Nice use of lots of GoPro’s and simultaneous wraparounds

March 25, 2013 Leave a comment


An array of 15 GoPro cameras helped one amateur filmmaker slow life down with cool bullet-time effects.

Marc Donahue of Permagrin Films showed off his half-circle grouping of GoPro cameras that can simultaneously capture a shot, turning everyday images of people cooking or riding bikes into something out of The Matrix.

Donahue demonstrated the device through several videos on his YouTube channel. The ultraportable GoPros are synchronized to shoot around the subject to get a visually arresting wraparound effect.

But the technique isn’t perfect, yet. In a YouTube comment, Donahue admitted that he is “making a cable” to help the cameras fire in closer succession, so footage will be smoother on future attempts.

GoPro provided Donahue with the 15 cameras for the video, he told blog FStoppers. Donahue added that he’s planning to release a music video using the same technique, soon.

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Ben Quilty art exhibition promo video

March 20, 2013 1 Comment

Ben Quilty is one of Australia’s most talented and respected young artists of his generation. In 2011 Ben travelled to Afghanistan as the Australian War Memorial’s official war artist. This exhibition features new work made from this experience and the close relationship he formed with his subjects.

Having met Ben through our mutual desire to help The Bali Nine get off death row, I was only too happy to film the Launch of his new exhibiton.

Exhibition photo gallery

EXHIBITION: Ben Quilty After Afghanistan
National Art School Sydney until 13 April then touring nationally to 8 venues over 2 years.
21 February -13 April 2013

More information at benquilty.com and awm.gov.au/exhibitions/quilty
Tour Dates
National Art School Darlinghurst NSW until 13 April 2013
Cairns Regional Gallery Cairns QLD 26 April 2013
Tweed River Art Gallery Murwillumbah NSW 23 June 2013
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Katoomba NSW 12 October 2013
Western Plains Cultural Centre Dubbo NSW 2 February 2014
Griffith University Art Gallery Brisbane QLD 12 April 2014
Flinders University City Gallery Adelaide SA 27 September 2014
Australian War Memorial Special Exhibitions Gallery Canberra ACT 12 December 2014

Feedback:
Ben Quilty: Oh my God Nick. You just made me cry. That is one powerful and beautiful piece of film making. I am speechless

Dear Nick, it’s very impressive. Thank you very much for making this video and for sharing it with us.
Katie Dyer, Curator and Gallery Manager, National Art School

Thanks for this – it’s amazing! So great that you could capture such a special night for us all – especially Ben!
Danielle Neely, National Art School.

Sophia Stacey Bought tears to my eyes. Beautiful work.
Deahne Bowhay Thank you x. Very moving…shot straight from the heart and what beautiful work Ben
Michael Daly Gee, that’s good. How eloquently both the fimmaker and John Oddie express themselves. Great show by the way. As we left, my 4 year old said “it’s very thick”. Took us a while to click that he was referring to the paint.
Graham Murgatroyd Wonderful short video, will see them over Easter.
Robert Rosenberg Awesome, really well painted, filmed, edited and spoken. Loved it.
Bill Woods Very moving
Michelle Henry Beautifully filmed and with very profound words. Can’t wait to see the work when they come to Brisbane next year.

Credits:
Written, produced and directed by Nick Bolton (nickbolton.com.au)
Filmed, edited and graded by Jonathan Adams
Soundtrack credit via iStockPhoto ‘Piano Harp Violin Instrumental of Rain’ by Audio Outlet
Shot on location at the exhibition launch at the National Art School gallery, Paddington, Sydney NSW 2012
Wednesday 20th February 2012
Filmed on the Canon C300.
Thanks to Madeleine Hetherton, Rebecca Barry and Ester Harding at mediastockade.com for the camera and support.

Facebook:
The Art of War Panel Discussion

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Speaking gig at NIDA – Panel members required!

March 13, 2013 Leave a comment

So we’re about 6 weeks from opening night for my next theatrical venture, SET the play which premieres at NIDA! Sam Atwell and I submiited the treatment for the play to the NIDA Independent Program and we were dleighted when we were one of four productions to be chosen.
Rehearsals start on Wednesday and the Marketing will hit the streets the week after.

SET is a new murder mystery that will go behind the scenes of an Australian TV soap opera with a satirical look at the glamorous world of celebrity and the cogs of the machine that makes it turn.
Its gonna be a lotta fun with a lot of audience involvement!

NIDA run a monthly Creative Forum and April’s event is on Audience Participation on Sunday 21st April. NIDA have asked me to be moderate the session and I will be joined by film and theatre practitioners to discuss how new technology is changing the audience experience.
Panel members are still being sourced so any ideas welcome!

Event details and registration process here

NIDA Creative Forum Screenshot

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Motion Graphics / Multimedia / Green Screen Examples

March 12, 2013 Leave a comment

A collection of green screen / animation or multimedia projects I have been involved in.

Altium (starring me!)

Altium (also starring me!)

AGL

A dozen more videos in the campaign are available at their Youtube channel

Sword Ciboodle
Be Swift – Next Best Offer Action

Be Swift – end to end campaigns:

Be Swift – Complaints

Salesforce.com: with another ten videos in the campaign available at the YouTube channel.
Canon

Datarati

Telstra Super
Market Volatility Videos
http://www.telstrasuper.com.au/Education/Super_Bites_Videos/Market_volatility
Screen shot 2013-05-13 at 9.53.01 AM

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Meet Mr Pissed

March 1, 2013 Leave a comment

A few years ago my mate Phil Watson came and saw Bondi Dreaming. Over a few post theatre analytical refreshments, he mentioned a script he had written called Mr Pissed. A politically incorrect adult version of the Mr Men books we all loved as kids.

Mr Pissed

I was immediately intrigued, and indeed when he sent me the script, laughed my head off at it.
We read it at Actors Anonymous and it was very well received, and I was keen to get it up.

Life then got in the way (I moved to Melbourne) and I forgot all about it.
Last year my good friend Bruce Glen, aka The Gentleman Magician, reminded me about it, and I dug it out of the hard drives, and was pleased to see it still resonated.
So I got in touch with Phil again and we gave it a refresh, and submitted it to Short&Sweet as an ITC (Independent Theatre Company) submission by Actors Anonymous.
Mr Pissed will play in Week 8 at the King Street Theatre.

It still cracks me up so much, and thats without the awesome costumes, projected cartoon visuals and sound effects that will just add the icing on the cake.

In researching the Mr Men, I found out that they are the third highest selling books in history! And its been lovely reading them again bringing back many lovely childhood memories. The series celebrated their 40th anniversary last week. What a legacy for their creator Mr Roger Hargreaves.

Writer: Phil Watson
Director: Nick Bolton
Producer: Nick Bolton
Costume Designer: Kathy Baker

mr pissed cast

The Cast L-R
Mr Pissed: Matt Lancey
Miss Tits: Danielle Emery
Narrator: Bruce Glen
Mr Hussein: Anurag Chakradhar

More information on Short&Sweet can be seen at www.shortandsweet.org

Venue: King Street Theatre
Performances:
Dress: Tues 26th Feb at 8pm
Shows: Weds 27th Feb to Sat 2nd March at 8pm, and Sunday 3rd March at 5.15pm
Tickets at at www.shortandsweet.org

The Review:
Bolton has cast and choreographed this play with humorous precision.
Sydney Arts Guide

The Results
Very very happy to come third in the judges vote.
My good friend Kate Toon came first with Coma Sutra
I directed Kate’s short films Dreams of Evolution and The Postcard
And Danielle Emery who played Miss Tits, jumped on board Coma Sutra at the last minute replacing the previously cast actress who had tonsilitis.
Congrats to Kate , Danni, and Aaron J. Nilan who gave a very impressive performance as the guy, in the grand final

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Directing customer advocacy videos

March 1, 2013 Leave a comment

I’ve had a long relationship with Salesforce.com as a customer, as a supplier and as an ambassador for them! Very early on in Viocorp’s existence, we started off on Salesforce.com and have often been a case study for them.

Now at Feverpitch we have been commissioned to produce a number of customer advocacy videos for them. I really enjoy creating these projects as we go through the discovery process on the client, develop the narrative in line with the corporate messaging, and tell an interesting story, all within 2-3minutes.
Much research has been done on 3minutes being the maximum length for corporate case study videos. It’s a lesson in being very specific and in being ruthless as to hwat is needed and what isn’t.

TripaDeal

Read the Case Study here

Platinum Direct Finance

Customer Advocacy Video on Platinum Direct Finance for Salesforce from FeverPitch Entertainment on Vimeo.

Nu-Steel

Customer Advocacy Video for Salesforce.com – NuSteel from FeverPitch Entertainment on Vimeo.

Credits:

Platinum Direct Finance
This customer advocacy video tells the story of how Platinum Direct Finance successfully overcame business challenges by implementing Salesforce.com.
Told through the eyes of Richard Kew, Director of Sales, and Oliver Berger, Director of Technology. Their passion comes across to achieve better customer service through Salesforce.com cloud based platform, and ultimately great satisfaction with the successful transition.
Client: Salesforce.com
Credits:
Written and Directed by Nick Bolton
Produced by Kelly Newton
Shot and Edited by Jonathan Adams
Filmed on the Canon C300 and 600D on location in Sydney
Format: Case Study / Customer Advocacy.
Duration: 1 x 3 minute video
Distribution: Online
Release date: December 2012
More information: at the Salesforce.com Case study

Nu-Steel
This customer advocacy video is based on the success that Nu-Steel experienced implementing Salesforce.com into their business. Focussing on Nu-Steel’s GM Ash Richardson, he discusses the challenges Nu-Steel faced and how he overcame them implementing Salesforce.com cloud based platform into the business.
Ash explains how it essentially only took him 5 days to customise a CRM to streamline his entire sales business. Now that the entire 210 steps from enquiry to house keys is streamlined in Salesforce and the team is collaborating in Chatter, Nu-Steel is innovating a new mobile sales model, to bringing a new level of customer service to steel homes!
Client: SalesForce.com
Credits:
Written and Directed by Nick Bolton,
Produced by Kelly Newton,
Executive Producer: Andrew Everingham at Capital-E
Shot and Edited by Jonathan Adams.
Filmed on the Canon C300, on location in Maroochydore, Queensland.
Format: Case Study/Customer/Advocacy.
Duration: 1 x 2 minute video
Distribution: Online
Release date: January 2013

More information at the Salesforce.com case study

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