Recent content by Brad902

Got a few answers from people I know. Consensus seems to be that it may reduce the life of the bulb if it's running too hot, without adequate heat dissipation, but otherwise shouldn't be a risk.

Hey guys, I've got some softboxes that I'm not sure about the maximum wattage it can take. I want to buy some 135 watt fluro bulbs for it, but I've only ever used 30 watt fluros (CFL) in it. Worth giving the 135s a shot? Or is that a fire risk? Cheers, Brad

Hey guys, Check out this cafe advert I did the VFX for! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAgLfi-WI4M Anyone else here use Element 3D? It's not a bad plugin... Cheers, Brad

Hey all! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgKpbw44FXg This is a film I shot at Mt. Pirongia, New Zealand with binaural sound - make sure you wear headphones to get the full effect! Thanks for watching! Brad

Awesome thanks, I'll keep you in mind!

Cheers man, yes Memento was a strong influence and the 5DMkII is awesome to work with :)

Hey guys! Let me know what you think of my latest film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owroX_VyG9s It's a non-linear comedy :) Hopefully you guys get kiwi humour! Cheers, Brad Check out our facebook page too! http://www.facebook.com/artisticarts

Hey guys! I’m shooting a wedding next week and desperately need a mic that will do the job for it. I know that quite a few people use wireless lapels, but I need a more affordable option (hopefully less than 400) at this point in time… As I will be shooting with HV30s, it would preferably go...

Hey guys! I’ve just made a trailer for a 3D film my friends have been working on - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uGq9NZpRm0 As always, constructive criticism welcome! Cheers, Brad

Cheers! Yeah, 180 degree rule helps with continuity - that's the idea behind it, you usually try to use it in conversations, so its not disorientating. But break the rule by all means if you have a reason to! Ha, Flight of the Conchords is great ;)

Those tracking shots were on a dolly - you can make one with PVC pipe as the tracks and a dolly with skateboard wheels set at 45 degrees to the track, like this: http://www.jorenclark.com/whitepapers/dolly.html Wouldn't be able to do that on the steadicam :)

Awesome, yeah we used mostly natural lighting, but for most indoor scenes, we used a few softboxes, with 5400K 30W bulbs :) Simple setups, sometimes just used one light to backlight/sidelight some things...honestly don't know much about lighting though! In terms of camerawork - do you have a...

Thanks heaps everyone for your comments! :) Interesting point about the synthesized speech, that's crazy.. And yes, the actors were quite young and the story could have been tightened up - we worked right through the night to get the story done, and were quite worried about it, to the point we...

Hey everyone! This is a film we made, which won Runner up and Best Cinematography for our region for the New Zealand V48hour film competition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCK0IXOulWU Enjoy, criticism welcome! Thanks, Brad

Thanks everyone! Awesome, yeah I've never actually done a tour myself! Unfortunately no :( but I live about 40 minutes away! :D