Film Edit
Edit Sprint | Final Cut Pro X
This is a real-time edit training lesson in Final Cut Pro X. The method that I use is what I call Edit Sprint.
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Writing Blog
Not Being Able To Write a Book
I have been working on 'this book' for over five years, and I have found myself stuck in a detrimental loop.
Free Film
Dear Film Students, the next Free Film Seminar will take place on the 22nd of October. The Seminar is free and open for all subscribers (free and paid) of this website. To register, please find the Zoom link below. In this seminar, I will cover a range of Indie filmmaking
Video Lesson
Using Metaphors to Extract Ideas
Using Metaphors is a powerful way to extract your ideas.
Procrastination
Overwhelm: The Land of Indecision
"I don't like living here, even though everyone is very polite and nice, nothing happens in this village of no decisions."
Film Seminar
"Let Reality be Reality" - On Self-Therapy by Writing, a Summary from Olaf's Film Seminar
Summary from Olaf de Fleur's Free Film Seminar, October 2021 - by Karol Julien Wild
Video Lesson
A Quick Edit Lesson
In this post, I'm sharing a quick video on an piece of edit I did for a documentary I'm working on. Here, I use from 'the inside out' technique. I start close, and gradually...
Skillshare
Access To My Skillshare Classes
As a paid member of my website here below you can find free links to my film classes on Skillshare.
Writing Tools
SPLITTING THE ATOM: Dicipline Your Creative Senses
It is unnecessary to fall prey to this predictable dilemma. Suddenly feeling like you cannot create, has nothing to do with your talent or your ability, it is a foreseeable sequencing of irrational, and impersonal thoughts welded together by unearned authority over your mood and talent.
The Creative Path
Why Don't You Write A Play?
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. He wrote one of my favorite poems about vanity.
Film Seminar
Demystifying Filmmaking with Olaf de Fleur - Yulia Chumak’s Session Summary
I am a fan of Olaf’s work. I think he has a truly unique directorial perspective! Olaf’s stories are constructed in such a way that they completely enthrall the viewer, making them watch in one breath.
Film Seminar
The Group Impact, Being "Olafed" & Tools of the Trade
In a world where everyone screams for your attention, Olaf whispers. Interesting. With benign humor, he walks the talk, shares his battle scars, and generously and mindfully feels the group for the pulse.
The Creative Path
The Courtroom of Your Creativity
When we want to produce a creative piece of art, a story, a film, it's easy to talk ourselves out of it.
Traveling Soul
Crocodiles in India
The ground inside the home was made out of uneven stacks of mud. The family that had invited me in didn’t have anything but offered me what they had. The offering was some kind of food, but it was impossible to know what it was made out of.
Writing
The Power of Save The Cat, the Book that Demystifyed Screenwriting
Blake gave us all a tool. Like the child in H.C. Andersen's story, Blake pointed to the Emperor to tell us that he didn't need to act all that fancy. Save the Cat didn't only demystify scriptwriting, it allowed us to see with childlike eyes so we could all go deeper into the magic world.
Filmmaking
Synopsis, metaphor, and negative self-talk
Ralston Vaz, a brand designer turned storyteller, gives us a feel for the topics explored, discussion flow, and open engagement style of one of Olaf’s Filmmaking Seminars.