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The Early WorX, the 1st
In the following weeks I am gonna share a few pre-LV movies I made here in Germany whenever I managed to get a crew together long enough to finish one. I usually didn't take any roles myself so that I could concentrate on the camera work and directing and all that.
So instead of going forward in skill and complexity of movie making as I usually do when uploading here, one can see where I'm coming from. No visual effects, no fancy soundtracks (those I made myself back in the day). And of course German with subtitles.
The first step back we are going to take is to the year before I joined LV.
The Three Dark Kings (2006)
After WW2 there was a brand of literature brewing called "Heimkehrer Literatur" - stories of those who came home from the war. One of the most known is Wolfgang Borchert whose short stories are still tought in schools today. Those stories mostly evolve around soldiers that came back from the Russian front. Needless to say they weren't exactly in good shape - physically or mentally.
In '06 I was approached by someone I knew from school and who I made a couple of fun projects with to turn one of said short stories into a movie for his drama class on the university he went to. The project was to compare the stage and movies as forms of visual story telling. The group of students would act the play in front of an audience and then show the movie. To defend my craft I was invited to join the presentation and resulting discussion. Of course I never made it there cause on the way to the event my car broke down on the Autobahn. Just my luck. But the movie remains and I've been told that the audience was rather taken with it.
So later this week I'll upload this oldie for those who are interested. Consider this a heads up, it's low profile movie making with the skill set I had _before_ I joined LV. And it's not in English. The only changes I made for this release is the added subtitles. I might be able to digitally remove some of the more modern day items that show up here and there and don't belong into the time period but I figured it's a testament to what was possible back then and if nothing else a stepstone I had to take to arrive where I am now.
So instead of going forward in skill and complexity of movie making as I usually do when uploading here, one can see where I'm coming from. No visual effects, no fancy soundtracks (those I made myself back in the day). And of course German with subtitles.
The first step back we are going to take is to the year before I joined LV.
The Three Dark Kings (2006)
After WW2 there was a brand of literature brewing called "Heimkehrer Literatur" - stories of those who came home from the war. One of the most known is Wolfgang Borchert whose short stories are still tought in schools today. Those stories mostly evolve around soldiers that came back from the Russian front. Needless to say they weren't exactly in good shape - physically or mentally.
In '06 I was approached by someone I knew from school and who I made a couple of fun projects with to turn one of said short stories into a movie for his drama class on the university he went to. The project was to compare the stage and movies as forms of visual story telling. The group of students would act the play in front of an audience and then show the movie. To defend my craft I was invited to join the presentation and resulting discussion. Of course I never made it there cause on the way to the event my car broke down on the Autobahn. Just my luck. But the movie remains and I've been told that the audience was rather taken with it.
So later this week I'll upload this oldie for those who are interested. Consider this a heads up, it's low profile movie making with the skill set I had _before_ I joined LV. And it's not in English. The only changes I made for this release is the added subtitles. I might be able to digitally remove some of the more modern day items that show up here and there and don't belong into the time period but I figured it's a testament to what was possible back then and if nothing else a stepstone I had to take to arrive where I am now.
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Comment by Jim on November 12, 2009 at 5:47am
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I sometimes forget that certain creative people like you, Peter, were deep into cinematography even before these video sharing sites came about. I very much look forward to viewing your early works.
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Comment by SydTheSkeptic on November 12, 2009 at 4:46pm
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What a coinky dinky!! I'm in a reflective mood myself as of late so I've been looking back over the last three years of making videos!
I am SO looking forward to seeing some vintage-LtAdams!!
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Comment by BlancheNoE on November 12, 2009 at 7:18pm
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AWEsome *bites fists* is it up yet?,..how 'bout now?,...now?
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Comment by Chig on November 12, 2009 at 8:03pm
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Aw, so no hot vampire chicks then.
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Comment by Pypermarru1 on November 12, 2009 at 10:18pm
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Oh Hell Yes. This is great news. When I read this, I immediately thought of Stephen Spielberg, old footage of him making movies in his backyard with his buddies.
I know, I know, Spielberg is a sell-out, but you get my point
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Comment by NatureJunkie on November 13, 2009 at 11:14pm
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Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.
Still waiting.
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