nooMaraton 2013

Last day it was the yearly film contest "nooMaraton" here in Sweden.
It is a really funny contest where you get 24 hours to make film from certain criteria, and people all over Sweden compete at the same time with the same criteria.

This years theme: "requirements marked" (not sure of translation here)
Locations: Under a lightpole, in a hut and in a lineThings: Bracelet, app and music instrument

We were a bit worried while filming since we somehow lost control and only had 6 extras, but those extras did a wonderful job! :)
But we gained control in the editing and we started out with 26 minutes of raw material. (The film cannot be more then 5 minutes) Then we edited it some more and got down to 7 minutes.
My partner then said that no way we can get it any shorter. Ha, he was so wrong!
We managed to make a film, with credits, that were 4 minutes and 57 seconds long.

Now it is up to a jury here on Gotland to pick a winner, from 11 different contributions, and that winner to the big finale in Stockholm! And even if we don't win we had a great time making the film!

What I do like about this competition is that it is not about the best quality of camera or image. It is how to make a story! How to get all the criteria in to the film in the best storytelling way as possible. That is what filmmaking is all about! To tell a story!

Here is our contribution for this years nooMaraton. And we hope you'll like it!

Winning the lottery...

I guess everyone has a dream of winning the lottery. And then not the little sum of money, but the big jackpot!

I am playing the lottery every week, and has done so for the past few years now. The same numbers, over and over again, but I do believe that one the the jackpot will come! I guess every one wants to win 186 million SEK. (That's the jackpot right now)

What would I do with the money? After all 186 million is a lot of money. I would pay of all my debts, both institutional and private. I would buy me a house here on Gotland with a nice garden so I could just live my life and work with my fruits and vegetables. I would give a lot of money to my sponsorchild in Hungary, through SOS Children Villages. I would save some money to my retirement, that will come in about 35 years... And then, I would most likely have about 177 million left.
Hm... Hard to know what to do.... No, not at all! I would make my films! I would just make my dream projects, and buy equipment for a lot of the money and start a rental company here on Gotland.
I would love to make Gotland a living filmmaking island, and with the jackpot that dream could become reality.

Then I wouldn't need to look for money all over the place. I wouldn't need to use crowdfunding as a way to reach my goal. I wouldn't need to call every company over and over again, asking them if they want to support us in our filmmaking dreams!

But to win the lottery.... That is just a dream I share with every one else... And maybe, some day, I will be that lucky man, fulfilling my dreams....

Until then, I am stuck with using crowdfunding as a way of financing my films....