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Leif Nygaard: The Intellectual Antihero
Posted on July 16, 2010 | No Comments“Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.” – Alfred Hitchcock Our 2 month hunt for a protagonist for our feature film “Lullaby for a Lunatic”... -
The Writing Process
Posted on June 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe writer for Lullaby for a Lunatic talks about his writing process. Life in Bosnia When I recall my life in Bosnia the first thing that comes to my mind is Edgar Alan Poe’s verse: ¨All that we see or seem is but a dream... -
Vancouver Acting Schools: Feature Film Field Trip
Posted on June 12, 2010 | No CommentsWe’ve been casting for our feature film “Lullaby for a Lunatic” for the last month now. We’ve already held auditions for a few days a couple of weeks ago and we’ve seen many great actors so far. We’re starting to narrow down our choices, but... -
Auditioning & Directing Actors
Posted on May 30, 2010 | 1 CommentWe’re currently casting for our independent feature film entitled Lullaby for a Lunatic. Out of the roughly 500 submissions we’ve received for the roles of the film, we’ve called in roughly 60 actors for an audition. During our first auditions we’re looking for the following:... -
Two Fingers – Not Perfect Music Video
Posted on May 25, 2010 | 1 CommentThe Two Fingers album is an inspirational musical uprising by a seemingly odd group of collaborators. This highly anticipated album brings together the two worlds of electronica and hip hop which have been colliding for years with artists like RJD2, Zilla, Z-Trip, DJ Shadow, Nerd... -
Still Searching: Location Scout Short Film
Posted on May 20, 2010 | 2 CommentsFilm designer Timothy Hung and myself have been out location scouting for the last month or so and we’ve decided to put together a short film entitled “Still Searching” (Starring Annie Chen) that allows us to showcase some of our locations for our feature film... -
Location Scouting For Feature Film
Posted on May 14, 2010 | 2 CommentsWe are currently location scouting for our independent feature film Lullaby for a Lunatic. We do not plan to shoot the film until September 2010, but we will be location scouting each month up until we start filming. I’ve been Scouting locations with Timothy Hung,... -
Writing For Independent Film
Posted on May 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe question remains: Do structures, templates and systems help us with the evaluation of film or literature? Kurt Vonnegut, in his post on Lapham’s Quarterly (a magazine dedicated to history and Ideas) states that “Perhaps a real masterpiece cannot be crucified on a cross [of... -
Casting Methodology: Auditioning Tips
Posted on April 29, 2010 | 1 CommentWe’ve recently starting the casting process for our first independent film entitled “Lullaby For a Lunatic“. Our casting notice was posted 11 days ago and we’ve already had 312 actors apply for 5 different roles. This blog post is the first part of a 2... -
Nikon D90 For Filmmakers?
Posted on April 22, 2010 | 5 CommentsIn a recent post we discussed the benefits of using the Canon 5D Mark II to shoot our feature film. However, there are two other cameras we are considering as second unit cameras on our independent feature film. They are the Canon 7D and the...
