tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71013469068725808572024-03-14T05:59:24.204+01:00..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672040541813825838noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101346906872580857.post-70224672800215836802017-02-21T11:46:00.000+01:002017-02-21T21:35:30.222+01:00The Straw that Broke the Camel's Arm<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Under pressure we can do some of our best work and under pressure one could also walk away a broken person. Over the last 16 months, I did both. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><span class="" style="color: #444444;">So where to begin. Yes I know, I neglected my blog, but firstly I had no time to write and secondly I did not feel like writing about myself. On the other hand, if I do nothing these moments just pass and life's memories become a blurry pot of pumpkin soup. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">One of the biggest decisions I had to make during the last 16 months was to move into my own office. It is however a big financial commitment so more than ever one hoped for job opportunities to present themselves. However, this move started with an over amped Swiss Franc where all commercial activities were frozen. Moments like this can bring question marks and takes the fun out of the freedom that come with working for yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">But then all of a sudden the market realized that just sitting and waiting is not the solution and although nothing changed in the economy, things started moving again and the next page of my life started. It just so ended up being a script for the luxury watch brand IWC Schaffhausen, that got narrated by Slum Dog Millionaire star, Dev Patel. It was a complete eye opener to work with professionals like that. Two takes and nothing more to add but a thank you. No problem boss, was Dev's last words as he left for his next commitment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><span class="" style="color: #444444;">Shortly after that it was the whole Larry King LA affair. The king of CNN LIVE was intimidating, but at the same time mesmerizing to work for.</span><span class="" style="color: #5856d6;"> <span style="color: #5856d6;">(</span><a href="http://xaverwalser.blogspot.ch/2016/05/normal-is-function-on-washing-machine.html" style="color: #5856d6;">See the link</a><span style="color: #5856d6;">) </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">A month later, followed by a clip featuring 2 times F1 world champion Mika Häkkinen in a 29 million dollar car. The 1953 Mercedes Benz Silver Arrow. This was then used to market Mercedes Benz' presence at the Goodwood festival of speed in England. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">For me these were already enough cool jobs, but then IWC decided to work with Oscar nominated actress Rosamund Pike on a corporate clip for the Beijing Film festival. I wrote the script together with suggestions from Rosamund and corrections by Manfred Thieroff. The final film even went as far as being nominated in a commercial film festival....... (<a href="http://xaverwalser.blogspot.ch/2016/06/true24fps.html">story here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Then a few months later during the Zurich film festival I was fortunate enough to work with the legendary Kill Bill star, Uma Thurman. What a dream come true. She was so cool and her amazing voice took my simple wording to an entire new level of narrative story telling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">It was simply just a crazy time since who would ever have thought a week later I would be directing a crew of 5 in London while shooting a talk show discussion with Cate Blanchett. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">It was like being on a freak train and the train just did not want to stop. With all this action I however did not really sleep much anymore and was just pumping out one job after another. I kind of also knew I was walking a fine line between glory and disaster. If that was not enough, I directed a 4 part commercial project to promote more women jobs for the Swiss trains. Another dream company to work for. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Then to almost complete the run, one more mile stone job working with the Irish pop singer Ronan Keating. And oh, I almost forgot about Tina Turner... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">So what's the moral of the story my bru? You can burn your flame bright and think you are going to be ok, immortal, invincible, but come the day! If you do not decide to take it easy, it will be decided for you.... And there will be nothing you can do about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Without going to Beijing myself, I had to advise 2 film teams, one in Hong Kong and another in Beijing, on what my vision was for the production. Long distance relationships can be challenging at the best of times. Communicating clear and accurate directions to a foreign world with completely different ideas of what is considered necessary, was certainly a unique opportunity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">At first I was skeptical on how to work towards a strong product, being kind of handicapped sitting on the other side of the world. Doubt kept on creeping in. What if I cannot get them to do what I wanted? What if I cannot communicate my vision clear enough? Getting lost in translation? What if my concept is too complicated? What if, what shmief. The thing is that that kind of thinking can surely stuff up a production. So what do you do and where do you start?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">For being my first long distance job affair I am extremely happy with the outcome. Thanks so much to IWC for trusting me with my vision. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I met Daniel Meuli 12 years ago when we still had so much to learn. It was the time of shooting DV Pal, 4:3 aspect ratio and the 'love' for interlayers. I was so proud of my PD 170 camera that could shoot 720 x 576 resolution. It was the time before YouTube and such a thing as social media. Then it was just called being social.. or having a conversation.... and that's all we had. A conversation about snowboarding, pictures and passion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">As the years passed, they shaped our world in so many ways and it made us whom we are. We tried different things in the hope that somebody will believe in what we are doing, only to fail miserably over and over again. Until the day comes when we find that one thing. That one thing that drives you to get out of bed in the morning and the dream that nobody sees, but you. That elusive tunnel vision. Your dad tells you to get a real job and he is probably right, but you are too stupid to listen to him. You keep it up and gamble all your money out on a dream that's just a dream. It's not even real. And although the dream becomes blurred and you feel like your are losing ground, you still keep on throwing everything you have at it. Every last drop of power you pour wholeheartedly into a moment, until you feel like crying. Until your body cries out for mercy, but you don’t stop. And then suddenly after 10 years of slaving away, that wonderful magical overnight success story. Wooo you are lucky… That's it…. Yes.. it's just luck. The last 10 years of earning no money, working 18 hours a day and not having fun with the friends. The scrapes and the bruises. No, he’s just lucky and now we are jealous of him, of you, or me. </span><br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-za8wQvzmKXQ/V2Frn0-Kb4I/AAAAAAAACWU/tFkjODcjJOo4wukGx6XumXsemEfWqu9LwCLcB/s1600/DM_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-za8wQvzmKXQ/V2Frn0-Kb4I/AAAAAAAACWU/tFkjODcjJOo4wukGx6XumXsemEfWqu9LwCLcB/s1600/DM_4.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Well, that is the story of many having overnight success. Also the story of our dear friend Daniel Meuli. So let's raise a glass to the rebels, the rockers and the punks who did not listen to the world and did it their way. We salute you all. Cheers...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Here I was<span class="">,</span> about to shoot one of the world<span class="">’s</span> most iconic TV personalities and suddenly I found myself<span class=""> in</span> uncharted waters, unprepared and with no idea what to expect. So we hi<span class="">t</span> the road back to LA and while 93.1 Jack FM w<span class="">as</span> blasting away, I was introduced to the script. The freeway that's actually never free of cars<span class="">,</span> was working in our favor for we <span class="">w</span>ere making good <span class="">progress</span> and <span class="">in a short time</span> we were back at our hotel. <span class="">P</span>acked at record speed and off we were. Word came quickly that the gaffer was stuck in traffic and in my head I started making plans how we were going to light this without him. Fortunately I had some simple lights with me that w<span class="">ould</span> have to do. One battery operated LED<span class="">,</span> ten small camping lights, some candle lights and one reflector. Surely nothing special, however it<span class=""> was</span> then that I remembered that we still had a borrowed 40 year old Kino <span class="">F</span>low in the back of our rented car. The light belonged to one of the talents we filmed the day before and som<span class="">e</span>how ended up in our car during the <span class="">w</span>rap. This thing really saved my fate.</span></div>
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It was a weird sinking feeling when I finally saw the shooting location. As a visual element it was not appealing to the eye to say the le<span class="">a</span>s<span class="">t</span><span class="">,</span> and with no sign of our lighting/gaffer I had to figure this one out by myself. These are the moments when you have to <span class="">rely</span> on your experience and pull an elephant out of a hat. Move one table. Then the chair to the corner. And you keep on going until all are out of the frame. Then slowly bring in only the bare minimum to put the puzzle together. </div>
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Part of the script was the topic of light. I knew that the only way was to basically fill the frame with light. But without my lighting guy this w<span class="">ould</span> be a challenge. The bed lamps had these funny shaped glass b<span class="">a</span>lls that I placed directly in<span class=""> </span>front of the lens. It gave a cool <span class="">‘</span>out of focus<span class="">’</span> flare effect.<span class=""> I went a little over the top</span>, but my options w<span class="">ere</span> deteri<span class="">ora</span>ting by the minute. Then suddenly the door opened and his entire <span class="">entourage</span> march<span class="">ed</span> through the door. Time was up. Good evening Mr King. Hono<span class="">u</span>r to meet you. </div>
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His powerful voice filled the dodgy little hotel room... That mesmerizing strong voice that we all know so well from years of CNN<span class=""> L</span>ive talk show. By the way, I was right with the levels. </div>
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We were once accuse<span class="">d</span> of having the text to<span class="">o</span> wordy but there was no time to change anything. Just ke<span class="">ep</span> on going<span class="">,</span> Sir. I was told that he will do one take only. One time, one angle, one frame size. Man<span class="">,</span> how can I even express the pressure during a situation like th<span class="">is</span>. There are so many thing<span class="">s</span> that c<span class="">ould</span> go wrong. The list <span class="">is</span> endless. Sometimes <span class="">one</span> c<span class="">ould</span> simply just forget to press <span class="">R</span>ecord. It happens to the best cinematographers. </div>
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Once he swallowed<span class=""> a</span> word and suddenly it gave me the slimmest hope that we could maybe do one more take. "Was that ooo right!!” Mr King announced. Not really a question<span class="">,</span> I thought and with a slight uncoolness in my voice I gently approach<span class="">ed</span> the unthinkable. Sir, that was fantastic thank you very much, however do you mind if we do it one more time. Would love to change to a 85mm. He <span class="">surely</span> had no idea or could<span class="">n’t</span> care less<span class=""> what I was on about</span>, however agreed to give one last strive towards perfection. And so he did it fl<span class="">aw</span>less the second time around and I even had time for some small creative lighting cho<span class="">ices</span>. </div>
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And that's it. We sh<span class="">ook</span> hands and suddenly he was gone. As if he was never <span class="">th</span>ere. <span class="">Although </span>there <span class="">w</span><span class="">as</span> some<span class=""> evidence that something was going down here</span><span class="">.</span> It looked like a bomb exploded in the little room. Not one bit of furniture was in the right place anymore. I was ex<span class="">hau</span>sted and felt like I just lost 6 mo<span class="">nths</span> of my life. Then a knock on the door. The lighting guy arrived. Oo well, what to say to that..</div>
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Tips of the day:<br /><br />- <span class="">A</span>lways during shooting window, have your gear ready and batter<span class="">ies</span> charged.<br />- Stay calm and rely on your experience.<br />- Use practical lighting and offer space in your car for the gaffer<span class="">’</span>s lights. You never know when it could come in handy.<br />- If your first light setup does not work, change it and change it fast... And then stick to your decisions and make it work.<br />- Don't be afraid to ask... They can only say no.. But if they say yes it just might help you to s<span class="">ecure</span> that next amazing job.<br />- <span class="">L</span>astly<span class="">,</span> there is no such thing as a normal shooting day. Things change unexpected<span class="">ly</span> all the time and you need to be able to adapt and be flexible for change.<br /> </span><br />
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I arrived in Los Angeles on Thanksgving evening. This is a big deal in the USA, taking Thanksgiving more serious than Christmas. The streets were deserted and most restaurants closed. People spend time with their families, and the United States profits from 46,000,000 turkeys losing flight on that thanksgiving night. Hungry and clueless I settled for the only open place I could find. Burger King. The king of plastic. That's how it started and after that it took time to cleanse my system. I have to say that from probably watching too many movies I had an ignorant impression of what American people look like. I know that Los Angeles by no means represent the entire country but for the moment that was my point of reference. To my suprise, skinny Asian looking people were what it was all about. Never before have I seen so many Asian people together, and all speaking American English. Truly an unique sight. I also quickly realised that there is probably no such thing as a cliche type of American people. They come from everywhere in the world and in the case of LA it was the continent of Asia.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">During our time in Israel I had the feeling that all the natural elements were proving </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">themselves to me. One weekend we had a raging storm that came over the Mediterranean. The waves </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">were up and the entire surfing population were on Red Alert. Anyhow, I was not here for fun and with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the storm in full swing we made use of the free production value. Every day I took on the elements </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with motivation to try and top the previous day’s material. One of those nights, around 2 in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">morning I found myself jumping out of bed completely in a state of paranoia. How quickly the state </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of Israel can do this to you. It sounded like the Carlton hotel was struck by a missile. The sound </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">was so overwhelming and huge, the building was shaking. I jumped into my clothing and was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ready to run for my life… but it was only thunder that struck right above the hotel. I was in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">complete disarray. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The last week from a 16 days shoot I ended up in Jerusalem and if you thought it’s complicated </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">within the country, this city takes things to an entire new level. I wish I could say that there was a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">magic button that one could push and find some sort of acceptance amongst all, but I fear to say </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">that’s probably never going to happen.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One thing that does give me hope is that my filming here is part of Larry King-and-his-dynamic- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">team’s mission to help people with better ethnic and religious understanding amongst one another. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To bring a positive message even though there is so much hate and judgment in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">news today. I believe I am at the right place at the right time to do something in my small </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">filmmaking way. To capture compelling stories and tell it in a truthful, but positive way. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everybody should once go and visit Israel and experience the place for yourselves. Besides all the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">extreme complications it’s an amazing country and I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cannot wait for the next opportunity to film in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the Holy Land.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Now you are in the Holy land and believe me when I say that you are in the hot seat. That first night I could not sleep. My head was spinning with excitement. Maybe I had the Jerusalem syndrome. There is such a thing... when people completely freak out when they are in the Holy Land and think they are the next big Masaya that came down from Heaven. It was not like that… however I had many script ideas flowing through my head. Basically at 1h00 I was kicked out of bed. I sat by the computer and jotted down all the thoughts that were rushing from my mind. The most beautiful words merged with crazy pictures. The land of milk and honey is no myth. It’s real. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i>For more on Xaver Walser's work visit: <a href="http://www.subgraviti.com/">www.subgraviti.com</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the contrary, as far as my knowledge goes, organized crime is non existing. If fact, I think that Romania is safer than most places in the world, even, wait for it.... Switzerland. But not the roads. Gaining points for not having crime, they loose points when it comes to driving behavior. Unbelievable. Maybe only India and Egypt have worse drivers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Any case... the driving put aside. An overwhelming quality, is how much people truly care for one another. To give an example: in Romania cars often have flat tyres due to the terrible road conditions. On one occasion, we had one of <i>those</i> and could not get the wheel off. Although the garage probably meant well, the bolts were completely over tightened. We were stuck in the middle of the road close to a very dangerous blind spot. Sometimes 2 cars wereovertaking next to one another, passing uncomfortably close to ours. It took one phone call to get 2 cars with 5 fellow friends to bring every kind of hammer, spanner and extension pipe you could think of. That’s how Romanian people are. Drop everything for one another and come in full force to help. One hour later when we were finally back on track, it was kind of sad to keep on driving after all the fun and laughter in the middle of the road.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672040541813825838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101346906872580857.post-70480072250479201672014-11-28T12:46:00.003+01:002014-11-28T12:49:15.359+01:00Just do it.. my first screening<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Recently I wrote and directed my first short film called "Heart Aspirations". More about the "making of", for another day. Thinking back on how much passion I poured into the short film, how determined I was to keep on going, regardless of all the setbacks, then this troubling thought of not wanting the world to see it, does not gel. This was the one thing I dreamed of for over 2 years. The one thing I drove everybody mad about. If I could just finish it... and now... now it’s done… now what's the problem. You would think that one would be over the moon with the mere thought of a finished product. But in fact - it was the opposite. You just want to crawl in a hole and hid yourself and “IT” from the world.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">But this all changed when I forced myself to show it to my producer. Sweat was pouring off me while setting up the projector room and getting the popcorn ready for the screening. Eight more people joined in to watch me humiliate myself. Well strangely ….. during the course of the film I found myself kind of getting lost in the story and somehow forgot that I was doing the dreadful screening thing. Maybe that’s a good thing, I thought....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The only advice I can give after this experience is that, without trying, you will never know. And that we simply have to follow the Richard Branson theory of "You are never going to be ready.. so just do it”. But I’ve realized it’s perfectly normal to not wanting to put it out there in the world and have reaction to it. That feeling of protecting this child that you raised with so much care and then expose it’s vulnerability. It was mine… however there would come a time when you have to pass it on regardless of feelings or outcome.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Filmmaking has to be just the best job on the planet - the romantic side when the camera is rolling and you are getting breathtaking results. . . . But before all this can happen you first have to get the job. You need to come up with a great idea and do a lot of sweet talk. Then you need to incorporate the client’s feedback into the vision and make it work on paper. When this is approved, you need to visualise a picture storyboard. Pick, approve and negotiate your main talent/actors, get your favourite crew together, block the shooting days, fix the locations, book your gear, pick up the gear and then it can finally begin. Lights ready, sound, camera rolling, standing by and action....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Great, best shoot ever and really feels like you are taking it to a whole new level. You start editing and you think....oooh no. This is never going to work. Who did I think I am, taking on a job of this magnitude. The only motivational thought that pulls you out of the deep pit you have got yourself in, is the fact that: At this point of the production, this feeling has been happening ever since you have started working 15 years ago.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally the snow on the rocky cliffs of the Alps melted and I could go in with DOP Casper Brog to scout locations for an upcoming footwear commercial for a Worldwide Filmmaking platform, called Movidiam. Four directors from 4 different countries were selected for an overwhelming challenge to each come up with an unique idea how to represent the UK shoe-brand named, Vivobarefoot. It's a cool, young company that has a different philosophy to running, than the rest of the world. They went back </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to our roots and constructed a shoe that's being optimized as if we are running barefoot.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">During our location scouting we figured out most of the story line. I was determined to shoot everything at 25 frames per second just to make sure we separate ourselves from the other directors. Our running talent, Katie Murray, came all the way from the UK and, although during 19 hours of running terrifying terrain, she never complained. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The amount of greatness on this shoot was overwhelming. Both Katie and I had pretty hard core accidents during the shoot. I once stepped onto a 1 meter diameter rock which suddenly sinked more than a meter into the ground with two large rocks closing around my leg. Wonder above wonder without breaking my leg. I was very fortunate although some equipment were damaged. Great that the rental house was more concerned about me than about the gear. Thankful.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So now the big Vivobarefoot commercial are done and is slowly being rolled out worldwide. "The Making Of" explaining how <a href="http://www.movidiam.com/">Movidiam</a> is working, is also online. <a href="http://www.movidiam.com/">Movidiam</a> is an amazing new platform for filmmakers and production companies to streamline workflow for efficient and fast filmmaking from anywhere in the world. I encourage all filmmakers to <a href="http://www.movidiam.com/">pre-sign up here</a> since this is going to revolutionise the way we are going to make films from this day forward.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Make-up: Coco Baumann-Grieder from Coco Style</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Production manager: Victoria McGaw</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gaffer: Szilard Csoke</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">DOP: Caspar Brog from CF. Visual Network</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pilot: Remo from Dragonsquad</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Director: Xaver Walser from <a href="http://xaverwalser.subgraviti.com/corporate/">Sub Graviti Productions</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The making of for Movidiam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well this was my visualization of what could possibly be a film trailer. It challenged me from every possible side and I am extremely happy with the outcome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Produced by Beat and Regula Curti</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Video Production Company: Sub Graviti Productions (<a href="http://www.subgraviti.com/"><span style="color: #0434ff;">www.subgraviti.com</span></a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An idea... is where things start. A thought... a flash of brilliance. Or simply a hint from nature. For the insignificant has been known to have triggered the greatest achievements of our times.<br /><br />Directed by Xaver Walser. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I was asked to make a music video for the new Beyond II album of Tina Turner, Regula Curti, Dechen Shak-Dagsay and Sawani Shende-Sathaye I jumped at the opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The introduction track, composed by Roland Frei included all the different genres of the album in one song. This is great for introducing an album, but my job was to create a story with a simple comprehensive idea that could include all of the genres in one. When breaking it down, it came down to a gesture of unconditional love, and that's what I worked with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I developed a simple story about a homeless child, rescued from the street by a dance teacher. She gave her a place to stay and introduced her to the world of tap dancing. Parallel to that and to the delight of one of her older patients, a nurse is buying roses from a florist in Venice. The paths of the nurse and the child once crossed briefly to complete the story. A simple tale that took me to so many cool places. Of course </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I always wanted to go to Venice and experience the floating city for myself. Together with material I shot in India one year ago I also had to film in several places around Switzerland. Engadin, Davos and Zurich.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like always, it's super humbling to be working with Tina Turner. She is such an amazing person and we can all learn from this woman. Under crazy circumstances she fought against all the odds and this took her to superstar status. A huge thank you to Regula Curti for giving me creative freedom, always believing in me and trusting that I will make it happen once more. The entire rest of the team - a massive thank you for this opportunity and congratulations on an amazing album.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Produced by Beat Curti and Erwin Bach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Composed by Roland Frei</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Acting performance by Angéle Veille, Livia Leoni, Regine Ochsner, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Production manager: Corinne Freffer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Photos by Nathan Beck</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hair and Make-up by Chantal René and Beatriz Vazquez</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Back into the horrible line it all suddenly changed with now four staff working to check passengers in, however this time it was too late for me. Well, the point of the story is that with all this frustration there was nothing I could do about it. I felt like telling them all offff and give them a piece of my mind, but deep inside I knew that this was another test and I somehow needed to deal with this issue quietly. 'After testing comes promotion', was the lesson that came to my mind. Whatever the 'promotion' would be, I was determined to pass this test. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Berlin is a cool funky city and I can understand why people want to come and live in such an all inspiring creative city where everything is possible. Because of high unemployment numbers, people are forced to think out of the box and do their own thing to survive. Low rent and relatively cheaper labor encourage start-up businesses to be common practice here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Special thanks to Twisper CEO David de Brito for making this project a reality and bringing me once more to Berlin. Also to Model Diana Meyer, Actor Oliver Stein, Make-up artist Beatriz Vazquez in Zurich and Alina Eugenia in Berlin, a very big thank you. </span><br />
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