Mathew Cobden wanted us to capture a day in the life of his inner-West agency, Cobden & Hayson. So, we travelled to the other side of Sydney Harbour, strapped on a 1,600 mm zoom lens – and shot back on Balmain. This is one way to bank a lot of establishing wide shots of an …
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Illumina – Enlightened Living
It was a pre-light and camera-test at a dark bar in Brisbane’s The Barracks. And for the first time in a long time, I wasn’t in control, which always scares me. I had one chance to frame up and prove myself. “This job will all be about reflected light,” the Creative Director, Daniel Sumich, explained, …
47 TE Peters Drive
“The Owners want to use Allira Cohrs and they want her in the spa bath.” Ray White Mermaid Beach’s John Mayer said as he briefed us on the film. I replied: “Do you know what you are getting yourself into here. She has double D’s.” Within 24 hours, it was the subject of polarised commentary …
Zombie Open Home
Harcourts M1 wanted a teaser to promote the sale of a castle called Rumble. One of the few things we hadn’t done was spill some blood and guts and so we wrote Zombie Open Home. The staff and agents did their own make-up and wardrobe while we whipped up some gore. Filmed in under two …
Airways Aviation – Putting On The Spin
We were just about to break for Christmas when the call came in from a helicopter pilot mate of ours. Former Iron Man Grant Kenny’s Chopperline had just been privately acquired, and folded into a brand new aviation training company on the Gold Coast called Airways Aviation. The company needed a film to win the Singapore …
McGrath – Launching An Online TV Channel
platinumHD‘s proposal was to design, build and run a 24/7 online real estate channel for McGrath, complete with a team of four presenters in NSW and Queensland who would front property videos and interview Agents on listings and all aspects of the industry. There’d be purpose built, pre-lit studios/booths where Agents could record and file …
Chopperline
Chopperline‘s Dan Egan just wanted to shoot cool stuff. Fast and low. The helicopter training and tour business located at the Gold and Sunshine Coast is owned by former Iron Man Grant Kenny. Astons. Mercedes. Providing it was ‘lux’, we could shoot it, and we pumped out a series of ‘branded content’ for the Company …
Desiderata – Experimental Film-making For Real Estate
Desiderata. Latin: “desired things” – a 1927 prose poem by American writer Max Ehrmann (1872-1945) OK. It may be a little deep. But at platinumHD Propvid, we’re always striving to make more of a film about a property than just a video on it. I wanted to go for a colder look. We also brought …
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Nirvana – Kirra Beach
Having worked on Reflection Tower II for Neicon, Marketing Manager Stephanie Tuttle commissioned us to look at Nirvana, while still a construction site. We’d have access to one ‘display’ apartment and to the facilities at Reflection, which would be similar in style. Everything else would need to be lifestyle. We start high on the cliffs …
We Love Video
Human beings are made to feel things. We cry. We laugh. We love. We respect people who look us straight in the eye. We respond to movement. When video is used effectively, it triggers emotion. There are two types of video. Video shot to record something. A birthday. A Christmas. A moment in time. Then …