Jan
26
2010
Maud & Leo on Facebook
Today we open the doors to our Facebook page for Maud & Leo. We have been developing the page for some time now, it’s a great way for us to share a little bit more than just the movie.
Jan
21
2010
Maud & Leo at Hot Spot
On the 28:e of January we’re going to be pre-screening Maud & Leo at Hot Spot, a venue for young filmmakers in Stockholm. It’s a nice opportunity to screen the movie for a young audience which aren’t the obvious audience for the movie.
We’re working at releasing the movie for real in the first quarter of 2010. There’s a couple of really interesting distribution opportunities that we’re going to try out for this film. If all goes well we will probably be using ourselfs of this way of distributing on future projects.
Read more about Hot Spot here: http://bit.ly/77GwaD
Jan
21
2010
2010 has begun
2010 has started with a bang as I started the year by doing a campaign for MTV and Nordea. As soon as I got back to Stockholm from the beautiful northern Sweden I had 13h shooting-day at MTV in Stockholm. The campaign will be coming out soon and I will be posting it here.
Now I’m all up in two documentary projects. This weekend I’m off to do some more interview’s with Lena, a former drug addict that I’m doing an animated documentary about. The story is starting to take form, and during the spring I should have my first edit of the movie. Read more about the project here: http://blog.vonwallstrom.com/?p=485
Nov
26
2009
Maud & Leo release is near
Exciting times! We are working hard on the release of Maud & Leo. I recently registered the film for a Creative Commons license, which mean that we will be distributing the movie freely on the Internet.
Since it’s an independent production that we own the total rights of, it’s really a perfect chance to try new ways of distributing our movies. With that said we won’t forget about the traditional ways of watching movies. It will be distributed through theater, mobile devices, DVD and the Internet for download and streaming.
Today I got the mobile streaming to work for the iPhone, the stream is based on a h.264 codec so a lot of devices should work with it. It looks great! The movie is 26 minutes so it’s not the kind of movie you put on while traveling two stops on the metro, but still I think it will be a great platform for viewing the movie. It will be available both as Podcast and as a Quicktime-stream.
We’re also going to try out some new ways of marketing and financing. Today I got a text messaging feature to work that we will be using for swedish viewers, they will be able to make donations with their mobile phones. Other ways to donate will be Paypal and swedish Bankgiro, these are the ones that we feel is simple enough for viewers to want to use.
As for the cinema we’re working on a few cities to screen the movie in. We’re hoping to be able to screen it in a couple of selected cities in Sweden and some abroad. More news to come in the future…
Nov
11
2009
Maud & Leo at Roadmovie 2009
Here are some pictures from our trip to Jokkmokk. It was a successful screening and the people from Jokkmokk thought that we really had captured the best of Lapland.
They told us we had been really lucky with the weather, but we every time we’ve been there it has been beautiful weather. This was the first time the sun didn’t shine when we were there.
The screening at Roadmovie 2009 was organized by Filmpool Nord through SFI-funding. They are screening quality film in Norrbotten. Here’s the program: http://www.filmpoolnord.se/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/program-roadmovie-2009-11-10.pdf
Nov
11
2009
Maud & Leo goes Twitter
We recently launched a Twitter account for Maud & Leo, be sure to follow us there. www.twitter.com/maudleo
Behind The Scenes #2 Here in the middle of nowhere a helicopter landed with two elks. http://yfrog.com/3we4lj #film #filmmaking
Behind the scenes #1 What Jonny likes the most; ice cold water! http://twitpic.com/p0fou
Screening of Maud & Leo in Jokkmokk this weekend was a success. http://twitpic.com/ovlfz http://bit.ly/1a0arQ
Nov
5
2009
Maud & Leo goes to Jokkmokk
This weekend we’re going back to Jokkmokk with Maud & Leo. The movie will be screened at the story days in Jokkmokk. This screening will be a preview of the movie. In a couple of weeks we will be releasing the film for real. It’s been a long wait to release the film but now we have the release planned. Stay tuned.
Nov
3
2009
The Hyper Island Way
A couple of weeks ago I finished off a new video for the world known digital media school Hyper Island. I made a short documentary about one of their modules. The film focuses on the process that 4 student go through in the module. They laugh, they fight, they present great works for their clients SJ, ICA-Banken and The Pact Project.
Oct
23
2009
Lena – A life story
I’ve been busy researching a documentary that has been in my mind for a couple of years now. It all started with a lecture film a couple of years ago. I was documenting a workshop called relationship week, it addressed how to get out of a destructive relationship. It’s an all women’s group and I was privileged enough to be filming in the discussions of about 20-30 women with different destructive pasts. Most of them had been addicted to narcotics or alcohol for many years and was both trying to change their habits of addiction and destructive relations.
The woman that holds the responsibility for the relationship week is called Lena. She has come clean of an 17 year old drug addiction. In six years she lived with a man that abused her. She was close to taking her life when no one took the violence in her relationship seriously. Finally she was admitted to the psyche and came into contact with a therapist.
The documentary is about Lena and her life story. It’s a really interestning story about a woman who has lived outside society’s norms in many years. Her life experience of poverty is enormous. Despite this, she managed to turn her life into something positive and today she’s trying to improve substance abuse treatment in Sweden.
Next week I will do my first days of shooting with Lena. The project will become an animated documentary. It will be really interesting to see a life story with a lot of authenticity combined with animated storytelling. More information about the project will be posted regularly.
Sep
8
2009
Alive – 5D Mark ll rig
Long time since my last post. It’s been summer, I’ve travelled half of Europe and when I got home it was straight back to work.
Right now I’m doing a short documentary. Everything is being shot on my 5D Mark ll. Soon I’ll post more about that and other projects that is keeping me busy. Until then here’s a shot of my 5D Mark ll rig during a day of shooting in Stockholm.