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JOURNAL

The process diary of film director Glendyn Ivin

ARE WE THERE YET?

Glendyn Ivin

Just back from the annual Xmas road trip. Melbourne to Tamworth with a (child free!) new year side trip to the Byron Bay area and back again. Over 3500 kms all up. It's a long way, especially with two kids and a dog in the back seat. But there is also something totally bonding about it. As a family we have spent a lot of this year apart due to my and Natalies work commitments so there was something cool about the family being 'forced' together in a confined space for hours and hours cruising across the country.

Despite the groaning and the occasional "Are we there yet!?" I think secretly the kids love it. I know I do.

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categories If not here then where?, Photography

THE WEEKEND

Glendyn Ivin

Over here in Auckland, New Zealand shooting a commercial but had a much needed day off yesterday which also coincided with my birthday. Choice az bro! Spent the day walking around browsing in book shops, sifting through and listening to records and taking photos of things I saw along the way...

On vinyl I discovered the joyous and somewhat indefinable Wild Bill Rickets. Kinda dub, kinda jazz, kinda musical in a way I haven't heard before. Bought two albums. Kinda obsessed with him now. Loo Loo (below) was the gateway track, groovy, haunting and strange!

Also I had been wanting to see Beasts Of The Southern Wild for ever and I had missed it when it was on at our local cinema. I didn't want to see it on a plane, train or download so I was excited to see it was screening in downtown Auckland. It's a beautiful film and I can see why for such a small, strange and extremely art house film it has managed to cut through.

A good day.

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categories faces places & things, If not here then where?, Inspiration, Photography

MORE HARRY

Glendyn Ivin

Thinking a lot about Harry Savides passing away... a friend posted the short film below on Facey and I thought it was cool. In many ways even though the interview doesn't go the way the filmmakers planned, I get a greater sense perhaps of who Harry was from this short film than if the more traditional 'interview' had gone to plan. I also love how the film begins and it's about one thing, but in the end, it's about something altogether different. It kind of sums up my approach to directing and to filmmaking in general. You can plan all you want, but in the end, the most important thing is the thing that's actually happening. Full credit to the filmmakers to being able to respond and capture so beautifully what was actually occurring and didn't fight to bend the film into a shape it so obviously didn't want to go. It's way more beautiful because of it!

UPDATE: Wait a second... is this film a commercial for Built by Wendy? If it is, everything I wrote above is bullshit... And maybe now I should write about how clever it is an advertisement. But I feel a little fooled.

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categories Inspiration, Video