In April 2011 myself & my very creative friend Micheal headed over in Timaru, New Zealand to help capture on Super16 the little epic Nausea, It was my 4th film working with the talented writer/director Elliott McKee Above is a behind the scenes video of Elliott & I working out the best way to capture the film. check the facebook page for more details on the film & "like" to keep up to date.
I have been making little slice of life videos of late, below are a few. Hope you enjoy. More details on the music can be found on the clips vimeo and youtube pages. Please watch them in HD.
In the last month or so I have been lucky to work on a number creative Projects, A quick and funny short film Picking Up at Auschwitz for Moose that Roared team along with a few music videos for Lost Animals & the very sweet man Geoffry O'Connor for the boys at Chain Gang Pictures .
On all these projects I was the Director of Photography & when they are cut & online I will post them here, Thanks for your time.
So Beginning, Middle and End is going open source. I'am giving editors/remix kids an opportunity to make their own version of the film. I have teamed up with internationally acclaimed Stray Cinema to release the film in its unedited form. The files are HD & YOU all can now make a movie, more info in the video below.
This April I was lucky to work with my dear friend Elliott McKee again, Following up on his Award winning short film Ronnie Grimble, Elliott turned to the a ruff country side of New Zealand's South Inland for Nausea, The Drama of some hard living locals was shot on Fuji stock on an Aaton Super16 all within hours of Nature light, Trailer above would have not have been possible without the amazing Cast & Crew.
Above is a little video I shot a few weeks back at Workers Club of Kikuyu, A great little soulful solo act, Check out her Bandcamp if you have the time.
So as I am still trying to Distribute "Beginning, Middle & End" and well finding that a little hard, I've decided to continue on & keep the hard work up, Part two of the trilogy Home, Land & Sea now has a trailer as seen above & I hope to have this little film complete by December 2012.
In the past few Months I have been working with a friend Oscar, Shooting his live shows & backstage interviews, Above is a live performance of Oscar+Martin with HTML Flowers and below Oscars interview with the highly respected CocoRosie.
HTML Flowers Music Clip, Was shot in a few hours in a working Hospital in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, Shot on a Digital8 HandyCam a few days of post to make even more twisted, Grant's (HTML Flowers) real blood was spilled for the raw feel.
Ronnie Grimble is Short film Written & Directed by Elliott McKee is now up on vimeo & youtube in HD of all things, Myself & Elliott Produced this little gem that went on to screen around the festival circuit in 2008/2009, Hope you enjoy.
Above are stills (screen grabs from RED work files) from the new film "Beginning, Middle & End" its now in post production due late 2011, More info can be found on the films blog.
Starting mid 2008 I began to film short snap shots of day to day life as way of showing family on the far side of the world what I was doing or where I was, More of the Wish you were here videos are on Vimeo.
The Desert is a new feature film from Writer & Director Oliver T. Abbott, Co-Produced & Captured on Super8 film by Myself, Above are 35mm photos on location in Alice Spring. The film is now in post-production and is due 2012.
A music clip Produced & Directed by Ryan Alexander Lloyd for the American/New Zealand indie band The Enright House, Shot in 3 days & a month of post production on VFX's
Here are some photos from the set of Ronnie Grimble, The new short film by Elliott Mckee staring Kiwi Comedy icon of stage & screen Mark Hadlo. Stay posted for more details.
Photos from the set of Take Care a chapter/scene of Beginning, Middle & End feature film, 1st Day of shot. Beginning, Middle & End ended up taking only 8 days to shot but over the space of 2 years starting in the March of 2008.
Here's the story behind team Bonjour! 48hr film from 2007.Team Bonjour! was Sarah A. Higginson, Mark McNeill, Ryan Alexander Lloyd.
Hello... its sometime after 4.00am on a sunday morning I haven't just walked in the door from some sad night clubing in christchurch.. Noooo I have been awake on 3hrs sleep in the last two days working along side an amazing team in this years 48 hour film challenge for more info go here " http://www.48hours.co.nz/ "
Our team "Bonjour!" had the unlucky fortune of picking up the dreaded Musical (Yes Mr Mikey Bell we know your in love with the ol' musical!!!). My mind is completely.... lost.
We are in the process of editing now and I know that we have sound, picture, light, and music (on it's way as some is still in the composing stages). I hope to put up some photos soon to explain the chaos that unfolded over the weekend. Check back as it may give some indication as to the level of insanity that plays out when a group of people who have had no sleep get together and join creative forces.
Thanks for your time. Hope all is well in your world. Goodnight and good luck.
It is Now the monday after.. Ok heres a sad story.. After all that hard work over the 48hrs "Bonjour!" team can not be voted for or even awarded with any prize as part of the 2007 48HOURS as we were 2sec.. 3meters.. 1 breath! away from being inside the drop of point 'the jet set' here in Christchurch!
7.00.02 is to late ..thats the rules. It was for Me, Sarah and the rest of the team one of the most painfull feelings we have ever had ..and ...wow it just SUXS
Heres a REVEIW from
http://press.thekiwipc.com/
REVIEW of heat one christchurch Team Name: Bonjour! (DISQUALIFIED)
Title: Just One More Thing Genre: Musical/Dance Comments: Unfortunately I don't have many notes for this film cause I couldn't keep my eyes off it! Guy likes girl, who doesn't like guy. The best film in the heat in my opinion, great use of music and pesky Jerry the superintendant. Rope was perhaps a bit too obvious but great cinematography and plot. GREAT JOB!!! A real shame they missed the deadline. Overall Mark: 4.9/5
