
Mima and Heinz Sax-Schmitz for the location of the “ambitions” take and finding me the “finish 1 story” typewriter. Orange Hive Studio for light equipment and location. Hermiyas Ötztürk for his hairy “good enough” hand. Wolfgang Hendrik Schnabel for giving me the museum-like atmosphere and his silhouette in the painting takes. Kai Löhnert for working out on his birthday in the “fight” take. Wolfgang Kraus for letting me borrow his sound equipment. Pedro Sousa for his advice and working his ass off at the “creative work” chalkboard. Steven Sasseville for painting the “taste” painting for me. The people from Magic Lantern who gave DSLR videography a new dimension (I chose this project to be a test run with the RAW plugin)! The people from who originally recorded the interview with Ira Glass. You all should watch his awesome kineticTypo-version here: Thank you for telling beginners what nobody else does.ĭavid Shiyang Liu for the video that inspired me to start the project. Ira Glass, whom I’ve never met in real life, but who had such a big influence on my development.

It can be applied to everyone who starts out in a new environment and is willing to improve. I also think that Ira Glass’ message isn’t only limited to the creative industry. I made it for myself and for anybody who is in doubt about his/her creative career. It took me about a year from concept to upload. Later in 2012, I decided to do my own filmed version of Ira’s interview – using my own language to tell his message. I watched it over and over again, listened to Ira Glass’ voice, and told myself, that I am not the only person who is constantly disappointed about the gap between one’s taste and one’s skills. It was the most inspiring and motivating video I had ever seen in my life. I think it was in the time of spring 2012, when I came across David Shiyang Liu’s lovely piece of work about Ira Glass.
