Actually, I started ten years ago being a production assistant and
then production manager in the fiction industry in Copenhagen. Then I
applied to the National Film School of Denmark and I went there for
four years, so now I have the education for being a producer.
I didn't expect that much success. It was the first feature film in Inuktitut, by Inuit, and I was just aiming to see what mistakes we would make and learn from them. Apparently we didn’t make any!
How important is the community to make Isuma successful?
My traveling baby Hector and I left the filming camp at
Siuraarjuk late last week. A two-day break was called for cast and crew, so we
prepped ourselves for another qamutiq ride back across the sea ice to Igloolik.
The Internet has been down in Igloolik for days: no access
at all. That's why we haven't been posting anything new on the site this week.
But a lot has been happening - and here's some of the backlog!
Wednesday, late afternoon. We're shooting in the biggest
igloo, right in the centre of the Snow Palace. As I walk in, my first thought
is that it would make a great party space - and that's exactly right, because
tonight we're shooting a party scene.
The good news first. The camera is OK. After its traumatic
shut-down during the blizzard scene, it reset itself overnight and is now
working fine. But will it function next time we try to shoot during a blizzard?
There's only one way to find out...
Wednesday morning. There's a strong wind blowing through
Igloolik. It's not quite a blizzard - there's reasonable visibility - but the
air is full of snow, and it looks like it's getting worse.
