this batch of photos are...

...well; late to be quite honest.

it's a bunch of shots taken on a little trip south from perth; on my last weekend in town (morning after our wrap party...)


lovely cool beach on a hot day




colourful umbrellas make for happy photography




interesting island





driving to the next landmark/beach




speaking of...





vinyard




alternate angle on the vinyard




artsy shot of hay-bales




perth skyline at dusk.


we finished the film just in time for a return flight to brisbane before Christmas, and i've slowly tried to re-integrate into my old life.

already picked up a 4-day short film at the end of january, and even got a chance to use my new equipment purchase - a schoeps CMC-Mk41 microphone (damn it sounds good on a sound stage...)

well. I'm off to try and update the website.

catch you all later

Ian

Would you like to hear a story…

…So I finally managed to see Australia; and was lucky enough to watch it in the outdoor cinema which inspired the design of the cinema portrayed in said film.



I've now seen the film a second time in preth, and am still unsure of how I feel about it...

overall I quite like the film (it's certianly much better than the press is making out).

on to other things...

we've now moved onto the Perth leg of our shoot...

soon I'll be back in Brisbane, wondering what to do with my life...



interesting weed whilst wandering around Broome...

If it seems like this post has been a little scatter-brained; it's cause that's how I currently feel...

'till next time.

Ian

travelling...

...from Broome to Perth on wrap today.

unsure of my internet access at the new accommodation.

will post more nice piccies next time.

Ian

Week 3...

…hot, hard, over!

Notable things:
This past week in Broome we were shooting nights; I almost quit mid-week (not going to go into it all here, but things are a little better), and I’ve spent yet another weekend in recovery mode (switching back to days).

I missed the ‘Australia’ Premiere in Sydney on Tuesday. Unfortunately I also missed the screening in Kununurra (10hr drive away), and in Broome on Thursday (for Brandon’s family, and some crew members – as there are a few of us up here). Subsequently I don’t know if I’ll be able to see the film before I fly to Perth on the 6th of December.

Storm-clouds moved in this afternoon and even gave a fine misting of precipitation in places; fingers crossed it’ll hold off for a few more weeks…

Most of the coming week will be spent indoors with some of the larger musical numbers…

I should be home for Christmas.

The heat is sending me mad – anyone up for a skiing trip to Japan at the end of January? (Seriously… anyone?)

Best wishes to everyone in Brisbane, hope you’re all coping with the storms…

Photo-time


Camera on a cherry-picker




On-set #1




On-set #2




Weekly sunset shot #3

‘till next time,

Ian

week 2...

...is finished

Nothing more to say really;

The heat is still kicking my arse mid-week; and once again I find myself at the end of a weekend spent in recovery mode.

Most of the week we were shooting on a low-loader. It’s a trailer, which allows you to put actors in a vehicle and film them as if they were driving.

Upsides – very little booming is possible, and you spend most of your day sitting down…

Downsides – very little booming is possible, and you spend most of your day sitting down… On a camera box in the sun, whilst diesel exhaust-fumes waft by, and you’re safety harness gets in the way.

Picture time.


Red-dust/sun-burn combo at the end of a regular day.




Picture-car on low-loader. (In this particular set-up the camera is sitting in the front passengers’ seat shooting towards the back)




Alternate angle on the low-loader




view from my exhaust seat on the back of the towing vehicle




Weekly sunset shot #2




Filming in downtown Broome, WA (set to resemble 1960’s)




This past saturday, I went down to the lighthouse cliffs, to see if I could take a photo or two of the “dinosaur footprints”




Concrete representation of said footprints (the real ones are only visible during very low-tide)




This might be one of the real ones… or not… it’s kind of hard to tell without a compass.




Pretty, late-afternoon sun on the cliffs




Another shot of the rock cliffs




Cliff-rocks #3




One of the many tourists searching frantically for the dino-print before the tide came back up and the sun went down…


‘till next time
Ian

Pretty Sunsets...

Are the norm, up here in Broome, WA

It is also, bloody hot during the day, (almost passed out on Tuesday, and Wednesday…)

We shot nights on Thu/Fri which allowed for a little reprieve from the heat, and the crew is starting to find it’s own rhythm; so things are looking up.

Here’s a few more photos…


Flight from Perth to Broome




Coast-guard chopper at the Broome Airport




Cable Beach, near our accommodation.




Which looks like this…




One more shot of the sunset at cable beach



'till next time, Ian

untitled...

I'm Back...

...and quite ill.

3 things happened on my trip to Mt Hutt, NZ


1 - I'll never return to that mountain - weather/road access/dis-interested staff

2 - I really want to return to a ski-life, nothing can deter my love of the sport (even 90+km/hr winds)

3 - most of my party were struck with an amazingly bad form of the flu...

am now nursing myself back to semi-health, and deciding what I want to do with the remainder of my life...

Ski'n Ian

P.S. the above photo is one of only 5 that I managed to take at Mt Hutt. During the GOOD weather I was focussed on skiing, and when the weather went BAD... well I was nearly frostbitten taking the above shot.

I also submit the following video for your perusal - it's BIG (no idea how to reduce it's size, I may look into it and modify later), and advance appologies for the shocking audio quality (it's pretty much the worst wind recording I've ever made :)

gone skiin'...

...and it's going to ROCK

best snowfall at Mt Hutt in YEARS.

I'll be gone from 9th - 17th Aug, and unavailable until the 20th.

more information when I can.

Ian

This is the end...

…my friends, the end…

I’m officially un-employed again.

What a wild ride it’s been. Almost 14 months to the day that I left Brisbane; I’ll be returning.

The mighty flu hit me at full force and reduced my fitness efforts to an abysmal lack of movement and over-eating. Combined with my love of good coffee – it has resulted in my current pudgy-ness.

I am however on the path to redemption – 6 ½ weeks and counting… I have a goal, and it’s to NOT hurt myself on the ski-trip.




The final few weeks of shooting were entirely dedicated to Stunts and special fx/title sequences: which should go some-way to showing the film-makers commitment to making a “massive mega-budget-action-film TM”

There were some days when we had over 420 people on-set to help recreate various wars (main unit was much smaller), and it was one of those few times when the sound department could relax and watch all the big ‘splosions; as none of our work will make it through the various stages of post-production and onto a movie screen (it’s nice and noisy; however it lacks the "punch" required, and will be re-created later…); still ‘twas damn fun to watch.

As stated above – I’m heading home. It’s been too long, and I need to spend some time up in Brisbane sorting out some stuff before jetting off to NZ for the ski holiday (Mt Hutt has snow! – one of the few places in the southern hemisphere that does at the moment).


See you all soon.

Skiin’ian


P.S. as per usual, I'm lazy, so the above post is from early last week - I'm actually in Brisbane right now - it's nice and sunny up here, and my commitments are pretty low right now, so feel free to contact me with times to catch-up.

best contact is the mobile phone.

happiness is...

- Sunrise Photos of the opera house

- Ordering new skates (technically happiness would be USING the new skates, but...)

- Movies

- Replacing some U2 albums that were stolen many years ago


All in all it's been a good day

On the work front - I'm recording 2nd Unit for the next two weeks.
Still unsure of my finish-date, as it all depends on whether I’ll be re-joining the main-unit (when it down-sizes into 2nd Unit… it’s all a little confusing to explain); or moving onto another project.
Either way it’s unlikely that I’ll be back in Brisbane before June.

more photos

the actual sunrise...




I'm pretty sure this is one of the water taxis that the production use to ferry crew across the harbour; poor buggers must've been returning from last night's work...




reflections are cool




phone-booth...




Circular Quay...




and the harbour bridge...



See ya

Ian