Research
La-la Land: Location Scouting 03-05-2009
The setting for a film is always of high importance to me even though often only very little of it is seen. However, I find it necessary to set the tone of the film and immerse the actors and crew as much as possible into the environment and thus the situation.
Regarding La-la Land, finding a [...]
La-la Land: Producer & Director 28-04-2009
When you work on film as a student, you end up in all kinds of strange arrangements of roles and responsibilities, or even none at all. I’ve heard of films with three directors and I’ve heard of films without a director. Several DoPs seems to be quite usual almost and the sound, well… whoever can [...]
La-la Land: Script 25-03-2009
This is the script for La-la Land in its final version. Obviously things might still not stay like this but we’re rehearsing tomorrow and there is the highest level of consistency now then there ever was before. I’m sure one would wish for even more but oh well.
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Ext. Scene – An Urban Street in London
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La-la Land: Discovering Characters/Actors 16-03-2009
I love working with actors, even though I struggle with the idea of the narrative. I am always excited about the moment when the crew and the actors finally meet and create something through their co-operation. This is why it is important to me to have a group of people around me that get along with each [...]
La-la Land: Treatment 28-02-2009
Two lovers, Gregor and Natalie, are prosecuted by the government. Even though they are not sure what they are accused of, their involvement with revolutionary groups has gained them both, a head-start and a pattern.
On their flight, their behaviour and beliefs construct the way they perceive the situation around them and also feed the situations [...]
La-la Land: Step Outline 23-02-2009
This is a pre-emptive step outline, things might change of course, and I have the feeling it will have to get simpler and more concise, shorter… but for the moment it will do.
La-la Land: Merging Inspiration 01-02-2009
The way in which I assemble films is very chaotic and probably follows more coincidence than structured research. It is hard to completely reference all influences that have caused this inspiration because it is a process in which things enter my awareness and then mature there for a while before surfacing again. However, there are [...]