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  • MY ROLE

     

    Script-writing

    Storyboarding

    Casting

    Multi-camera shooting

    Vision-mixing

    Post-production

     

     

     

    SUMMARY

     

    With guidance from English-born New Zealand actor and director John Callen and industry experts, I worked alongside crew-mates from the U.S. and Canada in producing the 15-min pilot TV episode 'Panophobia' in NZ.

     

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    Produce a pilot TV episode for the big screen

     

    Role / Multitasker with four amazing crewmates from the U.S. and Canada

     

    Tools / All the film studio jazz

     

    Timeline / 1 month

     

     

    During the summer of 2016, I was selected to participate in a film production program in New Zealand led by experienced director, actor, and voiceover artist John Callen, who starred as dwarf Óin in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit film trilogy.

     

    Along with my crew-mates Abigail Turner, José Luis Perez de Leon, Guillermo Areizaga, and Mauricio Martinez Berra, we produced the 15-minute pilot TV episode 'Panophobia'. Throughout the entire production process, we collaborated together with guidance from John Callen and industry experts - from script-writing, storyboarding, and casting to multi-camera shooting and post-production. My main roles were storyboarding, executing vision-mixing in the control room, and multi-camera shooting (on location and in studio).

     

     

    Learning from a LOTR actor

     
     

    JOHN CALLEN

     

    With over 45 years’ experience as an actor, director, writer and producer in the film, television and theatre industries, John Callen has acted in and directed 100+ stage plays as well as several dozen television dramas.

     

    From pre-production to post-production, my crewmates and I experienced firsthand the various aspects of screen industry operations, including studio protocol, the management of a production and shoot, sound recording, and directing the actors who bring our story to life.

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    John Callen as dwarf Óin ⊛ photo credit: courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

     
     

    Peter Jackson's VFX Powerhouse

     
     

    WETA

     

    During our short episode production, we flew from Auckland to Wellington for immersions at Weta Workshop and Weta Digital - the Oscar and Academy Award-winning digital VFX powerhouse, concept design, and props facilities founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993, best known for their work on The Lord of the Rings. 

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    Elf Legolas played by Orlando Bloom : Behind the scenes ⊛ photo credit: courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

     
     

    About the Program

     
     

    SCREEN TOOLS

     

    The University of Auckland's Screen Tools film production program is a one-month hands-on program in New Zealand. Based on professional industry practice and taught by guest instructors from the television industry along with New Zealand director and actor John Callen, the program is designed to prepare emerging filmmakers the skills and tools needed to launch a career in film, television, and digital media industries.

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