Many of these paintings are condensed in a room, which is my favorite place in the El Prado Museum, if not in Spain. These are highly charged images for they depict mythological and historical scenes in a gloomy golden light, surrounded by darkness, from which his characters basically insinuate themselves to a high level of grotesque abstraction. Thus, there is more than enough room for your own projections to take over the images. It was in this museum that I sat down and wrote a couple of pages of fiction on how the functional reasons why primitive art appeared in the civilization in which my screenplay is centered.
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Experiences vaguely connected to the research, usually related to the master’s program.
The living room, the market, the living room.
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I could say that I did not buy a light table in September but I may be lying. It could have been in October.
Continue reading Wiggle, wiggle
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It was limited to looking for titles on their Website, watching a couple of trailers, reading Francesco’s updates on the screenings he attended, and the day he got sick and cancelled his schedule for the day.
Continue reading My IDFA experience
Comments closedNot long ago, Nicolás Pereda was invited to the Netherlands Film Academy to introduce his work process. One of his projects involved making fiction with several housemaids performing in an unreal setting: an academy for current and aspiring housemaids. During the Q&A he was accused of unethically using his directorial power. And Trump got elected.
Continue reading Presidential mistake
Comments closedAdam Green is best known as a songwriter and musician, but he recently visited Amsterdam to present his second feature, Aladdin.
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Mieke is also the Head of Research at the Nederlandse Filmacademie, or ‘Academia de cine de los Países Bajos’ in Spanish. For their first Research Week open to students, they chose the subject of ‘Immersive Media’. Good stuff.
Continue reading Not attending
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Mieke and Sam, some beers, some peers, trains, Utrecht, a screening and a meeting.
On the meeting it was pretty much disclosed that this country has the same relation with funds that the Internet has with porn: there’s a fund for any possible activity your mind could come up with.
Utrecht is beautiful.
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The nine of us, nine researchers that is, were sent to spend three days and three nights together on a houseboat.
On the first evening, we were visited by the current mentors (Aneta and Sander), the director (Mieke), and the coordinator (Kris). The day after, we confirmed that we had swum on our own black waters. Sam didn’t care a bit and kept on going back to visit the afterlife of our ever-changing menus.
It was good to meet my peers in a more natural estate. Overall I treasure the time I spent by myself.
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It was enlightening to be on the actors’ side for a few days, since I was able to spot several harsh decisions I have taken in the past. Harshness is not the problem; effectiveness is.
The director should be the last person to talk to the actors before shooting. Talk to the character, not the actor. To his ear, reveal a secret that would trigger unexpected contrasting emotions or thoughts. These injections would not necessarily take over the scene, but they may provide it with a certain complexity or unbalance.
No one has dared to cut the film we shot. We probably shouldn’t.
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