We Made the Papers!

Yes we did! Yesterday’s performance by RED! made the local paper! Here’s a quick translation of the article:

Popstars turn ROC upside down

The crowded cafeteria of the ROC in Hilversum was completely turned upside down during a one time performance by Steffie, Déon and Brandi, AKA the winners of Popstars! Especially Déon gave it all he had during the 45 minute performance, because he is an ex student of the health & sport department at the Hilversum branch of the ROC of Amsterdam. ‘He really felt right at home and didn’t think he’d enjoy it as much as he did,’ Sandra Kamminga, the groups agent, said. RED!, the name of the popgroup, performed a number of songs among which was their own hit ‘Step Into The Light’. After the performance RED! held a Meet & Greet. (Picture by: Teunis Versluis)

Check out the news paper clipping!

Let There Be Light

The third school period has started in the wake of the last test week. And with every new period we recieve a new school scedule. In this case our regular AV lessons have been dropped and replaced with lessons about… you guessed it; light!

During these lessons we also learn about rigging, how to hang lights into a stage rig and how to properly secure them so they don’t fall down on anyone’s head.

The fun thing is that with these lessons we’re actualy going to do some real stage work. Next week we will be the ones responsible for the preperation of the stage lights when the winners of yet another talent show come to our school to perform their ’singing’.

RED is the popgroup that was formed after the finale of this year’s Dutch version of Popstars. A fun fact is that two of the three group members are students on this very school, which does make the entire thing kind of special, eventhough they still can’t sing.

Their performance is next Tuesday and I will be sure to make some pictures of the construction and of the performance itself with the lights in action. And once I have a way of getting the pictures of my phone I’ll be sure to post them on here.

Robin

Backstage at Prison Break Season 2

I’m a big fan of Prison Break. In 2005 I saw the ad for the pilot of Prison Break and I was hooked on the show before I had even seen the first episode. It’s one of the best series I’ve seen to date, both story wise as production wise. The reason I think it’s so cool is because there’s always something unexpected happening. When Prison Break just started a lot of the critique was about how the prisoners would not escape anyway because that would effectively end the show. What’s cool about Prison Break is that after 4 seasons the story is still solid, the characters are still solid and most important, they proved everyone wrong.

So to kick off the weekend I thought I’d share some backstage footage of my favorite TV show. In this 10 minute video the actors and producers talk about how season 2 was shot and the problems they encountered while doing so. An interesting thing that came out of this video is that 90% of the season 2 footage was shot in Dallas, Texas. And just to compare, season 2 takes place in at least 5 different states and 2 different countries.

Enjoy the video!

Robin

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