That went well=P
Kinda of weird that I can’t say what it is but we are very happy so far. This will be a busy weekend!!!
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In midst of Straats and Grachts.
We have now survived our first day! I can’t go into details but we’ll be working on a pitch alongside with other people. As I said in previous post we have been given a desk with in the room with most of the other creatives. I also found another Swedish guy here from Hyper Island who has been working at 180 for 6 years. Apparently there are more than 30 nationalities and somewhere between 150 – 200 people employed.
All the streets here all look the same. As in one is just as beautiful as the other and they all look the same. They are all called Blablablasestraat or Blablablasegracht. Another 3 weeks and our Dutch will be fluent. Zie jullie allemaal morgen!
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We have a desk!
I will give a more detailed account of today later but we have now been given a desk and are sitting in a nice room with other creatives. Amsterdam is absolutely beautiful and today is very hot and sunny. Over and out for now.
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It looks like magic.
Just reach out and touch … the keyboard.
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A circus leaving town.
Have I got everything? Seriously. I hope I do. Train leaving down at the docks at 11:50 and every 15 minutes there is a hailstorm and I don’t have an umbrella, because it weighs too much. Also since I was afraid of oversleeping I simply stayed up which means I’m a bit…weird.
First stop Bradford. Then Amsterdam on monday. Here we go.
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Making of Nuit Blanche
I always enjoy a good VFX breakdown. I find them inspiring and I usually enjoy watching the finished film even more when I know the amount of detail that went into making it. I also like the idea of how much we can create these days without actually having anything but actors and green screens. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Nuit Blanche is in my opinion a excellent example of when things work very well!
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My magic wands.
I never got around to post these London week trophies on my old blog. But here they are. W+K, DDB and Ogilvy weren’t that hard to acquire. The interesting one is Leo Burnett. A bit of trickery was involved in obtaining it but, who knows, maybe one day I get the chance to return it? Even though that’s not likely. I’m holding on to it. Apparently they are not made like that any more so that makes it even more valuable. It’s incredibly light! Like a magic wand…
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Ultralight travel setup.
Rachel and I have decided to travel lightly, with hand luggage only (10 kg). I’m not sure yet if it’s the best, or worst, idea ever. As you can see it calls for drastic methods when it comes to selecting gear. But maybe I should be focusing more on how many pair of socks I should bring?
I only just realised that I bought the tripod in Holland so I guess it’s going back to its roots.
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Here we go again.
I have now given this blog a complete overhaul. After 10 000 spam comments I had enough. Not that I wasn’t happy with my DIY blog engine, but let’s just say WordPress is better at doing its job.
First thing coming up is my three week placement at 180 Amsterdam now between 6th – 23rd April.
I will take lots of pictures with my new Lumix LX3.
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