Perspective Productions

Why I Love Movies

2012-02-15T17:49:00.004+10:30

After reading an amazing article at Aint It Cool News today I was inspired to write my own 'Why I Love Movies Post', hopefully you can gain a better understanding of why I and most of my friends spend so much time engrossed in the movie world, and are working towards eventually making our own film after reading this.

Why do I love movies?

Because I love the dark, I love the dark, but I hate nature, I hate nature

Because I once saw two suns settings standing infront of a desert house and dreamed of what that would feel like

Because I've raced a charger down a street and crashed it into a train ... and survived

Because the silhouette of Indiana Jones says more to me than almost anything

Because of French class: now I get it!

Because of wanting some fruit bubalicious ... and some skittles

Because of how scary asking for a carton of eggs can be

Because of water ripples in a cup

Because of the possibility of exciting the mind and explaining concepts to otherwise apathetic people

Because I have been to Mars and back

Because of Ezeikel 25:17

Because this might just be a masterpiece

Because of John Travolta and Uma Thurman twisting on the dance floor

Because of the Cantina song

Because of Rufi-O, Rufi-O, Ru - Fi- OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

Because eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out. The sharks took the rest.

Because of the Paramount logo fading into a real mountain

Because the fridge was nuked

Because of John Williams

Because of Concerning Hobbits

Because of a bath falling through the floor and laughing so hard I fell off the couch

Because one small action can have such large consequences

Because one small item of jewellery can cause such hard times

Because one small Hobbit can fix them

Because King Kong likes ice skating

Because Darth Vader being a father was such a shock to a young boy

Because he was Luke's father

Because Mike Wazowski and Sully are two best friends

Because I DONT HAVE ANY TOES!

Because I think he's compensating for something

Because an entire conversation can be had between friends which are just movie quotes

Because I've seen what happens if you're shrunk down in a ship, put into a test tube and injected into the wrong person

Because it’s given me a goal of what I can achieve creatively

Because I’ve been to Petra .. and hummed the Indiana Jones theme

Because of tight arse Tuesday

Because of sneaking drinks into a scary movie at the cinema

Because of White, Orange, Blonde, Pink, Brown and Blue

Because I’d love to go to infinity and beyond

Because now I know not to burn spinach puff's!

Because Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Mother, mother fuck, fuck, mother, Mother fuck, Fuck, motherfuck, motherfuck, Noitch, Noitch, Noitch

Because of Kevin Smith

Because *INTERLUDE*

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Because back to school. Back to school, to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight. Ohhhh, back to school. Back to school. Back to school.

Because Shooter McGavin eats pieces of shit for breakfast

Because of Heath Ledger's The Joker

Because I want a hoverboard so bad

Because of 1.21 Giggawatts!!!

Because you make me want to be a better man.

I hope that you enjoyed reminiscing and seeing what I love in movies so much and feel you understand it all a bit better.

Cheers,
Guy

My First Time Lapse

2011-04-08T09:13:00.002+09:30

Here is my first attempt at shooting a time lapse using my new Panasonic HDC HS-700.

Movie Review - BOY

2010-08-19T08:58:00.009+09:30

Boy is a wonderful trip back to the 80's, set in Waihau Bay, New Zealand, full of complex and wonderful characters. Writer/Director/Star of the film Taika Waititi opens the film with a hilarious introduction to who Boy is (played by the magnificent James Rolleston) and his facination with the King of Pop: Michael Jackson. Throughout the film homage is paid to the King of Pop in just the right amount, always bringing a laugh out from the audience.
As soon as the intro is over the movie sucks you in as this poor Maori kid reveals his life to you and the people around him. Firstly the school and his school mates are brought into focus revealing a shy but gutsy kid, who does indeed love MJ and his dance moves. From there you are taken to the house he lives in with his brother Rocky and 4 or so other 'cousins' with Boy looking after them all and cooking for them while their Nan is away. After establishing the maturity, complexity and cuteness of Boy, the film takes a new turn as a car slowly drives down the driveway of his house to reveal his father is back from prison.
Shogun (or Boy's Dad) is a character unlike any I have seen on a screen before. He is completely convincing as a caring but hopeless father, however, as time goes on reveals himself as more a crazy drug addicted mess with grand dreams and no potential. Boy learns this lesson at the same time you do as a viewer, and that is the key to this film. At no time do you fall out of the amazing world that Boy lives in and the realisation of who Boy is and who his father is comes to you at the same time it does to Boy. The pacing is brilliant, with the smattering of characters always keeping you smiling, laughing or on the odd occasion crying out in shock. One of the most powerful scenes I have ever seen also crops up later in the film where Boy confronts his Dad and unleashes all of his built up rage, made ever more poignant by the light hearted tone from the beginning of the film and beautifully matching the character arc of their father Almein. Or Shogun as he prefers to be called.
In summary the film has everything. A surprising amount of laughs, morality and emotion. Many movies, and especially Australian movies, try to find this balance of shock and awe but none I have seen recently do it as well as Boy does. Once again New Zealand has proven itself the new master of movies and I give this film a solid 5 stars recommending it to everyone in the world!

Morning - My Directorial Debut!

2008-07-31T11:51:00.002+09:30

Well, here it is. The beginning of my foray into the world of directing. After many problems with the story and actors canceling at the last minute, we went into shooting this a little confused as to what we should do. After getting through that stressful yet amazing day, we then discovered that the first third of our shots were out of focus prompting my group to feel that utter despair our tutors told us to expect in the editing process. However, after three edits of the film and finding ourselves still struggling we came across some royalty free music entitled: Silent Movie Sound. An epiphany struck and after some lateral thinking from all the group with titles being used and funky transitions in place, we had come out with something that satisfied all our requirements.
I feel that our group really learned a lot during the course. Simply because of the problems we had putting it together and that we still came out with what we thought was a funny movie with a gag ending involving a man who is unlucky in love getting unexpectedly lucky. Those were our requirements and the fact that we reached them in a very different way than intended only led us to better understand the real power of film. I cant wait to run into more trouble and see what happens next time...

Rainy Day...

2008-07-31T11:43:00.002+09:30

This short film was probably the trickiest film to shoot. We had some outside shots but thankfully the London weather stayed nice for all of them. We were allowed to use the outside of the LFA for this too, however an entire year from a local school arrived at one point on an excursion which made everyone shake their heads at Murphys Law. We then proceeded to move in doors and use the LFA's reception, corridors, stairwells and other rooms. Shooting in a stairwell designed for single people to walk up and down was quite a challenge, especially as it was white and trying to get the lighting to work correctly without shadows being thrown around of people, or the light stands! Still I think it worked out great and I got to be runner on this one. The part where the cigarette is doused with water was done by yours truly. What a shot from throwing water out of a water bottle lid!

Cleaned Up!

2008-07-31T11:37:00.003+09:30

This is the short film we did at the London Film Academy called Cleaned Up. It was great fun to do this one as our Director was a stand up comedian and had quite a bit of experience with being on stage and writing. He had planned the day down to the second and amazingly we finished a few hours before the end of the day! I really like the 70's low budget horror shots of the lady in the door and think the whole short has a great feel to it. My role for the day was as focus puller, which amazed me as I did not realise the person in control of the focus does not look through the lense. Still, it came out great and definitely got a round of applause on our screening night.

Other Films I'm Into

2008-06-23T14:46:00.004+09:30

Check out some of the other short films I've found on youtube. There's thousands of them!

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Welcome!

2008-06-23T14:25:00.006+09:30

Welcome to Perspective Productions! My aim is to provide a show reel of what Perspective Productions has done in the area of creating films of all shapes and sizes over the last few years. I have currently worked on editing some of my travels into mockumentaries aswell as 3 student shorts made during my time at the London Film Academy.

I am currently based in Adelaide and plan to work on more projects over the coming years. Please post a comment if you are looking to work on something yourself or if you are currently doing so, I'd love to hear about it, as would people who visit.

Lets try and build up a stronger film community in South Australia!