(reprise) that's a...

...Wrap ...again

Panic at rock island is finished. look out for it later this year? on channel 9

This weeks photos come from week 4 of the Tele-movie

On a location shoot, you always get to see interesting places - but this production has had the most amazing locations - I've truly seen Sydney from a different perspective, and it's one that I'm grateful to have been a part of.


- first up is a shot of circular quay (this time from the roof of the MCA)



- Bridge from the north-shore



- Lunar Park entrance (we didn't shoot there, only had the crew parking)



- Kurnell Sand-dunes south of Sydney



- Sound recordist setting-up in the Middle-Head Tunnels from 1872 - absolutely amazing...



- what he's looking at



- Stunties doing what they do best, just hanging around...



- picturesque meeting...



- tunnel entrance



- lab-results



- The HAL 100 (and its handler)



- it's a $200,000.00 light microscope, and so delicate, that we were warned on numerous occasions against touching it, lest we throw off its calibration.



- another amazing location - Cryogenic chambers. Seriously, it's neg167deg c in there, lots of liquid nitrogen! only for storage of cell samples, no actual Heads (as far as they would tell us:)



- central area of the Garvan Institute (amazing location eh?)



- MC (recordist) on a long pole for some under-booming



- He's miking from under, I was over-the-top...

and now for a little info on my photos. Of course, It's the carpenter; not the hammer. But for those who are curious - on set I use a Panasonic LX3 - it's always on my work belt - for quick stills of a rig to show the boss, or scope out a potential problem and show people a picture (always worth a thousand words)

post-wise, I've been using picasa to crop, occasionally adjust contrast, and then compress for web.

touristy shots (trip to crater-cove, etc) are usually on my Nikon D50 with either a 18-200, or the tokina 11-16mm.

that's about it


Final photo is a still taken by our on-set photographer Jimmy. I'm booming, MC's looking.


See ya later Sydney, it's been a blast.

Time for me to move on, back up the east coast, to my life in Brisbane *(well for a day or two)

I'll catch you on the next big one.

Special thanks to Vashti, for providing a reasonably priced accommodation option in the heart of Bondi Junction.