I kept forgetting about it when my editor was postponing the editing of the film further and further that I nearly got into a fight with him a few times and thought about replacing him. For a few seconds, I managed to see myself driving the rollercoaster in the right direction, and smile and embrace.įor the next two years of working on this film, I tried to keep this approach. Even though the filming was still hard and exhausting, it didn’t feel like as big as a rollercoaster as before. Even though I didn’t do much, this different approach of “observing“ was already present in the back of my head. In the evening, I practiced deep listening and mindful eating with my crew mates. I told myself, “Okay, let’s observe what is going on.” I stayed with this approach by reminding this to myself a few times during the busiest shooting days, and this helped a bit. Someone from Plum Village told me that every project has two sides: the project itself and the inner process we go through while working on the project.
I was desperate and texted my boyfriend back home that the film will be a catastrophe.īut then, I realised it is possible to see this struggle from a distance and take it as a practice. I felt like I had no sense for the right timing of the questions and for making the right decisions about the shots. I didn’t know if the way I communicated during the interviews was right. We filmed from morning till the evening the first night after we finished, I thought I couldn’t do it. I tried to concentrate on several things at the same time all day long. So we started the filming, and I felt like a bull in a china shop. We also consulted the film’s structure with the editor.
#Happy farmer set how to#
I also got a lot of advice from Jan about how to talk to people, what kind of shots to make, etc. Of course, I tried to prepare some kind of a script with notes, questions, etc.
#Happy farmer set professional#
Apart from Jan, we didn’t have the professional skills. We knew what we wanted to do: to introduce the charming place-Happy Farm in Plum Village-to people who never experienced it and to speak to the farmers and show their practices. I already learned how to drive a car, so why not learn this.” So she had 30-minute tutorial with a professional sound designer, and we set off to France. She said: “I think I can learn to record the sound. My friend Jana, who never tried sound recording, was very keen on going with us (she works in environmental education). I asked several friends, who were sound designers, whether they would like to go to shoot it in Plum Village. The process with the sound recording was also funny. In the end I remembered, that it was actually my childhood dream: to be a documentary director. I was scared of it, but Jan convinced me by saying that he will help me as a tutor and co-director.
You guys studied five years to learn directing and now I should try it just with no experience?” I said, “Me? Are you crazy? I’ve never directed anything. I can operate the camera, and you can direct it.” But I won’t direct it, because I know very little about it. He said, “Yes, I like the idea, and I can help you. I told him I knew a special place, and he could make a short film about it. I called my friend Jan, a documentary director and cameraman, who was interested in meditation. Since I worked as a film production manager, I had many filmmaker friends. I felt that Happy Farm needed a film, so I decided to do my best to make it happen. She had a very powerful speech, saying that everybody can do something about climate change at their own place and with the means they have. During the summer of 2016, I came to Plum Village Happy Farm during the Wake Up retreat for the third time, and the farm enchanted me again.Ĭhristiana Figueres was also there.
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