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'Water That Smudges My Mascara'

A short film shot in Dunedin.

Director/Writer/Producer/Editor - Jackson Rosie

Alice - Kairi Mortensen-Morunga

Michael - Jackson Rosie

Dop/Colourist - Dan Eady

Production Designer/ Script Supervisor - Emily Frith

1st AC- Adam Aizal

1st AD - Harriet Love

Sound Recordist - Daniel Mcclymont

Moonlight performed by Scott Buckley

Phase Shift by Scott Buckley

In Search of Solitude by Scott Buckley

www.scottbuckley.com.au

Music Promoted by https://www.chosie.com/freemusic/all/

Short Film - When The Music Stops

When a hardened crime lord resists traditional tactics, an unconventional interrogator is brought in to play.

In the week before Christmas it was extra exciting to shoot this short film with a wonderful bunch of people at a challenging yet awesome location - the old freezing works at Burnside in Dunedin!

When The Music Stops is inspired from the internet meme where Kermit the Frog leans back against a brick wall captioned, 'I'm so glad I was taught to play the recorder at school. It has come in really handy in adult life. Lost count of the times it has resolved a difficult situation with a quick blast of Three Blind Mice.'

Teaser:

Phil Vaughan as the Super Villain

By stripping back the usual interrogation tropes we found an absurd tension between menace and play. Perhaps When The Music Stops is about how persistence can defeat the most guarded? Or maybe in certain circumstances playing the recorder can resolve difficult situations in life?

Working with Petra & Phil in such a surreal, contained scenario was both a challenging and a beautiful experience.

Petra Still as Lucy

L to R: At the interrogation table, Mel Barton, Petra Still, Phil Vaughan and Jase Holden.

Cast:

Super Villain - Phil Vaughan

Lucy- Petra Still

Agent Kelly - Mel Barton

Agent Harris - Jase Holden

Mum - Emily Frith

Crew:

Production Designer - Emily Frith

Costume Designer - Zoe Fox

Key Makeup - Jade Von Solms

Assistant Director - Harriet Love

1st Assitant Camera - Adam Aizal

Camera & Lighting Assist / BTS - Pete Vendt

Sound Recordist - Troy Figgins

Onset Sound Consultant - Victor Macdonald

Location Manager - John Jakes

Script Consultant- Stefan Roesch

Script Supervisor - Jeremiah Merritt

Chaperone - Danny Still

Production Assistant - Jo Simpson

SUV Wrangler - Barrie Aburn

Sound Composer - Tom Jensen

Post Sound Consultant - Paul Fox

Story Edit Consultants - Shaun Charles, Andrew Cory, Cindy Diver, Paul Fox

Special Thanks to: Jo Simpson, John Jakes, Still Family, Jae Holden, Barrie Aburn

Location: Old Freezing Works, Burnside, Dunedin, NZ

Production Company: CMPNZ

The project was shot on a BMPCC6KG2 with a cine modded Meyer Optik Gorlitz Lens kit.

*Orestegon 29mm f2.8

Primagon 35mm f4.5

*Oreston 50mm f1.8

Primoplan 58mm f1.9

Telefogar 90mm f3.5

Orestor 100mm f2.8

*Pentacon 135mm f2.8/Rebranded Meyer 135mm f2.8/

*Lenses primarily used were the Orestegon, Oreston & Pentacon.

Thank you so much to everyone involved! - Director/DOP/Writer - Dan Eady

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The 7th NZCS Awards (2024) were on recently. It was with some strong surprise and lots of gratitude that I received a Bronze for the web series pilot episode, 'Sandwich'. Created by collaborative film group in Ōtepoti, ScreenDUNEDIN, 'Sandwich' is a story by Emily Frith about an overworked parole officer, inspired by her experiences working in Dunedin. 

The web series category of the awards was sponsored by creamsource. As stated on the night by MC Jennifer Ward-Lealand, 'This program format is a reflection of changing technology and viewing habits. Despite having modest budgets the expectations of robust and emotional storytelling are as relevant here as ever.'

Congratulations especially to to Paul Mockridge for the gold award with 'James Must-a-pic His Mum a Man: Ep2' and to Jared Jones for Silver with 'Bouncers: Ep7 Memorial Service'

Joining the NZCS last year as an associate is something I have thoroughly enjoyed and I am very thankful for the recognition with this award and also with the NZIFF 'Still Stories' Exhibition a little earlier in the year. Looking forward to more inspiring projects with inspiring people.

Super stoked to have my image featured in the NZCS Still Stories Exhibition at the NZ International Film Festival! This new showcase, inspired by the American Cinematographer Society, challenges cinematographers to tell a story in a single shot. Curated by Roger Donaldson, the exhibition runs July to September across Aotearoa:

Auckland: ASB Waterfront Theatre (A2 prints) - Aug 15-18

Wellington: Roxy Cinemas (A3 prints) - Aug 1-11

Christchurch: Lumiere Cinemas (A3 prints) - Aug 15 - Sept 1

Dunedin: The Regent Theatre (A3 prints) - Aug 14-25

Today was Go-live day!

The new Young IT Professionals Group's first newsletter went out this afternoon via the NZCS mailing list. I am not sure of the number of people who subscribe to that mailing list, but its lots :) If you missed the Newsletter, you can sign up here

What is the Young IT Professionals Group about? Well to summarise what we have written in the newsletter:

" YITPG is a new Specialist Group of NZCS, the body for ICT Professionals, and is basically a networking group for 20- and 30-something ICT enthusiasts (generally those with up to 10 years’ professional work experience) and students."

YITPG will be running regular events tailored to those who fit the description above. Whether you're a young professional or a keen and eager student we want to see you there! To register for the first event, with guest speaker Ben Gracewood you can sign up through the NZCS website here .

YITPG is currently run by myself and Annaliese Bishop and we are looking for some keen and eager Young People to help us on our journey to helping expose the facets of ICT to anybody who is willing to listen and participate. We will be looking for a small handful of people to form a "committee" to help steer this group in the right direction with us.

Being on a committee is not all dull and full of meetings in crowded rooms!! We would like to get people together share a beer or 2 (not sharing mine personally.....) but to share thought and ideas which would in turn would form the basis for YITPG events (and be of interest to Young IT Professionals)

If this sounds like you, fire off an email to [email protected] a bit of a BIO about yourself (where you've come from, IT wise) and why you think you would make a great addition to our committee. We dont bite and would love to hear from anybody who thinks they have something to offer :)

Anyway, thats all for now

This opportunity is one of many which will come through the yMedia blog now that the Challenge is over. You can always check out what’s available by visiting:  http://news.ymedia.co.nz/tagged/opportunities

NZCS is New Zealand's body for ICT Professionals and those interested in computers and technology, has been working to advance education and professionalism in ICT for the last 50 years.

NZCS is hiring a permanent Projects and Engagement Manager to help run various NZCS initiatives, including the Summer of Tech Programme in Wellington (and to help plan and implement a progressive nationwide rollout), operate and extend the Students of NZCS initiative, run the NZCS Mentoring Programme plus involvement and operational assistance with a number of other NZCS projects and initiatives such as ITCP.

The role will primarily be involved with:

Operation of the Summer of Tech student internship programme in Wellington, plus assistance in the planning and implementation of the national rollout

Operation of other NZCS projects such as Students of NZCS, the NZCS Mentoring Programme, components of the ITCP Certification Programme and others

Giving presentations and engaging with diverse stakeholders about various NZCS activities

Other tasks focused on developing the profession and building NZCS projects

Prior knowledge of NZCS, ICT and Summer of Tech/Code is not required (although would be advantageous), however analytical thinking and attention to detail is essential. The successful applicant

Further information: