Reel Dreams in the press.

(Originally Published on Otago Daily Times Online News (http://www.odt.co.nz))
Making movie dreams come true
By Marjorie Cook

Marjorie Cook finds a Reel recipe for film success in Wanaka.
Into the great migrant melting pot that is Wanaka put one South African adventurer, one American comedian, combine with creative New Zealanders and sprinkle liberally with enthusiasm.

Then watch the goggle-box to see Reel Dreams turn to porridge and rise to the occasion, all at the same time.

Reel Dreams is a film-production company launched this month by director Topher Straus and producer Darren Simmonds, both 35-year-old entrepreneurs who settled in Wanaka in 2007.

They met through the Wanaka Film Trust and decided to form a stand-alone company specialising in high-end television commercials.
Reel Dreams now has a modest portfolio of three completed products.

Their second project, an advertisement for Harraways Oats, is screening nationally and they have a seemingly bottomless well of other projects waiting on story-boards.

The pair got their start because they went out on a limb last year and made a speculative promotion for Nike, using numerous local people to film and star in a 45-second advertisement set on Roys Peak.

"It achieved its goal because it got us Harraways. It showcased what we could do.

"And now we have [another client] Dream Doors," Mr Simmonds said recently.

But who are these people so keen to put Wanaka's talents on the tube?

Topher Straus probably needs little introduction in his home town of Denver, Colorado, where he became immersed in the entertainment world at the age of 14.

He was employed by Tribune Broadcasting and by the time he was 18, the junior comedian had hosted a cartoon club programme, numerous other television specials, appeared in more than 350 commercials and won an outstanding public service campaign Emmy for his work.

Mr Straus graduated with a bachelor of fine arts (film art) degree from Syracuse University, in New York, in 1997.

He moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for a year as an assistant to the late film-maker Robert Altman (M. A. S. H., Tanner '88, The Player, Gosfield Park).

Working as assistant to the prolific Altman was "a dream come true".

Moments that spring to mind include waiting in a golf cart while Altman smoked a joint or taking a call from actor Robert Downey jun while the actor was in jail.

"It was great, really enjoyable. He [Altman] was a really nice person," Mr Straus said.

"He would say things like 'Topher, take this script to Lily Tomlin. While you are there, pick me up some oatmeal with real maple syrup.'

"I would be asked to research anything and everything. I was there for one year."

Then he took a similar job for a while with Academy Award-winning director Curtis Hanson (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, LA Confidential), and another telephone encounter with another actor - this time Russell Crowe, who cursed at Mr Straus when he asked for his name.

Mr Straus formed his first television production company at university and from 1995 began directing films. (See details above)

He and his wife Emelie, a Swiss New Zealander, decided to move to New Zealand in 2007 because they couldn't think of a better place to escape the busy-ness of Sunset Boulevard, six-lane highways, and Los Angeles' night-time noises of helicopters, sirens and gunshots.

They are expecting their first child next month.

Mr Straus says he has always felt compelled to perform.

"It's in my blood. My grandmother was a radio star, my grandfather and father were advertising executives ...

"I am glad I love doing it," he said.

Mr Straus now teaches improvisation workshops with Kahu Youth and in Queenstown.

Mr Simmonds has had a varied and colourful career in the outdoors, with scuba diving, skiing and climbing among his loves.

Growing up in South Africa and educated at an all-boys' school, the done thing was to get compulsory service over and done with soon after leaving school, but Mr Simmonds had other ideas.

"I didn't want to enlist in the army and thought, right, I am going to escape the country.

"A year after I left school it all changed anyway.

"I was interested in diving and my mother was trying to convince me to join the navy.

"But I decided to travel. I liked the idea of backpacking around Europe.

"At the time, a lot of people were taking money out of the country. They would pay people to take it out.

"So this guy paid for my trip to London," Mr Simmonds said.

Four years and 40 countries later, Mr Simmonds arrived in Queenstown, where he skied by day and worked as a magician at night.

Then he moved to Wanaka, where he had enrolled in an outdoor education course, met his future wife Vanessa, and worked as a researcher for a farm management company.

Visual arts had always been part of his life - his New Zealander father and Australian mother owned a photographic business in Johannesburg - so he rekindled his interest in film and photography and now works as a videographer. (See fact box for details)

He also founded the Wanaka Film Trust and four trust projects have won small grants from Short Film Trust of Otago and screened in Dunedin and at other festivals.

Mr Simmonds has participated in 24-hour film-making competitions*, with this year's effort (in the sex education genre) making it to the finals*.
*(that should read 48hrs and City Finals - Admin)

So what is their secret to short-story-telling?

"I'm the Yin. He's the Yang ... Darren is funny but he doesn't know it," Mr Straus said.

Mr Simmonds sees his role as keeping his creative partner focused on the client's vision.

"The more we work together, the more we understand each other," Mr Simmonds said.

Mr Straus says the amount of work in telling a story in 15 to 60 seconds is "amazing".

Several days' filming, for which camera operators and actors are employed, might be followed by several weeks in post-production.

More weeks can be spent in pre-production, requiring the input of graphic artists.

And there's also the all-important client liaison.

The art of making television commercials is a finely balanced one and relies on good communication, they say.

Even just 15 seconds is enough time for the audience to find out what they are being sold, if done correctly.

A client's expectation of an advertisement also has to be dealt with on the level.

"They see a great ad and don't realise that would cost them $1 million," Mr Straus said.

For example, the Nike spec advertisement was designed to look like a $250,000 ad "but we did it for about 1% of that".

The pair accept a portfolio of three ads - one spec, one screening and one about to screen - is very modest, compared to the number of ads screening on television on a daily basis.

Like many migrants to Wanaka, they have discovered a patchwork career has been a necessity; work puts food on the table.

But they emphasise they haven't been in the production business very long.

While Mr Straus will continue to teach improvisation and Mr Simmonds will continue to film weddings, Reel Dreams is a full-time commitment.

And they are committed to using Wanaka's pool of talent in making their dreams come true.

The facts
Topher Straus
- Directs narrative and documentary films
- Films have screened at 10 international film festivals
- Directorial debut: Extra: In The Background of A Dream - screened 2002 Santa Monica International Film Festival and the 2002 Rome Independent Film Festival.
- Has now secured worldwide distribution.
- Remi Bronze Award: The Attackman - awarded at the 2007 Houston Worldfest

Darren Simmonds
- Producer several short films
- Founded Wanaka Film Trust
- Producer: Fishy Tales (2009, funding assistance from Short Film Otago)
- Director: snow sports documentary on Olympic gold medallist snowboarder Kelly Clark of the US (in progress)

More information
- Reel Dreams www.reeldreams.com
- Wanaka Film Trust www.wanakafilmtrust.blogspot.com
- Short Film Otago www.sfo.org.nz

Life In A Day

Life In A Day is a historic global experiment to create the world's largest user-generated feature film: a documentary, shot in a single day, by you. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a glimpse of your life on camera. The most compelling and distinctive footage will be edited into an experimental documentary film, executive produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald.

For more information, visit A Life In A Day

Ant Timpson writes an open letter to New Zealand Film Commission

From filmguide.co.nz

An Open Letter to the Hon Chris Finlayson, MP, Minister For Arts, Culture & Heritage and Graeme Mason CEO, New Zealand Film Commission

Dear Messrs Finlayson and Mason,

They say the squeaky wheel gets the oil.

Now I do understand that you both are in the midst of processing the eighty-seven page review of the New Zealand Film Commission by Sir Peter Jackson and David Court and that you may be pressed for time to peruse any additional material relating to the review.

So let me keep this brief and to get right to the point.

The indepth Review covered many areas for potential improvement to the New Zealand film landscape and featured many common sense applicable solutions to existing problems. However one theme that appeared to pop up throughout the review was the need to find and nurture the next generation of filmmaking talent. 

The review makes special mention of the annual V48HOURS event, cutting directly to the heart of the matter with;

“The NZFC should already have an idea about who the exciting young film makers are – who’s winning the film competitions, who submitted the most imaginative films to ‘48 Hours’”

Before that fully sinks in, the review follows up with this slamdunk;

“The NZFC could have a stronger role in nationwide film contests like the ‘48 hours’ competition.”

Which in a somewhat selfish analysis could mean that the event (self-described as a nationwide talent incubator) needs to be better supported. The event continues to grow each year yet unfortunately struggles to survive on the goodwill of sponsors (all the lovely logos below) and the competitors themselves. The event has grown exponentially for eight years since it started in 2003 with just 44 teams and one cinema. This year over ten thousand people participated and flocked into cinemas nationwide, while others watched the network television series and finally even more viewed films online.

At its core, the V48HOURS answers all the Parliamentary functions required of the NZFC which are, ‘to encourage and also to participate and assist in the making, promotion, distribution and exhibition of films’. – something the V48HOURS does very well in cinemas, TV, online and DVD to large NZ audiences every year.

At present it appears the NZFC is hamstrung by existing funding guidelines as the V48HOURS falls under the “Festivals & Awards Programme’, which means it’s seen on par with the Wellington Fringe Film Festival. No offense to the Fringe but the two organisations are on completely different playing fields in terms of what they achieve in the industry.

Those guidline restrictions make it appear that the NZFC are failing to support the infrastructure and success that the V48HOURS has built over 8 years.

More than $1,000,000 is spent on Industry Support alone by the NZFC each year. The V48HOURS which the Review has stated is the entity where future talent is being discovered, receives $0.00 from NZFC Industry Support funding.

The NZFC Statement of Intent says one of its primary goals looking forward was to “Build a Talent Pathway in 08/09″ and directed nearly $5,000,000 towards this ‘Pathway’. Surprisingly the event that inspired more New Zealanders to create film in that period than any other entity received only $5000 operational support. Which leads one to ask if the allocated monies (non production) that are already set aside for establishing the next generation of filmmakers are actually being utilised in the most forward-thinking way.

But then again, I would say that wouldn’t I?

Sincerely,

Ant TIMPSON
Director V48HOURS.

REVIEW OF THE NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION By Sir Peter Jackson and David Court

picture:Natasha Baucas

                           Full 87 page document has been released.

Download pdf here

No More Heroes / New Zealand Mountain Film Fest

No More Heroes




Hi folks,


There will be an outdoor screening (weather permitting) of
Andrew Moore's movie No More Heroes , which show cases the history of skateboarding in New Zealand at the Twilight,Outside Theatre @ Lone Star on Sunday 4th July.
Movie starts 5:45pm - 7:15pm.
Gold coin donation to Treble Cone Search Dogs,(remember ,you may need them some day!).
Dress warm :Cancelled if Raining.

FILM FESTIVAL SET TO LAUNCH – TICKETS ON SALE

The New Zealand Mountain films is set to go this Friday (2 July) with a five day-and-night programme packed with talented international and New Zealand made films, passionate adventure speakers, workshops, adventure trade show and art exhibition

 

Festival goers can view a diverse mix of over 50 films featuring the most daring, the most exhilarating, to adrenaline fueled escapades, taming nature to discovering new worlds. With multiple three to four hour sessions daily, with some including a speaker, the festival will inspire and entertain all age groups, friends and families and there are tickets still available for all sessions.

The festival will kick off Friday with live music from local musicians Hound Lounge, viewing of the art exhibition and trade show. This will be followed by awards and previews of the festival films and then viewing of several thrilling films including the Winner of Best New Zealand Made Film, Into Perpetual Ice.

A highlight for the festival is a presentation from Canadian Will Gadd, a fanatical ice climber, paraglider and kayaker, titled “Ice, rock, rivers, clouds and grizzly bears”. His Saturday night talk will feature pictures, videos, comics, profanity and attempted profundity, high and low humor, generally good entertainment for an hour; followed by four films including the NZMFF’s Grand Prize winner; Mount St.Elias.

Other speakers include Adrian Lang from Australia who climbed a 1000m rock face in Pakistan with Wanaka climbers Bruce Dowrick, Jon Sedon and Scott Standen. He will talk on Sunday night at 8pm and the following night at the same time is Martin Jones from Christchurch who is talking on skiing in Northern India. Kylie Wakelin rounds out the four keynote speakers and will talk on Tuesday night about her recent trip to become the first New Zealand woman to ski to the South Pole (900km). 

The interactive workshops will educate the mind and relax the body: Featuring a free community avalanche awareness course with Peter Bilous, a yoga session with Rosie Cox, a digital film making workshop with award winning film maker Corrie Francis, a ski/snowboard tuning workshop, or listen in on a climbing literature reading by Christchurch writer Paul Hersey.

“The full to the brim programme features some truly spectacular films this year, the entrants seem to have stepped up a level which made the judging that much harder,” said festival director Mark Sedon. “There is hot demand for the 5 day Festival Passes as usual, and there will be ample single session tickets sold from the venue, the Lake Wanaka Centre at 89 Ardmore St, from 4pm Friday and throughout the festival. Tickets cost between $15 and $25.

The New Zealand Mountain Film Festival runs from 2 to 6 July. 

Lots Of Stuff.

Hi all-
Lot's going on so i'll get straight into it.
First off, Wanaka Film Trust now has a YouTube Channel and a Facebook page so hit the links and subscribe/follow etc.
☜ YouTube Badge on the left of the page there should take you right there anytime. Facebook badge too.

Next up, Heather (who kindly set up the WFT Facebook page) has bought herself a lovely Panasonic DVX102b and now needs a  decent sturdy tripod and a good fluid head.But as the camera blew the budget has anyone out there got a spare or unused tripod going cheap? - if so perhaps you could give Heather a holler on facebook or email me wanakafilm @ gmail . com  and I will pass on info.

Next on agenda,
Reel Dreams Productions, that's Darren and Topher to us WFT folks have a new website and a nice piece written about them on Business.Scoop .
The guys are bringing more eyes to Wanaka as a production hotspot which benefits us all,so I wish them good luck with their venture.

Finally,as mentioned in previous post , THE INTERNATIONAL 2010 NZ MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL is approaching and below is the latest press release with info.

That's it for now.
Thanks folks for your time,
Please feel free to add a comment on the left there and stay warm!

Cheers
Robert.

PRESS RELEASE – 16/06/10

NZ MADE FILMS FEATURE HEAVILY IN FINALISTS FOR

THE INTERNATIONAL 2010 NZ MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL

Conquering fear, discovering new worlds, nurturing nature and gaining great heights are some of the elements featured in the winning films of this year’s New Zealand Mountain Film Festival in July.

The five-day festival programme, being launched today, is packed with 53 films finalists of inspiring, scenic and entertaining stories offering the armchair explorer unique adventures across the world from the comfort of their seat. There were 93 entrants in this years film makers competition, with a record 20 of them made in NZ.

Of these, 13 ‘made in NZ’ films have been selected as finalists to be shown in Wanaka at the festival July 2-6.  

Into Perpetual Ice, Directed and Produced by Jared Meehan of Mount Maunganui wins the title of Best New Zealand-made film including receiving the prestigious Hiddleston/MacQueen Award. When informed of his award and $1000 Meehan replied “I don't know quite what to say. Thats amazing news. NZ has some incredible film makers these days so I really didn't expect it to do so well.” The 20 minute film follows five international kayakers on a journey to the birthplace of their sport; an expedition to explore and paddle some whitewater rivers in Greenland. The group get marooned on an ice berg and eaten by bugs in their quest for a first descent in their kayaks. Into Perpetual Ice gives a brief insight into Greenland's culture and the nature while following these paddlers on their difficult mission. The obstacles faced make for an exciting trip and eventually all the hard work pays off with rewards of white gold.

The Grand Prize and $1000 award has been given to Mount St.Elias, produced and directed by Gerald Salmina of Austria. It is an epic story about four very different characters – three of them men, one a mountain. A dramatic and awe-inspiring adventure film following three of the world’s greatest ski mountaineers to Alaska’s Mount St. Elias in their attempt at the the longest ski descent on earth. 

Set against the backdrop of Alaska’s dangerous beauty, Mount St. Elias is about a visionary but borderline experience where unparalleled physical and mental pressure pushes them to the absolute limit. Two Austrian ski alpinists Axel Naglich and Peter Ressmann as well as the American freeski pro Jon Jonhston are facing this breathtaking challenge! 

The Asgard Project (UK, Directed and produced by Alastair Lee) is the winner of the Best Film on Climbing. The film was also the runner up to the Grand Prize and follows top climber Leo Houlding’s ambitious expedition to make an ascent of Mt Asgard’s daunting north face, regarded as one of the most difficult big walls in the world. 

To reach Mount Asgard the climbers sky dive into the heart of Baffin Island, in the Arctic Circle. The story gets off to a spectacular start as the plot twists and unforeseen problems come thick and fast in this unrelenting epic. Once the team commit to the wall the drama only increases.....

Nature Propelled (USA, Directed and Produced by Seth Warren) won the Best Film on Mountain Culture & Environment. Seth embarks on a petroleum-free adventure with his nature powered fire truck named Baby, tracking the life cycle of water through the seasons. Featuring stunning and often daring footage, Nature Propelled demonstrates the connection between the elements, renewable energy, adventure sports, and practical ways that individuals can use these elements to power their lifestyles. 

The Best short film went to Snow Tramp (Canada) The lure of the mountains is powerful indeed so when our modern day ‘Tramp’ chances upon a newspaper photo of a ski resort, he knows in his heart what he must do..... The obstacles are many. Will he do it? Can he do it? And, most importantly, will he get the girl? 

Take a Seat (UK) won the best film on Adventurous Sports and Lifestyles; which follows Dominic Gill’s mission is to cycle 32,000 kilometres from the north coast of Alaska to the southern tip of South America, on a tandem push bike, picking up strangers on the way. 

REV: A Buried Treasure (Canada) won best Snow Sports Film and is a unique documentary about “a town that skis.” A heartfelt and raw story about people who ski, live and visit the place of their dreams, now in transition from a historic quiet mountain town to a world-class ski area. 

“The diversity of films to be screened at this year’s film festival is outstanding," said festival director Mark Sedon. "The different emotions, senses and imagination to be stirred by the collection of films is quite unreal. The viewer will gain an insight to many different worlds, challenges and experiences and be entertained at the same time.”

All winners and 53 film finalists will be screened during the festival, which runs July 2 to 6. Festival Passes and Single Session tickets are available now through the website and then at the Lake Wanaka Centre from 2 July.

Details of all films are listed in the programme which will be available from stores in Wanaka and on the web site www.mountainfilm.net.nz

NZ Mountain Film Festival

NZ Mountain Film Festival’s film makers competition closes.

The 2010 NZ Mountain Film Festival’s film makers competition closed on June 2nd with 75 entries from film makers in places as far away as Brazil, Peru, India, Europe, Russia and the USA with another 6/7 late entries expected this week. “The number of entries is less than last year” says Mark Sedon, the festival Director, “but the quality is far higher and our ‘throw out’ box is very small” he continues. Especially noticeable is the level and number of NZ made films. There are several vying for the top prize of $1000 and the Hiddleston/MacQueen Award. A group of local film enthusiasts will help pick the best NZ made film later this week and together with the 40 or so other film finalists, will be screened at the festival from July 2nd to 6th in Wanaka.

The speaker lineup is the biggest ever with four keynote speakers and five workshop speakers. Will Gadd is coming all the way from Canada just to do a talk at this year's festival. Will is a prominent Canadian ice climber and paraglider pilot. He formerly held the paragliding world distance record, with a flight of 423 km. His talk is titled "Canada Exposed" and features: Ice, rock, rivers, clouds, grizzly bears and some other stuff from the last 30 years of non-stop Canadian adventures. Pictures, videos, comics, profanity and attempted profundity, high and low humor and generally good entertainment. 

Also visiting Wanaka during the festival is Adrian Lang from Australia talking on his trip to the Karakoram Range in Pakistan with his Wanaka mates Bruce Dowrick, Jon Sedon and Scott Standen for some high altitude rock climbing. Their audacious goal was an all free first ascent up a remote 1000m high granite pillar. In his video and photo presentation Adrian takes us into a spectacular region of the Karakoram to experience their highs and lows of the trip, and their ultimate success in establishing a ground-up all free ascent with difficulties up to grade 25 at altitudes above 5000m. 

Kylie Wakelin from Twizel became the first Kiwi woman to ski all the way to the South Pole with six other members of the Commonwealth Antarctic expedition after 50 days of trekking through some of the most challenging terrain on earth.

Martin Jones is the fourth keynote speaker who’s talk will appeal to the skiers and snowboarders. Its about skiing and also setting up a ski business in India to help the local Kashmir people learn how to cater for foreign and domestic ski tourists, acquire the equipment, develop their skills, and establish the infra-structure for on-going sustainable ski tourism at Gulmarg Village in the Kashmir Himalaya. 

As well as the speakers, workshops and viewing of the film finalists, the festival also features art displays, ice sculpturing, live music and an outdoor trade show. Tickets will go on sale June 18th when the festival programme will be launched Watch the web page for updates or sign up for the newsletter at www.mountainfilm.net.nz. 

Ride Share For Dunedin Seminar

Anyone going to Dunedin needs or wants a lift please email me wanakafilm at Gmail and I will try to put drivers and travelers in contact with each other.


Thanks


Robert

Rolf de Heer Seminar in Dunedin

Rolf de Heer in the South

Seminar in Dunedin for screenwriters, directors, and producers with internationally acclaimed Aussie low budget film-maker Rolf de Heer on June 4th.

Venue: Room G106

Otago Polytechnic

cnr Union St & Harbour Terrace

Dunedin

Friday June 4th, 2010 1pm - 5pm

There will be a Christchurch seminar on June 3rd at NZ Broadcasting School.

http://www.script-to-screen.co.nz/2010/05/rolf-de-heer-conceiving-and-crafting-cinema/

Rolf is known for his avowedly independent approach to film-making, especially with Australian aboriginal communities, and he has a string of international awards. (Bad Boy Bubby, The Tracker, Dance Me to My Song, Ten Canoes)

Rolf has shown it's possible to regularly write, direct, and co-produce feature films outside the industry norms  on a modest budget (from $500,000 to 2.5 million), while defining his own cinematic voice.

Using his own work as case studies Rolf will share his filmmaking philosophy, from the writing process to delivery to an audience, with particular focus on the relationship between budget and story ideas and the crafting of low budget cinema for the international marketplace.

There will be a question and answer session.

You need to register by email:

Dunedin: baddock@earthlight.co.nz

Christchurch: richard@shuriken.co.nz

Open to students and anybody interested.

Koha at the door to cover afternoon tea.

The Dunedin session is being hosted by Screen Dunedin

&

Otago Polytech Design School,

in association with

Script to Screen.

Funding support from the NZ Film Commission.

For those unfamiliar with Rolf's work, Bad Boy Bubby won the Grand Special Jury prize and the International Film Critics Prize at Venice in 1993, and four Australian Film Institute awards in Australia. The Quiet Room (1996) and Dance Me To My Song (1998) were invited into Competition at Cannes. The Tracker premiered to critical acclaim at Venice in 2002. Alexandra's Project was invited into competition at Berlin, 2003, while Ten Canoes won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.

There is an interview with Rolf here: http://www.afc.gov.au/newsandevents/afcnews/converse/rolf_deheer/newspage_135.aspx

"Dig Deep,Dick" Now viewable here!

Now that 48hrs comp is behind us for another year,I am happy to present our humble entry here for your viewing pleasure.
Please feel free to embed or link this video to your website/Facebook account etc.


Hope you like it.
Cheers


Robert

New Zealand Music Video Month : Videos 14

Artist: Goldenhorse 
Track:Don't Wake Me Up
Directed by Helena Brooks

New Zealand Music Video Month : Videos 12 & 13

Artist:The Naked And Famous
Track: All Of This
Director: Joel Kefali and Campbell Hooper

More details on bands website HERE
Artist:Lawrence Arabia

Track: Apple Pie Bed

Director: Luke Savage

More details on artists Myspace page HERE

New Zealand Music Video Month : Video 11

Track:The Devil and Me
Artist: Hera
Director: Andie Spargo
(Plenty more details HERE)

New Zealand Music Video Month : Video 10

Song: I Need a Shot
Artist: Little Bark
Director:Ruth Korver

(More Details here)

"Follow Me" - Wanaka Screening Thursday 20th May.

I'm not really a bike kinda guy but when I saw this trailer for Follow Me the new feature length biking film from Ant Hill Films I was blown away!
This movie looks super slick.Shot , primarily,I believe, on a Red One camera , the imagery from the year long,round the world shoot is awe inspiring.
So this movie screens on Thursday 20th at the Paradiso here in Wanaka at 8.30pm.
I will be checking this out for sure.
Have a look at the trailer and see if it whets your appetite.

Cheers
Robert

New Zealand Music Video Month : Video 9

The official video for 'Panic Bells' 
By nsu featuring Siknik
Directed by Aleksandar Janev
(Be sure to watch in HD if your connection speed can handle it.)
more details here

Behind The Scenes/Deleted scenes "Dig Deep, Dick"

"Dig Deep,Dick" will be on the V48Hours Viewing room shortly - In the mean time have a look at some deleted/behind the scenes footage.

New Zealand Music Video Month : Video 8

The Official music video for Amethyst Caverns from the video game Shatter’s soundtrack.
Music by Module aka Jeramiah Ross
Directed By Corie Geerders.

New Zealand Music Video Month : Video 6 and 7

Video for the band HLAH and their song Wet Rubber.
Directed by (Trying to track down this info - will edit when I know)

Video for the Gin Wigmore song Oh My Directed by Stuart Gosling

New Zealand Music Video Month : Video 5

Video for 'She's got it tonight' by I AM THE LIGHT.
Director DAMIEN SHATFORD | Director of Photography LOGAN McMILLAN


Nice music video,this!.Simple concept,executed very well.

New Zealand Music Video Month : Video 4

Artist : SHIHAD 

Clip : Sleepeater

Director : Sam Peacocke

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New Zealand Music Video Month : Video 3

The Lovely Ladi6
with this Oscar Knightley directed video
for WALK RIGHT UP

New Zealand Music Video Month: VIDEO 2

Sweet lookin' video  

Dukes - 'Self Control'

New Zealand Music Video Month : Video 1

As New Zealand Music Month is about to kick off. I would like to post some NZ Music Videos on the site over the next 4 or so weeks.
If any filmmakers/musicians out there would like me to embed their video on the site , please email me with a suitable url from which I can embed (youtube , vimeo etc.) and a link to any website or blog you may have etc.
email to wanakafilm @ gmail . com .


I'll kick off with Garageland's late '90's cracker Come Back.



Thanks


Robert