I recorded the conception and production of my graduate film 'Waldeinsamkeit' in the following 18 blog posts. If you are interested in how I created this film please click and scroll through the entries.

Silvana

May 4, 20234 min read

The last push

I managed to finish my film on time, and I am very proud of it. In these last few weeks, the making of the film has totally consumed me...

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Silvana

Apr 10, 20233 min read

Week 11

I struggled this last week. I still got three shots done, which is good although I always wish it was more. But I went into some problems...

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Silvana

Mar 30, 20232 min read

Week 10

So now there is really just one month left. And although I am making faster and faster progress, I don't even have half of my film done....

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Silvana

Mar 23, 20232 min read

Week 9

This past week was very productive and I can feel that I am getting into a flow and am putting scenes together more and more quickly. I...

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Silvana

Mar 15, 20231 min read

Week 8

I made same changes to the animatic and cut a few scenes out that I thought weren't adding anything to the film. The total length is now...

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Silvana

Mar 9, 20232 min read

Mid-Point

We are halfway through the semester now, with a little bit under two months left to complete our films. Here is the formative update...

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Silvana

Feb 26, 20232 min read

Week 6

I am making steady progress with my third scene and it should be finished in the next few days. This one is a lot of fun to animate; I am...

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Silvana

Feb 20, 20232 min read

Week 5

The next scene is finished, yayy! I am moving forward slowly but steadily, and I am very happy with how it turned out. It took a little...

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Silvana

Feb 9, 20232 min read

Week 3 and 4

The weeks are starting to blur together, but I think I am making good progress. I have finished my first shot, composited and all, and...

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Silvana

Jan 31, 20233 min read

Week2

This past week I have been working on the next scene, which builds on the test shot I posted previously. It is taking longer than I would...

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Silvana

Jan 22, 20234 min read

Start of the last Semester

The "Production and Post-production" course rolled on this past week and I can feel that it's getting serious now. This film has to be...

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Silvana

Dec 13, 20223 min read

End of Semester One

This semester went really well, despite a big workload. I have been juggling this course, the dissertation as well as producing a 3:30...

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Silvana

Nov 28, 20223 min read

Updated Animatic

While it took me a while to put together the first full draft of the animatic, updating it took much less time. Getting those initial...

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Silvana

Nov 21, 20223 min read

Animatic Progress

Over the past few weeks I have been putting together the first draft of the animatic for my final year film. This process took me much...

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Silvana

Nov 4, 20221 min read

Starting the animatic

I started putting together the first scenes of the animatic for my final year film. I decided to do the animatic digitally, because I...

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Silvana

Nov 2, 20223 min read

Progress Update

I did some experiments trying to live capture ink flow under camera to be used both for my final year film an a music video I am working...

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Silvana

Oct 24, 20223 min read

External Pitch

A week ago we held the external pitches for our film projects this year. This meant that the audience was bigger and included some...

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Silvana

Oct 9, 20222 min read

Final Year Film - Idea development

My 4th year at university has begun and it's weird to think it is my last one. For the most part it will consist of producing a film as...

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