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So after hours apon hours of work we finally have our Hell Pizza Youtube interactive adventure finished.

Check out the start video below and enjoy!!

So for the Dave Wallace video “Broken” I wanted to use a beat up old grand piano. It turns out old grand pianos are extremely rare in CHCH and if you do find one they are expensive. So I decided to build a fake one from an old upright. As fate would have it my next door neighbor had an old upright in his back yard!

Step 1 – Get some people who love to shift heavy things or just love being in photos

Step 2 – Pull off the 200kg + cast iron back

Step 3 – Recycle what you can from the old upright

Step 4 – Add a frame (get your dad to test it)

Step 5 – Give it a bottom

Step 6 – Sexy it up

And the final result….

We added rubber bands to every key so they actually worked.  The lid is made from all the panels of the old upright.

In the final video it looks like a fully functional grand piano.  I give it an A+

Don’t forget to check out the piano in action here.

10 days out from the release of Deliver Me To Hell (the Hell Pizza interactive zombie film) and we have received the web banner artwork:

The banner was drawn by Dave Reyes in San Francisco and I think it looks pretty damn coolio.  It will be featured on the front page of the Hell Pizza website and will direct viewers to the Hell Youtube channel where the interactive movie will be hosted.

Here’s the Facebook profile picture that I made from rearranging the above banner (it’s highly recommended to have it as your personal Facebook profile pic):

Well after much work we finally have a trailer to show.  Check it out:

Writer, Director & Editor LOGAN McMILLAN  |  Producer KATIE O’BRIEN  |  Starring DJ IWIKAU, BEN EDWARDS & EMILY TRENBERTH  |  Art Direction BRYCE HOLTHOUSEN  |  Production Manager FLIP GRATER  |  Camera Op DAN WATSON  |  Grip / B Camera ANDREW DEAN  |  VFX DAN WATSON  |  Practical Effects CHESTER DEXTAR  |  Data Wrangler SIMON RYAN  |  Makeup LUCY HARVEY  |  SFX Makeup BRAE TOIA  |  Makeup Assistant JULIE CLARK  |  Pyrotechnics FIREWORKS PROFESSIONALS |  Audio Post THE SITTING ROOM

Here it is – after a lot of hard work we got the final shot ‘in the can’.  And we saved the best til last!  Thanks to Anthony and the team at Fireworks Professionals for doing another great explosion for us.

The interactive adventure will begin July 30 on the Hell Pizza Youtube channel.

We’re almost finished an interactive adventure for Hell Pizza titled “DELIVER ME TO HELL”.

It’s been a 5 day shoot and we have 4 out of the way.  Lots of zombies, blood and fun.  The series will be launching online on the 31st July!

Check out the crew photo below from the bowling alley scene….

Well after a year off Kurt, Morgan and myself got back together to have another shot at the 48 Hours Film Comp (find out all the details here).  Our previous effort got 2nd in CHCH – B1NARY JU5TICE.

We drew the genre of Sex Ed Film – and at one stage almost threw the towel in.  But after listening to some Ennio Morricone I got inspiration to shoot a western – something I have been wanting to do for a long time.  We ended up shooting a drama, which we hoped would make it stand out.

We were lucky enough to win the Christchurch comp and I took out best cinematography for NZ!!  So were are all pretty proud of our little film….

Genre: Sex Education

Winner Christchurch Sexiest Short, Best Cinematography & Overall

Winner NZ Best Cinematography

Starring ROBERT FAITH, MORGAN WILLIAMS, GEORGIA EASTER & KURT PRESTON

Shot & Directed by LOGAN McMILLAN

Here’s the piece Two Heads put together for the Grand Final Show on C4 TV – they did a really good job of cutting together a kick ass trailer:

Here is an interview that Tandem Studios did with me before the final:

Drove over to Greymouth to shoot my good buddy Mike’s wedding. Damien thought he’d try some new split screen editing with this video and I shot the whole thing in 60p – just for something different. As is always the case with these same day edit wedding videos – we were full on all day and only just finished it in time for the screening during dessert.

We’re pretty happy with how it came out – check it out….

Cinematography: LOGAN McMILLAN Edit: DAMIEN SHATFORD

Well here it is – my first music video with vampires!

“Broken” is the outstanding debut single for Dave Wallace.  This video was shot in an abandoned building in downtown CHCH on the Canon 7D.

The song can be PURCHASED NOW from the iTunes store here.

Check out Dave’s website for more details.

Simon Waterhouse took some great pics from the day – which you can check out here.

Check out how I made the grand piano here.

Vampire LUNA RIOUMINA

Director / Editor LOGAN McMILLAN  |  Producer KATIE O’BRIEN  |  Production Manager BELINDA DAVIE  |  Camera Op DAN WATSON  |  Grip / Gaffer ANDREW DEAN  |  Stylist AMY PARSONS-KING  |  Art Department BRYCE HOLTHOUSEN  |  Makeup LUCY HARVEY

Got a chance to direct this video for Rare Shot Blue – a brilliant musical duo based in CHCH. Was a whole bunch of fun to make – got my brother John to cut the top off an old Ford mk3 Cortina, turning it into a convertible.  It is the most intensive edit I have done for a music video – taking inspiration from Eminems 3AM – which I think is a pretty cool look and suits the music.

The whole video was captured using the Canon 5D mk2 DSLR (@ 30fps) and then some of the performance was sped up to 200%.

Check out Rare Shot Blues Myspace page.

Director / Editor LOGAN McMILLAN | Producer KATIE O’BRIEN | Director of Photography KIRK PFLAUM | Art Department DAMIEN SHATFORD | Makeup LUCY HARVEY | Talent MISSY ROBERTS