tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33010205487340268582024-03-14T21:15:16.294+13:0047A PRODUCTIONSLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-6821916169876266662014-04-07T15:18:00.002+12:002014-04-07T15:18:24.429+12:002014 Showreel<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A couple of months ago i got the opportunity to head down to Kaikoura and spend a few nights at the <i>The Hapuku Lodge and Tree Houses</i>, a beautiful Luxury Lodge that sits just North of Kaikoura and looks on towards the Kaikoura Ranges. In the early hours of a cold September day I jumped on the ferry in Wellington and made my way down the coast. The plan was to spend two full days and two nights filming at the lodge while staying in one of their famous Tree House rooms. From here i would be able spend my time filming around the lodge, capturing bits and pieces of the architecture, wild life and the natural landscape to create a short promotional video for Hapuku's website and social media platforms. The idea being that this video would convey the sense of energy, space and feel that the Lodge possesses, which is hard to communicate via photos alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First stop was a well known seal colony at Ohau Point, about a 15 minutes North of Hapuku Lodge. A stream leads inland from here and during a few months of the year, young seal pups enjoy freedom from the rest of the colony by making their way up the stream to a waterfall catchment pool. Here they dive and play about all within easy viewing distance of a well sign posted track for tourists and sightseers. I spent an hour or so here getting coverage of the pups frolicking about, as way to add a bit of variety to the final video and provide a close up view of one of Kaikoura cutest attractions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Upon arriving I was totally spoiled at the Lodge, Chris Sturgeon (General Manager), and his team were fantastic to deal with. Right from the get go my access to the Lodge and it's facilities was top notch, i was free to make my way around and get the footage i needed, setting up various cameras to timelapse the clouds passing over the lodge. My Treetop room was everything i had read about and more, peacefully settled a good five metres off the ground, i was perched right in the trees with a view looking straight into the Ranges to the North-West, and to the South my room overlooked a large olive grove. Although staying it such a glamorous room was a double edged sword; as while i had access to all the spoils of this luxury room, i spent minimal time there as i was either out lugging camera gear around the lodge, or up at silly hours of the morning catching the morning light. Speaking of which... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No time for sleep, the next morning i was up pre-6am to capture sunrise along the coast, just a 2 minute drive away.... or a 5 minute walk for those not traveling with a car load of camera gear. While the morning was overly cloudy, this actually worked to my favour as the clouds provided a nice sense of depth and the contrast of the deep blues of the early light and the sun rising created some very memorable shots to start my video with. For the rest of the day i moved around the lodge, aiming to get more shots of the bird life that nestle around the tree tops, and the deer that graze on the paddock in front of the lodge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That night i set up in the Kitchen, as Chef Fiona Read (also Chris's Partner) and her team put on a show creating a number of meals for the guests dining in the other room. Normally observing and filming such delicious looking meals would've been torture, but not to be forgotten, i was treated to a feast myself after we had finished. In fact, the whole time i was at the lodge i was always looked after with another meal right around the corner. Absolutely fantastic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On my final day Chris set up a helicopter flight with a local Heli company with the idea that i would be able to grab some aerial coverage of the region. An overhead shot of the Lodge was priority, but also some shots of the coast and towards the ranges would add another dimension of scope to final video. With the door taken off the side door of the chopper, i was able to position myself with the camera and choose some good lines for the chopper pilot to follow to get some good runs. After an hour long flight, i grabbed one or two quick final shots from around the Lodge, and it was time to say goodbye and return to Wellington. A great experience! and one i won't soon forget!</span></div>
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Luke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-49740183659431919892013-08-02T22:03:00.001+12:002013-08-02T22:03:09.776+12:00Wedding Videography<br />
Better late than never, here is a post on my first foray into Wedding Videography.<br />
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Last November i had the pleasure of filming my friends Calvin and Pam's Wedding and creating a short film/music video of their big day. While i have to admit i was apprehensive at first due to the sometimes overwhelming stress and pressure that would accompany filming such a big event in someones life, the day was actually thoroughly enjoyable and i couldn't be happier with the finished result. Any doubts that i may have held were put to rest early on in my discussions with the couple when i saw first hand the amount of preparation and hard work that they were putting into the day. With a Vintage Carnival based theme set amongst the beautiful grounds of Ohariu Valley Farm, the day was well placed to be a stunner.<br />
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I began the day at Pam's house where she and her Bridesmaids were having their makeup done. I darted around the house for thirty odd minutes grabbing quick shots of the proceedings. I knew early on from my discussions with Calvin and Pam wanted a handheld 'indie film making' type aesthetic to the film, this meant that i would shoot primarily handheld with a very shallow depth of field, often moving the camera/subject into focus instead of pulling focus.<br />
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Next it was off to Ohariu Farm where Calvin and the Groomsman were preparing in a cottage just across from the main farm stay. Here, i darted around again grabbing some quick shots of the boys whilst the were getting ready. At this time i also noticed that the clouds in the sky were quite dynamic and whipping by at quite a rate, so i grabbed a few quick shots there too. These proved useful for the final video in the opening scene.<br />
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Next up, the ceremony. Overlooking the whole of Ohariu Valley, the wedding ceremony was absolutely picturesque. As i knew that i was only making a 3-4 minute short film from the days footage i realised that i could move about to get coverage of the event without having to stay in one spot to capture a whole sequence for the sake of continuity. This allowed me to jump from one side of the party to the other to create the illusion of a multi camera shoot.<br />
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After the ceremony i tagged along with the Bridal Party and the Photographer to capture some cutaway footage as the group posed for various photos. My goal here was to give the Wedding Photographer their space whilst still getting a number of beauty shots of the couple in different settings. This mainly meant i was using longer lenses to shoot the couple from a distance. The end result was satisfying as i captured a solid number of great shot, most of which made the final cut. <br />
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Next it was the speeches and reception. From our discussions, the couple and i decided that we did not want to cut in speeches from the evening into the video but that i would still capture parts of them just in case something fit. In the end i used a few brief cutaway shot from the speeches but no actual dialogue was edited into the final video.<br />
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Lastly, after the speeches and dinner, the couple took their first dance and the party moved to the ballroom. A nice touch from Calvin and Pam was moving the party outside and introducing fireworks sparklers to all the guests to play with. This added another dynamic to the night and gave me a great opportunity to get some lovely night time shots with the couple. It provided a fantastic end to the night, and served beautifully as the final shot in the film.<br />
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So after a 12 hour shooting day, a few weeks of editing, and a solid colour grade the final video was ready to pass on to the happy couple, and thankfully they were absolutely thrilled with the final result. What began with a bit of apprehension on my part has no doubt become one of my more proud pieces of video work, a very nice surprise indeed :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two weeks ago, </span>i was sitting at home looking at a blank schedule for the next week or so on the work/project front.... spare time was aplenty! I had long wanted to undertake a road trip of the South Island, just loading up the car with camera gear and driving, town to town, and stopping whenever something caught my eye. As it was coming into Spring and the last big snow dump of the year having just occurred it seemed like it was now or never... (or maybe next year i guess). Regardless, eager to push myself, my skills, my gear, and my finances, i loaded the car with gear, clothes and snacks and jumped on the ferry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My main goal of the trip was to not only visit all the big scenic spots that the South Island is well renowned for but also to try go 'off the beaten track' a little bit as well and see what i could find. Another goal was movement, whilst i'm a big fan of tidy composition and static video shots, with this showreel i wanted to be a bit more proactive in finding movement in the objects and landscapes i filmed. If that was not possible, then i wanted to move the camera either via tilt or pan on the tripod, or using my Glidetrack Slider. I also found that when shooting at 200fps slow motion even the most shaky hands generates footage that is still very 'floating' like. So for a number of shots i was able to film moving subjects handheld yet still pull off a controlled type look which suited the piece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While i was mostly quite fortunate on the weather front i did often find myself dodging the storm fronts that were coming in, on one day this worked to my advantage however as i was able to race ahead of the front that was coming from the South and set up to film it approaching the Southern Alps which generated a very cool looking lenticular cloud at the center of the two opposing fronts. I set up the 5DmkII on a 20mm lens to get a wide shot timelapse of the sky and the fence and tree in the forground. I then set up my Sony FS700 on the long end of a 24-105mm lens to get a close up of the lenticular cloud doing it's thing. Shooting at 1fps (and speeding up x2 in post) i got a really great looking shot which intercut well with the wide shot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">timelapses of an approaching storm front over the alps.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A still from the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next, i found myself zipping through the Catlins on the South-Eastern Coast. While the weather was pretty shocking and had thwarted a lot of my attempts to get some 'beauty shots' of the region, i knew i wanted to visit Purakaunui Falls. I knew they would provide an epic looking shot, but I was also extra keen to check it out because with the large rainfalls that had just fallen over the region the waterfall would be absolutely raging, and it was. It was lightly raining when i arrived, so i chucked a plastic sheet over the camera, trekked down to the falls and clambered out onto some rocks off to the side and set up. I did a few tilts and static shots at 200fps (framing out the hippies who were meditating and juggling over to the right side), packed up and headed back to the car.</span><br />
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<br />Luke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-77188113148738471932012-08-19T21:03:00.001+12:002012-08-19T21:22:48.060+12:00The Sony FS700; a new era begins....<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">My new camera, the <b>Sony FS700</b>. But first let's take a journey</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">looking back at the previous cameras i've owned and shot on </span></i></div>
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University in the mid-2000's any project that i wanted to undertake
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The XM2 was the 'little brother' to the hugely popular Canon XL2. I was familiar with the XL2 as i used it throughout my Film degree at Vic </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and would later shoot my Honours degree short film <i>'Vanished'</i> on it.</span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The camera still shot to DV tapes but it did so using a (comparatively) larger quality sensor than simple 'Handycams'</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">while also recording a progressive image file and in a wide screen 'anamorphic' mode. This camera was another great tool to learn with and while it didn't shoot a huge amount of work with the camera, it had a second life....</span></div>
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Times were-a-changing, and the indie filmmakers search for the elusive 'Film like image' on a low budget led to the creation and adoption of the 35mm Film Adaptor. A device that basically took an image from a 35mm still camera lens, projected it onto a piece of ground glass, in which a video camera was then used top record that image. Voila! 35mm depth of field characteristics in a video camera. A hunt on TradeMe led me to a Letus 35mm adapter kit selling cheaply, i picked it up and gave my XM2 its second life.</div>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/47510597">'Threshold' - A Sony FS700 Short Film</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/lukefrater">Luke Frater</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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So when will the next camera come out and 'invalidate' this one? Hopefully not anytime in the next few years, i dont think my savings can take it! In the meantime, i'm just going to do my best by learning new skills, new techniques, creating interesting projects, having fun and somehow justifying my mad purchases haha :D<br />
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<br />Luke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-18872260442417951672011-08-30T19:59:00.003+12:002011-08-30T20:31:23.949+12:00Oh Stasis: the video.... finally!Nearly a year ago now i had the chance to work on a music video with a friend of mine, Horst Sarubin, the video was for Grayson Gilmour's song 'Oh Stasis'. Horst initiated the project as part of his Masters Degree in Film at Victoria University, and through his contacts in the film industry was able to assemble an impressively talented crew to work on the 'no-budget' project.
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<br />Here is my original blog post on the shoot: <a href="http://lukefrater.blogspot.com/2010/08/grayson-gilmour-video-shoot">http://lukefrater.blogspot.com/2010/08/grayson-gilmour-video-shoot</a>
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<br />...so, what was meant to be a few months of post production ballooned out to nearly a year, as various problems with the CGI effects, editing ..and a fire which decimated the miniatures studio in Kilbirnie (where we shot the video) all contributed to a long delay to the release of the final video.
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<br />Last week though, the final touches were put on it, it was colour graded, and the video was given a final release. It was great to see the video come together and see all of the different elements assembled at last. My role as Camera Operator meant that i was responsible for configuring our camera rigs, for shooting a lot of the live action pieces (with our actor Paul), and also photographing the star timelaspes that provide the background in a number of the city shots. It was a great deal of fun to work on and i'm very proud to be a small member of the team responsible for the final product
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<br />Enjoy.
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<br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27680153?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/27680153">Drowning Man</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4094301">Horst Sarubin</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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<br />thanks,
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<br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-78006747222071001252011-06-26T21:39:00.017+12:002011-06-27T15:08:26.319+12:00Showreel: 'At The End of it All'I currently find myself on a 3 week break from work, the majority of my time thus far has been spent (in no particular order) sleeping, watching movies, drinking in excess, socialising, and watching countless Louis Theroux documentaries on youtube. During this period though, i told myself that i would make use of such a rare amount of free time and finally work hard to go out and shoot and edit a proper showreel piece. Whilst i have done a number of smaller landscape type tests with both live video and timelapse work in the past, i wanted to create something that could stand alone by itself, and hopefully tell a story at the same time, or at the very least convey some connection of a theme or feeling. This was an idea that i knew would challenge me and i knew that going into this project with some set ideas for shots and style was key.<br /><br />This showreel idea also went with an ongoing dream/goal of mine which is to travel overseas at some point in the future and take my camera gear with me to some of the worlds most stunning locations, and film landscape pieces of them. Among some of the areas that i would love to travel to and film include the Salt Lakes in Utah, Monument Valley, USA, and the Canadian Rockies (among many, many others). So in essence, i decided a short road trip around the lower North Island of New Zealand would suit me well as a trial of sorts. A chance to travel and film whilst understanding the logistics of doing such a shoot. So at midday on Tuesday last week, i loaded up the station wagon, mattress in the back, camera gear in the front, snacks in the glove box, and hit the road. My first destination was that of Castlepoint on the lower east coast of the North Island.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8u39-0nDFIeAIKaHAFgEpUFFiiHwrHFXPU-WSG0wkugJpbGcICQTDV7ZDCdP7CjyNQfmXvAXd8mOFk_4XiKY4a3WnLSOjMWB8TkHf4p6gT2np4ZMJqNYxInZlOddFX_w22AZSxNpUBXa/s1600/cp1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8u39-0nDFIeAIKaHAFgEpUFFiiHwrHFXPU-WSG0wkugJpbGcICQTDV7ZDCdP7CjyNQfmXvAXd8mOFk_4XiKY4a3WnLSOjMWB8TkHf4p6gT2np4ZMJqNYxInZlOddFX_w22AZSxNpUBXa/s400/cp1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622475871128003938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Castlepoint.</span><br /><br />I had actually visited Castlepoint only a month or so earlier on a weekend getaway with a bunch of friends, and was immediately taken with the barren landscape and its 'otherworldy' feel. Huge waves pound the giant rock faces and eastern facing cliffs, which are exposed to all the elements of the South Pacific Ocean. While i did have my camera with me on the previous trip i had only taken a handful of photos, and carrying an additional 20kgs of camera gear to do a really solid shoot wasn't too appealing given the social nature of the situation. I knew i had to return at some point, and soon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0C8znm1ccIbx2koKNgikRmDtBilPeCC425dpa3anl4hlUjx0e_HCEsXNPnHCEx9JQoyV7Me0KciUzykB9u9gahP2fNnBDW7GEIEIZ8NVI1BBT3Xw4hAojsQhhkznVibwoa3AgfIppm9k9/s1600/cp2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0C8znm1ccIbx2koKNgikRmDtBilPeCC425dpa3anl4hlUjx0e_HCEsXNPnHCEx9JQoyV7Me0KciUzykB9u9gahP2fNnBDW7GEIEIZ8NVI1BBT3Xw4hAojsQhhkznVibwoa3AgfIppm9k9/s400/cp2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622475886096702434" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Facing the South Pacific (on my previous trip with friends)</span><br /><br />I arrived at Castlepoint at 2pm, after a two and a half hour drive. The weather was well and truly overcast, but thankfully there was little to no wind. With a location such as Castlepoint being so exposed to the sea, any offshore winds caused chaos, and lugging camera gear up the cliffs and filming precariously over ledges would've been a tricky... if not suicidal venture. So with only a light breeze, i loaded up a camera bag with my Canon 7D, a bunch of lenses, a small tripod, and a camera silder dolly i had managed to borrow for the shoot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTa1Sdfcuvzn9Itk7qEZMJfxeXu-nEzTRVKLjbBx5DmUCz31P5g0ZDqxuZpZD-JJqAv20UAy9s6xtLm_fPLMATKLpXUPMEXY1MdgKWjJyXV3i5qyk8gUVpaAViMPe7zIEu0hISZh7b94y/s1600/Photoax1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTa1Sdfcuvzn9Itk7qEZMJfxeXu-nEzTRVKLjbBx5DmUCz31P5g0ZDqxuZpZD-JJqAv20UAy9s6xtLm_fPLMATKLpXUPMEXY1MdgKWjJyXV3i5qyk8gUVpaAViMPe7zIEu0hISZh7b94y/s400/Photoax1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622486781666905506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Canon 5D mkII, with a Zacuto HDMI EVF, on the Cinevate Camera Slider</span><br /><br />For the next 3 hours before sunset i worked my way around the cliffs gathering various shots where i could. The camera slider (basically a small dolly on tracks) was invaluable during this time, and i manged to get some great dolly moves with it which came in very handy during the edit. They really add another level of production values to the film, maybe because i always associate dolly moves on films with bigger crews, but this slider works great on one man shoots.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkgSlbK2KuWEr06DdkfvF4_GF-_1EOzdgu2TBrYakQVqq8eLvOvSQeDW-Ph23Oz3R1dUwRRM3r3FtLb3As0HXFhtBMahGAKZmPh2jY0_w-nW58Jpof8CyRw2ToDuWbKz04xBaVc54rNyV/s1600/showreel2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkgSlbK2KuWEr06DdkfvF4_GF-_1EOzdgu2TBrYakQVqq8eLvOvSQeDW-Ph23Oz3R1dUwRRM3r3FtLb3As0HXFhtBMahGAKZmPh2jY0_w-nW58Jpof8CyRw2ToDuWbKz04xBaVc54rNyV/s400/showreel2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622463307784951346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just as the sun was setting i set up a timelapse of the clouds rolling by over the lighthouse on the top of the cliff, right up until it was dark.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicG55Y658dgBTrgZoYMIZToMPfc0bn5n7oVphkBXNFvYkyPiuEQLyac_meADEszjXSioXnmJz3JOZdwpsHK7ierrImxT0u9HIHXjD_pKmJyleUJbP1peUARBaVhR4kIUesQSEWU-uJuO0f/s1600/sr3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicG55Y658dgBTrgZoYMIZToMPfc0bn5n7oVphkBXNFvYkyPiuEQLyac_meADEszjXSioXnmJz3JOZdwpsHK7ierrImxT0u9HIHXjD_pKmJyleUJbP1peUARBaVhR4kIUesQSEWU-uJuO0f/s400/sr3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622702501032782098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Timelapsing on the beach</span><br /><br />As night fell i was disappointed to see that the night sky was still completely clouded over. As it is so far away from the lights of the city, Castlepoint has the most amazing night sky i have ever seen, the number of stars visible to the naked eye is at least 2-4 times more than what you would normally see. But with it being completely clouded over, i had nothing. So with little to film in the dark (even with trying a low light photography timelapse) i drove up the coast a bit and pulled the car over to the side of the road to set up for the night. Bored, I went to bed in the back of the car at the alarmingly early time of 7:30pm. After an uncomfortable 3 hours worth of sleep i awoke at 10:30pm to find that the cloud cover had almost completely cleared. Disorientated and half asleep i clambered out of the car and set up the camera to do some timelapses of the night sky. The sky out there really is remarkable, even the timelapses that i did capture (and found their way into my video) don't quite do it justice. Perhaps one indicator of how clearly you can see the night sky was that while i was awake till about 1am, i witnessed three separate shooting stars in my brief time looking upwards. Very cool. Three hours of timelapsing, and two glasses of Scotch later i hit bed for the night.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5Gdw88bF_8SLRWOymBNc43IObnZasme9N7rh_9MRkJPo-VP4z6vvrch4knSzQaY_BLl14-N84ZzPiiB1Ph_rPoi8OiOUgvYxpDNY9qNPYhv-fvCoV6UE0WL5PyZ9Dwtmwq1HPLdXpbaj/s1600/sr2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5Gdw88bF_8SLRWOymBNc43IObnZasme9N7rh_9MRkJPo-VP4z6vvrch4knSzQaY_BLl14-N84ZzPiiB1Ph_rPoi8OiOUgvYxpDNY9qNPYhv-fvCoV6UE0WL5PyZ9Dwtmwq1HPLdXpbaj/s400/sr2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622702494263331458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Night sky over Castlepoint</span><br /><br />After six hours of broken sleep, i awoke at 7am to capture some quick shots of the sunrise on the horizon, i then ventured back to the lighthouse at Castlepoint to do some pickup shots of a few things i had wanted to get on the previous day. The most important being a steadycam shot running low over the ground towards the shoreline, this being an idea of mine to quickly intercut this shot with other steadycam shots running low over other landscapes. To ultimately achieve this shot and get the camera as low to the ground as i wanted, i had to fly my Glidecam 2000 steadycam (and the camera) upside down, this wasn't ideal (for reviewing footage or filming), and it was an absolute nightmare to stabilise, but it gave me the smoothest shot i could get under the circumstances.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNHOkc21jhzW7W22qF_eLHcjDTKv8smUZ4FG-U6TFsMLjd5iJBGMceDPwlaIygpNkW4DlxXnGSCYBOGJ61fJPn6MV8jk8_qnomQmoa8HrjMwjSEDJLxTegpCCmyjkfTrxsVfCzkzxKjPh/s1600/showreel5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNHOkc21jhzW7W22qF_eLHcjDTKv8smUZ4FG-U6TFsMLjd5iJBGMceDPwlaIygpNkW4DlxXnGSCYBOGJ61fJPn6MV8jk8_qnomQmoa8HrjMwjSEDJLxTegpCCmyjkfTrxsVfCzkzxKjPh/s400/showreel5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622462654815810898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Flying the Glidecam upside down (image flipped in post)</span><br /><br />With my filming complete at Castlepoint i hit the road again. I had originally intended to travel North from here to the Manawatu and film there, starting at the giant windfarm there. But somewhere between my less than comfortable sleep in the back of the Corolla and my delight at the amount of footage i had already captured, i decided instead to travel back South to Martinborough and then head home that evening. So as i wound my way through the back roads of the region, on a side mission to find Stonehenge Aotearoa (to see if it was as tacky as it sounded), i stopped at a number of sights grabbing quick shots, anything that i thought might cut well with the footage i had already. It was at the point when i arrived at Stonehenge only to find it closed (oh... such a shame haha) that i turned around to see a picturesque field with a worn down and abandoned farm house at the the top of the hill. The sight just screamed cinematic gold to me. I had found the second loctation (and second half) of my video.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhW4F8b3Uii-4WYgQP1OchAzYnxZ807pr88qZ86pb_RQDYrEuJX1sDZ5QphksK6En79hLfzVSwh_0bUTr5T1hT4NaU-GhJVhg1BFxDV0EbGIJGl3AJrGR83JeU6eYQ8UlsrJuLKnOxqFqI/s1600/showreel9.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhW4F8b3Uii-4WYgQP1OchAzYnxZ807pr88qZ86pb_RQDYrEuJX1sDZ5QphksK6En79hLfzVSwh_0bUTr5T1hT4NaU-GhJVhg1BFxDV0EbGIJGl3AJrGR83JeU6eYQ8UlsrJuLKnOxqFqI/s400/showreel9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622462638046468242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The field.</span></span><br /><br />I immediately parked the car and set off towards the house. Moderately concerned about trespassing, i made my way up the hill in a stealthy fashion... well, about as stealthy as you can be whilst carrying three giant camera bags and slowly negotiating a minefield of cow patties on the way. Upon entering the house, i found it to be a deathly quiet mess, sections of the walls were missing everywhere, mud was traipsed all through the floors, no one had lived here for a long time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLLPfjgpbtZtrpnIL4N6nD-Mikn8AjCzxycqpZLdQxhRYWQ9WyDCdqG1bIL67KOTtLsZ6jg1BD0ucWe02HZ8A0d70hTVolrjH0ZNZbGcZ8afkLGqaK5G5NdV9EPer7R1x3L9Q9hPLyJaw/s1600/sr6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLLPfjgpbtZtrpnIL4N6nD-Mikn8AjCzxycqpZLdQxhRYWQ9WyDCdqG1bIL67KOTtLsZ6jg1BD0ucWe02HZ8A0d70hTVolrjH0ZNZbGcZ8afkLGqaK5G5NdV9EPer7R1x3L9Q9hPLyJaw/s400/sr6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622710085981725138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Abandoned farmhouse<br /><br /></span>The unsettling peace of the house was disturbed as soon as i took my first step into the main room though as i had the living daylights scared out of me by about 15 pigeons that all awoke at once to fly out of the rafters making a horrendous noise. Relieved that my underwear did not need changing, my only regret was that i hadn't set the camera up outside to film the moment haha.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44iYuA8-TvCq4HoUJNGj_vg889Oa6OoKULgAz5foD0NXJJ7IRWK0gw6-N38hhrJb47lqwSx6wdKn56jCOV1KojeqQ52vCt-SzUnGp41mAKovqT0sPGD6g5SbUdVtzQjkoE15DYoDHguSL/s1600/sr4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44iYuA8-TvCq4HoUJNGj_vg889Oa6OoKULgAz5foD0NXJJ7IRWK0gw6-N38hhrJb47lqwSx6wdKn56jCOV1KojeqQ52vCt-SzUnGp41mAKovqT0sPGD6g5SbUdVtzQjkoE15DYoDHguSL/s400/sr4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622702504034077314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From here i spent the next hour filming various shots throughout the house, i really wanted to play with the idea of silhouettes which was very easy considering the high contrast between the light outside and inside of the house. Not wanting to overuse the camera slider in my film i decided to leave that in car, my shots here would instead be either tripod still shots.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9q6a7aLY9Ma0z9nTVNq9dbzFPuD040BD2qaRrm1qSNwdoHjagB_yrSdQOJhRQeDSXysFN6J1HNv9kDlyBXDljl7OaqjIa2xwnifvGC48DmKVuR4uolZ6o2Bk2gKd7xJd5DDctsfS14i1/s1600/showreel7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9q6a7aLY9Ma0z9nTVNq9dbzFPuD040BD2qaRrm1qSNwdoHjagB_yrSdQOJhRQeDSXysFN6J1HNv9kDlyBXDljl7OaqjIa2xwnifvGC48DmKVuR4uolZ6o2Bk2gKd7xJd5DDctsfS14i1/s400/showreel7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622462646819126786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As the afternoon wore on, i was happy with the footage i had collected and i loaded up the car and worked my way home to Wellington, stopping numerous times along the way to collect more of my Steadycam shots for the edit and other complimentary shots too. Exhausted, i reached home in the early evening and hit bed, before starting the daunting task of collating footage, transcoding and editing it.<br /><br />For the longest time i have had the song <span style="font-style: italic;">'Intro' </span>by<span style="font-style: italic;"> The XX</span> stuck in my head, the pacing and the beat of it really appeals to my style of shooting and editing and i have always wanted to use it in one of my videos. So going into this project i had a good idea that i might use it and had planned a few shots accordingly (the quick intercutting of the Steadycam shots being one of them). While i had collected a lot of footage from other areas apart from Castlepoint and the Farm House, it was obvious to me that these would provide the focus for my video. It was clear that isolation and rawness would be the key themes of my video, it was also quite fitting as my experience on the road, out and about shooting by myself, was also one of isolation and maybe that comes across in the images too. So, after a good 3 days of editing and colour grading i finally rendered it out last night, and i couldn't be happier with the finished video. I feel that while i only really utilised the two locations for it, it still conveys the the isolation and beauty of these two areas, and that my transition between the two locations (via the Steadycam shots) also worked well. So with my road trip and subsequent showreel a success, my time off from work feels a little more complete.<br /><br />With that, i present "At the End of it All", thanks for reading.<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25616902?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/25616902">At the End of it All</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1226707">Luke Frater</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><br /><br />Now, back to Drinking and watching movies.....<br /><br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-91046997186962532732011-06-06T22:42:00.006+12:002011-06-06T23:11:35.689+12:0048 Hour FilmmakingAs i mentioned in my previous post, i recently spent a weekend working with a bunch of friends on a 48 Hour Film, as Part of the 2011 V 48 Hours competition. It was a hectic weekend of little sleep and frantic writing, shooting, and editing. In the end though it was a great deal of fun and i thoroughly enjoyed working solely as Director of Cinematography on the team and being able to focus on just the lighting and camera decisions.<br /><br />The genre that our team was given was "Body Switch". While this genre would normally lend itself very well to a comedy or perhaps a thriller/action movie, our writing team instead took it in a different direction, writing a small drama about the events of one day in the life of one young man who relives it through the eyes of four of his friends. In the end i think it was a brave decision by the writing team to write a drama in a genre that was dominated by comedies. But i feel that while the film maybe didn't quite capture the tone or idea we were going for, that it was none-the-less a pretty impressive effort, the Director (Ollie) did a brilliant job in tying it all together in the edit suite in less than 4 hours. The score by Samora O'Neill is also a very strong part of the film, tying together the narrative superbly, and the cast were brilliant keeping the dialogue natural and fun.<br /><br />So with our film in with 10 mins to spare on the sunday night, we all felt pretty stoked, it was a pretty massive achievement through one weekend. While it didn't get any further in the competition than the initial heats, i'm still really happy with how it came together and how relaxed the shooting environment was, i hope to work on another project with this bunch very soon.<br /><br />Below are a few of my favourite shots from the film:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0b2qlSnfF0EsSw6TN0CRXYPX31Ew4CxuwBVdMYUh1YR5azlWXuks4VO9lcNVRSmNGFweyrceXWOqRXkTwhr0QLexTXMmekvxmTjfrJzQD6_iCklnhc-649aceYxgXhmkZBHewN88k8DTZ/s1600/bc6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0b2qlSnfF0EsSw6TN0CRXYPX31Ew4CxuwBVdMYUh1YR5azlWXuks4VO9lcNVRSmNGFweyrceXWOqRXkTwhr0QLexTXMmekvxmTjfrJzQD6_iCklnhc-649aceYxgXhmkZBHewN88k8DTZ/s400/bc6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055974078062418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVsgJhHU4V7X495dchibkfASN9Ltq7obA9slpGu-ZjI-XX78tb1b9nbNB1XhMSxpzFBYOn5BS11pqpCvY1MwXgEwrL4MmFZdFkzq5c0-KX0jfa14jUwr15-O-qk7D_ymlREyWPx0q31Us/s1600/bc5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVsgJhHU4V7X495dchibkfASN9Ltq7obA9slpGu-ZjI-XX78tb1b9nbNB1XhMSxpzFBYOn5BS11pqpCvY1MwXgEwrL4MmFZdFkzq5c0-KX0jfa14jUwr15-O-qk7D_ymlREyWPx0q31Us/s400/bc5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055599814353394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqk9LlKTRIohngT6xEanhRitxv3PsGKBVvn3f0qqOWCjMH9nrvE6eiw0wo1XKIqaZbXVtRYUZf1D4mC9lSoiMd9Ud6OvnQtDt6cE_S9OL538cnUFgZjIpCU-4yxra_YUVgwLCE_c0YKPi/s1600/bc1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqk9LlKTRIohngT6xEanhRitxv3PsGKBVvn3f0qqOWCjMH9nrvE6eiw0wo1XKIqaZbXVtRYUZf1D4mC9lSoiMd9Ud6OvnQtDt6cE_S9OL538cnUFgZjIpCU-4yxra_YUVgwLCE_c0YKPi/s400/bc1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055579108161330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqmqhCKe_HW5THtG6qhYsx00OC9ljZlqTtB4eP4Q-h07Q1qlU4m_M8yj6RNIBQyCGGq18NdB8-xDWnN5Ro3ETQm8CFOL5wZSc6IOsgYunZ0urdSuPXWlMVVCIBaSjRvbJVbNEmQIUYvxb/s1600/bc3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqmqhCKe_HW5THtG6qhYsx00OC9ljZlqTtB4eP4Q-h07Q1qlU4m_M8yj6RNIBQyCGGq18NdB8-xDWnN5Ro3ETQm8CFOL5wZSc6IOsgYunZ0urdSuPXWlMVVCIBaSjRvbJVbNEmQIUYvxb/s400/bc3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055593058798082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-YDjHwgK8kwNm3nGobmYJ7w2JNhNNg1rncXEIR-i0SPDzZB90IsyKlsnQlXseosOcugcEsxZ5Uqu-EVgV_cZ7CHKL7uk9qk2Uds4O6BqDNEZ4I_pks1HG_go7eA-te7s8CVY2JFojZuO/s1600/bc7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-YDjHwgK8kwNm3nGobmYJ7w2JNhNNg1rncXEIR-i0SPDzZB90IsyKlsnQlXseosOcugcEsxZ5Uqu-EVgV_cZ7CHKL7uk9qk2Uds4O6BqDNEZ4I_pks1HG_go7eA-te7s8CVY2JFojZuO/s400/bc7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055981257938322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7UJKOYMmoUKDhwxl9igIhd7hrWFL82uMJODPcZotsIqikh5piwPhaEVE7F7ocM_1nuS3dY4YpQiQp4broD5VlzIapt6837LhbIUxeOl8kA4rKT2lXw6oKBmVIy8Pc7GRJrsM43O_Wd5Z/s1600/bc2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7UJKOYMmoUKDhwxl9igIhd7hrWFL82uMJODPcZotsIqikh5piwPhaEVE7F7ocM_1nuS3dY4YpQiQp4broD5VlzIapt6837LhbIUxeOl8kA4rKT2lXw6oKBmVIy8Pc7GRJrsM43O_Wd5Z/s400/bc2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055587107120946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSpTq7vbQuKlVyV6AKMZXBgVCPOKW3MfjdbWwaWqT22GU1vOUmWi2pGDNEnT4L7UfoPECBQR0Zl5GoKTcx8ShqDp6SSaDnn66-tKt9h_f5iMu6Ml7k2rXMPo2CT2bnYJwlIFxKWmF1-Nj/s1600/bc4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSpTq7vbQuKlVyV6AKMZXBgVCPOKW3MfjdbWwaWqT22GU1vOUmWi2pGDNEnT4L7UfoPECBQR0Zl5GoKTcx8ShqDp6SSaDnn66-tKt9h_f5iMu6Ml7k2rXMPo2CT2bnYJwlIFxKWmF1-Nj/s400/bc4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055594286982642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and here is the final film: "Breadcrumbs"<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24708149?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/24708149"></a>.</p><br /><br />thanks,<br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-60193882485938645312011-05-29T21:23:00.008+12:002011-05-29T22:52:49.805+12:00The anatomy of the '47A Productions' LogoAbout five years ago when i first started getting into Directing and Producing my own videos, i got to a point where i decided that i needed to create a Production Company name, if not because it gave my end product a little bit more legitimacy, then certainly because it just seemed cooler. So me and my two best mates, Derek and Adam, put our heads together to think of a name that (a.) had some personal significance to all of us, and (b.) wasn't already in use somewhere else in the world (that we knew of). For the longest time we were fixated on 'Aurora Productions', Aurora Terrace being the street where our flat was and being an infamous one at that with its steep incline, one of the steepest in wellington and a constant barrier on any walks home from town. After discovering that a Production Company with that name already existed, we went with 47A Productions instead (our flat being number 47A on Aurora Tce).<br /><br />Our first use of '47A PRODUCTIONS' came with our 2007 short film 'Scarfology' a mockumentary on the danger of Scarves in modern society. We entered it in the Vic Uni short film awards that year, winning Best Comedy, Best Doco/Mockumentary and Best Action. Since then, 47A PRODUCTIONS was used on any film project Me, Derek and Adam made together, while also being adopted by myself for my own personal and paid work projects/jobs.<br /><br />So with a name sorted, we just needed a logo, something cool looking to adorn the beginning of all our videos. My initial efforts at designing a logo had the right feel, but it was rather lacking:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28CRc98OUdAyZfS6gBH1fXfPaYmT68UcZa7KPaAKe3mf6f4HynoIMGgYmkRUPTR3f6c-ZvBm8kzSWWIV6-Ob8uz7D3XNao_c8CLneo6LkAFEv63413gIK6VWdi9wN31anrd3nlb-9_EhR/s1600/47A.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28CRc98OUdAyZfS6gBH1fXfPaYmT68UcZa7KPaAKe3mf6f4HynoIMGgYmkRUPTR3f6c-ZvBm8kzSWWIV6-Ob8uz7D3XNao_c8CLneo6LkAFEv63413gIK6VWdi9wN31anrd3nlb-9_EhR/s400/47A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612067818647793826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />In 2008, i was in the midst of my post grad year of Film at Vic, and with the release of my short film 'Vanished' fast approaching, i knew i needed a stylish and more professional looking logo. Luckily, i was fortunate enough to be flatting with a Design student at the time, and Alex (bless her) graciously offered to design me a Production logo for the company. After a few concept stages, i really took a liking to her integration of a house into the 'A' as a starting point, and after some further tweaking and adjustments to the font the final logo was settled upon:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlABQnmiEBtjH7plM4km1DMV-9owJYsoEHInOhZlKd_oAMTKkSZUgecgw2nfy8iTG_05emqgak5vZNc2cilEk2jAogAhvAMkcXyM7ZW6tOMSLhPpaAekbT5r-kawPp2-WxdnZfT3NRP-B/s1600/47Aproductionssmall.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlABQnmiEBtjH7plM4km1DMV-9owJYsoEHInOhZlKd_oAMTKkSZUgecgw2nfy8iTG_05emqgak5vZNc2cilEk2jAogAhvAMkcXyM7ZW6tOMSLhPpaAekbT5r-kawPp2-WxdnZfT3NRP-B/s400/47Aproductionssmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612067822581823442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was bold and simple, the white on black really stood out. I was stoked with it. As for presenting it before the film in the credits, I had remembered seeing The Assassination of Jesse James that year and really liking the logo for Brad Pitt's Production Company 'PLAN B', it was a plain black bold text in a white rectangle box. again, bold and simple.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5uz9sjFHyqGxI2_6gJpbDJvIDM5lsHSqSkGjXN5hM01wIrXNgDmPMUDrraHCuvJLvqrPdHjJgOov_kBvZ-yTVYzbBiH6SbeDx37n-uZkN82p8d6hRT6ERZ0JdG-KOCFn2EftFY8Axsds/s1600/planb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5uz9sjFHyqGxI2_6gJpbDJvIDM5lsHSqSkGjXN5hM01wIrXNgDmPMUDrraHCuvJLvqrPdHjJgOov_kBvZ-yTVYzbBiH6SbeDx37n-uZkN82p8d6hRT6ERZ0JdG-KOCFn2EftFY8Axsds/s400/planb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612071328652197586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />With that in mind, i cropped our logo the same way, to give it a nice clean look:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXHikwwdMpqQv890J8EDyV5Qy-WH1whlbwgUbxzTVOZYUZhyFESdUjpt968nCAjzTlw-MzMNECaVQcE2JziaQW1BxiKFUoMH9LlQaCKcoMqAGyIEsPcJS4bvVKgxxtTcF8bXwqREelnhb/s1600/47Aproductionssmallscreen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXHikwwdMpqQv890J8EDyV5Qy-WH1whlbwgUbxzTVOZYUZhyFESdUjpt968nCAjzTlw-MzMNECaVQcE2JziaQW1BxiKFUoMH9LlQaCKcoMqAGyIEsPcJS4bvVKgxxtTcF8bXwqREelnhb/s400/47Aproductionssmallscreen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612072706430841186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />From there, i also toyed with the idea of getting some t-shirts made just for fun. I still want to do these someday! haha....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIKl027k4riMKIkcHXG2Dfp1ygKNoSoXth9k8PaH_sVVd5wjrnIGDeseQXBtqoRBZ9I6kgCVjx02yCyAh8MAxUZOKw_fuwqAn_Sgk314En0sNVhTr2pv1wMABAPWfpqS4Okn9daTOdhcD/s1600/47Atshirt.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIKl027k4riMKIkcHXG2Dfp1ygKNoSoXth9k8PaH_sVVd5wjrnIGDeseQXBtqoRBZ9I6kgCVjx02yCyAh8MAxUZOKw_fuwqAn_Sgk314En0sNVhTr2pv1wMABAPWfpqS4Okn9daTOdhcD/s400/47Atshirt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612067816560204802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So to bring this story full circle, today i was thinking about how nice it would be to have an animated '47A Productions' logo at the start of my films. This was another idea that Derek, Adam and I had always thought about, but we didn't quite have the skill or animation software to pull it off. Our original idea was to have a cartoon car struggling to make its was up our steep street, eventually passing a small house at the top and then have that morph into our logo. While i'm still fond of that idea, i'm still not quite at a stage where i feel like learning the animation software to do it well enough, or paying someone to create it for me.<br /><br />So today i set about making a simple animation video for the logo just to freshen it up a bit, while nothing too fancy, it's amazing what you can do by editing photos for a stop motion effect and adding some sound effects. So with that said, here is the 47A PRODUCTIONS animated logo that will precede all of my video work from this point on:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24375430?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/24375430"></a>.</p><br /><br /><br />As i said, nothing too fancy but i think it's rather effective and looks like it has some solid production values to it. It will at the very least work well as a place holder while i think of some other ideas. <br /><br />On a side note, I spent last weekend working on a 48 Hour Film with some friends, it was a brutal weekend of very little sleep, lots of junk food and some stressful moments leading up to the hand-in deadline. We got it in with 10mins to spare, and it was a great cast and crew to work with, lots of fun and a great environment to throw ideas around in. In the end i think we made a solid little film too. It was exciting to work on it solely as the Director of Photography too and only have to think about shot selection and lighting etc, whereas in the past i have been involved in Directing and Producing too and that can really wear you down both creatively and physically. I hope to be able to post the film here and write about it as soon as it is finished in the competition (possibly in the next week).<br /><br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-55515712902851299392011-04-02T21:20:00.009+13:002011-04-02T22:24:37.448+13:00...and now for something a little different.Recently i was asked by some friends if i could make a video invitation for their engagement party. The video would be shot using miniature figurines and a cardboard set, it would tell the story of my friend Calvin's proposal to his fiance Pam. At first i'll admit i was a bit reluctant, mainly because my current job has me working long hours leaving me little free time in the evenings, and come the weekend i'm generally pretty exhausted and enjoy just lounging about the house and taking it easy.<br /><br />However, Pam and Calvin's enthusiasm for the project and the length they went to in creating the very cool sets and figurines totally won me over, and i really got into a creative frame of mind with the project. While also embracing it as something new and challenging, as i my background is mainly in shooting live action video and landscape photography/video. This project presented a new set of problems and issues which i hadn't come across in my previous film experience and they were fun and challenging to work through.... but also frustrating at times haha.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuot19hCa4FR9vD51S638qiGaWvWfG0vjTJUOVqt7NY0LgEGvKKk8ifqYLWMx_b0uvru0t2KYLaPJHPQHkewtACriHXXinD3gUkdRdFMBP0d5QBPDny_1EDK9Hw6f2K24EaYl88sOBOeS/s1600/photo2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuot19hCa4FR9vD51S638qiGaWvWfG0vjTJUOVqt7NY0LgEGvKKk8ifqYLWMx_b0uvru0t2KYLaPJHPQHkewtACriHXXinD3gUkdRdFMBP0d5QBPDny_1EDK9Hw6f2K24EaYl88sOBOeS/s400/photo2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590899046822081682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The shooting stage is set (Canon 7D, and 70-200 2.8 L IS)</span><br /><br /><br />Upon taking delivery of the sets and figurines, i went about clearing out the garage to create a studio space for the shoot. Due to the nature of the setup, i had initially thought about shooting the piece as a live action video which would be simple to shoot and edit. I had immediately ruled out stop motion video as i knew i did not have the time, experience, patience, or precision needed to do it successfully. I then had the idea to find a nice middle ground between the two methods; i would have the action play out like a live action video (albeit a little slower) but shoot it using the high speed burst photo mode on my Canon 7D. I shot the action at 7fps, which meant that roughly 3 1/2 seconds of shooting would equal 1 second of video, so as long as the action was paced slowly enough it meant that the video would have a stop motion feel and i would be able to shoot it in a fraction of the time.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybB1fEBABp6ZHRKAG6CEF538NBJk7FEvCAyQIrjKsCINaqbSb0Ncct9H_DhSoQtDw4Jd1fXpGVxBAVxIFUCxxdJwu41t2xEJi3YZpi-ZxrHh853eWD0HCVrh3F_hY_tvqx2A2Fidlyuu2/s1600/photo1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybB1fEBABp6ZHRKAG6CEF538NBJk7FEvCAyQIrjKsCINaqbSb0Ncct9H_DhSoQtDw4Jd1fXpGVxBAVxIFUCxxdJwu41t2xEJi3YZpi-ZxrHh853eWD0HCVrh3F_hY_tvqx2A2Fidlyuu2/s400/photo1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590899056301931154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The makeshift stage, built from pieces of a slat bed.</span><br /><br />In order to create a stage where Pam and Calvin could manipulate the characters, clouds, and waves of the set, i found some pieces of an unused slat bed in the garage and i knocked up a makeshift table. This worked perfectly as it allowed me to tape down the set pieces and stagger them to create some depth to the image, while also meaning the puppeteers could move the waves and figurines from below the stage.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssWmT0MCMhdRka5ZGh3l4_PLDkegSZgovTmqr-EY1RDx2xqbiLbaR6BVsFeoHBuWy57Xq3RrlEySLoeTMkpA7V1thd9q-L_iNOqh8i8zkVlsQwQYlViCiQpEBGEi-hpkGxLzNy6wu8caY/s1600/IMG_9541.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssWmT0MCMhdRka5ZGh3l4_PLDkegSZgovTmqr-EY1RDx2xqbiLbaR6BVsFeoHBuWy57Xq3RrlEySLoeTMkpA7V1thd9q-L_iNOqh8i8zkVlsQwQYlViCiQpEBGEi-hpkGxLzNy6wu8caY/s400/IMG_9541.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590900214329162178" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Calvin manipulates the clouds for the opening shot.</span><br /><br />So, last sunday whilst we were all moderately hungover, Pam and Calvin came over and we spent a good 3 hours filming all the different actions and shots. As i mentioned earlier, the story is based upon Calvin's proposal to Pam which took place at sunset on the beach. The directions given to me by Calvin was to make the video about 45 seconds long and to set it to the song 'Love Love Love' by Avalanche City. so my basic idea was to have enough coverage shots of the set, the waves, the clouds and the characters arriving at the beach, and then have the clouds reveal a wedding ring i the sky, followed by a few close up shots and some subtle changes to the faces of the characters. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkfqohQcooqFHoo_5B2zuclb-KYVJk3MxWs4Yzj7eVWN1CryZBoAVdxO2uRd2J3LdA9gokfmPJ43Z7xbC7cv7_s8iOsOZPI-lYgB7RrvFQgR_ePlRjq6a1GF-xuAnt90bSU7cNxFysUlv/s1600/IMG_2089.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkfqohQcooqFHoo_5B2zuclb-KYVJk3MxWs4Yzj7eVWN1CryZBoAVdxO2uRd2J3LdA9gokfmPJ43Z7xbC7cv7_s8iOsOZPI-lYgB7RrvFQgR_ePlRjq6a1GF-xuAnt90bSU7cNxFysUlv/s400/IMG_2089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590899063313251650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Final shot, daytime.</span><br /><br />The final shot of the video is a wide shot of the couple holding hands which slowly pulls out (via a digital zoom done in post) and it fades into a night time shot of the same scene. This was done by carefully shooting the two shots right after each other and replacing the background for a night time scene, and colour balancing the night time scene for a blue moon-like-hue. I then did a digital dissolve between the two shots in post.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-FAINylFb1i5moLxh_7XZApD1S9Xni970brEo-SBdOsR6CTbaQEoODAS-5BguQkuKymK7bK4kORjoWaRFidx4m0RgfrpCJuo4otJTDBjea4bSzSRz2g6_6ysd9wR3VQ0S3Gwx7Pxln7L/s1600/IMG_2179.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-FAINylFb1i5moLxh_7XZApD1S9Xni970brEo-SBdOsR6CTbaQEoODAS-5BguQkuKymK7bK4kORjoWaRFidx4m0RgfrpCJuo4otJTDBjea4bSzSRz2g6_6ysd9wR3VQ0S3Gwx7Pxln7L/s400/IMG_2179.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590908813800948754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Final shot, night time.</span><br /><br /><br />Over about 3 or 4 nights i rendered all of the photos into their finished 10-20 second videos, and set about editing the video together. Whilst at first i found the idea of telling a story using just cardboard figures quite difficult, using a song and thinking of the piece as more like a music video/story really helped and i think i was able to create a simple and effective retelling of Calvin's story which also captures a fun and creative type feel, which also i think symbolizes their relationship. Overall i'm very happy with how the finished project turned out, and Pam and Calvin were thrilled with the video too. congrats again to the happy couple!<br /><br /><br />Finished video below:<br /><br /><br />Thanks, Luke.<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21834799" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/21834799"></a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1226707"></a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Luke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-81454562025287883302011-04-02T20:36:00.002+13:002011-04-02T21:19:40.096+13:00...more timelapses! of course.An ongoing fascination (maybe to the point of obsession) of mine is filming timelapses of the sky. When the compositions work it is a incredibly rewarding experience and it really justifies the good 1-2 hours that you can spend sitting by the camera while it takes a photo every 10 seconds. On the otherhand, for every timelapse that is stunning to look at there are usually two other ones that were awful or just didnt quite work and you can end up kicking yourself for exposing it incorrectly and for wasting so much time while you were freezing your butt off as the camera just ticked away taking photos for final 10 second timelapse video that you wont even use! it is definitely a love hate relationship haha.<br /><br />In saying that though, i do really enjoy the results, and while i still haven't quite worked out a finished project for all my timelapses i still see the value in them. In the meantime, here is my latest batch of timelapses (with a few older ones in there too).<br /><br />Luke<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20462188" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/20462188"></p></a>Luke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-4396929616081618452010-08-13T14:59:00.005+12:002010-08-13T16:22:02.856+12:00Once Upon a Time in the Gym.Inspired by a number of Western themed viewings in the past month (namely Once Upon a Time in the West, and David Fincher's awesome Nike commercial "Fate"), i set the other week to shoot a short film/promo at The Powerhouse Gym and to give it a Western type feel. I started out with vague idea to shoot the gym as an expansive and desolate space with a sole figure working out, and to then have it evolve into an up tempo workout piece. While this idea remains at the core of the video, i found it hard to get wide enough lenses to create the expansive type feel i wanted. So instead the video is more about mid shots and close ups, this in retrospect probably helps more in conveying the uptempo and intensity of the workout.<br /><br />Once again, my friend Adam Anderson was kind enough to volunteer himself and let me film his workouts at The Powerhouse, it was shot over two evenings after hours when the gym was empty. I'm very happy with the video and the overall look i've been able to achieve. Given more time i would like to tinker with the slow motion beginning more and smooth that out, maybe when i learn to use Shake better.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy it:<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14106691&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14106691&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gear:</span><br /><br />- Canon 7D, Nikkor 20-35 f2.8, Canon 70-200 IS L f2.8.<br />- Glidecam 2000<br />- Shot using Marvels Cine Gamma, and graded using Magic Bullet Looks.<br /><br /><br />thanks,<br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-59161921805093636592010-08-13T14:42:00.004+12:002010-08-13T14:58:13.472+12:00Grayson Gilmour Video ShootA few months back i had the oppourtunity to work as camera operator on the video for Grayson Gilmour's new song 'Oh, Stasis'. The shoot consisted of a number of passes on a miniature city with a motion controlled rig, along with some live action filming with an actor in a water tank. The shoot was a mammoth undertaking with a very small budget and was aided by some very talented people who work in the film industry here in Wellington. I hope to write more about the shoot and the video once it is released. We shot using two Canon 7D camera's which were perfect for many aspects of the shoot, but following focus with them for the motion control shots was near on impossible which made for some compromises focus wise. The footage looks excellent though, and below are some still photos from the shoot.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdZq3pr3cVWPP_nJEkCsq8JGMCEIzqixqIclwVIQLCpAo1gAlkczPv0Y82-eIP3A2WfP3qLdsSFThEU4dXBcQCXW09XbPbTetqHImpUzKlqAb7X9E_k62ykCVEmtRjPTGVw_-zxE2YC1w/s1600/ohstats4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdZq3pr3cVWPP_nJEkCsq8JGMCEIzqixqIclwVIQLCpAo1gAlkczPv0Y82-eIP3A2WfP3qLdsSFThEU4dXBcQCXW09XbPbTetqHImpUzKlqAb7X9E_k62ykCVEmtRjPTGVw_-zxE2YC1w/s400/ohstats4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504722243065500146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTTqc_Ou1kjGmNnzVZSvn_TOst_lwChI87uLUXf66tnkwGO4_iCj4eDeSMAoCyIncRFoBwF8_W3Jxd5AsHvGEK4hJl36PTfRPguvv0TjZUAaqfpTpodnqp0ALfGphVb6XtRP99yKLZ8g4/s1600/ohstas30.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlHWPRio01RSEd2XpDn2IRLNUphInOWYTno_cfaKXRDTEmp8zwuVkyBri5BQ5PxMcN8o5mfWJX_1j1S2UVlU80UxsPCDncbtW0MkdgLvEXvkacxaPmpvby_csR8iZ40-gXKe7Sx0c4F4W/s400/ohstas10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504721407966280754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhBmJ3aGpGhoh8QckMJUIKIkW-al-s1wyDzb1Q-fHDIQFTcWqCsd-O45uOW76jFphBgdFnSUDhhAha8F4F8BowEkfBha5otaFyyE_7r6VWCGQZrxBKUgqIPzEWHk9Ga0P6C_c2ofrmN3P/s1600/ohstas2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhBmJ3aGpGhoh8QckMJUIKIkW-al-s1wyDzb1Q-fHDIQFTcWqCsd-O45uOW76jFphBgdFnSUDhhAha8F4F8BowEkfBha5otaFyyE_7r6VWCGQZrxBKUgqIPzEWHk9Ga0P6C_c2ofrmN3P/s400/ohstas2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504721403185122050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The video is currently in post production and is expected to be released within the next 1-2 months.<br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-54145575693458399612010-05-21T14:28:00.003+12:002010-05-21T14:36:18.742+12:00short piece/test shots from the showreelHere's a short video from my ongoing showreel. These are more test shots than anything, but i guess this gives an idea on the type of 'feel' that i'm trying to create with my piece on Wellington at night. Can't wait to have a few less projects on my plate so that i can go out and devote more time to this piece. It's fun watching all the pieces (shots) fall into place while i'm editing though.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11913401&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11913401&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />thanks,<br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-36819177660714115802010-05-10T01:56:00.005+12:002010-05-10T11:33:58.701+12:00Dreams of Cheese: a concept short film.What began as a simple dare for my friend Adam to consume an entire 56 slice box of processed cheese, turned into a must-be-filmed event, only to then evolve into a fully fledged concept short film. So last Wednesday, with the box of cheese in tow, and Adam horribly hungover, we set out to a place with some of the best views in Wellington; Brooklyn Hill, to set up for our shoot. Treated to a dead calm day and some stunning views of the city we got to work filming the piece. I wont spoil the viewing, but i will say that a lot of cheese was consumed, and plenty of silliness was captured on film ( er... CF card). 95% of the film was shot overcranked at 50fps and then slowed down in post. In fact, the only shots filmed in 1080/25p are the first and last shots of the film. Most of the shots were improvised and while i did have a general idea of what i wanted for the film, the final narrative was 'constructed' in the edit suite.<br /><br />Ultimately though it was alot of fun to shoot, and it gave me a good chance to use a bunch of new film gear which i have picked up in the fast few months.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11596245&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11596245&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/11596245"></a></p><br /><br />Tech Specs (for those interested):<br /><br />- Canon 7D (lenses: Nikon 50mm 1.8, Nikon 20-35mm 2.8, Canon 70-200 IS 2.8L)<br />- Matte Box (with two 0.9 ND's in at most times)<br />- Zacuto Z-Finder for most handheld shots<br />- Canon TC80N3 remote (used for the timelapse section which was shot in stills mode) <br />- Glidecam 2000 (for the steadycam shots, using the 50mm)<br />- and finally, shot flat using Marvels Cine Gamma, and colour graded using Magic Bullet Looks.<br /><br /><br />thanks,<br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-85012199953644379552010-04-12T14:11:00.003+12:002010-04-12T14:35:24.986+12:00the ongoing showreel projectOne thing that i have been working on for what seems like forever (so much so that i have shot it on two different camera's that i've owned) is a showreel type film shot around Wellington at night. It's just one of those things that i like to chip away at every now and then, going out and shooting for a night, lugging around my camera gear and seeing if something strikes me. I hope to put it together eventually, it is finally taking shape though. It started as a piece about isolation and the inner city at night, and it has kind of evolved into a piece more about movement and i want the tempo to build throughout the video. Now, how to do that.....<br /><br />Another thing that i enjoy experimenting with is the contrast of different lighting sources, especially areas with white fluorescent light mixed with orange tungsten or sodium vapour street lamps, and an occurrence that is rather common in the central city at night. It's a look i've really been drawn to recently and i want to go further with it next time i go out shooting. In the meantime though, here are a few still shots from the footage i have already, the first two stills are actually from timelapse shots where the stars move across the sky, a very cool effect.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzz-t2az69suAy4_cPlBRaGO4B2GEPleoLiws6WYO34iEM3YlcLRSHHuzV9zfOBOtV2AAGBHBZANNpH_ilUUWPkmJ9dzbMCKW_i9RSECYtPWxzPUxMfcSjgpmhlZZrU3M3jFXUH9RdhHIX/s1600/winternight2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzz-t2az69suAy4_cPlBRaGO4B2GEPleoLiws6WYO34iEM3YlcLRSHHuzV9zfOBOtV2AAGBHBZANNpH_ilUUWPkmJ9dzbMCKW_i9RSECYtPWxzPUxMfcSjgpmhlZZrU3M3jFXUH9RdhHIX/s400/winternight2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459068276206691058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmpwuJrZrbI5aU_VMjI0GARRlHLpaTwEFr3iGv8OXsZezM9tSFUmoEwtHb1u-sjLlcGNG1dUVspW7vnwy4SxFMacM8wdk-WByxWolkceG1gkPHZJquOwWvnf9f2TZFxKMRaeZcW89FMTa/s1600/winternight1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmpwuJrZrbI5aU_VMjI0GARRlHLpaTwEFr3iGv8OXsZezM9tSFUmoEwtHb1u-sjLlcGNG1dUVspW7vnwy4SxFMacM8wdk-WByxWolkceG1gkPHZJquOwWvnf9f2TZFxKMRaeZcW89FMTa/s400/winternight1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459068285841420866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOMdOH8QtkOJw6cg5rvA9bW0SlUeLvgUF7V6OxwlaHxX82LheMS6RpK8QNs53KjSpb3-hhUPjkDBLXaKrF7lX92AFH0ZZshXgJWOkdsJMEkMUrN65yT4f_-lkfHmsuVUrf-fMzkYFPw_g/s1600/winternight3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOMdOH8QtkOJw6cg5rvA9bW0SlUeLvgUF7V6OxwlaHxX82LheMS6RpK8QNs53KjSpb3-hhUPjkDBLXaKrF7lX92AFH0ZZshXgJWOkdsJMEkMUrN65yT4f_-lkfHmsuVUrf-fMzkYFPw_g/s400/winternight3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459068266304322738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvnakr2VyiziQhnuYDP6ToTKhktnK93Ad0lZty0ODnjCLtOoU7UAN_CtWiBToOBFJ35n1huKdqLBlqlkUgSg8XmK36khRU6YDm01m6G3SXDugMVUoluSSgipiDRBZwIs9vF_0yFaB3H4R/s1600/winternight4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvnakr2VyiziQhnuYDP6ToTKhktnK93Ad0lZty0ODnjCLtOoU7UAN_CtWiBToOBFJ35n1huKdqLBlqlkUgSg8XmK36khRU6YDm01m6G3SXDugMVUoluSSgipiDRBZwIs9vF_0yFaB3H4R/s400/winternight4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459068265470881378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpKnDs4MI0YShKsADFFPiCL2SqMA9qv8h0vF1Kfr32qkAznzHBXJD_IADLe1tPT7mXEavpcUFa1g7N3X5RuRD1DQy9mSn_R2F2kC9H7-msPMWBCzHzc-mA0oEH6yTRqnGUqoo_qAJKs2T/s1600/winternight5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpKnDs4MI0YShKsADFFPiCL2SqMA9qv8h0vF1Kfr32qkAznzHBXJD_IADLe1tPT7mXEavpcUFa1g7N3X5RuRD1DQy9mSn_R2F2kC9H7-msPMWBCzHzc-mA0oEH6yTRqnGUqoo_qAJKs2T/s400/winternight5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459068260075838274" border="0" /></a><br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-63029089056558427512010-04-03T16:56:00.002+13:002010-04-03T17:06:25.165+13:00Live gig videoHere we go, from the footage i shot last saturday night, i've put together a rough edit of one of the songs (Ruby) from The Codebreaker's set. I didn't quite have enough cutaway footage to edit the whole song, so i've cut it up a little bit, just to give a feel of the night. Am still experimenting a bit with focus pulling and what works well, and considering all the footage was handheld, i am very satisfied with the quality. As i mentioned earlier though, the depth of field at f2.8 is very thin and i think to be safe i may try for f4 or 5.6 next time, just to give me that extra leeway for moving subjects. Still, it can be a very striking look, and the last shot of the video in particular is my favourite.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10645495&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10645495&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><br /></p><br /><br />thanks,<br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-57134987981193322142010-03-31T12:24:00.004+13:002010-03-31T12:37:40.844+13:00Filming a live gigOn the weekend i had the opportunity to help a friend film a gig at Bodega for the band The Codebreakers. The footage will eventually be used for the bands debut music video, which my friend is making. I went along mainly to help collect cutaway footage, but also to put my new 70-200mm L 2.8 IS lens through its paces. It was an absolute joy to shoot with, shooting at f2.8 meant that the depth of field was razor thin though so continually focusing as i filmed was a must. So there were often times when the musicians would drift in and out of focus, in a harmonic/rhythmic sort of way. It's funny because it is a technique i have been seeing more and more recently, especially in mainstream music videos... is it intentional? or just poor focus pulling? haha<br /><br />Still though, am very happy with the results and hope to post the footage in some sort of clip very shortly. in the meantime though here are a few screen shots from the footage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHrSLUeiYDOoqpSHR_5oM-mEHErJYKvDbzW7inqDHCMNG3O_xvyVwY6Op0xAAhg7EU-IDyEA-uwoq2AGjJRSpHyIUaFgQDx1Nbr5UL3q0hA8lKAUIvbqXgb_A7aOhgCmf8KP4x8MjA7aK/s1600/gig1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHrSLUeiYDOoqpSHR_5oM-mEHErJYKvDbzW7inqDHCMNG3O_xvyVwY6Op0xAAhg7EU-IDyEA-uwoq2AGjJRSpHyIUaFgQDx1Nbr5UL3q0hA8lKAUIvbqXgb_A7aOhgCmf8KP4x8MjA7aK/s400/gig1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454572325851492242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jQjsSfXSYNQOq_T7KMDStVi9Vcu-LZjFrOuSfOb_F1vTAqsdql_0z3eJSsAipUzaf2TA81zKgY15AK3p-fIDVpnb8zEKQdEIo8Xx6yF6RqxwyraqcGI4zApLCUvZ1PRCn4u0jjS2rFGb/s1600/gig2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jQjsSfXSYNQOq_T7KMDStVi9Vcu-LZjFrOuSfOb_F1vTAqsdql_0z3eJSsAipUzaf2TA81zKgY15AK3p-fIDVpnb8zEKQdEIo8Xx6yF6RqxwyraqcGI4zApLCUvZ1PRCn4u0jjS2rFGb/s400/gig2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454572221447783986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqFN5-mdPpr4R8Or_8tf1wzw0dlyL1QZQ26VOV1-FVFZ9_nsrgZZIuSkSVsZEx1Kbgg1SCjuqL8DiOM_u_Pj_ADRtc417TF5igMWB7mdBg_wP1AgttKY_dk041BAmqv6w4HaJc9y-zFwr/s1600/gig3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqFN5-mdPpr4R8Or_8tf1wzw0dlyL1QZQ26VOV1-FVFZ9_nsrgZZIuSkSVsZEx1Kbgg1SCjuqL8DiOM_u_Pj_ADRtc417TF5igMWB7mdBg_wP1AgttKY_dk041BAmqv6w4HaJc9y-zFwr/s400/gig3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454572115258619922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBBpQCVyWG0hWqeMhZkql3o5pTstzoLfPkLShjOQudpFWo7e1bOUDpY7CL7VILp8d689W0flXbp0lyEfa65YQcz6fS4X5YkPl9yaex0FebHuzrNzKEAVrqBAEa1ZZ02bnSgXiTYhf3zbK/s1600/gig4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBBpQCVyWG0hWqeMhZkql3o5pTstzoLfPkLShjOQudpFWo7e1bOUDpY7CL7VILp8d689W0flXbp0lyEfa65YQcz6fS4X5YkPl9yaex0FebHuzrNzKEAVrqBAEa1ZZ02bnSgXiTYhf3zbK/s400/gig4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454572014466938098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-68409947289411837522010-03-25T15:52:00.021+13:002010-03-25T19:06:55.675+13:00Making your own lens gears... on the cheap.A few months back i decided it was time to invest in a filmmaking rig for my Canon 7D, i bought (among other things) a RedRock Micro Follow Focus (which i love btw! professional build and top performance!) i intially used the RedRock lens gears that came with the unit, i was not a fan of them however due to their clunky appearance and the amount of room that my lenses now took up in their cases with the lens gears attached. Zacuto has a very nice system but at $62US per zip gear that system was was just far too overpriced for me. I must add at this stage that i am a big Zacuto fan, i own both the mini baseplate and a Z-Finder V2 and they are invaluable to my kit. But when you're on a budget and you need make your money stretch, sometimes you need to get creative...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZBHBWEFW8U0Hr4xtRyu13X03RiEPgGwD7sqDkjmQVmkOxJpnNef6qoFKPGVQVuAwL9s1UQF1_hZ8IzmLStKBBWyhrDWw7m-OvAD3pgVANdiokfFqZZzW0PIv4knuC_CHlvMGFh9_5Tv2/s1600/lensgearscomp.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZBHBWEFW8U0Hr4xtRyu13X03RiEPgGwD7sqDkjmQVmkOxJpnNef6qoFKPGVQVuAwL9s1UQF1_hZ8IzmLStKBBWyhrDWw7m-OvAD3pgVANdiokfFqZZzW0PIv4knuC_CHlvMGFh9_5Tv2/s400/lensgearscomp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452446471993936946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Zacuto's Lens gears (on the left) and RedRock Micro's Lens gears (right).</span><br /><br />So at this stage i took it upon myself to construct my own zip gears in an effort to emulate the Zacuto ones but to do so at a fraction of the cost. (which i figure to be about $12-18 per zip gear, depending on what materials you have lying around).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrxxKA-ZYeaX3cYQ2G0fBq4rpE3rFhrC05yIra71Kpd7LC0X6Rf8M3nsXf1I83bdZM5Cl7x81GVnyxV64U25JC0tNAObWbntjTn8UJt3giaszX70SHB6uKy95njt2wcVKJCI8Z-qaohFm/s1600/gears4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrxxKA-ZYeaX3cYQ2G0fBq4rpE3rFhrC05yIra71Kpd7LC0X6Rf8M3nsXf1I83bdZM5Cl7x81GVnyxV64U25JC0tNAObWbntjTn8UJt3giaszX70SHB6uKy95njt2wcVKJCI8Z-qaohFm/s400/gears4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452446672770551954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Firstly i bought some zip gear replacement gears from Zacuto http://store.zacuto.com/zip-gear-replacement.html , these are $12 a piece, 0.8 pitch and will work with most follow focus units. You will probably need one of these for each of your lenses, but if you use smaller manual primes with hard stops (i.e. Nikon, Zeiss lenses) you can probably cut them in half and make two gears from it. You will also need a cable zip tie (you know the ones that have the click stops, you fasten things with), you can get them from any hardware store in packs of 50-500, just make sure they're a similar width to the zip gear.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqCu7xxdK61HujXADof9eLejme9lgn01rJqYUjHWoHyuKgjjUMlGvUXUHs_d0oNflf1k6oqlDN0AkmOQdGX3U9bos_PGY1S9soBz05k3GL2SphKF0gTSqmxyWenT9nYObHISBI7E_QhPX/s1600/gears5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqCu7xxdK61HujXADof9eLejme9lgn01rJqYUjHWoHyuKgjjUMlGvUXUHs_d0oNflf1k6oqlDN0AkmOQdGX3U9bos_PGY1S9soBz05k3GL2SphKF0gTSqmxyWenT9nYObHISBI7E_QhPX/s400/gears5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452446868135729442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From here, take some double sided tape and apply it to the length of the cable tie, cutting the sides off it it overhangs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXlesfeDsOABPuIthDaxUo93Hv81UqL7KwdgpyQdlk1okUi08low5CFyTJMiwAU-r-N1HFOVa707JxsytHrFoYvRc3f2xsfEeoEYwnEwWmcfqtZwAZap0K1Iyiy8_1HwSn0KzxLk-X4q1/s1600/gears6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXlesfeDsOABPuIthDaxUo93Hv81UqL7KwdgpyQdlk1okUi08low5CFyTJMiwAU-r-N1HFOVa707JxsytHrFoYvRc3f2xsfEeoEYwnEwWmcfqtZwAZap0K1Iyiy8_1HwSn0KzxLk-X4q1/s400/gears6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452447077403665170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Next, take your Zacuto zip gear replacement, work out how long your zip gear needs to be and cut it at the appropriate mark. Dont worry about the length of your cable tie as this will be cut at the very end. Secure the gear on the top side of the cable zip tie, the double sided tape should hold it firmly. Then, take a long and thin strip of electrical tape and wrap that tightly around the end of the gear and cable tie at both ends to secure it. This, combined with the double sided tape and the tie being wrapped tightly around the lens, will very securely hold the unit together. (I must mention that i did try using glue for this stage but i couldn't find a suitable glue that would bond well, plastic on plastic gluing is not recommended).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8sqrC7O283MyaCKqq-qIW7mcQBiEDJrwTftDeqSg9Ke0DIfBqAdFBk39arhqMR9O6evkFxRLqL9MU3swUNpDPxT1l5ZkZLWQQW0ELYbzWdXXmdLvMMaacKfME5ZEa_qultJ3GhwAc0Z-/s1600/gears1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8sqrC7O283MyaCKqq-qIW7mcQBiEDJrwTftDeqSg9Ke0DIfBqAdFBk39arhqMR9O6evkFxRLqL9MU3swUNpDPxT1l5ZkZLWQQW0ELYbzWdXXmdLvMMaacKfME5ZEa_qultJ3GhwAc0Z-/s400/gears1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452447234635787138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Next, wrap your new Zip gear around your lens' focus ring, pull it tight until the unit get any tighter (i.e. no more 'clicking'), then cut off the excess cable tie that is poking through, and viola! now you have a sturdy, small and inexpensive zip gear for your lens! and if you need to take it off your lens (for whatever reason) you can easily cut the cable tie, not ideal, but at least it's only 10c to grab another cable tie and make another lens gear from it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58hK1Up5hmGFnQlF-_xmaX3CBiy5_RJzH3axl4XDyuXvwETpkwhW6DXQVmxcgfuXgNhmet1DRzhFrmd1k-gcgowyuWMP2Nlbl-wDN19riZ5YVLdhHz8LcMZSv1UL8e9ROvTBWfC5Hxxxu/s1600/gears2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58hK1Up5hmGFnQlF-_xmaX3CBiy5_RJzH3axl4XDyuXvwETpkwhW6DXQVmxcgfuXgNhmet1DRzhFrmd1k-gcgowyuWMP2Nlbl-wDN19riZ5YVLdhHz8LcMZSv1UL8e9ROvTBWfC5Hxxxu/s400/gears2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452448912684332002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY1KH3bC-IJ1czLiX45g2tDZL_NxZ773dl10ePLxlBvP3nDmmYM8aP9AGrKCulzFC5myvzl5Rq5kfinvC_BepXW0aRq_-_8FrSK0jSz4sgeZNVJ1JYwVTUllLsWkz0gSES_H-Uca3QyKa/s1600/gears3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY1KH3bC-IJ1czLiX45g2tDZL_NxZ773dl10ePLxlBvP3nDmmYM8aP9AGrKCulzFC5myvzl5Rq5kfinvC_BepXW0aRq_-_8FrSK0jSz4sgeZNVJ1JYwVTUllLsWkz0gSES_H-Uca3QyKa/s400/gears3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452447715034917346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The 70-200 2.8 L IS</span>,<span style="font-size:78%;"> one big lens!</span><span style="font-size:78%;"> one cable tie was not quite enough so i took another<br />one to give it a little extension. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaI4oqJPBWvMr-jo2p3gjUGAVSkAPMa6B-OdAH3_2ZTSXDuucD6l_KZbFwVlAgx3xouNxze3YGQoIZxygbg7ccWFLXnyRPm0N11c37HuPleVMFfQCVKi20F0aN5MSByhA7vR2uRBPIAtYn/s1600/gears7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaI4oqJPBWvMr-jo2p3gjUGAVSkAPMa6B-OdAH3_2ZTSXDuucD6l_KZbFwVlAgx3xouNxze3YGQoIZxygbg7ccWFLXnyRPm0N11c37HuPleVMFfQCVKi20F0aN5MSByhA7vR2uRBPIAtYn/s400/gears7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452448085106036146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Nikon 50mm 1.8, as this lens has hard stops on its focus range you only need a smaller<br />amount of zip gear. Whereas with my Canon lenses i prefer to put as much as possible on<br />to prevent over running the gear accidentally.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4p3nu0x_zXs4glssRDsnM52N__HItRe506kXpIzvHITJ5W1YeulbumDWetrnsnc9EYtvRinTTLtf0wmKQiFDaJNdy7LB1wgAM7Roe_6-X1_8hGbNnJEmADNxxlbuif6ubbCvRhBKMCc2/s1600/gears8.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4p3nu0x_zXs4glssRDsnM52N__HItRe506kXpIzvHITJ5W1YeulbumDWetrnsnc9EYtvRinTTLtf0wmKQiFDaJNdy7LB1wgAM7Roe_6-X1_8hGbNnJEmADNxxlbuif6ubbCvRhBKMCc2/s400/gears8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452448289053237378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The lens gear in action, very small and discreet, functions perfectly too, doesn't budge one<br />bit. as i mentioned earlier, while you may not think that double sided tape and electrical<br />tape on the ends will keep the unit together, that and the force of it being pulled tightly<br />around the lens keeps the gear movement free, its a very sturdy system. </span><br /><br />Anyways, i hope this is of some use to filmmakers out there, thanks for reading.<br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-61747468896625741382010-03-12T16:37:00.002+13:002010-03-12T16:53:01.897+13:00Playing around with Magic Bullet LooksI have just picked up Magic Bullet Looks so i figured i'd give it a little whirl and check out some of its features, playing around with some footage i shot over summer while on the Desert Road in the North Island. I was going for a Assassination of Jesse James type look, very glowing and almost dream like. Am very thrilled with the software so far though, and this is only after a brief test. See my before and after shots below.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10099546&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10099546&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Luke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-33545008950708563442010-01-27T18:08:00.004+13:002010-01-27T18:16:39.669+13:00a bit of sillinessI recently had the oppourtunity to go along to my friend Adam's competitive weightlifting debut at The Powerhouse Gym here in Wellington, i took my 7D along with me to take some photos for him as well. Halfway through though, a number of ideas started rolling in my head and i decided to video his lifts instead and make a short video of it all, using the slow motion (50fps) function of the camera. I chucked together a quick edit of the footage that night, all very tongue and cheek of course.<br /><br />Enjoy.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7873402&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7873402&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object>Luke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-70764637987868028592010-01-27T16:57:00.009+13:002010-01-27T18:02:51.243+13:00wait! you can use a DSLR to take photos?Having owned both a Canon 5D mk II and a 7D in the past 6 months soley for their video acquisition features, it's easy to forget that they are both premium DSLR photography cameras in their own rights. While i am definitely a novice at photography i have really enjoyed getting out there playing around with the stills side of these cameras recently. Below are a few of my favourite photographs that i have taken during the past 6 months. Nothing too special, but i thought i'd share.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbrZbm5l5h5qEET-UnfA7umKer6E-O7jalqqOctYcsh9nVEa8z7aBLnl0elk-qrhyLxY41SFRtU4MYPppj7GFcK9o-S8BQ6NP8gUMNh_7tCh91kJHrZSfxneq0Os6wdzerCra396aK77O/s1600-h/89nightlarge.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbrZbm5l5h5qEET-UnfA7umKer6E-O7jalqqOctYcsh9nVEa8z7aBLnl0elk-qrhyLxY41SFRtU4MYPppj7GFcK9o-S8BQ6NP8gUMNh_7tCh91kJHrZSfxneq0Os6wdzerCra396aK77O/s320/89nightlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431268655125061170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >I took this shot outside my old flat at about 1am one night, it was pitch black and took me an age to get it right. Definitely worth it though, love the result. (Canon 5D mk II, 50mm 1.8, 30sec exposure)</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLBLyG8Axi9S7x14B61LDGViqQi5jusMW94lzrRu9hLYAZQwR3zFjEqJbsIMj1s-wC2iy35FCK2R47f5SLzfaeaT5_n-5OL9Ch0PyJQBcjo-LHJ13jFgESD0vz2LU4tDYHtfpNHWq-eOI/s1600-h/dsl16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLBLyG8Axi9S7x14B61LDGViqQi5jusMW94lzrRu9hLYAZQwR3zFjEqJbsIMj1s-wC2iy35FCK2R47f5SLzfaeaT5_n-5OL9Ch0PyJQBcjo-LHJ13jFgESD0vz2LU4tDYHtfpNHWq-eOI/s320/dsl16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431272682403942450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >I took this on a recent trip to Taupo with some friends, we visited the local carnival that was in town one night, and we were treated to a gorgeous summer night sky. I was really fighting the fading light here but i still love the shot. (Canon 7D, 28-135mm, 1/20th exposure)</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_tL3f2IaXCqeVf8tI64oghzA6BPssCUFmB7cksYU8PMDrYDoZpKcH46bAPxLqlclN1Fd84QARa0bFXdiDOIZPRXuKU0ruo4E14ZM-JYDNRrhoDSUrC9Isk5G4BvozhgsYvJIicxqjpuI/s1600-h/IMG_0444.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_tL3f2IaXCqeVf8tI64oghzA6BPssCUFmB7cksYU8PMDrYDoZpKcH46bAPxLqlclN1Fd84QARa0bFXdiDOIZPRXuKU0ruo4E14ZM-JYDNRrhoDSUrC9Isk5G4BvozhgsYvJIicxqjpuI/s320/IMG_0444.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431273145452187602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Every trip to my folks place generally involves me taking many photos of Scooter, a very photogenic ball of fluff. This is my favourite. (Canon 5D, 50mm 1.8, 1/20th) </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia902Xi3QIiZkvJjp-C93NidQrktj8UC99z6cSPAsd_h9XJaOJ5s-A5QjRJsPhNOKLyMdiYJ0wRzr4XCZCoIExSJCt9femK3f27l9jqKaYSqlqbtMZF_t1Pn0sbFS0KWWtT7sAxqWmj_u_/s1600-h/palmynight.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia902Xi3QIiZkvJjp-C93NidQrktj8UC99z6cSPAsd_h9XJaOJ5s-A5QjRJsPhNOKLyMdiYJ0wRzr4XCZCoIExSJCt9femK3f27l9jqKaYSqlqbtMZF_t1Pn0sbFS0KWWtT7sAxqWmj_u_/s320/palmynight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431269773587026514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Taken on the last night of a recent road trip, we stopped in Palmy, and just as i was unloading the car, i turned to see the whole road illuminated by this brilliant glow, i ran inside to grab the camera to try and capture it. (Canon 7D, 28-135, 1/30th)</span><br /><br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-87935353637929790642009-11-13T15:32:00.002+13:002009-11-13T15:50:50.072+13:00CushionsIt's finished! my music video Directorial debut is now online. It was long edit but i'm really happy to have the video finished and released. A lot of work being Director, DOP and producer, but its not bad at all for a two person crew i reckon. Shot on the Canon 5D mkII.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy it.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7571887&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7571887&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7571887"></a><a href="http://vimeo.com/user1226707"></a> <a href="http://vimeo.com/"></a>.</p><br /></p>LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-75618633373018454962009-10-19T16:35:00.005+13:002009-10-19T16:44:27.243+13:00Suction Cup GoodnessAs promised, here is a photo of the suction cup camera mount which i used for the car hood shots for the cushions video (hoping to have that done and out in the next two weeks).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3YZBjvdAFG-WNxC-hYpdbsSBO7pVYeiCzG-b4hKCwyp150mEBRyr8w7jMC8oZSH2SXP4zhEG_Ygbhj04jHpdQ5DB2hRt2nLqadyZZeeY7HHF6LvnpRvzR4Gx3mj9-GF-rcfDUc5mI45w/s1600-h/7Dsuctionmount.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3YZBjvdAFG-WNxC-hYpdbsSBO7pVYeiCzG-b4hKCwyp150mEBRyr8w7jMC8oZSH2SXP4zhEG_Ygbhj04jHpdQ5DB2hRt2nLqadyZZeeY7HHF6LvnpRvzR4Gx3mj9-GF-rcfDUc5mI45w/s400/7Dsuctionmount.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394150534867676434" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Manfrotto 241V Suction Cup mount, with my new Canon 7D attached.</span><br /><br />As you can see from its attachment to my living room window, its a damn sturdy mount with three rotating elbow joints for totally flexiblity when lining up a shot. We clocked up about an hour and a half of driving time with this mounted on the car during the shoot and the cup did not budge once, thankfully too as i didn't really want to test reliability of the backup cable we made. Still, a great piece of kit, and one i know i'm going to find very useful on future shoots.Luke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301020548734026858.post-48908413384975769242009-10-05T20:42:00.006+13:002009-10-05T21:52:12.662+13:00"Cushions" ShootAbout two months ago, I was asked back by Tommy, of Tommy and the Fallen Horses, to not only shoot the music video for their song <span style="font-style: italic;">'Cushions'</span> off their new album <span style="font-style: italic;">Isolation is the New Party</span>, but also to direct it. While my heart really lies with Cinematography, this was an exciting proposition, as it meant that i would be able to put my own flair on the script and have more say in the final look and tone of the video. I spent a good month planning, storyboarding and tinkering with Tommy's script for the video, and last weekend undertook a three day shoot on location in both Karori and Island Bay. The weather held out for us (although it was very patchy on the saturday) and we were able to gt all of our shots, and warp early on sunday....which is always nice.<br /><br />While i had shot numerous hours of my own personal footage and test shots with it, this was my first full project using my Canon 5D mkII, a DSLR which also captures stunning HD video. As a camera it is still taking a lot of getting used to, with its lack of "Pro Video" features, but the images it creates are just gorgeous with a depth of field normally reserved for professional cameras. The resulting footage also provides the video with a glossy HD look, which is quite a contrast from the previous video i shot for Tommy (<span style="font-style: italic;">Babe I'm Just Scared</span>), which while shot in HD too, we used a 35mm lens adapter system which gave the video a grainy film-like look, which suited that video perfectly. Personally though, i think i prefer the glossy HD look.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAz0Hz1-A-Q_Yy713T2d5YimsNPNAPCBsKeI8DCe81T27Q6oF-7SJU15RFf_Rp3hiJ73eCPJpSyv09cvwP82SSVhAfVtf76VCNN5fdGcrr8sQ93i7E0sa8Rhy6Rza-dcpyjXF6EH6HkUsN/s1600-h/5dis.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAz0Hz1-A-Q_Yy713T2d5YimsNPNAPCBsKeI8DCe81T27Q6oF-7SJU15RFf_Rp3hiJ73eCPJpSyv09cvwP82SSVhAfVtf76VCNN5fdGcrr8sQ93i7E0sa8Rhy6Rza-dcpyjXF6EH6HkUsN/s400/5dis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389035151191840962" border="0" /></a><br />Canon 5D mkII with a 28-135 IS lens<br /><br /><br />The benefit of using a DSLR camera of this size (at least 1/3 the size and weight of my old camera rig) was that we were also able to mount the camera to the hood of a car using a small suction cup mount, which became invaluable for our scenes where we had to shoot our actors inside the car whilst it was moving (note: will try and post a photo of the mount when i can).<br /><br />I am currently about halfway through the rough cut of the video, and i'm hoping to have the video out and ready by the end of October, but in the meantime though here are some stills from the footage i took during the shoot.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_VNYkNj8JkqtqG762DzmuYARN9NMuYgEx7sPD2-mOt8oFJBprPnBAx2Hv5SKb51qqguen7lE-wYzbBP_pYRw0QwlnMMwfXeDVbjANBOLMlk9gZOKWMZ_9YQRGMApi-feey4lIP5evGL6/s1600-h/cushions1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_VNYkNj8JkqtqG762DzmuYARN9NMuYgEx7sPD2-mOt8oFJBprPnBAx2Hv5SKb51qqguen7lE-wYzbBP_pYRw0QwlnMMwfXeDVbjANBOLMlk9gZOKWMZ_9YQRGMApi-feey4lIP5evGL6/s400/cushions1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389032432980859090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFmIdMHdgmjrLtSyDEXlJEI_0kG89JTgRyzRjsOn8t5p_L8oXSay_9b8FRaT5sxU0NYrzCx4Ax3CNEFqO6U_FihUjLb5vOVdXI70g0L5eHs8E0LxdD1NpHSAM2_Q43T7aYQ3yuiGLYTfX/s1600-h/cushions16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFmIdMHdgmjrLtSyDEXlJEI_0kG89JTgRyzRjsOn8t5p_L8oXSay_9b8FRaT5sxU0NYrzCx4Ax3CNEFqO6U_FihUjLb5vOVdXI70g0L5eHs8E0LxdD1NpHSAM2_Q43T7aYQ3yuiGLYTfX/s400/cushions16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389032751010584050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrz_VbMk0W631PXlBiENtKUeYoPofr-LLCFvJHMOOHutflzqIYYraGS7Kd4u9Nxkur2l_OLmWtZ_RF8sa9fWZShpEH7yCpa2AOSga1nu2d_m6ZlROkJlRkYy_xmVuXefaREW0HQISAc6nS/s1600-h/cushions5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrz_VbMk0W631PXlBiENtKUeYoPofr-LLCFvJHMOOHutflzqIYYraGS7Kd4u9Nxkur2l_OLmWtZ_RF8sa9fWZShpEH7yCpa2AOSga1nu2d_m6ZlROkJlRkYy_xmVuXefaREW0HQISAc6nS/s400/cushions5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389032994224574994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcraFsdxDT_yuGOFjfAvFnfage5OwHm5Ks4uSA55RX_R17z7rw7hr89uKtbhLV4iaCPtWvYh78sXp79u86tCHbpKatSqnd7mM2yq4fIh7A7U1NNaM1Zvt6QEqve_q-3oEkvarsthEHvKS/s1600-h/cushions7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcraFsdxDT_yuGOFjfAvFnfage5OwHm5Ks4uSA55RX_R17z7rw7hr89uKtbhLV4iaCPtWvYh78sXp79u86tCHbpKatSqnd7mM2yq4fIh7A7U1NNaM1Zvt6QEqve_q-3oEkvarsthEHvKS/s400/cushions7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389032664996850178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeH42d0oLXqPJUH0HhTY9LueQb_DYtaJOZpJOagNqashTD33ztVJ2gKp0k7eF958pmAmm1l_DWWw8LJ4AdF04UB0mnOe3t5XXUg3WUomHPY6ESrGfgCBHk79fN8c0PzguOSxwidt9lkZY/s1600-h/cushions18.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeH42d0oLXqPJUH0HhTY9LueQb_DYtaJOZpJOagNqashTD33ztVJ2gKp0k7eF958pmAmm1l_DWWw8LJ4AdF04UB0mnOe3t5XXUg3WUomHPY6ESrGfgCBHk79fN8c0PzguOSxwidt9lkZY/s400/cushions18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389032913028498578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tfPl3qDG1YuHMz0xDJ0M_SiNgYbdNkISsUy9Fr8Ry3nxxrqJnXNJcHOMhSPmtE6Z_YBWfm099cLyDK2_pvhzS0uImM34bpqTbmCWdY-Ka0lKwUusE6Oe4X5yozFdwW-wCPNckcI-pxUo/s1600-h/cushions13.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tfPl3qDG1YuHMz0xDJ0M_SiNgYbdNkISsUy9Fr8Ry3nxxrqJnXNJcHOMhSPmtE6Z_YBWfm099cLyDK2_pvhzS0uImM34bpqTbmCWdY-Ka0lKwUusE6Oe4X5yozFdwW-wCPNckcI-pxUo/s400/cushions13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389033083327203874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />LukeLuke Fraterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455841486675358114noreply@blogger.com0