Fifth Week in School of Digital Filmmaking

This week began with a day with David Cunningham, a Christian film director who directed a couple of Hollywood features and TV series: To End all Wars, Expelled, Path to 9/11 and Little House on the Prairie.

David gave us a picture of his way into Hollywood, and it was very interesting to hear it directly from him and to be able to ask questions.

We also have made more assignments. In one of them I was cameraman in the other director. The first one was a "noir" piece that we shot during night, making it black and white (see photo). It came out really well, and I hope to publish it on YouTube soon.

The other one was a scene from a real film, with a pre-written, weird dialogue. As location we chose an autoshop (where vehicles are being repaired) and we shot also this one during night, to have complete control over the lighting.

This week we also discussed the different departments and positions in a professional film crew. There are countless of tasks: producer, director, assistant director, director of photography, script supervisor, gaffer, cameraman, production designer etc etc.

Meanwhile we continue to work on our short film scripts. Each student will make a 5 min short, where we will have our own crew, consisting of other students. I have been struggling with the script, because believe me, it's easier to write a longer film than 5 minutes if you want to tell something. On the other hand it is important to learn how to tell things concisely.

Today (Sunday) I got the opportunity to see a beach called Mile 88. This beach is really small but it's a little pearl. Who doesn't like turqoise water?

I wish you an awesome week wherever you are. Thanks for reading this!

Urban