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Below are the rules for the 2017 season.
1) Entry & Eligibility
- All Competitors wishing to compete at any of the three events will need to be members of BSUPA
- Entry Fee must be paid in full prior to entry competition
- The Four Divisions to competed will be as follows:
Open Men
Open Women
Under 16 Boys
Under 16 GirlsSub Divisions
Senior 28 – 35
Master 35 – 45
Grand Master – 45 plus
- Age Categories – Ages are taken from January 1st in the year of participation. E.g. Under 16. Individuals must be under 16 years of age on January 1st in the year of competition.
2) Seeding for the 2017 BSUPA Sup Surf Series
For the first event at Saunton seeding will be taken from 2016 overall seeding. For Watergate Bay & Fistral the seeding will be taken from the pervious event. E.g. Saunton for Watergate , Watergate for Fistral.
3) Judging Criteria
N.B. For this year's SUP Surf Series Competitions, BSUPA will be following the judging Criteria as set out in the current I.S.A Rule book.
- Key elements for competitors to be fully aware of prior to competitions
- Stand Up Paddle Surf -SUP performance uses the normal judging criteria of the ISA rulebook.
- Judges however will reward as higher level manoeuvres, those that are done with the obvious use of the paddle to give greater degrees of leverage and thus the creation of increasingly radical moves.
- SUP surfing is unique and can be done many ways but for competition it is important to set criteria's that set it apart from just long boarding.
- Only a single blade paddle is to be used in SUP. The paddle is a tool and a big part of the sport therefore it is not just used to help catch a wave, but is necessary as a tool [aid] for riding the waves [similar to a Ski pole when skiing].
- Entry into the wave should be by paddling in the standing position to enable the maximum score.
- Paddling out and whilst waiting or choosing a wave should be done standing up. Prone position paddling or sitting the board should only be used if conditions dictate (EG if it is dangerous not to do so)
- Surfing – average scores for all manoeuvres will be allocated unless the paddle is used as a pivot or tool in manoeuvres, then power, radical moves, critical sections and degree of difficulty are the deciding factors.
- "Using the paddle": The paddle is correctly used in SUP surfing to do three main things: it is used in turns as a brace, a pivot, and a force multiplier.
- A surfer will be scored higher when he uses the paddle in some or all of these three ways to achieve sharper or more powerful turns.
- N.B Tricks such as twirling or otherwise using the paddle in a non-functional manner will earn little or no extra score for the surfer.
- Traditional long board surfing compared to progressive SUP surfing techniques: Because the paddle allows large SUP boards to be turned with high rates of speed and power, stand-up paddle surfing is deemed to be, at the competition level, a performance-centred branch of surfing, much like conventional short boarding. Footwork, nose riding and style points will be scored, but this will be done in their relationship to the criteria of degree of difficulty and critical nature of wave positioning to ensure all competitors develop a standard approach and understanding of what is expected from an elite performer in SUP.
3a) SUP Surfing
- Judging Criteria: A surfer must demonstrate board-handling skills in the transition phase [description below] and the surfing phase [description below] of their performance, for it to be considered complete.
- A surfer must perform radical controlled manoeuvres, using the paddle as a key tool, in the critical sections of a wave with speed, power and flow to maximise scoring potential. Innovative / progressive surfing as well as variety of repertoire [manoeuvres], wave negotiation and use of the paddle to increase the intensity of the manoeuvres, will all be taken into account when awarding points for SUP surfing.
- The SUP surfer who executes these criteria with the maximum degree of difficulty and commitment on the waves will be rewarded with the higher scores.
- For StandUp Paddle Surfing [SUP] a wave is deemed to be begun when in the opinion of the judges, the rider is no longer solely under paddle power but rather has harnessed and begun to be carried along by the power of the wave.
4) Scoring:
- Length of Heat – each Heat will be a minimum length of 15 minutes and not excess 20 minimum.
- Each competitor with will have a maximum of 10 scoring waves per heat, with the top two waves forming the bases of their overall heat score.
- Any competitor that exceeds 10 waves in their heats will have their second highest score halved.
- The judging scale will be 10 points with normal ISA contest rules applying.
- The aggregate of the best rides will decide the final score for each surfer and interferences adjudicated according to the ISA Surfing Rulebook.
5) Board Length
SUP Design for Surfing: Maximum 10'5 in length . In the spirit of traditional surfing, no structural device to maintain foot contact with the board is allowed
6) Heat Timing
- The Head Judge will do by the Commentator, or in the absence of a Commentator, official timing of all heats.
- A five minute visual and PA warning will be given when 5 minutes remain in a heat.
- Siren or horn blasts must be used to start and finish heats. One blast to start and two blasts to finish. The Head Judge will indicate when a heat is to commence.
- A large disc system at least 1 meter square must also be used. Green to start and yellow for the last 5 minutes.
- The commentator must give a five second countdown at the beginning and end of each heat, and when he reaches zero the heat must start or end immediately.
- The first of the two sirens must blow immediately when the commentator reaches zero. The official end of the heat is when the siren is first audible to the Head Judge, who will indicate to the judges that no more rides are to be scored for that heat. The siren takes precedence over the disc.
- The coloured disc must be in the neutral position with no colour showing when the commentator reaches zero in the countdown. The disc must remain in the neutral position between heats.
- In the event of siren failure the coloured disc will be the indicator for heat timing.
- During and at the end of any heat the surfer must be clearly in possession of the wave on the wave face, making a movement to stand, his hands having left the rails (rail grabs excluded) for the wave to be scored.
- If the Contest Director wishes to use the minimum time delay between heats (of 10 seconds)
he must provide a marshalling area in the water outside of the line up.
- In the case of a water start the maximum time between heats shall be 5 minutes, unless unforeseen circumstances arise.
7) Contestable Surf Conditions
There must be a minimum of 40 inches (1.0m) of wave height before surf can be deemed contestable for Team England selection event. A special allowance may be made on the final scheduled day of an event, if the surf is rideable. This will be determined by the Contest Director, BSUPA Event Director in conjunction with the riders committee and Head Judge. The event Director deciton is final.
8) Interference Situations and Rulings
- Basic Interference Rule The surfer deemed to have the inside position for a wave has unconditional right of way for the entire duration of that ride. Interference will be called if during a ride a majority of judges feel that a fellow competitor has hindered the scoring potential of that surfer deemed to have right of way on the wave.
- Anyone who stands up in front of a surfer with right of way has the chance to ride or kick out of the wave without being called interference, unless they hinder the scoring potential of the surfer with right of way by any means. This includes excessive hassling, leash pulling or breaking down a wave section.
- When an interference has been called, the hindered surfer has the right to take the option to keep the score of the hindered ride or be eligible for an additional wave within the heat time limit. The announcer will say the score (What if no announcer) and the surfer will signal if he wants to keep the ride [by raising both arms vertically] or not [by raising and crossing arms].
- The Right of Way [ROW] Criteria
The choice of right of way criteria for each of the above possible situations is the responsibility of the Head Judge or the available Senior Judge in that order.
- Right Of Way (ROW) Priority
Wave possession or right of way will vary slightly under the following categories as determined by the nature of the contest venue. It is the responsibility of the judge to determine which surfer has the inside position based on whether the wave is a superior right or left but never on which surfer is first to their feet. (should be on their feet already) (Exception): If at the initial point of take-off neither the right nor left can be deemed superior, then the right of way will go to the first surfer who makes a definite turn in their chosen direction (by making an obvious right or left turn).
- Any competitor that enters the designated competition zone whilst it is not their heat will be disqualified.
9) Competition Rash Vest
- It is the responsible of the individual competitor to collect their correct coloured competition rash vest for their individual heats during competition from Beach Marshall
- It is the responsible of the individual competitor to return their coloured competition rash vest to Beach Marshall straight after completion of heat.
- Should a competitor become disconnected from and loss their competition rash vest during paddle out, heat, and paddle back to beach. It is the responsibility of the individual competitor to make Beach Marshall aware straight away and collect a replacement competition rash vest.
- Any competitor who continues to compete without wearing competition rash vest will not be scored for the remaining time of heat, and would also result in the individual competitor being disqualified from heat.
10) Medical Exclusion from Competition
Should a competitor require medical assistance during any stage of the competition having received a blow to head or face from contact with board or paddle or fellow competitor, and symptoms of concussion shown. The Medical Advisor & Competition Director reserve the right to withdraw individual from the remainder of competition or the grounds of personal safety such as drowning or secondary drowning.
11) Registration
- It is the responsibility of the individual competitor that they attend registration between set times as posted by Competition Director. Failure to do so will result in the individual being disqualified from competition.
- Should a competitor be not be able to attend registration, due to unforeseen circumstances. It is the individuals responsibility to contact the Competition Director before closure of registration to avoid disqualification.
12) Prize Giving
- All competitors are expected to attend Official Prize Giving Ceremony.
- All finalists in Open Men, Open Women, Under 16 Boys and Under 16 Girls must attend Prize Giving Ceremony. Failure to do so, will be deemed as unprofessional and un sportsmen like behaviour and could result in individual fore fitting result and lose of points from Overall Title Scores.
- If an individual is wishing to leave before Official Prize Giving they are asked to speak with Competition Director, to make them aware.
13) Doping, Drug & Alcohol Policy
- Competitors must inform Competition Director if they are on or taking any prescribed medicine or drugs.
- Any Competitors seen to be taken any none prescribe drugs by officials will be disqualified from competition, and possibly banned from future BSUPA competitions.
- Any Competitor seen to be taken any performance enhancing drugs
- Competitors seen to be drinking alcohol during competitive heats by officials will be disqualified from the reminder of competition.
13a) Points Scoring For National Overall Titles
- Points will be awarding to competitors based on their final place at individual events.
- The awarded points from each event competed in will be added together to give an combined score , then lowest scoring result from one event only if all three events have been entered can then be discarded with a +1 score added. In turn giving a overall ranking position at the end of the three events.
- The competitor with the highest score will be award BSUPA Surf Sup Series Champion.
13b) Points Table
|Overall Position
|Points Awarded


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January 27, 2012, 07:28:20 pm »
CP Mary wearing danish design Picture gallery
And I might add that the danish design industri especially danish fashion industry is growing even though there is a world wide economic crisis.
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February 05, 2012, 06:34:38 pm »
Mary turn 40: A Naturel talent in royal etikette says newspaper Politiken.
She functions perfect in the role. Maybe almost too perfect.
When Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik last year in January, became parents of twins, they followed the tradition of the royal house and showed the newborns in the Rigshospitalet foyer.
Bathed in television lights Mary replied patiently for the press questions about Frederick's support during labor, differences in twins' temperament and the little princes jaundice.
A task that most women who have just gotten out of her confinement, probably prefer to see themselves free of.
But Mary knows what is expected of her as a princess and even future queen. Or, as Secretary General of the Danish Refugee Council Andreas Kamm puts it, she more than lives up to its commitments.
Provides more than expected
That he experienced when she as a patron of the organization visits refugee camps out in the world, or at home when she sits in a circle with a group of refugees and tells the refugees that she also thinks that Danish is a difficult language.
"She always gives more than we have previously agreed with the court. Provides up to several interviews, making them longer and are in general available beyond what you can expect. It is very admirable, "said Andreas Kamm.
Also historian Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen, Copenhagen University, praises Mary for having met expectations:
"She meets all the requirements that the Danes can make. She is classy, and so she understands to talk to all people. "
"The kind of intelligence can be learned only in limited circumstances. It is something you are born with and it is a big plus for the royal house that Mary possesses the ability, "he said.
A scoop for the Royal Family
No one could be in doubt that Crown Prince Frederik had followed his heart when he, 14 May 2004 was waiting for his future wife before the altar in Copenhagen's cathedral.
What few could have know, was that the woman from the other side of the globe, would be as much as a scoop not only for him but for the entire royal family.
With four children in a row she has fully secured the succession, and besides, she has according to the royal experts, together with Queen Margrethe, her large share of the monarchy's popularity.
When it comes to the crown prince, his smile widened, his back straightened, and perhaps it is by leaning on her naturalness that dealings with the press gradually drops him less awkward.
Or, as the queen put it, when she in her speech at the wedding was talking about when he found his true self:
"It happened when you met Mary. Then there was spring in your mind, and it flourished around you. "
Perhaps the Crown Princess, which Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen's words, "never caught on the wrong foot," seems almost too perfect.
Gender Researcher at Roskilde University Karen Sjørup would like that Mary showed more solidarity with her gender sisters.
"When Mary appears with a model figure after giving birth to twins while fulfilling all her tasks she can give other women inferiority complexes."
"She is an unattainable icon," said Karen Sjørup which calls for more honesty.
"The conflict between work and family is a big dilemma in other women's lives, and therefore it would be good if Mary also allowed herself to express the vulnerability," she says.
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February 05, 2012, 07:15:36 pm »
Danish newspaper Berlingske about CP Mary.
Not only that she is the mother of four young children. She is also Denmark's crown princess and future queen. A profession that might scare most people. But not the birthday child Mary, who on Sunday turns 40 years and have taken the difficult task on a highly professional manner. This is the judgment, at least from Sørensen, royal family expert and lecturer in history at the University of Copenhagen.
- The biggest surprise about Mary was that she initially acted as professionally as crown princess, with no royal experience. Like Margaret, she has taken her royal role very seriously, he says.
The Danes first heard about the upcoming Crown Princess, as it appeared in magazines for some 11 years ago that Crown Prince Frederik had met an Australian woman, when he was in Sydney for the Olympics in 2000. The woman turned out to be called Mary Donaldson, being the youngest of four siblings, come from Tasmania and have trained in law and commerce.
In 2002 she moved to Denmark and in October 2003 it was official: The couple became engaged, and Mary Donaldson would 14th May 2004 be Denmark's Crown Princess.
And the very fact that Mary has an ordinary, bourgeois background, one would have thought she could have had a hard time role as Crown Princess. It says Klaus Kjøller, associate professor of communications at the University of Copenhagen.
- She has built a strong brand, just by not making any mistakes. There has not even popped a few things up from her past that could have ruined the image of her. And it may well otherwise be a big problem when a bourgeois becomes elevated to royal, as they may have a past that pops up, as for example, we have seen with the Norwegian Crown Princess, he says.
The Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit was a single mother and had reportedly circulating in drug circles in 2000 when she was introduced as a future Norwegian crown princess. It was then difficult for many Norwegians to cope with.
Another significant thing about Crown Princess Mary is her great commitment to the work as a royal. Both Sørensen and Klaus Kjøller praises her appearance at public events.
- She is always well prepared for meetings and the events she participates in. Her work also spans a broad way, she is interested in health, diseases, conditions of children and fashion, all of which are specific issues, she has cultivated, says Sørensen.
And Klaus Kjøller agrees.
- She has a special kind of presence at events, and she seems to be at her best when she receives bouquets and listens to people. She is also good at improvising, and may be walking out of the tight koregraferede route to greet a specially dedicated child in the crowd, he says.
A deviation from the choreographed route was seen when the royal couple were on an official visit to Australia. The Crown Princess saw an Australian journalist who reported from a visit to Sydney. The journalist said so on live TV that "this is the closest we come to the royal couple." It heard Mary, who stopped, went to the journalist, patted her on the shoulder and said with a big smile: "No, it's not the closest You come. '
Royal House says that the royal birthday will not be marked in public. Crown Princess' round day will also be quickly replaced by a new birthday in the royal family. Monday her sister in law, Princess Marie, turns 36 years.
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February 05, 2012, 08:02:57 pm »
And after the bday:
Mette seems to have such a bad luck!
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February 05, 2012, 08:23:26 pm »
Not good for her fear of flying.
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February 05, 2012, 09:20:11 pm »
The belgium and the norwegian crown princes were there, I suppose that the dutch couple also attended.
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February 07, 2012, 07:17:24 pm »
Søren Pind, The former minister of development and integration congratulates CP Mary.
In an unlovable time it is good to remember that grace exists.
In a time when it among intellectually gifted people have become fashionable again questioning everything, faith, hope, love and royal family, it's good to know that some people fill out their role. The existence of a concept such as Denmark. And there are people who personify and represent our country.
In those days lingers mind naturally by our princess, our next Queen much likely, that turns 40.
The mother, one understand from all the articles. the Crown Prince's life companion. A Symbol.
It is an outstanding good choice, the crown prince has made. When a part of the elite are busy giggling over his speeches, and make fun of his performance - as if a future king has a job, no, he has a calling. You could notice the wise choice, our crown prince has taken over time. Not least by chosing the crownprincess.
I have experienced the Crown Princess in a variety of contexts, that not all has access to. Her empathy for the Danish efforts for the world's weakest in the guise of development assistance. Her close contact with the women who have been victims of this terrible disease, fistula, I experienced first hand when she - in her capacity as patron of a UN program - and I met women who suffered and healed, who told their harrowing stories about everything from violent physical attack, to the birth of a child, the exclusion from family and village because of the stench which women could not hold onto the stool, the loneliness of travel as modern leper and hope ... The hope is kindled by the story of the Western-paying hospitals, that can make the complicated surgery. The long journey of the Apostles horses. Redemption. And the return back to life among family and friends ... As I sat back on the edge of your seat, she took them. Talked with them. Comforted them. Gave them coffee. Touched them. Magic ...
When the election was called, I sat on my way to the Horn of Africa and was trying to focus on hunger catastrophe there. I had invited the Crown Princess, and the day after arrival, the plan was that I should participate live from Adis Abbaba in the large collection show to promote progress.
We stop in Amsterdam, and got the message that the elections were proclaimed. There were doubts about the journey could continue, a call to the State Department showed that we could, but with a minister who now could not "fill up as much" as it was expressed. Imperceptibly the Crown Princess took a step forward, and the minister a step back. The night after she completed to everyones overwhelming satisfaction, including the Danish journalists, a flawless live interview to the entire Danish population, instead of me, which resulted in a tremendous support and many additional millions. It was the first live interview in the royal house's 1000-year history ...
During the traveling around meeting with people in appalling circumstances, dying and diseased children, suffering parents, came on again. Magic. And you might just as politicians seeing it from outside, welcome that the royal family made the decision to let CP Mary take the extra step forward, pleased to know that one self never could have delivered it, rejoice that Denmark could be proud of To send the best we had.
In times where there is the strangest attack on the monarchy there is only to say that no other system can replace the presence, cohesion and grace, which is reflected here.
Your Royal Highness: You practice an effort - work - that makes a political man proud of his country. You do, along with your husband and your family something that nothing else could replace. You make a difference. For Denmark. And for the poorest and most oppressed on earth. Therefore, we owe you thanks. Happy Birthday.
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March 06, 2012, 06:47:30 pm »
Two Danish immigrants have been named on the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual Young Global Leaders Honourees list – the 36 year-old Soulaiam Gourani, originally from Morocco, and Crown Princess Mary – originally from Australia.
The WEF describes itself as an 'independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas'.
Princess Mary and Ms Gourani, alongside 190 of their compatriots from 52 countries, will now be invited to discuss and debate the global economy with prominent names such as Kofi Annan, Christine Lagarde, and various finance and economy heavyweights at the WEF's annual congress in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, between the 14th and 18th of April.
Ms Gourani, a lecturer, business woman, and career consultant, gained an MBA from Copenhagen Business School where she now teaches Supply Chain Management, and studied at Stanford, Berkeley and Beijing universities. She's previously been employed by Hewlett Packard and A.P. Moller-Maersk
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March 22, 2012, 03:52:34 pm »
Crown Princess marked today together with the Heart Foundation that last year was awarded eight million kroner for cardiac research from Princess Mary's Heart Foundation.
A little video. A doctor tells us that symptoms for women are more difficult to detect. Often only a little discomfort in the heart area. CP Mary appears in the end of the video but only sort of passing by. A patient says that it gave her a good gut feeling to have said hi to CP Mary.
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March 22, 2012, 04:26:04 pm »
That's really terrific and a truly worthy case; she's got her priorities straight in this area from where I sit. WHO's statistics indicate that heart disease is now the leading cause of death in women.
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April 07, 2012, 02:43:11 am »
hey guys,
I'm new to the danish royal family and find CP Mary interesting. but on another forum they were very much against her even hated her. Like she was like KM lazy self-absorb is not in love with CPF only with the prince dresses in an ugly way, goldigger, her family behaves apparently worse than kate's and she set out to snare a Prince at that time in sydney (a pact with her friend or sth like that). But all I can see she is a very confident person and someone who works hard, sometimes she looks snobbish and cold but that is not that bad since she does her work and maybe it's her aura and that much her personality. I haven't heard a single thing abut her family or her behavior only that she spends too much.
Can you guys enlighten me? I have no idea about her. But I like what I see and that was with kate the same back in her SA days
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April 07, 2012, 02:37:45 pm »
CP Mary is the most popular royal in Denmark. And thought of as the most hardworking royal. I think the critisizm must be from foreign tabloids. In Denmark academics are very respected. As such CP Marys father is thought of in high regards as he is a professor in maths. CP Mary has no other income than the apanage. And the size of it is decided by the government.
In Denmark the recent discussion has been that CP Mary is too perfect.
Gender Researcher at Roskilde University Karen Sjørup claimed in an article that the Crown Princess should show more solidarity with her peers sisters who juggle careers, children, relationships and household duties.
And with the following quotes Karen Sjørup started an earnest debate:
"When Mary comes with the model figure after giving birth to twins while fulfilling all her tasks she can give other women inferiority complexes," says Karen Sjørup which calls for more honesty.
"The conflict between work and family is a big dilemma in other women's lives, and therefore it would be good if Mary also allowed herself to express the vulnerability," she says.
Outraged Facebook users
And that was something that brought arouses strong feelings among our Facebook users. The article has generated 130 comments, and most of them written by women who defend the Crown Princess.
"If people have inferiority complexes about her, it's people's own problem, that she can not take care of, she should just be happy, because she is doing well and we can only be proud of her. Moreover envy is a nasty things, "says Diana Glad Jorgensen.
And Lotte Blom supports:
"Let Mary be in peace and do not be jealous of her. She does it beautifully. 4 children and of course a lot of help, so she can work very well again. We could not wish for anyone better, and I do not think anyone have inferiority complexes about her. "
Anne Lindholm says:
"Mary is an incredibly beautiful woman and a REAL princess and that she has the energy to be it could be because she has some help with the daily chores. I like that she has that help due to the job she has: that being a perfect wife, mother and Crown Princess. "
Still others claim that it is the media that makes her perfect and that she really just ordinary.
"She is not perfect. She has lost one of her shoes on a state visit, the hat has flown from her, and she had forgotten an address once. However, it is annoying that the media put her up as an idol and a role model for the is unattainable to be like her when you are a mere mortal with 8-16 jobs and no nannies, "writes, for example. Lisa Christiansen.
And then there are those who were really mad:
"Now the fuckin stop! Too perfect!, Hooray for Jantelov [danish expression about critisizing people that has too much succes], what about the handball boys [recently won silver in EM], they are not too skinny too clever, let us immediately critisize everyone and everything rather than to rejoice that we have a crown princess, who have mastered the *poo*, not *poo* on the handlebars [danish expression] as a gender researcher! just the title says it all: gender researcher ... god father to the toilet [danish expression]! "writes Klaus Qvist Mortensen.
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Reply #12 on:
April 07, 2012, 07:32:16 pm »
Minime I think that with everything nothing is black or white.
I like how she dresses and I think that in general she doesn't do a bad job. But at the same time I can see that she is other golddigger because that story of how she met Fred
, her family is a not very elegant but as they don't live in Denmark is a good point for the RF.
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April 07, 2012, 07:45:34 pm »
Aww man, I believed the romantic first meeting story. The version I heard was that he saw her from across the room, high-tailed it over and swept her off her feet. What's the story you're referring to, Alexandrine?
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April 07, 2012, 07:49:28 pm »
That she went to the bar because she knew there were royalty and she tried first with Felipe and Nikolaos before getting Fred's attention.
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April 07, 2012, 08:17:24 pm »
Well I think that CP Mary has got an elegant background being from an academic family. Jane is qualified pharmacist, Patricia is a nurse and John is a geologist from the University Hobart'.
Here is Frederiks own words about the evening they met.
There have been various reports in the Danish press about the new book Frederik - Crown Prince of Denmark. The book is now on sale and various articles have reported on snippets of Frederik's comments to the authors Gitte Redder and Karin Palshøj. Of particular interest have been Frederik's account of his childhood, his youthful rebellion, the significance to him of becoming a frogman and on meeting Mary. He also discusses his plans for his regency and how he wants to be pro-active for Denmark. He particularly tells of his first meeting with Mary, how their courtship progressed and then how he proposed. The book also reveals that the Crown Prince and the Queen have a closer alliance than ever before and that they consult each other for advice. The photos below were taken by Steen Brogaard especially for the book.
It was love at first sight, when Crown Prince Frederik met Mary Donaldson - completely randomly - for the first time at the bar the Slip Inn in Sydney on September 16, 2000.
In the book Frederik - Crown Prince of Denmark, who now describes his innermost feelings for the first time in connection with the romantic meeting:
"I really felt that she was a soul mate. I was drawn to Mary on all fronts. It was fantastic. The introduction was a little mysterious, but very beautiful. If you had to visualise it, it was like a summer landscape in moonlight. Still water in a pond - evocative - there is a surface, but also depth. Harmony and tranquility and lots of kindness and beauty. It's like describing a landscape bathed in moonlight. That's how I remember her from the first meeting, and it'll get better and better, and more and more beautiful," says the Crown Prince.
To this very day he still has great tenderness in his face which doesn't leave any doubt that he is still crazy about his Mary.
He was generally not in the very best shape during the days when they met: "I was jetlaged and I was really exhausted from having done a demanding pilot course [just before leaving for Australia]."
But the prince allowed himself to be lured out to eat with his Greek cousins, who as it happened were to meet some other cousins [on the Spanish side] and some locals in what was to later become an improvised party. Mary was one of the locals they met. Already the next day after far too few hours sleep, Frederik felt that he had to contact Mary again. "It was to test whether it was just a fun evening on the town or more than that. I called first. There was something special about that girl, I felt, and she wasn't unreceptive when I called. Then we met actually several times during the Olympic Games and got to know each other better and better."
The romance was temporarily interrupted by a planned journey around Australia with the prince's close friend Jeppe Handwerk. But during his trip he constantly rang Mary. Today Frederik is glad that more than a year went by before the press got wind of the situation.
"It was extremely fortunate that the press didn't discover anything and that our love could evolve, which had enough hindrances as it was, not least distance. But the year which then passed was just ours, before we decided that something radical had to happen. This was exciting and a really good proof of whether we wanted to be with each other. There were several months between each time we met. It was hard. It really was hard to live with that need," he says looking back on meetings by turns in Australia or France.
"We renewed that happiness, pleasure and love and more and more each time. And then we had to separate, and it was awful to travel away from each other again. It really was thrilling. But it was also a good proof of our love, because it dawned on us fast that it was not just a casual romance in connection with the Olympic Games which would wear off."
So the Crown Prince organised a trip to Rome. "I had decided that I'd propose to Mary in Rome and had also organised an engagement ring and made sure that I was able to be alone with her. It just worked perfectly. Not just because I wanted to go down on my knee but I did, it's the right way to do it. And then I just said, 'You cannot say no, you must not say no, you'll have to say yes.' And then she said yes and it was beautiful and happy. We were happy and just the two of us," Frederik reports and adds that the proposal was in English.
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Fred had a girlfriend when he went to Australia too.
I know that her family is "academic" but her father and stepmother are coarse.
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April 07, 2012, 08:42:21 pm »
I don't think a professor in mathmatics is coarse. Nor do I think his wife Susan Moody is coarse. She writes novels. They met at a dinner with collegues from a university.
Did Frederik have a girlfriend at the time where he met Mary? I didn't know.
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April 07, 2012, 09:14:51 pm »
I think their style is coarse, how they dress... you can be an eminence and be also vulgar.
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Thank you guys so much!
That story about her trying to get Nicolas and Felipe's attention first. That sounded like
, if William didn't fall for her then she would have gone to try to get Harry's attention. Do you know more about that first meeting?
And what about the video with the blond and Frederick flirting?
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Spekig of I Feel Love - the most blatant rip-off might be this one... Though I have bollywood version which is runs it pretty close.
Spekig of I Feel Love - the most blatant rip-off might be this one... Though I have bollywood version which is runs it pretty close.
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If we allow bollywood there are quite few - do you reckon these guys had possibly heard Rock-It?
The Immigrant Song groove makes me think of this tune from last year, too, but perhaps a bit of a reach.
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Resulted in gazillions of imitations, known as "Eurodance" on the continent. Defined the European charts (to be exact, the German charts) well into the late 90s. The recipe: keep it in the 115-130 BPM range, use some vocal samples from 60s/70s soul records (female singers), a mandatory Rap part (funnily enough often done by some black exGI hobby rapper stationed in Germany. I guess it was mainly done to give the whole thing some "street cred"), add somewhat cheesy synth melodies/strings.
Germany's charts were full of that stuff well into the late 1990s when it was being eclipsed by those drawing board boy- (and girl) bands and Puff Daddy style cheese-rap.
Dear lovley miss Cher - thanx a bunch for bringing Autotune in the game
Possibly not the first electro track but certainly the one that got the ball going
New Orleans bounce
the 1st Sabbath record, obviously
the 1st 4 Sabbath LPs actually, but I guess you'd accord the 1st one the most historical prominence in this sense
^ did it invent new orleans bounce or what? ^
Spotify has thrown on this 'Talk To Me You'll Understand' tune by 'Ross from Friends' (sigh) and in confluence with this thread I'm wondering -
Was 'Archangel' by Burial the tune that launched a thousand pitched down RNB vocals?
Obviously Burial's first album was an influence on ppl like James Blake but 'Archangel' was when he blew up in a big way.
p.s. the Ross from Friends tune isn't that bad actually (and it's got 3 million bloody views on youtube, i assumed it was FACT fodder and nothing more!)
a million indie bands have ripped off the Pixies quiet/loud/quiet thing
The band's music incorporates extreme dynamic shifts; Francis explained in 1991, "Those are the two basic components of rock music ... the dreamy side and the rockin' side. It's always been either sweaty or laid back and cool. We do try to be dynamic, but it's dumbo dynamics, because we don't know how to do anything else. We can play loud or quietthat's it".[108]


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Bindu Ranganath originally came to Purdue with the thought of earning a pre-med degree. Her plans changed quickly.
"My brother was starting med school at the time, and I saw how much of a struggle it was. I also realized that I didn't want to go into the research area of biology, so I started to think about what else I could do," she says.
"I've always been outgoing, and I thought management might be a good fit. Once I started to take some classes, things seemed to click into place."
Bindu graduates in May with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Management. She landed a position as a customer inventory analyst with Kimberly Clark in Appleton, Wisconsin. "I'll be working on the customer supply chain solutions team, acting as a liaison between business-to-business customers to assist them with ordering inventory," she says.
A West Lafayette native, Bindu was active in several extracurricular activities before coming to Purdue. She began playing tennis in elementary school, and still works as a tennis instructor. She also is an accomplished musician. A violinist in high school, she plays in the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, giving her a "good diversion" away from the classroom.
Her interest in outside activities led Bindu to found the Purdue chapter of Global Brigades. The world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization, Global Brigades has mobilized thousands of students to improve the quality of life in impoverished communities. Bindu made a trip through the group to Honduras.
"Teaming up with students from other schools was an amazing experience. During my trip, we treated 900 people at our clinic in just three days," she says.
Bindu landed two internships at Roche Diagnostics, one in logistics and the other in marketing. "It was a great opportunity to apply what we learned in class to a real-world setting," she says. She adds that a logistics course taught by Jay Chen was one of the more helpful classes she took at Purdue.
"I felt the biggest area that I got help from Purdue and the Krannert School was in preparing for the interview process," Bindu says. "From working through cases in the classroom to using the Undergraduate Management Communication Center, I felt very prepared and confident when it was time to interview. It made a big difference for me."


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The purpose of this post is to show you how to get anyone in your company to respond to your email. I have had success using the techniques below while interning at PepsiCo.
Disclaimer: The techniques mentioned in this blog post were derived from The Competitive Edge podcast Episode 30.
Before the Email
It is possible to reach ANYONE in your company by phone for a short conversation. If you are not afraid of rejection, you can get in touch with anyone through cold emailing.
How to Find an Email
If your company uses Microsoft Office, you have access to all employees' email in your company. Steps to get an email are shown in the pictures below
Articulating the Email
Below is an email I sent to a Senior Vice President at PepsiCo (the equivalent of the CFO for supply chain) asking for career advice.
The Breakdown
Subject Line
Grab their attention. Make a subject line that will draw attention and sum up why you are emailing them.
My example: Following in Your Footsteps
Cut straight to the point; do not waste words on meaningless background facts (hometown, school major, interests etc.). The short introduction is vital; you will capture the person's attention in the first sentence. Throw something in at the end of the sentence that will make them want to read more.
My Example: I aspire to be as impactful as you have been in PepsiCo and the world.
Gaging interest
The second sentence is the most important part of the email. You must connect on an emotional level here. In my email, I brought up an achievement of his which he is extremely proud of while relating it to myself. Referencing something specific shows you have researched the person and are serious about getting time on his/her calendar. When bringing up a topic that connects you and your targeted executive, keep in mind it can be anything that you relate to. Some examples are an article the person wrote, an interview that he/she gave, a position they held, specific accomplishments or even a personal hobby you both share.
My example: Your influence on Gatorade, my favorite drink, to move it to a Kosher beverage is truly amazing especially because half my family keeps Kosher.
Specific Time – 10,3
Put time on their calendar and be specific. It's harder for someone to say no if you found an open timeslot on their calendar, exemplify that you have a plan and are not going to waste a second with them. A personal rule of mine is to request ten minutes of their time to ask three questions. Ten minutes is short enough where they can be willing to speak to you but long enough where you can get some good information.
My example: I have put time on your calendar to speak with you on Thursday at 10:00 but will only need ten minutes of your time to ask you three questions.
Throwing in a towards the end of your email lightens up the subject matter. Do not use this for every person you email though. You must understand what industry this person is in and if it will be taken in a positive or negative way. If you can find out that the person is easy going definitely throw it in there.
My example: I'm looking forward to your response
Notice how I had a grammar error because I did not proofread. Always double check your work to avoid a costly mistake.
Anticipate that the executive will initially deny your request to have a phone call. BE PERSISTENT. I sent my email request three days in a row until the executive accepted my meeting with him.
Best of luck and happy interning!


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"Arrangements" will premiere Mother's Day, Sunday May 11th at the Santa Cruz Film Festival.
Making Arrangements – Day Six Plus
So it's all in the can.
The rest is all about editing, sound and music.
Jay Kensinger is our editor. He did a manly job juggling this project, prepping for another film (he's got one of his own in prepro right now) and launching his new band "Isadora's Scarf". Consequently, getting to a final edit was a challenge and took longer in calendar days than we'd hoped, but eventually we got it locked.
Jay's work on the composited shot of Gina getting hit by the truck is perfect… still makes people jump.
The sound we got on location was great… some balancing of course, but we didn't have to loop anything, so that's good.
And the music! Man, did we score on that account. Jay himself is a musician, and created an couple of instrumental themes. Plus, as I've mentioned one of our stars Gina Marie is a musician herself, and is married to Greg Camp of Smashmouth fame (All Star and Walkin' on the Sun, anyone?). Greg is newly solo, and was readying a new album for release, but was able to allow us rights to some of his work, as well as some of Gina's.
- Wrong
- Down With You
- Right Side, Wrong Bed
- Pucker
So we've got a world class soundtrack for our little film.
Nice work, everyone! It was a great experience. A great crew. We finished on time or early every day. And nobody had a tantrum! The writer is happy, the actors are happy, I'm happy. Wish they all went this way.
"Arrangements" was accepted to, and premiered at, the Santa Cruz Film Festival in 2008. Since then its "ownership" is a little shaky as the organization that produced it, Cinemar, has kind of folded its tent. But the film's been submitted to a few other fests, and we have hopes that it'll get seen again.
The trailer was completed and is posted on the site. It's not the trailer I'd outlined, but it works okay. Someday, in all our spare time, maybe we'll cut a new one.
Making Arrangements – Day Five
Time for pickups. All shot MOS, just a few of us required… here's what we needed.
It's important to me to establish "Bill" and "Cassie"'s marriage as a healthy one… Bill makes some questionable ethical decisions, and it's important that those are weighed against a good relationship, not mitigated by a troubled one. No time to add more scenes to the story, so I wanted some shots for the opening title sequence… kind of "home movie" looking shots of them walking around a pond, feeding ducks, chatting and laughing. We shot around a local pond, and along West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz… ending on a nice shot of them looking off into the sunset.
Also needed a shot of Kayla's purse flying into the air, to cut into the car hit shot. Really wanted a close shot, SLOMO, against blue sky… keys and cards flying out. It's both a stylish impact shot, and a plot point shot… we've got a shot of her "organ donor card" lying on the ground splattered with blood. I wanted to see it fly out of the purse to set that up. We stood in the park, surrounded by onlookers, as I threw the purse into the air repeatedly while Matthew hand-held the shot. Took quite a few tries to keep it in frame, but we finally got a usable shot. Not exactly what I wanted, but close enough to work. Next time I'll put it on a lazy susan against a green screen or something.
We've got the party scene in the can: Bill throws himself a "goodbye" party once he gets the news. We had two huge banners that read "SO LONG BILL" but for various reasons they didn't really read in the wide shots, and we didn't get inserts. So I wanted a "collage" poster, a "BON VOYAGE BILL" sign with old photos of him through childhood and adulthood. We set it up on a tripod at the park against a backdrop of bushes, and it'll cut in fine with the party footage.
That was all we needed, I think (as memory serves). That's it for shooting. Now it's on to editing. You've got the ball, Jay. 🙂
Making Arrangements – Day Four
Okay, I'm writing this long after the fact, but I'll try to remember as much as I can…
We're shooting all the outdoor stuff today, on a cul-de-sac in Live Oak, in front of my friends Brian and Adriana's place. (Brian is the Production Designer that got me my first real gig, on Fat Rose and Squeaky. They're wicked cool, as the kids used to say)
We have a long "walking along the sidewalk" conversation between Chad and Gina, and no tracks… just a steadicam. Matthew is pretty adept at the steadicam (he used it at the party scene) but now he's gotta walk backwards with it, and that's tough. Nevertheless, we get the shot off in a master, then some OTS singles. Looks pretty good, and we got a couple alternate reads too. I'm happy.
Next is the "accident" scene. Here's where Gina gets hit by a pickup truck… she steps off the curb, in front of a speeding truck. It's for the fantasy sequence (oops, spoiler) and needs to be good. We're not really putting Gina in harm's way… we're doing it with a cutaway and some After Effects magic. So she steps out, screams and throws up her hands, then calmly steps out of the road. We leave the camera locked, then cue the truck to roar past. Simple, right? This is where it's great to have your editor/fx guy on set… Jay Kensinger directed these shots himself, so the editing ended up going great. It's a shot that still makes people jump when the see it, even if they've seen it before.
Next up? The INTERIOR truck shots… Gina and Chad talking in the old panel truck. We had rented a car dolly to tow the panel truck behind my pickup, so we loaded everything up and (given that we were on a cul-de-sac with no traffic) proceeded to stack the camera, DP, Scripty, and reflector grips into the pickup bed. Another reflector grip literally hanging off the fender of the hero truck, and a mic inside the hero truck and wired to the camera in the tow vehicle. Easy Peasy, right?
So we tow the truck down the long block, get two or three takes straight through the windshield (we're moving slow) and then go for the turnaround at the end of the block. Except there's not enough room, and the car dolly starts to fold up on us. We can't damage the panel truck (dammit) so we unload and rethink. Time is flying. Wot to do?
We've got six people… how hard can pushing the panel truck be? So Matthew hangs on the open driver's door with the camera, framed for the single on Chad, and we PUSH that sucker for a hundred yards. No, it ain't easy. Those old trucks are friggin' heavy! Then, once more back again to get the shot from the passenger side. We've got some stills and video of this whole thing… I'll get it posted one day. Suffice it to say everybody pulled their weight, and we got what we needed… ultimately some of the best looking shots in the film. Something about getting moving car shots makes your movie look so much more professional!
But we're not done.
Still need an exterior of the Funeral Home. We're lucky to have gotten permission from a local funeral home to shoot out front — since it's a weekend, they're pretty dead (pun intended). It needn't have been a funeral home, of course, any practical location could have doubled, but the building looks perfect, and it's only a ten minute drive away.
But the SUN is SETTING.
So a skeleton location crew takes off. I ask Matthew to ride along in the panel truck, get some traveling interior shots and some engine noise (since we were towing/pushing the truck, we've got none) and we all meet at the second location. The sun is setting, we're scrambling to set up the crane (I want a nice crane establishing shot — it ends up looking great). Then, a two and some singles as they converse under the portico (only a few lines… it goes well) and we're nearly done.
As the sun is setting, we need a few shots of Gina getting zipped into a body bag (again, a fantasy sequence). We've got a black vinyl zippable wardrobe bag which we slit open across the bottom… Gina slips it over her head and lies down, we splatter her with some blood (and Turbo pales her up) and then we zip it shut over her face. Looks outstanding. Then we realize the hands zipping shut need to have rubber gloves on, and we don't have any… they're back at the first location. However, there is a tattoo parlor a few doors down, and they're happy to give us a pair, so we're golden.
A few other little inserts, and NOW we're done.
Man. What a day. But that's pretty much the whole shoot. We have a few pickups that a crew of four can get next weekend, but essentially we're wrapped.
Congratulations, everyone!
Now for some sleep.
Making Arrangements – Day Three
How did we get everyone to show up on a weekday? Don't these people have jobs? I don't know… but it's a Monday shoot and we've got a bunch of dedicated volunteers here again.
Today we're shooting the first and last scenes in the story… funny how that worked out. We've got a small white empty room that we're turning into a doctor's exam room, and another small empty green room that needs to become a mortuary lab. Both are empty when we arrive… we have to dress them both. Fast.
First scenes first… we'll shoot the opening in the doctor's office. It's a super simple set… intended to look kind of surreal, like a doctor's office might look in a dream. Not a lot of dressing or equipment, just the icons of a doctor's office… a padded exam table with paper stretched across it, an eye chart, and a wall clock. One short rolling stool for the doctor to sit on, and we're done.
Of course, we have no exam table. We have a folding table with a vinyl chaise cushion on it, and a length of paper across it. We frame the shot just at the bottom edge of the pad, so we don't see the table… Bill (Chad Davies) sits on the table, centered in frame, buttons his shirt and then waits uncomfortably for the doc to show up. It's what we call our "lonely guy" shot, and I hold it for an uncomfortably long time before signaling the doc to enter scene. Again, it's all played out in one long take as the doc enters and delivers the bad news to Bill. No cuts, no inserts till the end when the fantasy sequence kicks in (more about those another time).
There's some medical jargon… "The infection's responding to the broad-spectrum sulphanimides…" but luckily, our actor (Ken Keonig) who plays the doctor actually is a doctor. Not only is medical jargon familiar to him, but he was able to provide his own lab coat and stethoscope. Sweeeet for a no-budget shoot…
The scene, again, is designed for that long take… so all the dialog, medical jargon and all, has to go off end t0 end without a cut. We go at it several times, we try one alternative setup, and we grab an insert shot of the clock on the wall. I've also brought along the Felix the Cat wall clock that I wanted to have in Kayla's apartment. We used it on that set yesterday, but never got the insert of it. So we hang it on the wall here, and shoot it… of course, the wall color's all wrong, but we'll fix that in post. The editor loves to hear that.
Now it's time to shoot the "fantasy sequence", one shot of which is Bill in a hospital bed with his wife Cassie (Kimberly Parrish) at his side. We get Bill to lie down on the same "bed", throw a sheet over him, hang an IV and a shower curtain behind him, and then call Kimberly to come on down from work (a few blocks away). No dialog, MOS. Bing Bang Boom, we got our shots. Outside for one more fantasy shot in a planter in the parking lot (again MOS – Kimberly runs dirt through her hands) and we break for lunch.
After lunch we'll be shooting the final scene in the movie… Kayla and Bill together in the mortuary lab. It's the last scene to shoot, and it's literally the last scene in the film. I've been troubled with the last scene (in particular the last lines) from the beginning. It's a great little script, with a cool hook and good story structure… but I just haven't been able to wrap myself around those last lines. The writer (Skot Christopherson) is very dedicated to that scene and those lines… I asked for a rewrite, but he really wants it to stay as is. Or at least, if it gets changed, he'd prefer it were someone other than he that makes the changes… I've discussed it with a number of people, and I'm getting a lot of support for a change… what to do?
During lunch, I take off to the cafe next door. I've got a blank pad and a pen, a copy of the script, and a sandwich.
I stare at the pad for a long time. I re-read the scene. Skot had inserted some changes into earlier scenes that I'd asked for, which conceivably would support the sort of ending I was thinking about. I write a few lines of dialog… I can't go way off book, since nearly the balance of the film is in the can. But something starts to flow. I think about who the movie is really about (to me anyway) — who's scene should this final scene be? Kaya? Bill? Kayla and Bill? What about Bill's wife Cassie? In the context of the film, we won't have seen her since the third scene… and now, Kimberly is back at work.
Just then Gina drops by the table with her hubby, Greg Camp (of Smashmouth fame) to say hi. He's a very nice guy, and he ends up hanging around the shoot for a while. In the end, Greg and Gina help us out with some amazing music for the soundtrack… more on that another time.
I finally put something together that I think will work, and I call in the actors… Chad and Gina read it through with me, help me refine it. I think it's gonna work… we'll see what happens on set.
The little green room we had has been filled up by our Art folks… a white melamine exam table, a table filled with bottles and jars and stainless steel sharp things, a work lamp. I have no idea what a mortuary exam lab looks like (save the usual Law and Order/CSI insight) but this looks cool. It's a family mortuary, after all. More like Six Feet Under. I like it, and it looks good on screen.
We shoot out the scene… it's getting later and later, our DP Matthew has to get home really soon. I keep asking for more takes… again, it's a long take with lots of dialogue. There's a pan in it, some business (flipping back the sheet, walking around the table, hopping up on the table) and so a few takes are needed to get it all down in a take. But again, our actors come through, it all looks good, and we're finally done. Matthew is really ready to go.
BUT – I also want to shoot the original end, the writer's end. It's only fair. We need to try both, to give it its fair due. So we run the scene two more times, with the original dialogue. We'll make a final decision in the edit.
We break down the set and once again (hopefully) leave our location just as we found it… and I think Matthew made it home in time.
The last scenes are outdoor scenes… one, a long conversation walking down the sidewalk. We'll be steadicamming that one. Another, a long conversation in a moving car (truck, actually) which we'll be towing behind my pickup. Lastly, a short scene outside the Mortuary… for which we got permission to shoot outside an actual Mortuary. There's a mini-jib in that one.
We'll be shooting that all out next weekend, in one day.
That should be fun.
Making Arrangements – Day Two
It's a big day. We're shooting the party scene where Bill throws himself a going away funeral party… twenty extras in the yard, around the pool, food and drink flowing… outdoor shooting so we deal with wind noise, sun, and…. rain? Last night it rained hard. What's the location going to be like?
On arrival, it was kind of cloudy and cool… we're on a 14 acre farm (Glen Alba Gardens), top of the mountain… so we should be above any weather, we hope, but tough to tell what to expect. Our "So Long Bill" banner that we'd set up near the pool yesterday has been ruined by the wet weather overnight… sagging and tearing. It looked good in yesterday's shots, the post-party scenes… so we'll just have to shoot away from it today. Art department (Antonia Gunnarson and Summer Lange) can make me another to hang on the house, for the reverse angles… so they set to work getting the set dressed, and another banner made.
We asked everyone to bring hawaiian shirts, and we provided leis, and drink cups with little umbrellas. It's a festive set, and as the sun breaks, everyone's in a good mood. Of course our start is late… we waited for the sun and now that it's broke, it's almost too sunny. I of course wore a long sleeved black thermal – I'm overheating. No scrims, so we deal with direct sunlight… our PA's hover around the actors with umbrellas to keep the sun off them and salvage their hair and makeup.
Turbo and his crew, by the way, are an amazing hair and makeup team… what dedication. Everyone looks great.
Once the party scene gets under way, Art Department will retreat to our next location, an indoor lodge room with a very cool stone fireplace, and start work on making it look like Kayla's apartment.
Meanwhile, the shoot progresses… not nearly as many extras as we expected have shown up, so any crew not working are drafted as party goers… my wife, daughter, hair and makeup, anyone not holding a bounce card or boom is in front of the camera.
We get a great jib shot, rising up off the blue pool water to reveal the party under way… people milling about, chatting, drinking… our new "So Long Bill" banner on the house was too rushed to be completed properly – the letters are just outlines, not solid black, so it's kind of hard to read in the blasting sunlight. I'm worried about that… the reveal on that banner is what starts this scene off with some humor, so it's kind of critical that it's easy to read. Ah well, we're burning daylight… make it work.
We move in to some mediums and singles as Bill and Cassie chat with Bill's work buddies, Lou (Linda Pearson) and Sandy (Char Johnston). There's a little business where Lou hands Bill a beer, and Cassie crosses to grab a bottle of water, and returns to Bill's side to swap it with the beer (he's a sick man, she doesn't want him drinking). It complicates the scene, and comes back to bite us later (in editing), but everyone does a great job, we get the shots off and move to the next scene.
Now it's time for Bill to chat with his guitar teacher Terry (Carlo Matteucci), who has come to the party with a date (Kayla). Everyone's standing in full sun, and again, no scrims… a little squinting going on, but everyone toughs it out. Everyone pitches in, and extras who aren't on camera are holding bounce cards. Again, we've got some business with a handshake/bump between Terry and Bill, Terry hands Bill a beer and they clink and toast… lots going on in a short scene. Maybe too much. The shooting style I've chosen for the movie demands some long takes with few cutaways, so we don't spend much time getting inserts on the action… it needs to be choreographed for mostly medium shots. We get through it, pick up some reverses just in case, and one critical single on Kayla. This is really her scene… it's the first time we see her, and though she has no lines, we have to see that she's fascinated by Bill's take on his impending demise… she's a mystery girl. I hope we got the shots to bring that home. I think we did.
In between shots, while makeup touches people up, Our awesome DP Matthew Galvin works the steadicam, picking up little party scenes, inserts of people chatting and drinking, the blender going.
Finally we're done outside. Before we retire indoors to shoot the apartment set, we break for lunch… the folks at the location are also providing craft services, and they've set up the patio with tables and an array of truly awesome food. Everyone is well fed, and we just relax and hang out for an hour. Many thanks go out to all the extras and volunteers… it was a good morning.
After lunch, we're inside. The room is long… maybe twenty five feet, and twelve feet wide. At one end is the fireplace – very cool, rustic stone. We need the room to feel smaller… it's supposed to be Kayla's apartment. We start with the set (couch, side tables, coffee table) at the far end, away from but facing the fireplace, and set up equipment facing the couch. We get all those shots, then slide all the furniture toward the fireplace and shoot the reverses over their shoulders, toward the fireplace… makes the room look much smaller and intimate, leaves plenty of room for crew and equipment.
Again, we've got business… coffee cups, binders and brochures to leaf through… It's a romantic, intimate scene… the proprietors started a nice fire in the fireplace, our lighting is moody (we depended largely on practicals here) and again, very subtle stuff going on. It's the moment Bill decides where to take his relationshiop with Kayla… If I tell you too much more I'll be spoiling some plot points, but trust me, the scene looked great. Art Department did a great job creating a home in the room, and our actors really worked it out.
Again, we wrapped ahead of schedule – even with our late start waiting for the clouds to clear. Everyone stayed after to help break down the set, load up all the equipment, props and set dressing (including furniture), and we left Glen Alba Gardens looking just as it had when we arrived (I hope… at least, we haven't had any complaints).
Tomorrow, we're on location in downtown Santa Cruz, where we're using some empty offices in "The Mill" – the building where Turbo runs his cosmetology school.
Time for some sleep.
Making Arrangements – Day One
Day one of shooting Arrangements.
Today we're on location at Glen Alba Gardens. Figgered we'd keep it pretty simple, and do all the interiors… They're pretty easy setups, only a few actors, and we can control light and sound so it's an easy way for the crew to find its mojo since we haven't all worked together before. Besides, it's threatening to rain.
We started with the scene at the front door… Kayla comes to visit Bill. Gina (as Kayla) rocks the performance with some very subtle stuff, Chad (as Bill) is great too. It's kinda complicated, since the reverse on Bill from outside shoots all the way through the living room and out a picture window to the backyard, where we can see his wife Cassie cleaning up after the party. So I'm directing action at the door, as well as action fifty feet and two walls away simultaneously. We got some funny outtakes, where on "action" the folks in the backyard didn't know we'd started and were gesticulating a "when do we start" signal during the scene – ah, my kingdom for a set of walkies. But we got the scene off, both setups, including a nice subtle jib shot as the huge moving guy shows up to pick up the tables… makes a truly huge guy look even huger. Huger? Is that a word? Ah, it is now…
Anyways, the rain is threatening, it's getting cloudy, cold and moist… we're done with all the stuff at the door, and manage to get to the kitchen scenes. Bill is sitting at the table, alone, while outside the window we can see Cassie cleaning the yard… again, directing two locations at once with no walkies, but it worked. A simple scene, no dialog, but lots of subtlety in Chad's performance.
Then, on to the conversation (different story day, different wardrobe) that Bill and Cassie have at the same table. It's a tough scene to get right… again, very little dialog, but it's the early scene that sets up everything we need to know about Cassie as a character, and their relationship – against which the audience will measure all their other actions through the rest of the movie. So it's gotta be on point.
We had shots we needed to get pointing at the window, and reverses pointing away from the window into the kitchen hallway. We made the mistake of starting with the shots away from the window… so, at the end of the shoot, we were pointing toward the window, and racing the light as it got darker and darker outside. The darker it was outside, the more of a mirror the big window became, so of course we struggled with avoiding reflections of the crew standing around watching… but we managed it. The outdoor angles are darker than I might have liked, but in the end it adds to the mood, so it works. Both Chad and Kimberly (as Cassie) gave us great performances, and I think it's really touching.
Believe it or not, we finish ahead of schedule and get everything we wanted. Damn! What a great crew.
It's ready to rain – in fact it's starting – and tomorrow we've got a big exterior shoot…. 20 extras, a pool party, barbecue… weather.com shows it's clearing, so fingers are crossed.
Arrangements: Director's Diary – auditions and other stuff
We held auditions at the Digital Media Factory (thanks, guys!). We had a pretty good turnout, though not as deep as I'd expected… but it was cool, cuz I got lots of time to just chat with each person. We just ran camera, and talked about the script, the character, and their thoughts on both.
Then, I had them read a scene. Our writer, Skot, got to read with our first actor, Kimberly Parrish (she read for the part of Cassandra, Bill's wife). Skot was quite moved, as much by her performance as by hearing his words come to life.
I gotta say, we had some talented people show up. I was super impressed with everyone's commitment to the material and their craft… good actors are a joy to watch. I had some tough decisions to make, and I have to say to those that weren't chosen it wasn't for lack of effort or talent… I had lots of great actors to choose from, and fell upon a combination of "look" and minor subtleties in performance.
Congrats to Chad Davies (Bill), Kimberly Parrish (Cassie), Gina Marie (Kayla), Ken Koenig (Doctor), Char Johnston (Sandy), Linda Pearson (Lou), Carlo Matteucci (Terry) and Dave Johnson (Huge Guy).
Now it's on to more crazy making.
Arrangements: Director's Diary – introduction
Well, I've been asked to direct a short film for a local indie production group.
Cinemar is an organization of filmmakers local to the Santa Cruz area – students, hobbyists and professionals. They maintain a website for members to share their profiles and communicate with one another. They also hold a monthly "Schmoozfest" gathering at the largest local studio (Digital Media Factory). At the Schmoozfest, they discuss current projects, screen short films and trailers, and have speakers.
Once a year, Cinemar holds a "Get Your Short Film Made" contest… they take submissions for short screenplays with minimal production requirements that can be shot locally, and the winner gets their film made by virtue of Cinemar's collective resource pool. This year's winner – "Arrangements" – is the story of a middle aged man who learns he has six weeks to live. Learn more at the website – ArrangementsMovie.com.
I was invited to be on the review committee and rate the submissions. There were two, maybe three screenplays worth shooting… Arrangements being one of the top two. Seems enough other readers agreed with me, and Arrangements got the nod. Though the reading was anonymous, it turned out the writer was an old friend of mine, Skot Christopherson. He and Cinemar's production representative were nice enough to ask me to take the helm on the shoot, and I happily agreed.
The script was chosen around September 5th, and the decision was made to try to get the film ready for submission to the Santa Cruz Film Festival's deadline of January 15th. That meant preproduction done in record time, shooting finished by November 15th, leaving 8 weeks to cut and score the film. It's only gonna be ten minutes long… how hard could that be, right? Just need props, crew, equipment, locations, cast, good weather, and post production resources. All of whom have real jobs and responsibilities that come first. So we can mostly only work on weekends. Piece o' cake… right?


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Another polished and entertaining thriller from the prolific Silva, this one tracking dark secrets in Vatican City.
To widely held suspicions that Pope Pius XII was complicit in the Holocaust, Silva adds a compelling premise: What if Pope John Paul's successor, here the fictional Pope Paul VII, made information public proving that Pius XII and the Vatican colluded with the Nazis? (The author notes in a postscript that the Vatican Secret Archives, currently sealed off to historians, may house documents that verify the alleged collaboration.) A swirl of intrigue, pursuit, and assassination is set spinning in the wake of Paul VII's threat. First, someone murders Professor Benjamin Stern in Munich. Investigators there blame neo-Nazis, but Israel's secret intelligence agency thinks something more sinister is afoot. They send art restorer and hit man Gabriel Allon (The Kill Artist, 2000; The English Assassin, p. 15) to investigate. Moving from Germany to Italy and England (in a series of sharply observed scenes), Allon learns that Stern, at work on a book, had uncovered information about Pius XII's trafficking with the Germans during WWII. Crux Vera, a brotherhood secretly operating within the Vatican, will kill to suppress these revelations. So when Crux Vera discovers that Allon is on their scent, they want him taken out and dispatch the Leopard, a professional assassin who finds that killing whets his appetite for kinky sex ("'Politics . . . does make for strange bedfellows,'" Katrine, the Leopard's partner, observes post-tryst). But when Allon evades the Leopard, Crux Vera targets the Pope himself, who is poised to address a convocation of Jews in Rome. A suspenseful assassination scene, replete with surprising reversals, caps the chase, with Allon and the Leopard emerging free to stalk and elude each other once again.
Familiar material, for sure, but powered by steady pacing, keen detail, and a strong, ironic finish.


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At 38 Nas is still looking good as he graces the cover of Complex Magazine and gives an in depth interview about his relationship with diva Kelis. Check out the interview and pics here!
On when he knew his relationship with Kelis was over
There was a point where we were trying to hold onto a relationship that was finished. She was pregnant and in the studio while we were recording Distant Relatives, and he would move when the music would come on. That was a great feeling for me, just to have that feeling of family. It ended around the time the record was being done.
There were times when it didn't bother me, and there were times when it bothered me a lot. There were times when I was thinking, 'Damn. I had this shit all planned out, and now I've failed'. That was hard on me, because I don't like to fail at anything. Accepting that I failed at this relationship—and it was public—messed me up. You ask yourself, 'How could that person be so cold'? And I'm sure she felt the same way about me. It was ugly.
On whether he knew they weren't going to make it as a couple
Yeah, but it was a problem I was attracted to. It was rock and roll. I saw Kelis as Courtney Love—but I also saw her as a mahogany queen. I saw us as a beautiful thing. I saw us as inspiration. People weren't seeing hip-hop artists get married. A lot of people came at me crazy. But I think overall, we were inspiring people to love.
There was a lot that was thrown at her that she couldn't handle. Like I was saying earlier, there's a lot that I could tell my kids, but they've got to fish it out for themselves. Every night, she was in bed with Harvard. She was sleeping with Harvard. She had all the answers, but I needed something more from her, that she either wasn't ready or didn't know how to provide. Plus, she is younger than me and she hadn't seen all the things I had seen. She was on her journey, I was on mine. In the beginning, I said, "There's parts of this that might not work," but there was a beautiful part of it, too. For the most part, I had a great time being married. It was amazing. She's an amazing woman.
On Kelis dissing him publicly
She did. Over Twitter [...] the response was not good. There were bad tweets. She was angry. She was lashing out at anyone—and anyone she would lash out at, people automatically thought she was talking about me. My daughter would be calling me, like, "Dad. I'm on my way to school, and they're talking about you on the radio." My daughter wanted to tweet back and sh-t, and I told her to take the high road. It was ugly.
On their relationship now
It's a lot better.
On whether he gets to see his son
That side is not great yet, but it's working toward being that way. She's a new mom. I'm busy and she's busy. From what I see, she's being a good mom, and it's working toward a great place. There was a time when I couldn't see him at all. It was terrible when the divorce was fresh.
On whether he hated her at any point
No. I got to a point where I was like, "Did she always hate me?" and "Did she ever love me at all?" I've got to admit, I did feel like that. But she did love me.
[...] A lot of divorces are bad because a woman is just being vindictive. She's not after the money, she just wants you to hurt the way she was hurt.
On the money he lost in the divorce
It's f-cked up when money's involved in divorce. And I don't give a f-ck. I can't take it with me, so someone can take the money. Anyone that I'm married to, if I give you my life, I give you my heart, I love you—my money is nothing. You can have it all. It's just sad that when you're dealing with love and life and marriage, that marriage is a contract. It's a business deal. That messes people up.
On whether he ever sees himself getting married again
Not right now. I'm enjoying life and looking at each day like, "This is beautiful." I'm having a good time. I'm not going to bring anybody in to mess that up. You come around looking like you're going to mess this good time up, you're out of here—fast. [Laughs.] I'm not sacrificing my happiness for nobody and their drama. No way.
On his new track titled 'Daughter' and how guilty he feels sometimes
This is the first time I'm dealing with a teenage daughter, and it blows me away. I don't know that you're ever prepared to be a parent. Once you become one, that's your responsibility. It's more like me talking to myself, about how I could have been there a lot more. I beat myself up for not being the best I could be. I would ask her: "Am I a cool dad?" or "Am I a good dad? Did I f-ck up?" And she would say, "Nah, you're good." That's important to me because I started as a teen. I was around 19 when her mother was pregnant. My daughter means a lot to me. It's just a record that came from the heart.


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