Wardrobe Film complete!!!

Hi all,

Ron Thompson here, reporting Gerilja's latest maneuvers in Pen's stead. Production on the 'Untitled Wardrobe Film' is complete, and the rushes look fantastic!

The film was shot 'by the good graces', of many kind folks, who helped us realise the project in spite of an extremely demanding schedule.

Special thanks to Thorolf, Willy and Gareth who opened up their home to all 15 members of cast and crew for 18 hours... heroes the lot of you! We would also like to thank Steens Hotel for the use of their magnficent balconies and view. Last but not least, a certain Howie Grutle was kind enough to give us the run of his joint, again. Rarely have I met such a long suffering good sport! Thanks to you all!

As it was my personal producing debut, I would also like to thank all of the cast and crew for their herculean efforts. I am already proud to have my name associated with this film, and it ain't even cut yet!

In other news - the Gerilja commercial market..., T and H are, as we speak, on the cusp of completion of the Sonans marathon, and it's looking pretty dern decent if I do say so meself. Big shout out to our crew: Claudia, Ole H, Philipa Birthe and Eric. Nice one!
The gig, I will add is brought forth into the world through tyhe collaborative necromancy of Beeliner, Trondheim Studio and of course the heroes of our story G-E-R-I-L-J-A, hey-ho let's go!


Coming Soon!

More short films, Karoline's, Tom's, Micha's... Gerilja's collaboration with Axelsson and Skansen Film lives on!

Chrisitian 'Termodress' Bøen, is and has been hard at work on the long awaited Orbo and the Longshots ' Tennessee sessions' doco. We will be receiving the new teaser tomorrow, look for it!

All for now,

RT

Gerilja updates

Hello again fans!
A lot of stuff has happend since the last post and behalf of all the soldiars in Gerilja Film, I appologize for this delayed posting...anyway.
We have now concluded the the production period for a commercial- and infomercial project where the employer is the private gymnasium Sonans. The releas dates for the commercials are not decided yet, but its gonna be sometime in january in both the cinema and local television. The commercials are shot in HDV.

The third short in our short series, now dubbed "6", is to be shot between the 11th and the 13th. This is a story about an unfortunate vacumcleener salesman, who gets suckered into a rather compromizing situation when he finds himself cornered in the bedroom by a "customers" scarey husband...Of cause he hides in the wardrobe.

That's all for now folks.

I'll post some screenshots soon, but right now I'm in a pub, badly in need of on more beer.

Pen Kopp.

Oroboros

The short project continues. Today we finished the Oroboros shoot and that well within our time limit and budget. Great work folks!!!! And a special thanks to the actress, Karoline Skuseth, for a marvelous interpetation of Ørjans script and Tarjeis instructions.
At any rate, the name "Oroboros" stems from the ancient symbol of the serpent that bites its own tale. Like this...
And this film is about how people often do the same. OROBOROS is an emotional and physical loop between apathy and and action, courage and distrust.

Pen Kopp

Project Updates

We have now sucsessfully shot the first short in "The Short Project", the tragic comic "mini" epic MOTLYD. We shot it over two days, one with mostly exterior shots and one with interior. The exteriors turned out to be quite a challange, with 5 unpaid actors, 3 degrees and heavy rain. But it worked and we pinned the shots! Great work guys, both cast and crew! And a special thanks to Siv and Brynjulv who came and did great work, but had to leave so soon. You'll be duely credited.

Next runner up is Ørjan Setvik's short about a young man with agoraphobia. It's featuring Tarjei Lyssand as a first time director and is to be shot during the last weekend of november.

Also, lately we have been working on some projects for Aker Kverner Subsea. This has been a challange due to short deadlines, but we've finished two sucsessfully and are doing the last one next week.

More commercial work seem to be coming our way theese days.

NB! We are probably going to need some actors in the near future for both commercial and fiction work, so if you're interested you should keep on reading this blog.

Pen Kopp

Short Project

Gerilja Film has entered into a collaboration with the newly started production company Estenopo. We aim to produce five or six short and simple shorts by the end of 2006. The projects purpose is to fine tune our script and directing skills and apply professional methodology to our project development. Also, its about giving a hand to Estenopo who are just starting out with a lot of good ideas, but not that much project realization "power".



We aim to shoot the first short by the first week in november. The short is called "Motlyd" and its about a man who struggles with a strange form of tinitus (øresus...).

Stay tuned for more project updates!

The western...

It seems to me that a lot of the documentary projects that get funding nowadays is about either some social consience theme (war, hunger, AIDS, troubled youth), you know what I mean, or some form of oddity. You know; cute story about love and friedship amongst people with Downs Syndrome, cute story about musicians with Downs Syndrome, cute story about old people from rural parts of our beautifull country who, in spite of where they come from, still manages to have a positive outlook on life and the future. Oddities.

Where’s the stories about regular people? Where’s the stories about youth with a positive attitude, hopes for the future and an OK CV? Perhaps they even own a laptop mac?
I just feel like its time to tell a story about something from the mainstream. What’s your friend Christian’s story. He works as a web designer, has a girlfriend and a hobby, has no money worries. Where does he get his energy, his mojo? What’s his goal?
That’s what I want to know.

You?

WT Internationale Film Festival 2006 - 9th – 12th of November

Ready for action! In front Cecilia Frotvedt, from the left Kjetil Fossåskaret, Vidar Bratlund-Mæland and Festival director Frode Sirevåg.

ALL ENTRIES: 1519 films from approximately 65 countries

Short Fiction: 856

Feature Fiction: 196

Documentary: 327

Animation: 140

There is probably around 300-400 more submissions written on downloaded forms.

Gerilja Film will be involved in the execution of the festivals WebTV broadcasts. WT is the first film festival in Norway to offer this "service". Go Ole Henning!

Pen Kopp.