Posted by Chris | September 12th, 2011 | No Comments | Categories: Articles, Production, Production Stories, Tips | Tags: Adam Howden, David Shiyang Liu, Live Action, Mistakes

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).

Posted by Chris | June 11th, 2011 | No Comments | Categories: KICK KICK PUNCH, Other FIlms & Videos, Web Videos | Tags: Animation, David Shiyang Liu, Ira Glass

Check out this awesome kinetic typography animation created by KICK KICK PUNCH director David Shiyang Liu as part of his #30daysofcreativity.

Posted by Chris | September 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Categories: KICK KICK PUNCH, Other FIlms & Videos, Web Videos | Tags: David Shiyang Liu, Live Action, Maia Tarrell, Missing Link

Today marks the launch of our first promo video for Missing Link Digital Media. This clip was directed by the one and only David Shiyang Liu, with production being undertaken by the entire KKP crew including Maia dancing as the skeleton (named “Skeletor the Grim Leaper”, just “Skeletor” to friends).If you like the clip, pass [...]

Posted by Chris | June 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Categories: KICK KICK PUNCH, Music Videos, Other FIlms & Videos | Tags: Chris Pahlow, David Shiyang Liu, Jaque Fisher, Live Action, Skye Harbour

VIEW ALTERNATE: YOUTUBE / QUICKTIMEARTIST: SKYE HARBOUR TRACK: HUNCH DIRECTOR / EDITOR: DAVID SHIYANG LIUPRODUCER: WOODROW WILSONDP: JAQUE FISHERASSISTANT DIRECTOR: CHRIS PAHLOW

Posted by Chris | September 13th, 2009 | No Comments | Categories: Events, Neon Blue | Tags: Barbara Bolt, Chris Pahlow, David Shiyang Liu

Barbara Bolt’s latest exhibition, “Neon”, is opening next week. This is exciting in itself, but for me it’s EXTRA exciting, the reason being it features a painting of me in it!The exhibition goes from the 15th September to 4th October 2009. It’s at Catherine Asquith Gallery (48 Oxford Street Street, Collingwood Vic 3066).I’ve known Barb [...]

Posted by Chris | March 30th, 2009 | No Comments | Categories: KICK KICK PUNCH, Other FIlms & Videos | Tags: David Shiyang Liu

Our good friend David Liu was just interviewed on SINdie (a blog about Singaporian Indie Flim) about his latest short “5 Films”. It’s a great read, so check it out here!