Saturday, August 20, 2011

FILM FABRIK PRAHA: DAY SEVENTEEN

Heart and headaches awaken our team as some of us have left FilmFabrik and the rest have lost their grief into alcohol the previous night.

Today is day off and it's the perfect day to enjoy Praha!

Long walks through downtown, museums, beer garden, petanque, sauna... The team makes the most out of their free time.

Tomorrow, back to work with Agnar’s film: Pardons the Loving.

FILM FABRIK PRAHA: USSR PARTY GIFT


Our new notebook with Leoma's sticker design.

FILM FABRIK PRAHA: USSR PARTY

El Nino gone in the morning, the team focuses on a hard working day to forget its sorrow. But lunch brings more sad news: today will be our last plate of super spicy fries! Tomorrow, Dee and Daryl embark on a new journey to the land of the rising sun.
As it were not enough, we will also lose Marion R, Angela and Starki who are going back home on Sunday.
No need to say that the team worked even harder in the afternoon...

So when it's time to wrap up Audun's film, the team is more than ready to relieve the tension and celebrate Audun's "Tupolev" with a party to remember.

The crew is not disapointed when they come back to school.
With Klara's help, Veronika prepared a Russian theme party of which our cam'rad Lenin would be proud.
USSR and Czech flags, Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev statues, hammers and sikles await our good workers.

While beer and vodka drench our thirst, Veronika's mum amazing goulash warms our stomachs and our hearts. Laughs arise, faces get red and the party is ON!

The night is full of surprises. We each receive a wonderful 'Moleskine' notebook with a sticker designed by Leoma. No more excuses to postpone the writing of FilmFabrik 4 screenplays!
Angela gives an inspired speech and a great reading of her last book, while Leoma continues with more emotional words and a beautiful song.
Starki plays the cold Islandic guy with a speech full of reason, but there is no fooling us, he is restraining himself from crying as most of us our doing at that point.
Andrea/Anya plays a few songs followed by a choir of FilmFabrik's top musicians.

Around that time, the Vodka starts to attack my brain, so my memory gets a little confused... but there is definitly more laughing, more singing, more drinking. Maybe also a few of those very deep and serious conversations that only alcohol can start...

The crew slowly starts to go to bed, but a small team stays up until the sun rises over the school...

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Sunday, August 14, 2011

FILM FABRIK PRAHA: DAY SIXTEEN - PHOTOS





FILM FABRIK PRAHA: DAY SIXTEEN

Tough day for Starki!

Audun’s third and last day of shoot starts with a very disturbing lab scene (scene 9) where Starki is examined like a horse for sale by strange scientists...

The day continues with poor Starki getting a rough clean up by nurse Agnar in scene 2 and 7 before rushing with a small team to shoot exterior shots of an elevator (scenes 8 and 12).


In the afternoon, Starki keeps the pace and shoots scene 4 in the canteen. Here he continues to give a physical performance as Tupolev by keeping his arms up, again and again and again and again...

Hopefully, Starki is supported as always by some wonderful cast and crew. Angela in particular shows amazing acting skills as scary Doc. Marion, Leoma, Erpur, Agnar and Raphael reprise their roles while extras for the canteen scene include Dee and Daryl as canteen personnel, Veronika as a scary joker like patient and Patrick as a sleepy patient.

The shooting finishes on time and everybody can go back to the school to enjoy the party coming...