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Adam Wallensten

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About Adam Wallensten

  • Birthday 02/17/1981

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    Copenhagen, Denmark
  1. I was at a local rentalhouse "Kameraudlejningen" in Copenhagen today and had a look at the new Alexa Plus which had just arrived. It's the first model out on the market. As you can see on the display it shows the aperature, focus and depth of field when working with lenses with LDS.
  2. I know the DOP Manuel Alberto Claro and other crewmembers working on the shoot. They tested different digital cameras and chose the Alexa. From what i've heard they are happy with the results. At a recent meeting with the press, when asked about the films aestetics, von Trier replied that the film is going to look like poop.... I doubt it though...
  3. Lars von Trier is shooting his new feature "Melancholia" on Alexa...
  4. Keep making films. You do great work.

  5. Thanks! I have allready had all of the vaccines for the trip and I've bought malaria pills and several other medicaments. We won't be able to drink bottled water since we're in the jungle, but I've looked into different watercleaning systems. Good idea with the solarpowered backpack. I haven't tried that before. Will check it out. Yes, I'm using the SxS to SD converter. The rentalplace promised me that it works perfectly and that they are currently using it on a feature without problems. But I will definetly doublecheck it myself. The problem with doing backups is that, in order to do it we will have to carry a laptop and several harddrives which can be troublesome. But I would definetely feel more safe if I was able to back it all up. Adam
  6. Hi! In mid August I'm going to Congo (DRC) for two weeks to film a feature-documentary. The crew only consists of me and the director and a local translator/fixer. We'll be starting out in the capitol Kinshasa where we're going to get certain permits that allows us to go further. The main location though is a miningvillage deep in the jungle. To get there we will fly with UN-troops to a small village. From there we ride motorcycle for a day and then trek 2-3 days through the jungle. In the mining-village there are some generators so we will be able to get power for the batteries and equipment. I'll be shooting on Sony EX1. We will bring enough (50 or 60) SD cards so that I won't have to transfer it to a computer and harddrives and overwrite the cards. It's my first time in Africa so I would appreciate any tips or advice on filming in: Africa, the jungle, in that type of heat and humidity, in "dangerous" situations, filming dark-skinned people against bright sun, tips on equipment handeling etc. Also any advice on special equipment that would help me out would be great (that I will be able to carry ofcourse ;). Thanks Adam Wallensten Denmark
  7. Everything is shot in natural daylight. Sorry for the small pics.
  8. I shot a roll of it last week and scanned it today. I was very impressed with it. It's quite finegrain and I was really impressed by the latidude. Kodak says that one of its qualities is that it good at mixing daylight and tungstenlights but I didn't try it. I tested it for an upcoming 20-minute short that I will shoot in two weeks. I've decided to shoot all daylight interior scenes on it.
  9. The new Kodak Vision 3 250D will be out soon. I've just shot a test roll yesterday and Kodak (Denmark) told me that they will have it in stock within next week. I'm scanning it on monday, so I can't tell you anything about the results yet, but I assume that it will cut well with the Vision 3 500T. I shot some exterior shots with it, and yes you will have to use loads of ND if you're shooting in daylight. The viewfinder gets really dark and it's hard to tell if it's in focus. I'll write more when I've seen the results. Adam Wallensten
  10. Hi! The film is finally finished and had its worldpremier last weekend at Gothenburg International Filmfestival in Sweden. The showings went great and the feedback from the audience was really good. Hopefully it will be shown at several other festivals over the next year. So far we haven't had the money for a 35mm blowup, so we showed it on DigiBeta, but hopefully we'll get the transfer made in the future. http://www.goteborgfilmfestival.se/filmfes...eText=preludium Adam
  11. Hi! I made a quick litte trailer for the film the other night. You can see it here: http://www.vimeo.com/258693 It's not graded or anything yet so the look might chance a bit. Hope you enjoy it. Adam
  12. Hi! The project is done! Last night we shot the last take. It took us one week as planned. Monday and tuesday was rehersals. Wednesday and thursday went ok, but some of the timing were a little of so those takes can't be used. But the last three days things worked out really well and they all qualify for the final film. The interesting thing with this project is that the three good takes are totally different from eachother since the actors chose a new approach each night, so its really three different movies. I think that the director was most happy with yesterdays take which was totally crazy. Iraq won the Asian-Cup in Soccer yesterday which is their biggest sports achivement ever, so when we showed up at the first location the streets were packed with Iraqi immigrants waving flags and hundreds of cars honking their horns (the sound guys almost cried). But the cool thing about it was that the city played a totally different role in the film in that take and the actors interacted with the streets in a new way. The shoot was very tough fysically, especially the first half hour of each take until everthing just flowed and my body was warmed up. Even a fairly small camera like the DVX can feel quite heavy after one or two hours of nonstop filmning. But the feeling after we wrapped each night was amazing, and that it acctually could be done is really astonishing. Since I didn't use any lighting at all some scenes are really dark where only the actors silouets can be seen against the lit backgrounds, but it fits the story and we really didn't have any choise exept for using the streetlights in the best possible way. The two boomers did an amazing job and in the last three takes there was only one time where the boom acctually showed in the picture. The next step is to add the sound and then try to get someone to invest some money in the project so we can do all the post stuff on a proffessional level. And hopefully blow it up to 35mm so we can send it to some festivals and stuff. It was such a good experience, and it really made me realize that films can be done in so many different ways. It's not every week you film three features!!! Adam
  13. [/i][/i] But i'm shooting LP on 80 minute tapes, so I have a total of 2 hours of recording time. So 1 hour and 45 minutes will fit on the tape, I just want to make it a little bit shorter for the sake of the film... (quote Zamir Merali) Did you ever consider putting some hidden cuts (disguised by wipes) in the movie? We discussed it but the whole idea is to make it in one shot and not only make it seem like one shot even though it would help out in some cases. We just have to embrace the unforseen things that comes up and let small mistakes be part of the film....
  14. Just got back from our second rehersal... a bit tired in my arms from holding the camera for so long, but everything is turning out great. The total time of the film ended on 1 hour and 45 minutes, but i'm hoping that we can make it a bit shorter tomorrow (i'm shooting LP on 80 minute tapes). I'm using a DVX-100A and since we're starting the shot at 9 PM it turnes dark after about half an hour. I was pretty much holding the same exposure througout the whole shoot, between wide-open and f4, so it will be interesting to see how the focus turned out. I'm watching the take with the director tomorrow. I pretty much shot the whole thing at wide-angle, except a few times where I zoomed a little. So hopefully the focus isn't way off. Since I didn't get the DVX until today I used the PD150 yesterday, but I felt so much more comfortable with the DVX. Somehow the camera felt much more balanced in my hands. The only downside is that I can't chance the shutterspeed while filming, which I had planned on doing. But I guess we can do something in post that car resemble the effect. I shot 25p, and gained quite a bit to get enough light (up to 12db). It might not look wonderful, but it's necessary. There are two boomers who overlap eachother. They are really good at staying out of frame, only once in a while I see a shadow or some reflections in windows. Some of the passages where the characters are running, I'm skateboarding next to them, which hopefully will give a cool floating effect since it's in the middle of a long take (i've started out filming skateboarding so it comes natural to me). One thing I'm uncertain about is the V detail setting. From what i've read THICK is the best if filmed for TV and THIN is best if it's for a blow-up. I used THIN since we're hoping to end up on film and it keeps more of the resolution. But what about the vertical flicker it can cause? Will it look horrible if it only ends up on DVD? Tomorrow we start for real, and we'll shoot it once every night for the next five days. I'll write how it all went and maybe put up some framegrabs. Now I have to rest my arms... Adam
  15. Hi again. Thanks for the replies. I just found out that there are 80 minute miniDV tapes. I guess the magnetic strip must be thinner than in the regular tapes, so they might be more fragile. It would really help out for this project since I think the take might take a bit longer than 90 minutes. Does anyone have experience with those? Furthermore, is there anything I should in advance if we were to blow it up to film later on? Camera settings etc. Would it be better to film it in the 16:9 squeez mode than letterbox (or 4:3 and letterbox it later) Will I gain more lines and resolution by doing this? I guess the anamorphic lens would be the best solution, but I don't have prior experience with it, and I don't have much time to test it. Thanks Adam
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