{"id":448,"date":"2011-10-06T15:47:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T14:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=448"},"modified":"2011-10-06T15:58:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T14:58:54","slug":"i-used-to-be-a-filmmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"I used to be a filmmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I\u2019m about to tell you, this is a really busy fall. So busy I haven\u2019t been able to update the blog and tell you all about the wonderful wonderful event that took place a few weeks ago at the Thames Festival, the Craft Trail. I told you that I was attending though, and if you are curious to find out how it was, have a look at what Tanya wrote about it over at <a href=\"http:\/\/strikkstrikk.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/craft-trail-at-thames-festival.html\">Strikk Handknits<\/a>, she also managed to take some great pictures, so enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Funny how life almost unnoticeable shifts through different faces. Sometimes you look a few years back and think \u201dI was a completely different person then\u201d followed by a \u201dwhat happened?\u201d Those of you who have read this blog for a while know that my family and I have gone through some massive changes lately, moving to a new country and setting up the yarn shop. Even though I\u2019ve published this blog for many years now I just realised that I haven\u2019t been too elaborative on what I used to do, what I\u2019ve changed from. This might not be so strange, focusing on this blog as a knitting blog it didn\u2019t seem relevant to share other parts of my life like what used to be my profession, but lately I really missed who I used to be and again I\u2019ve tried to make some changes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dette er en virkelig travel h\u00f8st! S\u00e5 travelt har det v\u00e6rt at jeg ikke har rukket \u00e5 oppdatere bloggen og fortelle om det flotte arrangementet som fant sted under the Thames Festival, The Craft Trail. Jeg fortalte jo at jeg skulle dit, og hvis du er nysgjerrig p\u00e5 hvordan det var s\u00e5 foresl\u00e5r jeg at du tar en titt p\u00e5 hva Tanya skrev om dette p\u00e5 sin blogg <a href=\"http:\/\/strikkstrikk.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/craft-trail-at-thames-festival.html\">Strikk Handknits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rart hvordan livet nesten umerkelig glir inn i ulike faser. Noen ganger ser man tilbake og tenker \u201cJeg var en helt annen da\u201d etterfulgt av et \u201chva skjedde?\u201d De av dere som har lest denne bloggen ei stund vet at min familie og jeg har g\u00e5tt igjennom store forandringer ved \u00e5 flytte til et nytt land og \u00e5pne garnbutikken her. Selv om jeg har skrevet denne bloggen i mange \u00e5r n\u00e5, s\u00e5 slo det meg at jeg har ikke v\u00e6rt s\u00e5 tydelig p\u00e5 hva jeg pleide \u00e5 gj\u00f8re tidligere, hva vi dro i fra. Dette er kanskje ikke s\u00e5 rart siden hovedfokuset i bloggen er strikking. Andre deler av livet mitt har kanskje ikke v\u00e6rt s\u00e5 relevant \u00e5 dele, som hva jeg har jobbet med tidligere, men i det siste s\u00e5 har jeg virkelig savnet hvem jeg pleide \u00e5 v\u00e6re og s\u00e5 igjen pr\u00f8ver jeg \u00e5 gj\u00f8re noen forandringer. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/filmmaya.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I used to be a filmmaker. My education is within film and media, and I have for the last ten years worked with independent productions. Together with a dear friend I owned a production company in Norway: Maya Momentum. As you can see by watching our show reel, we made documentaries and music productions. <\/p>\n<p><em>Jeg var en filmskaper. Utdannelsen min er innen film og media, og de siste ti \u00e5rene eller s\u00e5 har jeg jobbet med uavhengig filmproduksjon. Sammen med en god venn eide og drev jeg et produksjonsselskap, Maya Momentum AS. Som du kan se s\u00e5 produserte vi for det meste dokumentarer og musikkproduksjoner.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qRT6dg270y4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>When I moved to London I planned to apply for jobs within the industry here, but I just couldn\u2019t figure out where to begin. Coming from a tiny film environment in Norway the huge London scene turned out to be so overwhelming. Opening the knitting shop just seemed like the most logical thing to do. Now, don\u2019t get me wrong, I absolutely love my job. I\u2019m very proud of the shop and how it has progressed from a tiny market stall, after all knitting is a huge passion of mine. But it does feel like a small piece of me died when I decided not to pursue filmmaking, and this has made me very very sad. I realised that I need to tell stories to be happy! <\/p>\n<p>This fall is a very busy one. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitwithattitude.com\">Knit with attitude<\/a> is celebrating its first birthday, and I\u2019ve gone back to the university to do a second Masters, this time in screenwriting. So, if you don\u2019t mind, I plan to broaden the focus of this blog. This is still a knitting blog, but I\u2019ll write a bit about my film ventures as well. As in my life, there has to be room for both!<\/p>\n<p><em>Da jeg flyttet til London planla jeg \u00e5 s\u00f8ke p\u00e5 mediarelaterte jobber her, men jeg greide ikke \u00e5 finne ut hvor jeg i det hele tatt skulle begynne \u00e5 lete. Med bakgrunn i det bittelille filmmilj\u00f8et i Norge, ble industrien her rett og slett overveldende. \u00c5 \u00e5pne garnbutikken virket som det mest logiske \u00e5 ta tak i. Ikke misforst\u00e5 meg n\u00e5, for jeg simpelthen elsker jobben min. Jeg er veldig stolt over butikken og hvordan den har vokst fra den lille markedsbua som jeg startet med. Tross alt, strikking er en av mine store lidenskaper. Men det f\u00f8les som om en liten del av meg d\u00f8de da jeg ga opp \u00e5 forf\u00f8lge det \u00e5 skulle jobbe med film, og dette har igjen gjort meg veldig trist. Jeg har innsett at jeg er n\u00f8dt til \u00e5 kunne fortelle historier for \u00e5 v\u00e6re lykkelig!<\/p>\n<p>Som sagt, denne h\u00f8sten er veldig travel. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitwithattitude.com\">Knit with attitude<\/a> feirer sin f\u00f8rste f\u00f8dselsdag, og jeg har blitt student igjen for \u00e5 ta min andre mastergrad, denne gang i manusutvikling. S\u00e5 derfor h\u00e5per jeg at du ikke har noe imot at jeg utvider fokuset i bloggen ogs\u00e5. Dette er fremdeles en strikkeblogg, men jeg har veldig lyst til \u00e5 skrive litt om filmdr\u00f8mmen ogs\u00e5. Som i livet mitt, s\u00e5 m\u00e5 det jo v\u00e6re rom for begge deler.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/Ravelrybannerblogg.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>By the way, did I mention the birthday? Yes I did! You are all invited to the grand birthday celebration that will take place in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitwithattitude.com\/shop\/default\/about\/\">London shop<\/a> Tuesday 11th! There will be wine, maybe cake, but best of all: a massive SALE! Reduced prices on absolutely ALL the yarn that I stock.<br \/>\nAnd for those of you who can\u2019t come to the shop, the sale is of course happening online as well, not for one but for three whole days: October 10th &#8211; 12th<\/p>\n<p><em>Forresten, nevnte jeg bursdag? Ja, det gjorde jeg! Du er herved invitert til den store ett\u00e5rsfeiringen som vil finne sted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitwithattitude.com\/shop\/default\/about\/\">i butikken<\/a> Tirsdag 11. oktober. Det vil bli servert vin, kanskje blir det kake, og det beste av alt: et massivt salg! Det blir reduserte priser p\u00e5 absolutt alle garn i butikken. <\/p>\n<p>Og f\u00e5r du ikke til \u00e5 komme til London, s\u00e5 er det selvf\u00f8lgelig salg i nettbutikken ogs\u00e5. Ikke bare i \u00e9n dag, men i tre hele dager til ende, 10. \u2013 12. oktober.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I\u2019m about to tell you, this is a really busy fall. So busy I haven\u2019t been able to update the blog and tell you all about the wonderful wonderful event that took place a few weeks ago at the Thames Festival, the Craft Trail. 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