JOURNAL
The process diary of film director Glendyn Ivin
SEVEN TYPES OF AWARDS
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Seven Types of Ambiguity was recently nominated for 9 AACTA Awards including BEST TELEVISION MINI SERIES. We won 5 on the night and a huge congratulations to winners Bonnie Elliot for Cinematography, Rodrigo Balart for Editing, Jac Perske for her wonderful writing, Hugo Weaving won Best Actor for his heartbreakingly beautiful performance and finally I was pretty chuffed to pick up Best Direction. Seven Types was a really special project, special thanks to Matchbox Pictures producers Tony Ayes and Amanda Higgs for letting me explore it!
FIRST LOOK / SAFE HARBOUR
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SBS has released a first look at Safe Harbour. The 4 x 1 hour mini series will go to air in Australia sometime early next year. So looking forward to getting this out there! It's amazing work by so many great people. From pre-production right through to post-production, everyone has put in incredible effort to make the series as good as it can be. Which as a director is all I can ever hope for!
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A gift from Charlotte...
STRANGE OCCURENCE
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THE BRUNX
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LOVE LETTERS
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Melbourne.
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MIDNIGHT / MIDMORNING
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Full moon and a crisp morning for my friend Mikes birthday up in the country.
LOCKED
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There is an old saying in edit suites, You never really finish an edit, you simply abandon it... With this in mind we locked the Safe Harbour edit on Friday and I'm happy to say the edits feel much more loved than abandoned.
I had the pleasure of working with editor Mark Atkin whom I had never worked with before but I have enjoyed every moment. Cutting television (like shooting it) is an intense process. We had about 10 days per episode so there are a lot of quick structural decisions up front and then as much massaging and finessing with the time you have left.
I have grown to love this pace and energy where a lot of decisions come from instinct. You explore and idea and then quickly commit either way. I'm always surprised by how much you can get done under pressure and the amount of freedom this provides. Like everything on Safe Harbour, my intent was to embrace the restriction and make something beautiful out of it!
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IN TRANSIT
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OPEN ON
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Incendies. Why did it take so long to see you...?