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March 30, 2011
Special, real and different
The trick is to create something that exists, in its own right, in the real world.
Something that, from a personal and very subjective point of view, doesn’t look like I’ve made it. I know when things are going right – whether it’s a painting or a piece of writing or a film – when it begins to leave me and make its own demands. When it begins to exist, on its own terms, in the world.
Not always easy to spot in the making, but often painfully obvious on completion. The trick is to learn how to evaluate your work objectively during the creative process. Which is a bit like trying to chew your own teeth.
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March 29, 2011
Waiting to make films
age 4
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March 27, 2011
PR
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March 26, 2011
dodgy spiral
Just got back from Chesterfield, with its famous spire, where I had to identify my Land Rover that was stolen some five years ago.
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March 23, 2011
The High Priestess
photo: Antonia Di Carlo
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March 20, 2011
The Distance of Water
a motion test sequence
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March 19, 2011
The Acolytes III
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March 18, 2011
The 'Cellist
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March 14, 2011
more lighting tests
blue/green Redheads plus Tri-Lites, saturated
blue/green Redheads plus Tri-Lites, de-saturated
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March 13, 2011
trouble with hats
strong winds in the studio make keeping a bowler hat on quite tricky
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March 12, 2011
Invisible Thread Theatre of Animation
more work for Liz Invisible and her new show PLUCKED
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March 11, 2011
the Art Director
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March 10, 2011
workshopping
photo: Fran Smith
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pouring inserts
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March 08, 2011
more costume & lighting tests
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March 06, 2011
Sabrina sails a boat
dancer: Sabrina Ribes, ship builders: Sophie Koster & Kelsey Derksen
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March 05, 2011
costume sketches
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March 02, 2011
first audition
photos Fran Smith
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March 01, 2011
dressing the set
working on the set for the new dance film
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