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Poppie Goes Belly Up: Of Crisis Management and Carrying On with Test Shots
At the beginning of the week, all LVL5 productions held a mutual production meeting in order to coordinate crewmembers and equipment and...
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Teacher Central: Of Schedules and Studio Bookings
On Monday all LVL5 productions held a mutual production meeting in order to coordinate crewmembers and equipment and fine-tune our...
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Let me Introduce You to… Adobe After Effects and Green Screens
This week, and now that our crew finally settled on all the visual effects needed for Plotopius and the Crimes of Craniarc yesterday, I...
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Lighting Plans – A Cinematographer’s Blueprint
It might not come as a surprise to those of you, who follow me regularly on my blog here, that I have created another round of lighting...
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The Stages of Creating a Joint Storyboard
Already from the first read-through of the script, it was obvious that this would be a story that heavily relied on its visuals and the...
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Poppie’s Café: Of Props and Shooting Schedules
This was another week filled with many challenges, but also with lessons. I knew right from the start that our project would be...
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Teacher Central: On Audition Mishaps and Decision-Making
Our crew started the week off on Tuesday by holding an audition for actors in the photography studio as organised by our producer. Since...
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Beat‘Em Up! How to Film A Punch
Already with the first read-through of both scripts for Poppie and Teacher Central, I knew that I had a special challenge ahead of me...
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Teacher Central: Of Sand in the Engine and Democratic Votes
Online Production Meeting – Monday, 25th Amidst a flurry of engagements both for Live Project 2 and Professional Studies, during our...
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How to Film with Child Actors
As of today, it seems that we will have a child actress on board for our production of Poppie’s Café of Monsters, and despite all the...
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