Proof !

AHA....got proof smile emoticon
This series of satellite images shows the actual set of the Cooper Farm in Alberta, Canada! Also check it out on virtualglobetrotting.com - user: Guidelinefilm

Cheers!

Interstellar Cooper-farm house comparison

Interstellar - Cooper farmhouse

Interstellar filming-location

Hey there

This is my take on location hunting. The following picture-posts show the most likely location of the Cooper-farmhouse from the outstanding Christopher Nolan - film "Interstellar". I found this, scouting the area around a shooting location, which was posted on imdb.com. A huge patch of land which at one point could have been a cornfield is cut in two by what seems to be a paved road. This road apparently didn't exist a few years ago. Furthermore its existence doesn't really make sense because it cuts through a wide open space and ends nowhere. So that certainly was one hint! Of course there's that creek that can be seen in the movie. The property sits mostly on level ground. In the south, it borders on rolling hills and far west, the canadian rockies can clearly be seen - as depicted in the movie. So there's hint no. two. All in all, I think the back-to-back comparison of the movie-still and the streetview image solidify my theory.

So that's that. I highly recommend to go buy a copy of the movie. It is very well made and the story is very intriguing!

Off to making movies, many thanks for reading,

Andreas 

Here's axis 2 mounted on axis 1...one more to go!

...and it's almost finished. Made from aluminium and moved by a stepper motor.

Axis three in progress!

This is axis three of the Motion Control system I'm attempting to build.

Axis 2 is almost ready!

It's coming together!

NEW THINGS, OLD HABITS

Here it goes:

New making of a shortfilm on the horizon! Theses here pics show a work in progress. A thing of mechanical sorts...check it out:

Hint: Will make the camera move from point A to point B and back and forth again!

More pics and updates to follow!

Baby vs. Movie-Making

Baby wins!

Due to lucky circumstances a brand new baby is on its way and all moviemaking ambitions are postponed.
Though the creative wheels keep turning in my head and the script is ready, production has to wait!

Stick with us, you patient few!

The soon to be daddy,
A.

New things come to light

Coming up, another story that happens to everyone, every day!

...YOU are no exception!

Imagine: two guys and a girl sitting around a campfire. It's dark and cold. Another scary story is being passed around. One of the boys had recently turned blind, due to an accident. He still is in terrible pain. Suddenly they find out that their nearby parked car is missing. One guy walks off  in search of the vehicle...and never returns. In utter shock and with terror creeping up on them, the remaining two -the girl and the blind guy- realize that their sourroundings are changing and become unrecognizable to them. What do they do? Should they stay put and wait? Should they venture out into the darkness? ...They try to recall what had happened that day? What has led them to this fireplace and into this misery, and more importantly, why did they get lost?

THE CAR-RIG

Bonjour

We're still in pre-production of guidelinefilm's new piece. For a pivotal scene we are going to need this:

Enter: the car-rig.

It's entirely made from 40 bucks worth of home depot - stuff. It can be mounted on any smooth surface of a car (or elsewhere); horizontally as well as vertically.  It'll be grand!

Keep reading!

A.

Motion Control: Step 2:

Hi y'all...

This is the base of the motion control rig, I intend to build.
It's a very lightweight linear track with belt drive. It is capable of speeds up to 3 m/s and can work at a repeat accuracy of about 0,3 mm. The maximum traverse way is 2000 mm.

So that ought to do. It's gonna be axis one. Two and three will be pan and focus-pull.

So...I'll let you know how this crazy thing evolves and turns out.

Cheers

the new film

These are two pages from a set of shotlists I made already a couple of years ago.
Back then I already had sketched out three critical elements of the story. One of which was and will be a very physical stunt involving a car and a person.

More of the plot and technical details in the posts to come!
Stay tuned...

Motion Control -- step 1

This has a pivotal meaning in guidelinefilm's new project: The Motion Control - system.

In the upcoming posts I will show the progress on the building of the mo-co rig. Also there will frequently be new stuff about the new story and its developement.

Enjoy!

Step one: The stepper motors are ready.

update pre-pre-prduction

Little by little...

I'm getting closer to pre-production of guidelinefilm's new piece.

Currently I'm getting familiar with

- Motion 3 and

- Final Cut Pro

Stay tuned for more stuff and details about the production to come.

Cheers

watch all of 'em at once on vimeo

Check out guidelinefilm's Voice In Me on vimeo!!!

Click it now, good golly.

NOW: watch "the making of..."

How's everybody doing?

This is additional material from "Voice In Me". Those of you, who actually watched the film might get a laugh out of it!

Cheers!

part 3...

This is part 3: the recall

...Hit me!

Voice In Me part 3: the recall from Andreas guidelinefilm on Vimeo.