Christmas break

Top left: the "Christmas-tree-party" in the village I'm fromBottom left: From the ski lift at Kongsberg skicentreRight side: Christmas tree decorations First of all, Merry Christmas to you all. I hope you're having a great wherever you are. I'm in Norway for the holidays, a true winter wonderland I can a sure you! Since I'm only home in Norway for three weeks, I've decided to mainly focus on family and friends, afterall that's what...

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Designs for Funky Pump White Collar Boxing DVD

The designs for the Funky Pump White Collar Boxing DVD: (C) Tom-Daniel Laugerud / TDL Media 2012-2013 (C) Tom-Daniel Laugerud / TDL Media 2012-2013  The design will be sent off to the printers next week. Right now I'm just finishing the small details on the DVD menu and making sure all links are okay (links - you press "Chapter 1" and that you actually get to chapter 1). I'm still using the same company to print and copy my DVDs, VPOnline....

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Funky Pump boxing shoot

The shoot on yesterday (Tuesday 13th) went alright actually. I'd hired Johan P. Kraugerud and Iain Rose to work as camera operators. Also hired Stine Kiran to take still pictures I could use for the DVD cover.  We (camera operators) each took up a position in Oceana. Johan did mostly handheld and close ups, Iain did wide shots from the balcony above and I did wide shots and close ups from ground level. We got some great shots, so hopefully...

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Funky Pump Fitness

I've been hired to produce a DVD of the Funky Pump White Collar boxing event in Oceana Swansea. Funky Pump is a local gym chain based here in South Wales, with centres in Swansea, Port Talbot, Cardiff and many more. It will be a multi-camera production with three cameras. I'm also designing all the graphics for it (DVD cover, DVD menu, titles etc.). The finished product will be between 1.5 and 2 hours, depending on how long each fight goes...

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My personal deadlines/aims

Even though we've got the actual deadlines, I've decided to set up my own deadlines/aims I will TRY to follow: Personal deadlinesMajor studies - film 1: Discovery charity commercial  Pre-production done by Sunday 18th November 2012 Production done by Friday 30th of November 2012 Post production 1st draft done by Friday 9th of December 2012 FINAL film by Friday 18th of January 2013 Major studies - film 2: Documentary Pre-production : done by Sunday 13th of January 2013 Production - February: done by Thursday 21th of February...

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Third year of university

It's my third and final year, so I need to use all my energy and focus to get through this. Uni work: Films - Make two films, external and personal, with a maximum total running time of 15 minutes on both films. So for example a 4 minute music video and a 11 minute documentary would be one way of doing it. Dissertation (Bachelor paper) - 8000 word dissertation on my chosen topic. Visual diary - An electronic diary of the entire year of what I've been up to basically Marketing and self promotion - Basically here you have to figure out how you...

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Hello UK, I'm back

Currently I'm sat at Gardemoen Airport in Oslo (Norway) writing this. Summer is over and it's time to return back to university and to UK. I'm now entering my third and final year at Swansea Metropolitan University. It's almost a bit scary, final year and everything. The plan for this year is to make two film for university and work on other projects on the side. I've got a few ideas for the two films, but for the first few months my dissertation...

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Dissertation progress

As I set up in my summerplan post in May, one of the things I was going to work on over the summer was my dissertation. Since my dissertation proposal, I've changed my dissertation completely. After feedback from my dissertation supervisor, I chose to change the topic to something that's more relevant to my degree and interests: Documentary For now it's on the research stage, since the books I brought over are of no use now seeing as they were inteded...

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Skeive Dager done 'n dusted

Skeive Dager 2012 (Oslo Pride Days 2012) is now finished and it was absolutely amazing. I met and got to work with some really great people. Like I described in the post in May (Videographer for...), I would be working every day of the festival, making daily videos that would go up on the YouTube channel. In addition I had to administrate and design the channel (see design below). Screenshot of the Skeive Dager YouTube channel. Access...

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Summer holidays

The summer holiday is coming and it's time for me to head back to Norway for the holidays. It's actually quite weird, living two places (almost). It's like you've got two lives. One in Norway, one in UK. Anyway, I've sat down just to draw up a rough list of my "Summerplan" of what I need to work on / what I'm doing over the summer. Summerplan Work full time in the grocery store (worked here since I was 15). Save up the money Work as camera...

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Summer Ball done

That is Summer Ball done and it was a great success (except for the weather). The students absolutely loved it! Like I descibed last week, I was aiming for having having three more crew members. I got Iain Rose, Johan P. Kraugerud and Eoin McLoughlin to work as camera operator, all of which have a good experience withing film production. Here you can see the final results. ENJOY! Main video: Artist interviews:   Mike's Corner: If you want to see some still pictures from the Summer Ball 2012, take a look at the Swansea University's...

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Dissertation proposal

UPDATE: Final topic changed, after feedback from dissertation supervisor. New topic: documentary. ______________________________________ My dissertation proposal is now submitted.  Main topic: How are religion, philosophy and mythology used in the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien? Key words: •             Philosophy •            ...

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Summer Ball prep

Throughout the year I work for Student Swansea Events, making short (1 minute 30 seconds) long promotional films. Most of these are based in the clubs. Now, it's time for the annual Swansea Students Summer Ball 2012. It's still a week left, but I'm busy planning this. I'm in charge of getting crew to come along and film it. So far I've managed to get two people and hoping for one more. Our job is to film the whole event and edit out a film,...

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IGNITE Show done

This show went great, amazing performers (considering they are all doing this as a hobby)! The shoot went OK. Taeliesin theatre was being a bit difficult when it came to allowing us to position our cameras. Mostly they kept going on about Health and Safety, which is of course important, but the reasons they were using sounded a bit thin, in my opinion. Laura France and Iain Rose were the two other camera operators in addition to myself. Right now,...

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University project - Bromoil

Assessment Pre-production – Planing and research It was initially my Co-Producer, Angella Wang, that introduced me to this art and to Derek Ashman (the photographer). Angella and me sat down and started brainstorming on what kind of documentary we wanted and topics we wanted to cover. Because of the short running time (3 to 5 minutes) the finished product needed to have, we were very conscious on the fact that we needed to cover the whole process on a basic level. I sat down with Derek and asked him about his thoughts and how long it normally...

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B2 - Assessment

Major Studies B2 – Studio project Assessment Pre-production – Planning and research We started knowing that as a group we would function very well. We all have similar work ethics and standards, but at the same time can bring individual strengths to the project. At an early stage we sat down and brainstormed on ideas. We said that we should present some ideas on the table and take it from there. All of us fell in love with Johan’s idea straight away. It was good, had a twist and seemed like a good challenge. We set about dividing roles: Director...

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Videographer for Skeive Dager (Oslo Pride days)

Summer is coming up and I'm starting to look at any work experience I can get during the summer. I've got in touch with Skeive Dager (Oslo Pride Days) and been taken on as a videographer. This is an annual event, which all major cities in the Western world has, to celebrate and promote the diversity in our society. I attended the parade in 2011 and though it was quite fun, so thought why not volunteer? I will be working every day of the festival,...

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Start of the IGNITE show

Later today is the Swansea University Dance Society IGNITE show, which I've been hired to produce a 1.5 hour long DVD of. The plan is have three camera operators, strategically positioned around the Taeliesin theatre. The show aims to raise money for charities working with people with down syndrome. ...

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A2 - Second shoot

Back after Easter now. I phoned up Derek to arrenge for us to go out and pick up some cutaway shot of him actually taking the picture. We went to the old stone church up in Sketty, St Pauls. You see the original print which he made is from a church far up in North Wales, but the one in Sketty similar enough. I got one possible ending shot which might be used as like a merge from the video to the still, but don't know how that's going to look yet....

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Easter time

Sorry for not updating in a while now. I have been busy working with projects and essays and right now I'm in Norway on Easter break. I promise you'll get an update within a week on my projects. In the meantime, check out how you can stay inspired...

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Timelapse - Italy

Sunset time lapse from Italy, February 2012. I shot this the first afternoon I was in Italy now. So beautiful view from there! Right now I'm doing the finishing touches on the product, so you will get to see it soon. It just takes some extra time, me going back to Norway for the holidays AND it being Easter break. But you will see it soon. Have a great East...

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A2 - First shooting day

We went to Derek Ashmans house today to do the shoot. He's got a workshop up in the attic containing all his tools for processing and inking. The shoot went good, though he did talk a lot, so I'm a bit affraid when it comes to editing that I'll have a handfull editing it down, but fingers crossed. It's so great of him to take time to do all this. Hopefully now I'll get to do a rough edit over East...

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B2 - Building a set

We finished our shoot for the university project "Studio" on Tuesday. The project is to use the TV studio and only the TV studio and controlroom to film it. So for this project we're building two sets, a bedroom (above) and a police interview room. We laid in flooring, painted the walls, full furniture (bed, tables, wardrobe, draw etc.) Today (Wednesday) we repainted and decorated it for the interview room. We talked to a UK police detective to get info on what would realistically to find in an real interview room. Through Star Now we found...

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B2 - Schedules

I've finished the Crime of Passion shooting schedule now, so all good to go! After Laura, Johan and me did the shot list, I started breaking it down on Genie (scheduling software). I really like that, simple to use, shame it's not being updated/developed any more... Detailed - Download (N/A) One line - Download (N...

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Italy trip

I went to Italy to work for Discover the World. My job is to create a promo video, 10 to 15 min, about their school trip program. Other film students were picked to go to Iceland and Jordan. So over the next month I'll be working hard with this project, amongst other work. There I followed a lovely bunch from Wirral Grammel School - A Business & Enterprise School for Boys. VERY polite boys, all Sir and Miss. I got to see Pompeii, the island...

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B2 - Actors

Star Now: http://www.starnow.co.uk/Casting-Calls/Actors-wanted/Short-film/short_film_crime_of_passion.htm We were looking for three males, an inspector, a love and a husband. We've gotten several promising applications, some of which already have acted in other SMU productions, which is good. Next thing now is for me to meet them and discus all the details. (For Moodle blog, add details on acto...

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SSE iLoveMondays video + Uni projects

This is the video I did on Monday for Student Swansea Events. We had the Ministry of Sound UNItrash TOUR ft ARTWORK (Magentic Man) performing on iLoveMondays in Oceana, Swansea's biggest night club. I think this might be one of the best SSE videos I've made so far. Besides that, we're working really with our studio project, which I'm doing with Johan, Laura, Lauran and Iain. A great gang that knows what hard work is. At the moment we're...

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My new logo: TDL media

There you have it! My new company's logo. I'm registering as a Self Employed company some time next week, depending on when my NI number comes through.  You like it? ...

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My new job

So happy right now! I got offered the job as cinematographer with Discover the World. I am to go on a trip to Italy and make a 12-15 min documentary/promo video, following schools. The plan is to follow one school each day ;) They're covering all my expenses, so I'm thrilled beyond any human point at the moment. Right now I'll use the next few days to brainstorm and create some suggestions to the company on what one could aim for. I'll...

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Showreel 2011

My Showreel for 2011 work. Please check out my full portfolio, CV and more at www.tomdaniellaugerud.com ** External work ** Cardiff Story Museum Student Swansea Events Mela - World Performing Arts Festival The Gathering ** Private/University work ** 'Running Scared' 'Fucking perfect' '220711' MUSIC: Kopeika by et_ is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Lice...

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Clifton Street

A documentar made for Cardiff Story Museum. It's a about Clifton street in Cardiff, a very different street. We see a selection of some of the shopkeepers there and their view. The finished piece is exhibited in Cardiff Story Museum (Old Library) from 12/01/2012 to 10/02/2012. Experience I found it quite exciting and fun to do. I got to experiment and get to know my Canon 7D even better, which only is a benefit. Having a documentary that I've worked on exhibited in a museum is an great honour. At the opening night I met a great deal of people,...

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Career

At the moment I'm about to apply to jobs, both in the UK and in Norway for the summer. I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished documentary of Clifton Street I worked on for Cardiff Story Museum in the old library. It's a 11 minute documentary that will be exhibited for 1 month in Cardiff Story Museum. Other than that, I've just applied to a job as a cinematographer / videographer with an event company that does travels all...

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Packing and planning

Right now I'v been packing my bags since I'm leaving for Swansea tomorrow. All my cameraes, hardrives, laptop etc. neatly fitted into bags and back packs. These clips I shot on my way back to Norway for Christmas. I've got a tradition were I take pictures/videos of the view outside (if possible). Right now I'm working on several projects, both university and external projects. The documentary I worked as a camera operator on, is being exhibited...

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