some work in that field but it is very hard to find work now. Otherwise I'm still trying to upload my short films made in the film school to youtube, but the converting is not that easy and I'm not an expert in that. If I succeed I will send you the link.So much for once :)I hope to hear from you soon, and wish a very nice time to you, and kisses to all the stuff in Odder HojskoleloveJozefa

fredag den 4. september 2009

filmtalents


Sofie from "spring 07" at Odder Højskole announces, that she is employed by "Deluca", wellknown filmcompany in Århus. Sofie has been dedicated, she carried on at "TVBasic" after "The school of film and tv-production", worked for "Super8" joined the masterclass at "Potemkin" and now... well done.

Kamikaze
1. september 2009 Af Susanna Neimann
Filmværkstedet inviterer unge til at lave nye filmiske fortællinger på alle platforme - det kan være på mobilen, på nettet, på husgavlen eller et mix. De udvalgte idéer kan få op til 50.000 kr. til realisering.
Filmværkstedets nye opsøgende projekt KAMIKAZE skal inspirere idérige unge mellem 18 og 28 år til at tænke deres filmidéer bredt, så de kan udnyttes på mange platforme. Den 28. september er der deadline for at aflevere projektbeskrivelser. De mest opsigtsvækkende idéer vil blive udfordret af KAMIKAZE's tre konsulenter, instruktørerne Michael Noer og Martin de Thura samt reklamemanden Philip Einstein. De projekter, der herefter går videre, får op til 50.000 kr. til realisering, og vinderne får premiere på filmfestivalen CPH:PIX 2010.
Man kan spørge sig, selv om det virkelig er nødvendigt, at opfordre unge til at tage de nye medier i brug. Det gør de jo allerede.
"Man kan spørge sig, selv om det virkelig er nødvendigt, at opfordre unge til at tage de nye medier i brug. Det gør de jo allerede. Men vi oplever altså stadig, at de unge filmskabere ofte tænker deres ideer til det store lærred. Så vi udfordrer dem i projektet her til at udfolde deres idéer i fortællinger til flere platforme," fortæller leder af Filmværkstedet Prami Larsen.
"Desuden får de mulighed for at skabe personlige netværk på kryds og tværs: softwareudviklere, gamere, kunstnere, musikere, studerende osv. Det forventer vi vil sætte en masse nyt i gang."
Filmværkstedet på Det Danske Filminstitut støtter unge filmskabere på vej. Hvert andet år gennemføres et opsøgende projekt, der skal inspirere til særlige undersøgelser i feltet af levende billeder. Et tidligere projekt var f.eks. DOXWISE, der resulterede i to omgange dokumentariske videodagbøger for og med unge på nettet, såkaldte webepisodes af Michael Noer på MySpace.com og Christian Sønderby Jepsen på politiken.dk.
Læs mere og upload dine idéer til KAMIKAZE på Facebook
Relateret til DOXWISE
Skrevet Af Susanna Neimann / susannan@dfi.dk