Author Archives: danielafleckenstein

CHARON , #technician #artinstall #eurotour

TOUR 2022-2023 What a piece, concept and realisation – the worlds largest zoetrope, built for Burning Man in San Francisco USA, has traveled in 2x 40ft long containers all the way to Europe. Where I had the pleasure to put it back to together as part of the core crew to Peter Hudson. With itsContinue reading “CHARON , #technician #artinstall #eurotour”

SUMMERSIZZLE #setdesign #theatre #setbuild #propdressing

And as always any production starts with the visualisation of the story world. This #youththeatre, played homage to this process from beginning to end… utilising tools of communication, creation and story telling. And not without a crew and team effort. Doing it together… Adding to my portfolio of success… with participants benefitting from the creativeContinue reading “SUMMERSIZZLE #setdesign #theatre #setbuild #propdressing”

‘CLOAKED’ #productiondesign #conceptart #setdec #propdressing

And with this creation the creative process of filmmaking showed itself in all it’s glory, fuelling my passion to learn and understand better. In this short-film, written by Ketan Majmudar … I got involved very early in the process – with some concept art -to get this vision into production. Developing and visualising a fictiveContinue reading “‘CLOAKED’ #productiondesign #conceptart #setdec #propdressing”

ON THE RUN #productiondesign #setdressing #propdressing #period

What a challenge a whole house to dress in short time and limited budget. A living room in the 1970’s – a couple that just moved in recently… (getting rid of the dreaded white walls ): With he Kitchen reminiscent of the 80’s, we had to travel back in time. Harvesting doors and alternative dressingContinue reading “ON THE RUN #productiondesign #setdressing #propdressing #period”

“JANUS” #productiondesign #setdec #costume #propdressing #artdepartment

Now that this short film has done its rounds, including the Raindance festival- screening in a cinema end of last year; I am ready to share some of the making of the making off. This one started with an ambition, a metaphor and a sense of human experience – most abstract, but yet understood betweenContinue reading ““JANUS” #productiondesign #setdec #costume #propdressing #artdepartment”

‘Smoking kills’ #neorealist #darkcomedy #productiondesign #setdec #artdirectstandby

Now over a year ago, that this one came to be: and I have some time on desk to give some insight into the making of : ‘the making of ‘ , in filmmaking. It became clear early on, that flavours of the envisioned story world – and my appetite for sharing a vision wasContinue reading “‘Smoking kills’ #neorealist #darkcomedy #productiondesign #setdec #artdirectstandby”

‘Beyond the Fuchsia’ -production design: #setdec #setbuild #propbuying #graphics #wardrobe #standby

Just when you thought nothing could happen in the year of 2020 – it did and with time on hand my art-department had what it needed to flourish and trying to make the impossible possible. Independent small budget challenges would be enough but when pre-production begun we were still in lockdown. So the online ebayContinue reading “‘Beyond the Fuchsia’ -production design: #setdec #setbuild #propbuying #graphics #wardrobe #standby”

exploring filmmaking with NFTS summer 2020

Well I am sure we all know what happened this summer – but hey no opportunity lost to further my knowledge and understanding of filmmaking. Time spend online with various workshops, seminar and courses. I thought it’s about time to share here and now some silly clips – as the enthusiasm and learning has helpedContinue reading “exploring filmmaking with NFTS summer 2020”

Pillow Talk – Art Dep Assist, Set Dec

I am delighted to not just pick up the planning – but finally some actual ‘doing’- on set: next week! With a carefully, health and safety guide-lined, cast reduced and planned out production, for the 3rd Episodes of this web-series. So I take this opportunity to share what was the last production, before this lockdownContinue reading “Pillow Talk – Art Dep Assist, Set Dec”