tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53961704150112887862012-01-01T11:02:20.849ZAdventures in film-making, photography, art and lifeJacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-79934849298521034232011-08-28T22:51:00.001+01:002011-08-28T22:52:18.736+01:00

When the broad beans are plentiful in the garden, we eat lots. They are probably my favourite bean. So light and crunchy with a hint of sweetness, we normally include them in the veg mixes from the garden that form the core of our dinners in the summer months. Sadly, our beans are almost finished now, being replaced with another annual fave, the runner bean crop. They were a bit late coming

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-28170906959394098562011-07-12T15:47:00.007+01:002011-08-06T12:33:29.259+01:00

Had a glorious weekend, relaxing and munching produce from the garden. Strawberries, white and black currents n dessert gooseberries. yummmm Also, a tomato salad to die for - simple lunch, but sooooo good and peerless sweetness and flavour! I always buy expensive tomatoes from the shops, hoping to get something even close in flavour; a pointless exercise, really. Which is what I said as I

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-40293961609445754292011-07-05T16:51:00.002+01:002011-07-05T16:58:44.691+01:00

Sunshine and strawberries and cakes and flowers, a photo by Jacqueline Galvin on Flickr.

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-86670881702079459472011-07-05T16:46:00.003+01:002011-07-05T16:53:51.442+01:00

So, here's what was on the menu for my summer bbq recently. All done in around two hours...Just add Pimms ;-) For the Meat eaters, a selection of bbq ready marinated cuts of pork and steak, also some lamb and chicken skewers. For the lone veggie, homemade bean burgers. A chopped onion and carrot sauted in oil. Add 1/2-1 tsp ground cumin and 2-3 cloves garlic, chopped. Cook another minute or

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-11565854184102458212011-05-01T21:55:00.000+01:002011-05-01T21:55:10.787+01:00

I made the first nettle soup of the year at the weekend and I thought I'd share our particularly delicious recipe that we make every year. It's great eaten as a soup for a lunch or starter, as well, but we eat it as a main course with the addition of Eiernockerl - a dish from my husband's Austrian heritage. It's basically a type of very basic flour dough, in tiny pieces not unlike crude pasta

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-31343093152411305782011-04-18T16:10:00.009+01:002011-04-20T02:00:55.707+01:00

Had a really delicious dinner last night as a treat to welcome my husband P. home after his week away! I know for some people it's a 70s throwback food that they ate to death in that decade. Give it another chance! As well as being delicious and moreish, it was quick and easy to prepare with few ingredients. Homemade sundried tomato pesto with pasta, fresh mozzarella and basil, with a rocket

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-4671371626881936252011-04-10T19:50:00.004+01:002011-04-14T19:43:52.707+01:00

Two posts in the one day - unprecedented! I've been trying to knock the garden into shape. Got broad beans, peas, garlic, onions and potatoes in the ground. Tomatoes are doing well in pots. Veggie seedlings up include Gortahork cabbage, purple sprouting broccoli, lettuce, courgette, patty pan squashes, basil and parsley. Still waiting for chillis (think we may have used dud seed), dill (

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-20208010951622936452011-04-10T14:26:00.002+01:002011-04-14T21:10:45.859+01:00

For those in your life who might complain if they saw lentils in their food! Makes a quick and hearty midweek supper. can be on the table in around half an hour. 1-2 onions, finely chopped 2 tbsp olive oil 3-4 cloves garlic, crushed/finely chopped 2 cans chopped tomatoes 4-6 oz red lentils bay leaf handful parsley fresh basil Some hot veggie stock parmesan cheese - 2 tbsp per person pasta - 3

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-15590944956279707772011-04-09T14:16:00.004+01:002011-04-23T11:08:51.868+01:00

I thought I'd share a lentil salad that's very tasty and moreish. Goes down a treat as a lunch with nice bread, as a sturdy protein-rich accompaniment to a light main course/bbq veggies and has always gone down a treat when shared with friends! I usually make it in summer when the herbs are fresh and abundant, but it can be done in winter with stuff from the supermarket. All amounts are

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-6780721286760072152011-04-02T14:03:00.000+01:002011-04-14T14:21:05.022+01:00

My veggie modified and adapted version of the Portuguese classic. Very comforting, simple and inexpensive dish!Ingredients8oz dried white beans, eg cannellini beans, soaked overnight. (For speed, add 2 cans towards the end of cooking)4 tbsp olive oil1-2 onions, halved, sliced3 cloves garlic1 chilli, thinly sliced (seeds removed, if preferred)2 1/2 lbs potatoes, cubedsalt and pepper3-4 pts veggie

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-20501301539305422732011-03-17T16:30:00.010Z2011-04-14T15:39:40.129+01:00

Just back from seeing the parade and prepping a batch of Vegetarian Dublin Coddle. This recipe's adapted from http://fatfreevegan.com/ to be quick, easy yet vegetarian. I made it last year for the first time and it went down a storm with everyone, including carnivoresWe found attending the local Waterford parade a much more enjoyable experience than the Dublin parade before. The Dublin parade

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-29811751498100702892011-03-12T13:35:00.007Z2011-03-12T15:26:46.173Z

I'm dying to share a modified recipe from allrecipes.co.uk which, I believe, is the current leader in my ongoing search for the ultimate vegetarian chilli! The criteria for the ultimate vegetarian chilli are to be very VERY tasty, with a "meaty" punch to the flavour. It must be packed with lots of nutrients, esp protein, and have a lot of yummy veggies to up that daily tally, and low in calories

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-81748595728143311432010-08-09T11:42:00.004+01:002011-04-14T15:19:33.027+01:00

Yesterday's post made it seem as if all was very rosy in paradise. I omitted to mention that our soft fruit was a wash out this year. The birds got everything. Redcurrants, blackcurrants, raspberries, gooseberries. Worst harvest ever. We're going to be relying on the blackberries this year, which is going to be an amazing crop after all the fantastic sunshine here. On the plus side, we had

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-62618212083173216142010-08-08T20:58:00.005+01:002011-04-14T15:15:05.278+01:00

This year our garden is probably the most productive it's ever been. The photo shows a days harvest! More courgettes than we can eat or give away, lots of potatoes, chard, onions, garlic, lettuce, peas, broad beans, runner beans. Meals these days consist of various permutations of these veggies. Lunch today was mackeral (caught by a friend) for him, homemade felafels for me, spinach (chard!),

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-1077120091333259802010-04-21T22:20:00.003+01:002010-04-21T22:32:36.659+01:00

I have actually,at last, purchased a camera and I've been testing and experimenting with it.I got the Canon XH A1 in the end. Simply because it came up at the right time for the right price second-hand for me. There was no EX1 at the time at a similar price. I'm having trouble getting the XHA1 to connect to FCP, however. And out there in interweb land, it seems others do too. But I shouldn't

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-48327064940429597972010-03-23T10:31:00.002Z2010-03-23T10:47:42.129Z

At long last, my winter coat feels too warm to wear and I don't have to have the heating on so much. My hot-water bottle is becoming redundant; spring feels as though it truly has arrived. Coupled with reading Bill Bryson's "The Short History of Nearly Everything", the life force feels truly ascendant in my life at the moment. Bill Bryson's writing in this book is verging on the edge of zen or

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-18286545582034343312010-01-31T11:09:00.011Z2010-04-21T22:20:12.024+01:00

I've just looked at a couple of posts from the (perhaps not-so recent) past and I've concluded that this blog is schizophrenic. It doesn't really have an identity and is not sure of it's identity either. It vacillates between different personas. From cooking blog to filmmaking blog, personal items, wedding blog it ranges as i suppose my life does. I guess I write about the things uppermost in

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-53174281971870065312010-01-16T02:37:00.002Z2010-01-16T02:43:14.784Z

Ah, 2010.I do have a number of resolutions, but I'm alas not willing to divulge. My intensely private nature is conversely at odds with the whole concept and practise of blogging. Judging by my readership figures, however, i don't seem to have much to worry about!!!!And yet I still blog.I really do see it like my diary. Which I do enter in more often than I write here. And with more abandon!

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-64845537270650578672009-10-06T11:24:00.005+01:002010-01-16T02:37:41.767Z

After an unbelievably busy summer in work, where all cliches along the lines of baptism of fire applied to me, I surfaced on the other side of it and got back to having a life. At the moment, that means planning my wedding, working on two freelance film projects and further developing my own work. I did some photography at the beginning of the summer and started work on a video art piece that

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-63796590013001769102009-07-02T14:04:00.001+01:002009-07-02T14:33:49.347+01:00

One of my favourite foodie discoveries of this year is my lentil spag bol sauce. Who thought it would be so delish? I tried doing this years ago, but I didn't like the result so hadn't bothered again until recently. I usually make my veggie spag bol with either veggie quorn mince or just veggies and perhaps some toasted nuts/seeds on top. One day, I decided to put a handful of red lentils in

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-15883407930171333352009-07-01T11:09:00.000+01:002009-07-01T11:21:30.114+01:00

Life is exciting for me at the moment. I have many things happening on a personal and professional level.Firstly, and most importantly, I'm getting married this year. At Samhain - 31st October. A lot of planning needs to be done, a lot of money needs to be saved, hence my increased concern with frugality!!! The less I eat and drink between now and October, the more money I'll have and the

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-40358233090669249832009-06-29T16:17:00.000+01:002009-06-29T18:49:04.603+01:00

I haven't been a very good blogger, have I? 6 months or so since my last post. But what a hectic 6 months they've been! NEed I really tell anyone that? The world is rather a different place now than what it was 6 months ago. It's disorientating to remember this time last year and how everything was then compare it to now. I am lucky that I still have a job, though with salary cuts and tax

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-44697174788229693672009-01-29T13:56:00.000Z2009-01-29T14:01:38.887Z

My faery is called Tangle GoblindancerShe is a bringer of riches and wealth.She lives at the bottom of tangled gardens and in hedgerows.She is only seen when the bees swarm and the grasshoppers chirrup.She wears tangled dresses of multicoloured petals. She has gentle green wings like a butterfly.

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-73681421111066776142009-01-29T13:36:00.000Z2009-01-29T14:02:42.005Z

I've made the very tentative beginnings of a website. I've been thinking about it for many years and really intending to all last year, but now it's finally happening. I've got a domain - feel free to check it out at http://www.jacquelingalvin.com. Hosting is being provided by Powweb. I've no idea how good they are really yet - but they were reasonably priced and it seems easy to use and all

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-49361858945635695312009-01-20T14:41:00.000Z2009-01-20T15:52:26.162Z

I am writing this as a way of resurrecting this blog.Originally I set it up to document my adventures in 16 mm film-making for my sponsors but now that's over, the blog just fell by the wayside. I don't know if I will find an alternative, or even complementary direction for it. Only time will tell. For now, it suffices to say i intend to write something here to feed into the blogosphere. I

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-23401160612313154032007-08-13T17:48:00.000+01:002009-01-20T15:54:17.205Z

I really loved this module. It made loads of sense to me too because of all the dgital/audio theory I had done on this (my masters) course!! It was very hands on and light on theory, concentrating on making sure everyone could get the various pieces of equipment up and running. We all got to set up and operate the Fostex DAT and the little 3 channel field mixer and set up the mike and boom and

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-67308732299807174732007-08-13T17:43:00.000+01:002009-01-20T15:59:28.230Z

This was tremendous fun for me. It was also a very practical class. We basically worked on our own script. We each did a shot breakdown of the script. Every time something changed - it's a shot. We got about 30 - 40 depending, for our script. She had some nice ideas about how to start and end it too. The outside eye is always fresh, I suppose. She also said what bits she thought were good

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-75234225362438622242007-08-13T17:35:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:01:45.550Z

Kathleen was such a lovely lady with such a sweet gracious manner. She started by saying that this area operates as the link between post-production and the set. As the day went by, it became clearer how that happens. She talked about the different things continuity is concerned with. She showed us her (very extensive) prep and on-set notes from a production. The Tudors, I think. She talked

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-75350990967538253282007-08-13T15:47:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:04:34.464Z

This was a great day. Sean told us all about himself and his career trajectory. He explained the roles of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd A.D. very well and very clearly. He spoke a lot about different aspects of production relating to First, second and third A.D. And trainee A.D. is a role that I must admit, that really grabs me now. I think that was ne role that I didn't really understand before.

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-40071193411262296602007-07-24T10:16:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:19:42.327Z

This was quite interesting in a number of ways. Graham spoke a lot about working with actors and how to speak their language. How to talk to them about altering their performance. We also did a mock audition with two real actors from outside the group. Graham himself was another shite-free zone. This is a good thing and a refreshing thing about this course as a whole. Especially when it's

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-42064911829740677552007-07-24T09:40:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:18:40.458Z

with Simon Hudson (freelance/Stoney Road Productions)Ah yes. This is more like it. Now we get the teeth in. Here's my area.This was an excellent module. Simon was brilliant. Really experienced and knowledgable not just about the camera/lighting/dop but all aspects of film-making.We learned so much this weekend, I felt. We learned how to load the magazine in a changing bag (of course as it

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-47158718475887874282007-06-25T13:38:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:25:51.501Z

This was such an interesting module. I really enjoyed it and again learned lots of really practical things about how exactly a film project gets off the ground (note to self!!!) and all the work that the producer person has to do. In fact they are one of the first people on board after the writer/creator of the idea to be done. Conor was so nice and so encouraging! He too was very generous

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-53227043860756850162007-06-21T18:52:00.001+01:002009-01-20T16:26:30.981Z

Ok, so I did get my script in today. I took 5 minutes this morning and just quicklly readjusted the one or two bits that Stephen had pointed out to me. 6 other people also have scripts in. I'm surprised there weren't 8 because May and John had written scripts, but they obviously didn't get the final drafts in on time. But they'll probably be lenient with the deadline?...The scripts are to

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-72804337000373300232007-06-21T09:40:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:28:32.634Z

with Niamh Ni ChartaighThis was really interesting. I know I say that about everything but this really was. Especially for someone like myself with a fine art education. I kept thinking all day that this was just the sort of thing I should be doing. I think I would really like to get some work experience doing this job, just to see. With my background I could really bring loads to this area.

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-42991992920302424862007-06-21T09:33:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:30:31.951Z

Today, we analyse and discuss everyone's first draft of their script. More from a cohesion point of view than a feasability point of view, though that did get touched on too, when relevant.The class was again a freewheeling shambolic chaotic stream of tumbling consciousness, where stories and narratives emerged about eveything we saw and did and everyone and were woven throughout the thread of

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-9930100125774940212007-06-21T09:32:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:32:15.624Z

Stephen wanted to know all about us. He wanted to know about our script ideas, story ideas, our reasons for being there, what we were bringing. It was a very creative, free wheeling class and he really got us enthused about script-writing.

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-3927323940855050542007-06-20T21:10:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:37:21.156Z

Paul Farren for Film Theory and Crew.I get lost on the way to filmbase. I curse that I brought neither a map or phone number. I've been here a few times, I know where it is. But, to me, all the streets in the area look almost the same, same layout structures repeat themselves several times. I had to ask directions. Because I had inadvertantly now made myself late, I had to hurry through the

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-44677156550985614012007-06-15T17:53:00.000+01:002007-06-15T18:11:58.193+01:00

I just finished my script today and sent it to Grainne at FilmBase who will forward it to our script-writing tutor, Stephen. I forwarded it to everyone in the class. Out of 8/9 participants, there were 4 scripts submitted. I had my script storyboarded since Monday, but it was just getting around to taking time to write it up really was difficult. I realise I still haven't posted my diary

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-31835865794361460582007-06-12T13:01:00.000+01:002007-06-12T13:04:00.605+01:00

OOOps. I forgot to bring those notes to type up about the weekend.The script is incubating nicely though. I drew my visual story board last night and I'm going to start typing it into to a formatted script tonight. I'm going to try at least.

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396170415011288786.post-87979574491327389322007-06-11T13:50:00.002+01:002007-06-11T14:00:38.703+01:00

In this blog, I am going to post a diary entry for each day of the film course. This weekend just passed, the 9th and 10th of June, was the first weekend of the course. I wrote about it at the time, in a notebook, so I'll type up those notes tomorrow.Right now, I have to say a big thank you to Waterford County Council, who by awarding me their film bursary, are making it possible for me to do

Jacqueline Galvinnoreply@blogger.com