Seven Minutes in the Warsaw Ghetto

Backyard set is going on new adventures

2012-01-19T07:45:00.000-08:00

This is a short timelapse of the "deconstruction". The task was to cut it into pices without destroying it... It all went very well.
At the end of the video you will find some spice we added...

More to come on the adventures of the set.

The Synthesizer dream has come true

2011-12-16T06:17:00.001-08:00

Thanks to Emil and Jess Wolfsberg the music and sound scape has become absolutely amazing. It is unique and touching, a true synthesizer dream, with super sonic power and fine subtleties.

Here we see Emil with his fine gear he used for this music soundtrack.

Behold Jess as he mixes his sound design, the foley and Emils music together.

Dark Synthesizer dreams (Scene4Shot3)

2011-07-21T09:59:00.000-07:00

Below this little description is a puny video. In it you will see our new animator Rie Nymand animate her second shot with our always fateful boy Samek. Rie became a member of our little team July the 11^th. We are very happy to have her with us.

In the video you will also discover a music discussion, some preparations, the animation video and two shots animated by Rie.

The water ran under the bridge, and the obese lady sang at dawn. Yet here we are in the midst of a lazy afternoon - searching for a chaotic membrane. Our minds drift to the far regions of space.

When the starship USS Enterprise under command of Capt. James T. kirk stop by at Cestus III, a federation outpost to have a relaxing stay, they find it utter obliterated. Jumping to vast conclusions Kirk immediately assume that this has been an act of invasion. The “invading” ship which turns out to be a Gorn vessel makes haste to reach their neck of the galaxy. The enterprise sets in pursuit to exterminate the enemy before they reach safe havens. But all of a sudden the superior race of the Metrons interfere with the chase, and Kirk along with the reptilian Gorn captain are sent to a planet to face each other in deadly combat. As the Metrons put it: “Ingenuity against Ingenuity. Brute force against brute force”. The Gorn captain has superior strength and Kirk face the challenge of a life time. Fatigued and broken he manage to win and save the Gorn captains life. Kirk demands to know why they invaded federation space, but the Gorn replies that the federation invaded their space by building an outpost in it! And I guess that is how life sometimes fornicate you anally.

End of lesson.

When all this has been said (for no particular reason), we would once again like to welcome our new animator, Rie to the crew! May the truths of one hundred million sparkles guide you to bliss!

EYE TEST

2011-07-19T04:51:00.001-07:00

Black Bird Drone.

2011-01-11T12:06:00.000-08:00

Below this text is a brand NEW video combining the seperation of the apartment set, a musical test session, a timelapse during the animation of scene 2 shot 7 + animation video, and the finished shot. We hope you enjoy!

Setting up the shot.

2010-11-16T08:59:00.000-08:00

On this little picture Johan is setting up scene 3 shot 8; which is the last scene in the apartment. Lots of things to do. Lots of things to do indeed.

A cold and mean winter has got us by the balls, and the nighttime is leaving us lingering without beer. Alas it is tuesday, and the animation is proceeding with the pace of the megaherd: forward, yet in control and omnipotent.

Nazi Organ Blues (FIRST LEAKED SHOT!)

2010-11-12T07:16:00.000-08:00

The moving pictures of this little video is from the preporation of scene 5 shot 1 + the actual finished shot! The music is "Samek's Theme v.3 in C-Minor" performed on the church organ.
We hope you enjoy the first shot of the film available for the masses.

Samek's theme v.1

2010-11-04T07:42:00.000-07:00

This is the first version of Samek's theme written on the reed-organ. Filmed by Johan Oettinger and performed by Emil Brahe.

ANIMATION HAS BEGONE!

2010-10-28T04:30:00.000-07:00

We are now on the 2nd week of animating, and an almost sacred quiet has befallen the WiredFly studio. We would like to welcome Rikke Rørbech who is gonna stay with us as a production assistant for the next couple of weeks. She cooks wonderful and delicious food for us and as I write this she is out filming black birds so we can study their every move. Welcome, Rikke.

The voyage continues... ...into the time/space continuum!
Godspeed to us all!

The Eye Movie (brought to you by WiredFly).

2010-10-14T06:44:00.000-07:00

This li’l video beneath is different shots compiled during some of the different stages of our ”Human Eyes Composite” madness. Hjalte, he who will portray the eyes of the boy, has blue eyes – and we took him to Martin the optician to see if he could wear contact lenses; unfortunately it didn’t work, so we will have to rely on fancy computer colour-grading.

We also shot some test of Ene, she who will portray the eyes of the mother. We got our almost-neighbours Wahlberg to build a helmet that sticks on the head like glue; in that way we could film her eyes perfectly, but alas; there was some technical problems... so we postponed the eye-shoot into the ”undiscovered country” (which is the term the Klingon ambassador uses in the 6th Star Trek film about the future).

You may also notice Anders the storyboard artist taking a wee in the forest in the very end of the film.

The music is made on church-organ – with fancy organ beats and some strange effects!

Godspeed!

Sets and Props 2

2010-09-24T07:43:00.000-07:00

We move forward... with a pace unseen in the realm of lazy heavenly bodies!

To start where we finished last: Here is the second sign, which is in polish. We want to thank Piotr Zapart for the polish expertise. WiredFly has worked together with Piotr on the creation of an Agnostic Chicken fuzz pedal for guitar... (if any of the readers of this blog are interested in great guitar pedals check out Piotr's website:
http://www.hexeguitar.com/
On this site there's also some pictures of the Agnostic Fuzz pedal).

O sweet lord; Here he is – our man Anders Bøge Henriksen (who also drew the storyboard and a lot of the concept drawings). On this picture he is drawing the polish sign.

Johan & Herr Strandgaard working on the balcony door with great precision and concentration. May the lunar rays of infinite wisdom shine upon them as the conquer the winds of haste.

Jules is doing great work creating the lamps. On this picture we see his work station with different kinds of lampshades and lamps.

Video 4

2010-09-23T04:01:00.001-07:00

Here is a little video update from the WiredFly studio.

Sets and Props

2010-09-23T03:52:00.000-07:00

Listening to fancy electronic upbeat music, the WiredFly crew is working steady and neat to finish the set and the props. Take my hand as I guide you through these four pictures.

During desperate and confusing times (and in lack of time) we almost decided to skip the building of the lamps. But then – inspired by the cosmic winds – we took a giant leap on the path to a great looking film and decided to make the lamps; fast and relentless. On this picture above Jules has just finished the first table lamp. AND ISN'T IT WONDERFUL!!! Let there be light indeed! Unfortunately Ellen pointed out that the kind of lampshade Jules made wasn't invented until the fifties... …by a Dane! O, the humanity! But he is working on new lampshades and lamps. Godspeed!

Here's the finished woodshed for the backyard. There is a newspaper on the top of the wood, that is an actual polish '39 newspaper that we printed down in scale and painted. It is hard to see, but in the left corner of the shed there is a little shelf, where upon there's two bottles. These two bottles was made for our project The Agnostic Chicken by Mette Bülow Duus; professional glassblowers from Aarhus, Denmark. The wood is made out of balsa wood and Styrofoam, and dry-brushed afterwards.

Nina is painting the cobblestones with a dark wash, as Johan is trying to figure out where the lamppost should stand. Speaking of which – it took as many interstellar thoughts to figure out how to do the lamppost – but then Johan & Herr Strandgaard come up with a new design that is both easy to make and looking mighty good.

And here's the finished “Achtung” sign for the German side of the wall. It is painted with a light wash and then the text is written with a Uni-pin fine line 0.8 felt pen. Oh yeah!

Set pt. 7

2010-09-10T02:29:00.000-07:00

A quiet wind blows outside our studio. A bike is standing forsaken in the rain. An emptiness is roaming these shores - the WF.HQ is silent as the flight of butterflies.

Johan is making rubble to give the illusion that a house has been demolished.

Here we see the German side of the wall, without rubble.

In joy Johan is putting the barbed wire on the wall.

And here is the result. Perhaps we'll paint it, but perhaps it's awesome... ...time will tell. Time will tell.

Puppets pt. 5

2010-09-06T06:03:00.000-07:00

We like to entitle this picture: "The Dangerous Duality of Nazi Mysticism", and it is a picture of the two finished puppets. Josef with his gun, and Karl making the Vulcan Salute; Live long and prosper indeed.

And here is the finished Grandmother. Isn't she a beauty... Women, some say age like wine, it matures with grace and beauty... until one point where it gets sour and lonely, but note that this hasn't happened to the grandmother yet.

A family portrait! The finished puppets together in rapture...

Behold; Ann sowing the costumes for the Grandmother, making it work, taking it across that one bridge, to quote the Macho Man Randy Savage.

Johan, in agonizing desperation.... gotta make that nazi Luger pistol (and gotta make it look good)... Will it happen? Will it look amazing? Will it be everything Johan has hoped it would be? Keep reading and watching!

Oh dear... wait for it.... wait for it....

Eureka! The finished piece! O, lordy...

WF.HQ 9

2010-09-01T06:22:00.001-07:00

Strikes and gutters, says I! Herr Strandgaard didn't even make it to work today - he had to call in ill. Johan is getting better, and just recovered from her illness Chris came by today. Alas, yours truely isn't so fresh either... Strikes and gutters indeed! But we must document non the less:

(Here is the brand new entrence to the WF.HQ; we painted the door red and made fancy mossaic on it).

(And here is our new runner, Nina, working the windows).

(The famous shed, that once upon a time was black, but now it is painted sallow yellow-ish and washed with some fancy darker water-ish colour).

And last, a very discret snapshot taken of Johan in the midst of working on a Luger P08.

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2010-08-30T03:12:00.000-07:00

Johan and I are fighting against a vicious illness, that has dug its wretched claws into several members of our crew. Where is the famous Dr. McCoy when he is needed? Where is Nurse Chapel? And where is Jesus Christ? Well, we shall overcome non the less.

Johan, Herr Strangaard and Steffen are still racing against time to finish the set, and one could now see the potential in Dr. Septimus Pretorius (from James Whales' Bride of Frankenstein, 1935) – who creates small weird people in glass jars who, if disciplined, could help build our set. Or maybe we should look to Bob the Builder... or that guy who invented the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park?

When not deprived of healthy energy or time Johan's looking for a motion control for the camera. (This is a strangely esoteric and troublesome task, I can tell you). More on this as it develops.

And why, you might ask, is there no pictures in this post? It is hard to tell – it is hard to tell. Well, for now there's not much more to say, then happy Monday.

Sets pt. 6

2010-08-24T03:06:00.000-07:00

The spaceship Event Horizon (from the 1997 film of the same name) - disappeared beyond Neptune in 2040. The ship reappear in a decaying orbit around Neptune in 2047. The ships unique feature was that it was able to "bend" time and space and leap to any possible destination...
When the ship reappear it is discovered by Dr. William Weir (played by Sam Niell) that Event Horizon has payed a visit to HELL. Slowly the Event Horizon starts to get to the various people involved in the film, and in a diabolical and necro rage Dr. Weir watches as they fall like flies.
Why am I writing this?
What is the point of this?
Well, I guess it's just an observation that every now and then things doesn't go according to plan - and even though people and things can venture to the realms of hell one must pull through and wander towards the brave new world with good intentions and a open mind.
Thus things are progressing with the new set, and we are happy to show these pictures of the transmutation of the backyard set.

Here Johan & Steffen are glueing on THOUSANDS of foam bricks onto what will become the wall seperating the jewish ghetto from the German side.

On this fancy picture Johan is making a hole in on of the buildings so that it might look like it has been bombed.

Our plan was to build the whole backyard set in three weeks. This is the result of the first week.

The result of the second week.

And finally the result of the third week. As you can see we didn't finish it in three weeks... so we failed....... But we will preveil in the end!

Johan desperatly trying to finish the set... ...in time!

Sets pt. 5

2010-08-04T05:08:00.000-07:00

Bees, like ants are fascinating things... unlike the domestic cat - whose lazy behavior is preposterous and a travesty upon the working mentality. Tore, Johan & Steffen has been / and still are working like the famished aggressors of the deep oceans. And I indeed are working on the sheds - and helping out with the molds. Take my hand, and follow me on this little four-picture journey through the set building.

BEHOLD!!! The new wee model of the backyard, made by Steffen. This li'l beauty will help us a lot in the making of the actual backyard. The sky behind is a print of Else's sky in the right scale according to the wee backyard.

Here, Johan is working on the backyard set. The clever observer will notice the weird duck-tape formation on his hand. Alas Johan, in a split second of unawareness cut himself with the hand saw.

Tore drilling in screws on the backyard set. (Let's all take a moment and wish Tore good luck on his new school)... May your days be glorious - and may your beers be cold.

Steffen calculating infinity... ...perhaps? In the backround Else is painting the gigantic sky-picture. (When talking about this picture, one must keep this in mind; It COULD actually kill a grown man if it chose to fall on him). But let's hope it doesn't. Stay tuned for more WF-activity... And may the Queen of Denmark bless us with her omnipresence.

WF Runners

2010-08-02T02:26:00.000-07:00

Our man, Asqes, smiling as he leaves us to venture into the unknown (or rather to the isle of Sjælland to visit his father). With the promise of returning one day he left our studio one rainy Thursday afternoon. One might notice the rather "dead" look in Asqes' eyes... that is because I painted them black to cover up the red spots in his eyes caused by the camera flash.

In the words of Vera Lynn we send our regards to you, young prince:

We'll meet again

don't know where - don't know when

but I know we'll meet again

some sunny day.

Here's a picture of my little sister, Lærke Arberg Kastrup making the barbed wire. She has been working as Asqes' assistant and as a substitute runner in the absence of Asqes. May your work on this production be glorious! Welcome aboard.

And lastly a picture of Herr Strandgaard - who when this picture was taken didn't do much running. Working on the props - his mind became foggy and his eyelids became heavy. Perhaps it was because he was working on a bed for the apartment, and he himself wanted a shrinking machine (working in the 1:5 scale) - to shrink him so he could sleep in the comfy bed. Alas, reality seldom satisfies the tired mind, so taken refuge in the slumber realm we found him asleep in this chair, the two handsome directors found on a dump-yard.

WF.HQ 7

2010-07-28T05:37:00.000-07:00

From beyond liquid space our friend David Ramirez popped by the WF.HQ to paint the outdoor toilet/shed and the firewood shed. Underneath here there's a li'l picture of David cutting 'n carving in the firewood shed to give it patina. Welcome aboard, David!

Bonus information for the syndicated visitors of Earth (or this blog): David is working on a great art animation project for an exhibition in some art museum in Århus. It will be awesome!

Puppet Department

2010-07-27T01:50:00.000-07:00

The puppet department is winding down after aeons of chaotic insanity. But behold: The product of everybody's hard work.

Here is the finished puppet of Samek. What a beauty!

Would you believe it! The beautiful mother, Yetta in all her grace.

The flying bird – roaming the heavens up above.

The walking bird, ready to replace or be replaced by the flying bird in times of the Great Transmutation from one to the other.

Thus the two soldiers and the grandmother needs to be finished before all the puppets are done. Huzzah. Here is some pictures from the Puppet Department.

Ann is defying the laws of interstellar pace whilst sowing the costumes. It is a job that requires a great deal of patience and a wee whiff of extraordinary concentration – for the clothe has a mind of its own, and is not always easy to control. On this picture above Ann is shoving needles in one of the Germans uniforms, making it ready... for the world of possibilities.

Fighting against time, Johan is working on the Grandmother's wire armature. She has gone through a cosmetic hell – but we have finally found a design we like, and Johan has been shaping her face like a Hollywood plastic surgeon... ...beautiful she will be. Graceful she will walk the face of the Earth.

Thinking about the exotic, yet cooling effect of Netto's white wine, Henni is painting the hands of the Grandmother. The Lord works in mysterious ways, and because I just thought of the Lord I will now quote the Bible: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under the heaven”... A time to work, and a time to drink white wine!

It is with heavy heart that we said farewell to our dearest Hanna. She has returned to her nest, where she will disembark on a journey to new heights. As a farewell gift Johan and I made a little Agnostic Chicken sculpture for her to bring along, and to remember us, and remember to come back. In the words of the great Oz-man: See you on the other side!

And here, a little picture of Hanna & Henni; the ladies in red, on Hanna's last working day:

Lukkede Døre / Closed Doors.

2010-07-22T07:17:00.000-07:00

We are happy to share our runner with a vision, Asqes' li'l film with YOU!
Enjoy.

Video 3: WF Weekend on Fyn.

2010-07-15T02:37:00.000-07:00

Thus the two directors flee to the Isle of Fyn for drunken escapades and relaxiation.
Watch them... ...as they relax! (or don't)... anyways; here is a li'l video:

Set pt. 4

2010-07-08T04:49:00.000-07:00

Hola from the tropical WF.HQ.
The heat is getting to us; but in the words of a dying Cowboy in Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket": I can hack it! And yes; we will preveil this vicious summer heat... we will stand triumphant when winter slides softly over our land and we will welcome it with open arms. Meanwhile one can gaze upon these pictures of the set coming to life.

Johan, Ellen and I will pay a visit to the isle of Fyn on the 23rd of August, where we, along with other animation entities, will share the esoteric knowledge of our process with the public and with a number of young filmmakers like ourselves who would like to take a peak into the animation world. The event is arranged by our consultant Jakob Høgel from NDS - and he asked us for a picture they could use. So we decided to test the unfinished apartment with the unfinsihed puppet of the mother and some of the finished furniture.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It is a new design for the backyard that Else drew some lazy afternoon whilst waiting for something to do. Thoughts come and go - mental sinewaves collapse and give ways for NEW mindscapes. Thus we grew somewhat worried that the old design wouldn't fit the new ideas we got for the backyard sequence. It's of course always weird to start from scratch - especially on something as huge as these buildings - but it is for the best. Both Johan & I are extremely keen on the new design, and we are looking forward to work on it. The sky behind is the sky picture Else will use as a reference to paint the background sky painting. We just photoshopped it in to see how it would look.

And here she is; Else, painting the gigantic SKY PAINTING! It WILL be awesome!

I will end this post with a little Star Trek story from the first season of The Original Series. It is the episode called "The Naked Time" where, due to lack of awareness, this guy gets infected with some strange sort of emotional epidemic that spreads through physical contact. Soon everyone aboard the ship gets infected and acts demented and irrational. Even Mr. Spock (the half vulcan / half human science officer) who has forsaken human emotions to live a life dictated by pure logic, gets infected. To make matters even worse the Enterprise is spinning out of control and will soon burst into flames as it breaches some planets atmosphere. But just as all hope seems lost Dr. McCoy finds out that the cure for this emotional madness is simply... ...water!
My point with this little tale is to remind people to drink water, if they want to avoid going mad.

Sets pt. 3

2010-07-06T04:33:00.001-07:00

Behold: Sets are coming to life; shaping formless in the vortex of the WF.HQ.

Else is treading dangerous grounds; armed to the teeth with Hanna's gasmask and a soldering iron she's entering the realm of the styrofoam. Her quest is to make the cobblestones for the backyard - and survive the potential vicious headaches and lazy sensations of the evil gasses.

Dwelling in the outermost regions of chaos, Tore is working on the apartment. Tore has been neglected on this blog - but alas; like solar rays bursting with positive energy he has been working like there was no tomorrow.

Herr Strandgaard is fighting the heat while making the windows for the apartment. Talking about ritual burnings and hot chicks he crosses the threshold of liquid space... ...in his mind!

we will end this post with a poem by Derrick Wang.

"They say there is a spaceship flying out amongst the stars
housing beasts of all describtions with no prison bars
joyous is the spaceship - in rapture and in peace

a radiant glowing light that'll never sieze".

Puppets pt. 3 "The bird and a Nazi"

2010-07-03T07:51:00.000-07:00

Like the T1000 reassembling it self after being frozen and shot by Arnold, Things are beginning to come together in the puppet derpartment.

Else has been doped on vaporizing glue for days and days, dazed and confused. She has now finished gluing the feathers on the bird. Now Henni is painting the beaks and feet.

Beneath this text follows some pictures of Else's achievement and a Nazi surprise:

(The walking bird testing its tunes).

(The flying bird preparing to land).

(A little close-up with some blur...).

The Runner Asqez (or Aske)

2010-07-01T08:52:00.000-07:00

The runner with a vision, has now finished his vision and will start on duty...

Johan made a little list for him with some tasks for his mission.

Lets hope he will let us post the vision here...

Props pt. 3

2010-06-30T01:02:00.000-07:00

Herr Strandgaard is producing props fast and relentless. Beneath this text there's some examples of his latest achievements.

(this fancy furniture is gonna be in the livingroom, next to the balcony door).

(Kitchen stuff; a chair, a kitchen table/closet and a li'l pot).

(more kitchen stuff; a rocking chair, a table and some plates Sarah did).

(The stove with two pots on).

(Stove detail).

Tha flyin' bird ARMATURE

2010-06-17T03:29:00.000-07:00

Hanna just finished the armature for the flying bird. Epic indeed.

Another li'l video from the WF.HQ.

2010-06-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

Armatures.

2010-06-08T07:30:00.001-07:00

Last week we finally got the armatures from John Wright! Here are some pictures we took of the armatures infront of a background painting test Else did.

(And then: A photo of the armatures on a white background).

Thanks for the paint!!!

2010-06-08T05:59:00.000-07:00

The two handsome directors, Johan and I, have been around the fine town of Aarhus gathering the paint that we got sponsored by Flügger Farver & Colorama. Thank you very much!

We mainly got black and white paint that we will use for the buildings and the inside of the apartment. Under here are the business cards from Flügger Farver and Colorama. Thank you once again!

Misc. 2

2010-06-08T03:12:00.001-07:00

Here is another little Misc. update to tell what is going on in the WF.HQ. We have got a new crew member... ...Henni. Welcome aboard!!! She is helping with the puppets and the painting of the puppets. Other new members on board the ship are Ann who will be doing the costumes and Else who is helping out with the puppets as well. WELCOME ONE AND ALL!!!

(Avantgarde photo of Hanna in the casting room).

(Henni testing different methods of painting).

(A wee bit old photo test of the backyard (can't actually remember if I already posted this photo... oh well - here it is again... perhaps).

A li'l video from the WF.HQ.

2010-06-05T12:29:00.000-07:00

Props pt. 2.

2010-05-27T06:20:00.000-07:00

Herr Strandgaard has finally finished his sewing machine. And since it is so beautiful done (and also due to the fact that it will be in the background in the apartment, and probably out of focus) I will post some detailed photos of it here for YOU to enjoy.

1st human eyes test!

2010-05-26T07:14:00.001-07:00

Thus Johan has been working on some pictures to test the actors' eyes.
The first two pictures are of Samek (the boy) with my little brothers, Hjalte's eyes.
The last picture is of Yetta (the mother) with Ene's eyes. The heads are from the maquettes, and when cast the will offcourse have hair and look even more neat!

WF.HQ 4

2010-05-26T03:42:00.000-07:00

Greetings from the swampy realms of the Wiredfly Headquarters! Things are still progressing with the pace of a wee bit tired but yet agile moose!

(Hanna is working on hands of different shapes. There is also a beak and the head of the mother).

(Sarah making the bricks for the walls. Now presented in two different angled photos).

(Herr Strandgaard working on props).

(Tore has started on building the roof for one of the buildings).

I will update the blog later today with test photos, where Johan has composited eyes of potential actors on the maquette heads Hanna has made.

Till then....

tchüss!

Misc.1

2010-05-21T06:01:00.000-07:00

A li'l friday update from WF.HQ:
Today we got CRAZY amounts of oilbased clay with the mail. Two big boxes indeed! We also got a scale that Hanna is using, as I write, to measure stuff for the mold.
We have talked with the actress Ene, who played the mother in the pace video we did to test the pace and the rythm in the movements and the editing. She was very interested in letting us use her eyes for the puppets. I don't know if this has been mentioned on this blog yet - but we will composit real human eyes on the puppets. This will offcourse look awesome!!! So now we are making tests to see if Ene's eyes will "fit" the puppet. More on this as it developes.

(A portrait of Ene, that she sent us to test her eyes on the puppets).

(Johan and an armaturemaker named John Wright have mailed weird drawings back and forth concerning the armatures. Above here is one of the pictures. The armatures isn't finished yet - but O the glory when they are!).

WF.HQ 3

2010-05-20T07:11:00.000-07:00

(Sarah taking the buildings to the next level).

(Johan and Tore talking about a "test-table" in the room where Tore has arranged all our POWER TOOLS and other tools).

(A work drawing of the bird done by Katrine. Unfortunatly the picture is out of focus, even though I have tried to sharpen it in photoshop).

(Herr Strandgaard working on the sewing machine for the apartment).

(Hanna modelling the head of the boy for the maquette).

(Johan & Hanna talking about the maquettes).

Financial support!

2010-05-17T01:56:00.000-07:00

We have got great news indeed:
New Danish Screen will support the production of "Four Minutes..."!!!
This is offcourse a giant leap on the path of making this film.

We want to thank our consultant on NDS, Jakob Høgel for his kind words and for the possibility to finish this film... ...the neat way!!! Also thanks to the NDS crew; Nikoline Riget & Nanna Mailand.
And here, under this text there is a picture of Jakob Høgel taken from the Danish Film Institutes homepage.

Artsy Fartsy picture!

2010-05-13T01:08:00.000-07:00

Here is an artsy fartsy picture of Sarah - taken by Emil.

And for the sake of old times - here is a crying child.

(one could manage to say that all creative studios should have a crying child painting on their wall - or one could dare to differ. This crying child painting was bought in a second hand shop for 50 DKK! Insane price indeed).

WF.HQ 2

2010-05-13T00:50:00.000-07:00

Greetings potential readers of this blog!

Yesterday, glorious Wednesday - Hanna Habermann started in WF.HQ. Johan and I have been busy making as much as possible ready for her coming!

(Hanna in her brand new fancy workroom in WF.HQ).

Also we got visited by Herr Strandgaard (his name is actually also Johan, so we needed to figure something out to avoid the chaos and confusion). Herr Strandgaard will be helping out building the props. Welcome aboard!

(Herr Strandgaard talking with Johan about the props).

(Sarah has been working on making the windows for the buildings in the backyard. Here is a few of them).

(Katrine making the maquette of one of the soldiers).

The ship is sailing steady and onwards ... towards unknown havens...

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE!

New crew members.

2010-05-05T06:21:00.000-07:00

We are proud to welcome Hanna Habermann to the team. She will start in one week - helping us out building the puppets and we will feast on her knowledge like parasitic leeches.

(A picture from our first meeting with Hanna Habermann. Next to her, Katrine is sitting with a shark, that she has fallen in love with).

(On this film noir-ish photo taken by Emil, Tore is standing next to the building Johan has build. Tore will be helping us out finishing the buildings and perhaps making props. Welcome to the team!).

(A girl who is not new on the team - but she is finally cought on film: Christina Martiny Moltke. She is doing the Behind-the-scenes on "Four Minutes"... Here she is sitting sorting the vast amounts of clips she's recorded).

Props pt. 1

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Hereby a little update:
Things are progressing with the pace of horny lion! We are building props, sets 'n making maquettes. It almost makes one ILL to think of all the little things that needs love and care to be buildt - and then it's just some tiny background thing, ALAS - so be it!

(This is the empty and broken food trolley, that will be in the backyard. It's made by Sarah).

(An unfinished lightpole that will be on the sidewalks on the other side of the wall - notice the birdshit that's painted on it! Another prop by Sarah).

(Emil's wooden bucket for the backyard. It is carved in the famous balsa tree - which Katrine and Johan worked their royal arses off to find... BUT NOW IT IS OURS!!!).

(Emil's sheds. The one on the left is an outdoor toilet, and the one on the right is a firewood shed. (and in front of them the bucket!) The sheds are painted black for now - but when the backyard is finished we'll paint it a color that fits).

(Another great - yet unsharp photo by Emil of some maquettes IN THE WORKS! The woman on the left is Johans maquette of Yetta, the mother. The huge bastard with genitalia is one of the german soldiers made by Katrine. The last two is maquettes of Samek - also made by Johan).

Some thursday pictures.

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(Ellen came to visit, bringing us good news).

(Emil standing infront of the mighty wall of the storyboard).

(Johan building the building).

Katrine is writting emails; ordering materials and checking prices on armatures, while Sarah is building a foodtrolley for the backyard (we'll soon post some pictures of that).

Emil is building a mighty shed for the backyard as well - pictures will be posted of that too (when the time is right).

Sarah's Wall Tests.

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The li'l piece of wall to the left is made out polyurethan foam, which Sarah carved bricks in and painted. The wee bit larger piece of wall to the right is made out of polystyrene. Once again she carved bricks in it and painted it.

We have talked about using both materials for background buildings... ...for maxium efficiency! (depending on just HOW decayed we want the buildings to be).

We also talked about making the actual wall (surrounding the ghetto) out of small plaster bricks and then creating the wall like you would a REAL one. This is to get the right look of the wall; which would be hard to get by carving the bricks in some sort of material (like the background buildings).

Script.

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(Richard Raskins original script written at a Starbucks in Greenwich Village (Manhatten) on January 25th 2003).

(The man himself... standing infront of our mighty wall of the storyboard).

Sarah's paper courtyard.

2010-04-19T06:25:00.000-07:00

Here is two pictures of Sarah's paper courtyard... ...IN 3D!!!

Them Nazis... (Concept drawings of the German Soldiers).

2010-04-19T02:52:00.000-07:00

A Monday update:

Thus a new week has begun - and in WF.HQ we are picking up the pace; Sarah and Katrine is drawing like crazy people.
Sarah is working on the buildings (both interior and exterior), making small paper models of the ghetto backyard and the apartment.
Katrine is making concept drawings of the nazis and of Samek (the boy) - so Johan can start the maquette building.
Johan is making weird esoteric documents and lists in excell and modelling on the maquettes, while Emil is updating the blog and designing props.

and now... what you all came to see...
CONCEPT DRAWINGS OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS.

(By Anders Bøge Henriksen).

(By Emil Brahe).

(By Katrine Kiilerich Poulsen).

Pictures from WF.HQ 1.

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(Katrine drawing on one of the german soldiers).

(Sarah "gazing into the sun" while making the paper courtyard).

(Emil talking about something he finds important).

(Johan writing four mails at the same time).