Open Studio, Videotop classes, 2001. Filling in for an ill student. I don’t quite know a fitting translation for this one. It’s a bit of a wordplay, again, combining Wall-creature with Stroll or Wandering. A bit like Wall’ling. In other words, there’s something in the walls. I used a lot of close ups to hide […]
‘Nuts’ Open Studio, Videotop classes, 2001. Filling in for an ill student. Another violent, gory, but funny short. Written & directed by Frank Boxman Inspired by the flick from the year before: Blunt. Camera: Milan Collin Editing: Marieke Achterbos Sound and Make-up: Ruth Bader Actors: Mirco Maassen, Che Ouderkerk, Frank Boxman
Open Studio, Videotop classes, 2000-2001. Made with a lot of the video collective people as well, up north. This was the final film for my studies at Open Studio Videotop. Shot in a week, very strict storyboard, a clapper for every shot. Shooting these days is a lot quicker. So is post, because those computers […]
Another oldie. One of my two final student projects at Open Studio in Amsterdam. A bit construed. I basically wanted to go for a Roald Dahl type story. In truth, I just wanted to see a head fly out a fridge, and the soggy eye really had me in stitches when I came up with […]
Open Studio, Videotop classes, 2000-2001. Inspired by Sergio Leone. Note the long shots, the sweat and the brim of the fishing hat. Of course the setting is the joke. Write what you know, eh. Not that I had a kitchen as such at the time, but I had a water boiler and a toaster. It […]