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A road trip through the north

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At the beginning of June we started on a road trip through northern Germany and Denmark. Here is a short report of what we experienced.

 

Day 1:

After a drive of several hours (with long traffic jams) we reach our destination for this day: Villa Leda, a large villa with a city garden, which has been converted into a beautiful Bed & Breakfast by its Dutch owners.

In the evening we will walk through Leer to eat traditional fish in a traditional restaurant to celebrate the beginning of our journey in Northern Germany. But we spontaneously decide to go to the Gasthof zur Leda and eat tapas there. It tasted very good! Read More

Bikini Safety

Air New Zealand Safety Video – Bikini Edition

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The New Zealand airline Air New Zealand knows how to get attention with the normally boring safety videos. The best known will probably be the Middle Earth video, in which all kinds of characters from the Lord of the Rings trilogy explain the rules of conduct on the plane to the viewer. The one in which Bear Grylls, the survival artist, demonstrates the safety instructions is also anything but normal.

However, one of the more recent videos called Safety in Paradise upset some people so much, that a petition was launched which was signed by nearly 11,000 people. It argues with the sexualization of the female body. Air New Zealand opposes the scene being set on a beach, arguing that it is “absolutely appropriate for women to wear bikinis,” writes the New Zealand Herald. It would be interesting to know how many people deliberately did not sign the petition or would sign a counter-petition.

Anyway, the videos are so entertaining that I watched them here. In front of the computer. On the ground. Far away from the next New Zealand flight.

Amsterdam at night

Chinamsterdam

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Amsterdam at nightOver the weekend of my birthday earlier this year we went to Amsterdam (my birthday present). At the evening of our arrival we checked into a hotel where every room is different. One of the many design hotels in town. We got a room under the roof on the 5th floor. When we opened the door we were standing in the open shower. The next room was the bedroom, which was dimly lit by a strange looking metal ball hanging lamp. The impression of this hotel room can be accurately described as “interesting”. In any case it was cosy and offered a great view out of the window. Read More

Camile Filmposter

Camille on the Sehsüchte 2014

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The feature film Camille, which celebrated its premiere last year at the Hof International Film Festival, will also be screened at Sehsüchte 2014. The 43rd international student film festival of the HFF Konrad Wolf is, according to its own statements, “the largest international student film festival in Europe”.

It is now almost exactly one year since we made this film, and I am still very proud of what we have achieved. By the way, my head lighting technician from Camille, Alexander Pauckner, will fly to Portugal in a week to shoot his next film. He will receive active support from our camera assistant Mario Loibl, who will also be helping Alex as a camera assistant during principal photography.

I know that I haven’t written anything for a long time and I hope that I will create a few more entries in the near future. Let me surprise you. 😉