Showing entries in category "director‘s diary"

We have problems with our strobelights. I use them every time we have an alarm scene, adding more atmosphere. Last night, they must have gotten too much moisture. Mark is working on them, but [...]

This night, we have all the screens working and shoot everything from Didi´s POV. The running of the screens is tricky again, because what you see there is actually not THAT interactive. It´s [...]

Again in the Control Room – set. There had been some rain in the night and the construction team wipes off little puddles from the console. Hanno is worried because the moisture is working on [...]

Being tired is not an option. It´s time to do all the shots from in front of Didi Hollinderbäumer, avoiding the console´s screens, because they won´t be ready until tomorrow. Didi´s gonna [...]

Catering was tasty this time again. We set up our “camp” directly in a yard of the citadel. The walls around give it a more room-like appearance, with one wall missing. We can see the big [...]

I want this shot to be perfect, so we have to do it several times. Sometimes, the haze we blew in the air to achieve a more dense look proves to be tricky. Because that opening in the set´s [...]

I decided to let Oliver, my Steadicam man, operate this crane shot, because I feel I have more control over the situation from here, at my HD monitor. I want to get as much out of this shot [...]

The set looks wonderful. Hanno and Peter, our construction guys, did a marvelous job again ! For 6 weeks they were here in this dirty, cold and moist place, working it into our control room [...]