Interview with:Marc Konings [murque]
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 | What is your specialty? Production, direction, something else? Animation, Compositing, Special FX, Visual FX
Recent productions:
France.
- Rahan.
- A Kind of Magic.
The Netherlands.
- Naar de getver.
- Ferry's Tale, the story of a drunkard.
Videoclips, short films, feature films, commercials, art. |
 | Is there a link to a site where we can see references to your work? Stopped my site because it became to quickly outdated.
Gonna put some more recent work online soon. |
 | How did you begin in this field? Who introduced you to it? My mind actually, from young age interested in art, animation and film.
Followed 2 schools:
- graphic design
- Animation / Media design
This all leaded me now to Paris, France where I'm still working in the field. |
 | Which have been the most symbolic works of your career? Dunno. All productions are quite different from each other. |
 | Do you work for a client, for the audience, or for your own creative adventure? Depends on the projects, Actually all three of them. |
 | What should a good script have in order to interest you? It should be catchy.
Funny even. |
 | Are you the type who instantly knows when a take is good, or one who does another three takes to be safe? Depends on the production, for video; better safe than sorry.
For animation, it has to be one take. |
 | How interested are you in image technologies such as robotized cameras, special effects, etc.? Very, If it helps the film and it's narration. |
 | Which has been your experience with conflicts between direction and production? Every production has his moments of conflicts.
Deadlines and budget are the main reasons mostly of the time. |
 | Do you enjoy post-production, or do you prefer to leave that in the hands of other professionals? Mostly working in the post-production. |
 | Do you eat popcorn at the movies? Sometimes. |
 | What do you think of public subsidies for cinema? Could be an idea. |
 | Do you like to have a second unit or do you prefer to control every still of a production? Creative input is good. So I can answer second unit. |
 | Do you change the dialogue after selecting the actors in order to adapt the characters to them? Sometimes. |
 | Which do you like more, large budget or small independent productions? Large budget. |
 | Do you like to experiment with new technology immediately or do you prefer to wait for it to develop? When there is time, why not. |
 | Is the future of cinema the Internet? Mobile phones? What is nicer than see things on the big screen.
Not a fan of eye-pinching presentations. |
 | Does the concept of interactive video stir up creative thoughts for you, or does it leave you cold? Could be nice for theatre. |
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