31st October 2007

Our film went a long way to Potsdam, where Paulina Bocheńska took it over and is doing the sound post-production. Within the next few weeks we have to record the offs in a studio in Warsaw and then do the sound transfer in Toya Studio in Lodz . In the meantime Maciej Gajewski and I are producing trailers. We encourage you to watch our trailer of Hyena, a Polish thriller. We hope it will make you watch the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGikr8x886Q

21st October 2007

Parlamentary elections take place today in Poland. Thus I decided to show you the spots I co-created. Famous film stars, musicians, TV celebrities and journalists explain why it is worthwhile to cast you vote. http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=mD81aVPMHZ4

12th October 2007

Warsaw Film Festival starts today, so I will be watching several films a day for the next ten days. I invite you (to do so) as well. Details and programme at: http://wff.pl In the meantime, Maciej Gajewski and I are preparing next editorial version. Everything will be even shorter, even better, even more amusing.

9th October 2007

In October issue of Dlaczego I expand on our superb film and superb website. Pawel Rusak asked me about the origin of the idea, why it all lasts so long and what are the plans for the future. I encourage you to look at it: http://wszystko.net/media/dlaczego96pazdziernik.pdf http://wszystko.net/media/dlaczego97pazdziernik.pdf

7th October 2007

Unfortunately you will not be able to hear the song 'Dzień dobry, kocham cię' by Strachów Na Lachy. We edited the film and it turned out that this song doesn't fit the story. A song, which perfectly fits our film is 'Łydka' sung by Happysad. I would like to thank Kuba Kawalec, the whole band and Beata Mencel from SP Records for a permit to use the piece. You can visit the band's site here: http://happysad.art.pl The film's original soundtrack was created by Krzysztof Paluchowski. Few samples of his work will be available soon in trailers section.

4th October 2007

Another exceptional interview taken during the memorable shooting is finally available in our archives. TVN crew visited us on set and few days later Mateusz Banasiuk and me guested on the TV show. You can see it here [25mb]. : http://wszystko.net/media/ddtvn19maja.mp4

1st October 2007

We have edited Everything! After many weeks the film is finally born. It lasts 14 minutes (excluding the credits) and is wonderful as every child! Now Paulina Bocheńska takes over, as she will do the sound post-production. Consultations and test shows will follow and if everything turns out to be alright, all we will need before the long awaited première, will be €7,500 for the post-production.

17th Semptember 2007

New contacts, new inspiration and six Polish films a day. Today starts the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. My film isn't shown here this year but we have a whole year before the next edition so we should make it. The editing is almost complete, thus now sound postproduction and further money-seeking await us.

13th Semptember 2007

From the 'Tales from the editing room' series: the story of our film told by Maciej Gajweski, the editor. Hush... a film is on the table. You just have to find it. Quietly. Don't frighten it off. Carefully and delicately... frame after frame... cutting off those few minutes of film from hours of footage. Sometimes a film doesn't like to be easily found. Then it hides between the scenes, buries itself in takes and lies in wait in ordinary frames. Sometimes it even burns your hard drive. The better it hides, the bigger satisfaction from finding it. We have finally found it! It still has bad hair and longish sleeves. It's worth spending some time on it and cut it here and there before it ends up where it belongs - on the big screen.

10th Semptember 2007

After many weeks of hard work, fighting with adversities and burned hard drives the editing is nearly at an end. It's good. There are a lot of mistakes in our film but I still freak out when I watch it.

6th Semptember 2007

First number of 'Maturzysta', a Polish magazine for secondary school pupils, has come out. Its first page features a young director who set up a website to make his dreams of making a film come true. Wow. It's my first cover. Below the cover and a very interesting interview which Marta Sarnacka made with me. The interview is illustrated with a photo from the 'hottest Polish celebrities' gallery. http://wszystko.net/media/maturzysta.jpg http://wszystko.net/media/maturzysta.pdf

4th of Semptember 2007

So far I have spared you the details of my appearances in media as the interviews I was giving were in Polish. Since the film is being still edited and nothing more is happening, I decided to acquaint you with my media career in Poland. Let's start with a new media partner which joined our project. This time it's a Polish podcast from Detroit. All details on http://www.polskiedetroit.com

25th of August 2007

Over 400 people have supported our project so far! I thank them all. We still need €10,000 to finish it off and I feel that it won't be possible without help from the West. Therefore I decided to arouse the interest of western media in our wonderful idea. Now I'm sending a press release to all known mass media hoping that someone will publish it and thousands of people will be able to read it. Right now I'm going through this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers

10th of August 2007

A blow. One of our computers, which we used for editing, has burnt. Most of the work has to be done anew. Plus of this: if you do something for the second time you do it better. Minus: considerable delay. Yet we're struggling. As soon as we edit the film we will face another big problem: shortage of money. Here we're struggling even harder.

1st of August 2007 - Launch of Site's German and Spanish Version!

Today we go on with the expansion on Western markets and hope to win support of millions of German- and Spanish-speakers all over the world. New (language) versions are owed to Wiktoria Maksjan, Ania Iwanowska and Arek Cywiński as well as to friends from Kompilacja. Just click: http://hilfmireinenfilmzudrehen.de or http://ayudamehacerunapelicula.es If you have any German or Spanish speaking friends, please show them this site. Thanks.

30th July 2007

The festival has ended. I watched a few dozen films in 11 days, unfortunately many of them without a plot. I recommend you prize-winning 4 months 3 weeks and 2 days, as well as Persepolis and Reprise. In the meantime we get back to work. Updated schedule: editing till mid-August, sound postproduction till October and the première in late October. We will make it if we get the missing funds.

19th July 2007

Today is the opening day of Era New Horizons film festival. That's the reason why I'm leaving my work for a while and I'm going to Wroclaw to enrich my imagination and improve my directing skills by watching five films a day. http://eranowehoryzonty.pl

17th July 2007

Taken from the series 'Tales from the cutting studio': the work goes slowly. But if something is supposed to be good, it needs time. Certainly a lot of things could have been done better, and we've made many mistakes. But we've made a film, which, when watching it, makes me thing: I like it. Before others will be able to assess, a lot of work is still to be done. There are a couple of things we want to change, smooth, carve, throw away. Work in progress.

5th July 2007

Awaiting the première I have a surprise for you. Here's one of my first films, made 4 years ago with Maciej Gajewski at the marketplace in Żyrardów. Something for fruit salads and extreme sports fans. See what came out of joined forces of a melon and a camera. http://youtube.com/watch?v=G-lxf5-eQDQ

3rd July 2007

Celebrities life: our wonderful actor Mateusz Banasiuk, who plays the role of the young idealist, has become a student of Akademii Teatralnej in Warsaw, where the rest of our young stars already study: Marta Żmuda-Trzebiatowska and Antoni Pawlicki. Meanwhile Bolek Kielak, our second camera assistant starts his studies at Film School in Łódź, in Cinematography Dept. And Michał Koterski has become a singer. Cheers to all!

29th June 2007

My outstanding association -Kompilacja Warszawska - was actively present in the NGO zone at the Open'er in Gdynia. We supported Wybieram.pl association by running with cameras and filming footage which was then shown in their tent. Superb festival, great fun.

16th June 2007

Another important partner has joined our project. The sound postproduction will be in Toya studio, in Łódź. It's the best equipped studio in Poland - simply state-of-the-art. Many thanks to Mr Witold Krawczyk. Click through their website: http://www.toyasound.com

10th June 2007

The film is being still edited so we have to wait few days more. At the same time we are trying to find a sponsor, who would like to promote himself through our superb project. For the shooting alone we have spent €7500. It is not a large amount considering the fact that we managed to get vast part of the equipment and services on a very easy terms (big thanks to the partners). However we need another €7500 for the post production. Première after summer. We're looking for money.

1st June 2007

It's all up to the editor. Maciej Gajewski is spending night and days working on the footage. Meanwhile I'm spending days and nights watching films at Krakow Film Festival. The first version of the film will be edited soon.

30th May 2007 - Tape Development and One Light Transfer

Just one day after shooting the tape was developed and transferred. We reached the Laboratorium late in the night. Having looked through the shots I can say two things: great pictures, great acting. Now we have to put it all together and see if it all makes sense.

29th May 2007 - The last day of shooting

End of shooting. After 15 hours of work we have everything. It's good. This time the weather has taken its chance and hasn't disturbed us. Tomorrow a visit in a laboratory, then a long long postproduction stage and money searching stage.

28th May 2007 - The fifth day of shooting

The club. We've made it. Excelent shots. Michal Koterski and Antek Pawlicki have played a brilliant scene. Big thanks to all extras. Well done.

27th May 2007

Tomorrow we are back on the set. In the meantime you can watch a report from the first part of shooting. http://film.onet.pl/zwiastuny/0,2295532,274,1,filmy.html

26th May 2007 - Michał Koterski to join our crew

Some love him, other hate, but it is now certain that Michał Koterski is going to take part in our film. After long hours of negotiations Misiek has confirmed his participation in our project. Will he manage to create together with Atek Pawlicki the most funny scene of the film? We will see on Monday's shootings. Michal is going to play a role of a bartender, whom Monika's guy - plaued by Antek - tells his affairs of the heart.

22nd May 2007 - ADDITIONAL SCHOOTING SOON

28th - 29th May. These days we are on the set again to correct what was incorrect and to make up what we didn't manage to record. On Monady we are in Hybrydy club where we are going to do the missing shots of dancing Monica and dancing crowd. On Tuesday outside scenes in the sun and the rain, and in the evening in front of the club. A lot of work to do.

20th May 2007 - RECORDING OFFS

Our sound director Paulina Bocheńska, took us today to the gloomy nooks of basement of Academy of Music, where in several hours we recorded main character's offs, who was impersonated by Mateusz Banasiak again. Came out well.

18th May 2007

Another outstanding thanks. This time to Joanna Majchrzak and Sanplast company, which made us its interiors available for our shootings. In Sanplast bathroom we've arranged our main character bathroom, where writing beautiful love poems he climbes to the top of his genius. Meanwhile we still work hard. In the next few days we are going to do additional shootings. In a little while we are going to appear in a sound studio to record main character's offs.

16th May 2007

An outstanding note promoting our first sponsor. Chimera Światło-Film - a company that lends lighting equipment - has been helping us from the very beginning. Big thanks to Roman Banderowicz and Mirosław Szot. They had been with us long before this website appeared, when our budget had amounted to 0 zloty. Darek, you are our master!!! http://www.chimerafilm.pl

14th May 2007 - ALL THE MEDIA GONE CRAZY

This film will come into existence thanks to all Internet users who trusted us and gave us their money. Thanks to Agnieszka Odorowicz and Polish Film Institute which significantly improved our budget. And thanks to the media which promote out unique idea. Big thanks to everyone who has ever writen anything about me, my film, my website. The biggeest thanks to our media partners.

13th May 2007 - TAPE's DEVELOPMENT AND ONE LIGHT TRANSFER

I've spent Today's morning in a Laboratorium, where together with the crew we've watched developed materials. I was really close to depression. That's absolutely normal when watching materials for the first time. Then I went to a cinema to watch a film that turned out to be kind of stupid. That really improved my mood. I've watched my materials for the second time and now I can see that it is going to be a good film. We still have some additional shootings to perform, there are some details I want to correct. Now we have to do everything to make it better and better. Ania Sujka have implemented one transfer light for us and we start editing. There's going to be a film!

12th May 2007 - A SUMMARY OF SHOOTING

At the beginning we've planned 5 days of shooting. After trial shootings we've decided to speed up a bit and do everything within 4 days, and to leave the last 5th day for possible additional shooting if something has gone wrong. First two days were brilliant. We've filmed all locations, a culminating scene of declaration of love, many beautiful takes has been created, all the actors played wonderfully. Problems occured when we came with the camera outside. We had a night shooting in front of the club when temperature was really low, then sunny scenes in the courtyard during the rain. It was really hard, we do our best and I don't know whether I want to improve it anyhow. It is told that good weather is in favour of good films, so we're going to give the weather the last chance during additional shootings. Tomorrow we will see our materials.

10 May 2007 - FOURTH DAY OF SHOOTING

The end. That was a really hard day - with a fire brigade and an artificial rain given us by Janusz Bykowski. Unfortunatelly it was raining for real for the most of a day what made it unable to film one of the scenes. We have some scenes unfilmed and we have to make it up somehow in the next two weeks. It can be better. Now we are waiting for developing a tape and then we will see what we have. If it comes out wrong, we will be correcting it til it will be a masterpiece. It has to be a mastery so we are going to improve it and improve it as long as it will be necessary. Dziś na planie gościliśmy min. wysłanników Polskiego Instytutu Sztuki Filmowej bez wsparcia którego nasza produkcja byłaby niemożliwa. Oto relacja: http://pisf.pl/index.php?kategoria=412&tresc=be94abff1275e3b

9th May 2007 - THIRD DAY OF SHOOTING

Today we finished late in the night. It's not so good. Since early morning we've filmed scene in Hybrydy club, which came out quite well (big thanks to all extras). Then we changed our location to Blue Cactus, to shot a scene in front of the club. It was really cold outside. Came out so so.

8th May 2007 - SECOND DAY OF SHOOTING

Today we filmed scenes in a main character's house. A main character role is playes by Mateusz Banasiuk, Joanna Górniak and Stanisław Banasiuk play roles of his parents. 6 scenes in total. 10 magnificent shots in terms of acting and camera work (not mentioning a direction). Well done. We still give shape!

7th May - FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING

A beginning. A good one. We've filmed a culminating scene - a main character's declaration of love. Very well done. Then we've filmed a scene where a boy and a girl are lying naked in bed. We have three beautiful shots and it took several hours to edit them. It was all worth it, because these shots are pure masterpieces. As we didn't manage to film a scene in from of the club we are going to make it up at Thursday. Better than not bad!

1st May 2007

We have test shots behind us. In two days we've filmed all scenes, then we've edited them in 24 hours. There's a lot of things that have to be changed, improved, invented, but as I watch it, I think there's going to be something out of it. We give shape!

30th April 2007

Test shots are in progress. We record everything on dvdcam in our locations, shot after shot according to a storyboard. No scenography, no light, only actors and camera. When I edit it, I will tell you what will come out of this.

28th April 2007

Many articles concerning our film appear in Polish press. It is so great that so many newspapers help us by promoting our project. In the meantime, when we don't give interviews, we work hard on our film. Rehearsals with actors are in progress. We complete scenography, stage props, costums. We begin test shots soon.

18th April 2007

Another great actors have joined the crew! Joanna Górniak and Stanisław Banasiuk will play the role of the boy's parents - people without dreams or faith in anything. And yes, Mr Stanisław is the father of Mateusz Banasiuk who plays the leading role. Film-to-be! Euro2012-to-be!

15th April 2007

Antoni Pawlicki has accepted the role of Monica's Boyfriend, who is the main character's rival competing for the girl's love and attention. Antoni has graduated the Acting Department of The State Theatre Academy. He is well known to millions of Poles for his parts is many films, including very good but underestimated Slawomir Fabicki's 'Z odzysku'. If you haven't seen the film yet, watch it as soon as it is released on DVD.

13th April 2007

May the 7th. The date we start the shooting! Boy, I'm excited! We still cannot afford to make the whole film, as we have only half the money we need. But we're fighting and the situation is improving. Moreover we have established cooperation with Panavision - many thanks to Alicja Chrzanowska and Hanna Rakowska. The film will be shoot on 16mm tape! To cinema! Awesome! And today is Marta's birthday, my friend and co-producer, who immensely contributed to everything we have achieved so far. Many happy returns of the day, Marta!

2nd April 2007

Today we won the support of the Hybrydy, Club, where we will shoot our film. We would like to express our gratitude to Mr Sławomir Sokołowski. Some quite difficult shots have to be taken there. Curiously enough, I have to confess to you, that I have never ever seen a good club scene in a Polish film (yet I haven't seen all of them). All the scenes I had the opportunity to watch, were unreal and each character had his own lamp, which made him well visible no matter what the surrounding was. People in the back were pretending they fit there and absolutely never had loud music disturbed any conversation. Having seen all this I decided to take much better shots in a club! We will see how will I cope without money, but we are definitely going face it! There will be lots of dancing people, flashing lights and if anyone would like to say something, they will have to scream it out! What a film! Shooting schedule will follow soon.

30th March 2007

Little change in the cast. It is a pleasure to introduce to you Marta Żmuda-Trzebiatowska, who have joined our crew. She is a student of the Acting Department of Warsaw's Theatre Academy. She is going to play the part of Monica - walking ideal, object of admiration of the main character, played by Mateusz Banasiuk.

27th March 2007

This is the sum I have been given to make the film! Everything goes in the right way! The amount is the reward I was presented by the Polish Film Institute. I would like to thank Ms Agnieszka Odorowicz, the PFI director and the employees of Institutes's press office as well :) . Now we have half the money needed, but we can finally start the shooting. And we still reckon on your generous support. What a film it's going to be!

14th March 2007

Spring has come, time to fall in love and make films! Thus we have settled that the film will be recorded on a Fuji tape. Thanks go to Mr Marek Górecki. The shooting gets closer and closer - exact date will be revealed soon.

28th February 2007

Another important partners have joined the project. People who decided to support our film are: Marek Poznerowicz from Laboratorium, Paweł Śmietanka from Digital Lab and Roman Rybarczyk from Film Service. It is a huge step towards making the film, however the precise date of shooting has not been yet set. We are seeking alternative income sources but also still counting on your support.

23th February 2007

The première of the film is going to take place in Muranow Cinema in Warsaw. Many thanks to the director of the cinema Adam Trzopek. Now we just have to make the film! We are still lacking money to start the shooting. After information about project that had been emitted in News in Polish Television the budget raised a bit, however it's not enough to make the film. We're still counting on you to help us!

10th February 2007

More and more media show interest in our project. We have established a permanent collaboration with Radio Bis, Max Magazine and Szpilki.fm lately. I hope that this hype will help me with making the film.

6th February 2007

The film is now made under the auspices of Polish Film Institute! It's just incredible! Many thanks to Ms Agnieszka Odorowicz, the Director of the Institute. I hope, that it's support will help me with organizing the production and we will be soon ready to start the shooting. Shortage of money is still our main problem.

4th February 2007

I would like to present you the long-awaited storyboard, which I have been creating with the cinematographer Michał Szewczuk and the editor Maciej Gajewski since the beginning of the year. All the pictures are the art of Marta Ogonek. As far as I know most of directors in Poland do not use storyboards but just improvise on the set and then try to save the film in post-production. I don't. I start the cooperation with the editor from the storyboard. Now you can assess the first effects of this cooperation. I present you this invented construction, a consistently told love story embellished with pictures. Relish!

1st February 2007

Awesome! It is now 100% sure that the superb track 'Dzien dobry, kocham Cie' ('Good morning, I love you'), sung by Strachy Na Lachy, will be included in the film's soundtrack. You can listen to the sample or watch the track's clip on Strachy's website . Hereby I would like to thank GrabaĹź and the whole band, as well as Beata Mencel from S.P. Records.

20th January 2007

The other day I invited some polish media for cooperation. They will publicise information about each production stage of the film. I hope that the little hype around this project will translate into more donations.

10th January 2007

New, refreshed version of this website works. It is designed by Maciej Gajewski and maintained by Wojciech Mosiejczuk. On the right side you can find the partner-box where logos of companies and institutions which support me will appear.

4th January 2006

Storyboard is in progress. Drawings will be available to download in few days. I tried to estimate my film and I realized that it's going to cost me more than 12 thousand euros. It won't be easy, bu we still fight.

23rd December 2006

There are many articles about my project in Polish media, but I want to present you the one on Polish Film Institute website (there is no english version): http://pisf.pl/index.php?kategoria=412&tresc=8db8635e7c4b7fa

15th December 2006

I still need a lot of money. I'm going to promote this website till the end of the year and then I'm going to borrow a lot of money and make my film. I decided to license it on Creative Commons license. Everyone will have right to copy, distribute, display my film. More details about the license you can find at the bottom.

25th November 2006

Today starts one of the biggest and greatest film festivals in Poland - Camerimage. Lots of great films but also lots of people who might help me with my film. That's why I launched english verison of this website and prepared promotion campaign with t-shirts, stickers and posters.