I am a lot on Facebook. Maybe I am a bit addicted, but on the other hand there are so many great links and activities from my friends that generate a constant flow of (mostly) interesting stuff. As I find it really hard to squeeze in focused time for drawing in my script consulting job schedule, I started doodling the …
Be Creative 2014: Inspiration by The New Yorker
Some years ago I subscribed to The New Yorker. In recent months I have sometimes thought about canceling it, because I have hardly time to read anything. But when I lose myself in one of the long, well written articles every few weeks, I cannot but extend the subscription again – for me this is simply one of the best …
Be Creative 2014: Work Life Balance
Today was the first real working day after my two weeks holiday break. I am working as a script consultant in the tv and film industry for 10 years now, and I still love my job. But finding the balance between work and my creative life is not always easy, also in terms of energy. I managed to squeeze in …
Be Creative 2014: Inspiration by Victo Ngai
I love the internet, because I am finding tons of inspiration and can study the work of the most talented artists. Losing myself in the creative worlds of others is also part of my project. So every now and then I am going to share images and websites that inspire me. I am starting with Victo Ngai, an illustrator from …
Be Creative 2014: Portfolio and Practice
I finally uploaded my first work on my Behance portfolio. You can now meet the Talking Cookies there, and more will follow. I am just beginning to explore the Behance network – there is some excellent work to be found, and lots of inspiration! I also started sketching. I want to revisit a linocut I did in 2012. I was …
Be Creative 2014: Portfolio!
Today I started to prepare the first project for my portfolio on Behance. It will be my Talking Cookies book, but as it is written in German, I have to write English subtitles. Tomorrow I will upload it to my Behance site.
Be Creative 2014: More Foxes
Today I went to a new huge art supply store. It is in walking distance from my flat, so I do not have to go to the other end of the city by underground to buy some paint. Yay! I bought a brick of Super Sculpey and made another fox. Super Sculpey is by far the best material I worked …
Be Creative 2014: Two foxes
I decided to start with making small foxes and experiment with materials a bit. I like foxes. Especially since I saw one about two months ago while I was running through the gardens of Schönbrunn. Normally I don’t see a lot of animals in the city. But there he was, early in the morning, crossing my path from the left …
Making A Scene: 11 Performances
The New York Times asked oscar winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski to direct 11 scenes (or rather: vignettes) with outstanding actresses. The result is really great. Here you can watch the Making Of of the shortfilm project, that was produced for the New York Times film issue. And here is an article about the future development of cinema.
What is a scene?
One of my script consulting teachers, Don Bohlinger, professor at the USC film department, taught me this: “Each scene is either a chase or an escape.” It is not only true for scenes with actual chases in action movies, but for basically every scene with more than one characters in it, and it is even true for scenes with a …