2010
In 2010 I attempted my first feature, Credibility, which started
as ‘Park fight’,a short film featuring me fighting my younger brother in
the park, hence the name ;)
Enjoying the end result so much I decided why not make this 2 minute
film into something bigger, so around that scene I tried to build a story. It
ended up a 30 minute feature that put into use all the tricks I had learnt so
far as well as using my friends as co-stars. It turned out pretty good for a
project that I shot over several weekends. :) below is the original parkfight
and then a selection of all the fight scenes in the film, sadly my computer
crashed so The whole thing is only on DVD and when I get a new computer later
this year (2012) I will rip the DVD so you can see my first real film :)
Credibility short film (2010)
Broken Vows (2010)
For the V48 hour film festival this year we
drew the ‘Femme Fatale’ Genre. I wasn’t quite sure on how to film this one and my
wife and I also had an argument around this time about why I wanted to do this
for, my Bruce lee book took the beating...which reminds me everytime I see it
that I really have to follow my dream to make this all worth it. Anyways, amid
all the real life drama we managed to film the short film below. My directing
was alot better but not everybody understood the story, (the 48hr festival also
shares audience critique) Broken Vows features the talents of my best mates as
well as my sister of all people...
Datefight (2010)
Another film competition this year was a one
off competition run by Twinings Tea, with the winner being featured in a news
piece on TV3 and a years supply of tea etc. So one weekend I decided that me
and the wife would shoot something for fun. This is the result. And, was the
only kung fu film entered which encourages me to chase my dream of being NZ’s
first real knug fu star :)
Test fights (2010) and Park Dispute (2010)
It had been a while since my last film so I
decided to do some test fights after seeing an extra documentary on Jet Li’s
Fist of Legend showing of Kurata’s action school. So I filmed this series of
tests with a friend from my video job. Testing out cornflour as impact powder
and some combo’s for choreography. It’s never easy shooting a film with just 2
of us and a tripod but over the year I’d get used to this :) Also is the short
film we shot on the day after the tests. Simple, but does the job.
The MATT vs SAM series
With my tests complete I wanted to keep
improving, My friend wasn’t so good at martial arts though he was very
enthusiastic, so I called on another Friend, Sam, who I used to sell karate
with and we made a series of short films, he was happy just to have some fun
and a laugh and it was good for me to experiment with storytelling, choreography
and shooting angles. Recess is Over (2010)
was the first of a series of films we shot every other weekend until the end of
the year :)
Recess is over (2010)
The first film we shot was in the playground.
And involved a suitcase. Other than that it was just an excuse to practise.
Also chucked on some of my own music here, a little synth flavour to add to my
raw shooting.
The End (2010)
Of the Me vs Sam series, this is my all time fav,
it’s basically about one agent hunting down a traitor to the agency, and having
a hand to hand fight. A shame about the end as I didn’t have after effects to
add muzzle flashes but I’m sure everyone can figure it out. My favourite choreography
in this one as I realised If I mixed up the kicking, punching, and footwork it
can make the piece more interesting. Had lots of fun on this one.
I stand corrected (2010)
More practice stuff.
Trying some long takes and a little story.
September Test fight (2010)
More practice. Plus I
wanted to see what I would look like in all white.
Carpark fracas (2010)
This was shot outside the Bishopdale YMCA,
where we used to actually train for our karate job 3 times a week. The film is
about fighting about a carpark and the 3 things I wanted to try was, a water
shot (e.g. punch spit), POV shots, impact powder and a long shot (of 20 moves
etc). It turned out pretty good I think :)
Messy Pt 1 (2010)
Messy was supposed to be
the next credibility as I was getting a little tired of shooting short 3 minute
films and wanted something bigger but real life got in the way and I had run
out of time to shoot the plot holes before i sold my computer before my 2011 odyssey
to Auckland I had planned for next year. My favourite scene was the playground
fight, I tried to be creative, but why would anyone roll over a swing? Looked fun
anyway and one of my favourite choreographs :)
Messy pt2 (2010)
One of the scenes I had actually shot but
the missing several will remain unshot. This was a good test for our acting anyway, and Sam's Russian Italian was fun ;)
So for all of my work in I completed in 2010 I cut a short Showreel which you can see for yourself below
which I had planned to use for Starnow when I moved to Auckland in 2011. It was a good year.
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