Last weekend we wrapped up the first four days of shooting Play It Safe. The first block of shooting went very well, and I couldn’t be happier with the footage! After a year and a half of development, it’s really surreal to be finally shooting this film, and it’s so crazy that I can now watch footage from the movie on my computer!
This is a guest post by Play It Safe co-writer Jack White. It was originally posted on the website for Play It Safe. Click here to view the original post. Production is under way for Play It Safe! We kicked off Block One of shooting this weekend and it went very well. Thanks as always [...]
Good listening skills are crucial in the film business. In my experience, a good director will spend most of their time listening. During a production you will be listening to questions and thoughts from every department. Good listening skills will not only help you to direct quickly and effectively, but will also enable you to maintain crew morale. It’s one thing to work for nothing because you believe in a project, but it’s another thing entirely to not be paid and then not even be listened to by a director or producer. If I wanted to put up with that then I would go back to working in retail (and then at least I would be getting paid).
I never went to film school, so I had to learn all the protocols of filmmaking on my own. I didn’t actually learn some of the basics until about three years into my career as an indie director. By this time I’d already won Best Australian Film at MIAF and been commissioned to direct a short docco for the BBC World Service. But still, I didn’t know the basic protocol of working on a film set. This was because of the way I’d come up – fiercely independent, making up the rules as I went. This approach got me some terrific results, but it also had its limitations.
Inevitably, my (lack of) knowledge was tested, and in quite an embarrassing way. Back in 2008 I had somehow managed to score a roll as First Assistant Director on my friend Alan Lam’s final honours film. I thought I knew enough about filmmaking, indie production, and visual storytelling to be of use, but it was a steep learning curve when it came to working with the crew.
Yesterday we shot a bunch of stuff around Sandringham, Beaumaris, and Mentone for our video for “Going Away Song” by our good friends Watson/Liow. The clip stars AFI nominated actress Irene Chen and Megan Gigacz who both did an amazing job. Yesterday was our most physically challenging day of shooting so far. Many thanks to [...]
Check out the behind the scenes video for Patinka Cha Cha’s clip for “We Are The Knife”. Thanks to Annie Pham, Michael Ciarlo and Josh Barr for filming the BTS video.
While we were on set shooting the new video for Spacecadet Lullabies our good friend Ryan Humphreys took a bunch of great stills, including these incredible soft focus ones. Enjoy:Thanks again to Ryan for his help on the day. Make sure you check out his other work here!
Here’s a bunch more photos from the Spacecadet Lullabies shoot we did a couple of weeks back. These lovely shots were taken by award winning photographer Ryan Humphreys. Many thanks to Ryan for helping us out. Click here to check out more of his work. And, just for fun, here’s a few extra shots taken [...]
Last Sunday KKP wrapped up principal photography for the new Spacecadet Lullabies video. Many thanks to the entire cast & crew for doing such an amazing job. We got some incredible footage, and I couldn’t have hoped for things to go better.Here’s some behind the scenes stills from the day, captured by the one and [...]
Over the last couple of days our wonderful art department has been working overtime on the props for the Spacecadet Lullabies clip, and Maia, Jen, & I did the first lighting test on location last night. Dig it:
