My team’s entry in the 2012 v48Hours Furious Film-making competition.


Nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Editing!  Finals are tomorrow night so may be able to update this to say Winner of… ;)


There have never been so many ways to communicate… So why are we so bad at it?


This year the compulsory elements were…

Genre: Inspirational Movie

Character: Nicky Brick, unlucky

Prop: A leaf

Line: “I did that”

Technical: Slow-mo

This is the greatest thing I’ve heard in ages.  I’m so, so passionate about this band.  Buy this album!

Source: redtaperecords.bandcamp.com

Hikoi
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Hikoi

I’ve been waiting to post this for ages but a record label embargo prevented me until now!  

A zero budget Music video I made for Gatherer’s single Regular Frontier from the upcoming album ‘So Be It’ available NZ/AUS May 2012.

Director, Producer, Cinematography - Alastair Tye Samson
Additional Cinematography - Alex Bird & Ross Turley
Editor - Peter Evans
Colorist - Alana Cotton

Check out Gatherer online…

gthrr.com.au
gatherer.bandcamp.com
gatherer.bigcartel.com

Stairs at Motat
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Stairs at Motat

I grabbed Prowler’s mp3s last year and got really excited really fast.  But despite my excitement and them playing heaps of shows - this weekend was actually my first time catching them live.  And MAN.  Fucking epic.  Such good vibes.  

If I was forced to describe them I’d maybe suggest a cross of 80’s Bad Religion and Motorhead, but there’s a post-hardcore thing in there somewhere too.  They’re instantly familiar but really, really refreshing at the same time.  

I’m hanging out for more music from these guys.

This weekend I took some more photos of the New Natives - this time playing at a more likely venue.

This weekend I got a new Canon 60D and I’m beyond ecstatic with it.  I went for a walk around town and to the Auckland Art Gallery with my good friend Adam and took close to 500 pictures!   This is a photo of my favorite exhibit at the gallery.  I feel terrible that I forgot to document the name of the piece and the artist so maybe I will go back this weekend in order to give credit. 
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This weekend I got a new Canon 60D and I’m beyond ecstatic with it.  I went for a walk around town and to the Auckland Art Gallery with my good friend Adam and took close to 500 pictures!  

This is a photo of my favorite exhibit at the gallery.  I feel terrible that I forgot to document the name of the piece and the artist so maybe I will go back this weekend in order to give credit. 

It never ceases to amaze me how often offline editors and even really experienced graphics artists send me titles that are WAY out of safe.   Here’s a 1920x1080 guide I just banged out with 16x9, 14x9 and 4x3 safety grids.  Download this, use it, and you’ll never have an excuse for being out of spec ever again!
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It never ceases to amaze me how often offline editors and even really experienced graphics artists send me titles that are WAY out of safe.  

Here’s a 1920x1080 guide I just banged out with 16x9, 14x9 and 4x3 safety grids. 

Download this, use it, and you’ll never have an excuse for being out of spec ever again!