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Katie Thompson – Impossible

Logan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:26:26 +0000

Mel Parsons – I Won’t Let You Down

Logan — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:36:50 +0000

Shot this video in San Francisco for New Zealand singer / songwriter Mel Parsons. We drove our old beat up Cadillac (that I bought for the trip) around the city to find cool places to shoot. Not all the locations worked out well. But we struck the Santa Cruz boardwalk on a beautiful afternoon and that formed the backbone of the video…

Directed & Edited by LOGAN McMILLAN | Makeup MELISSA HALL | Directors Assistant DAMIEN SHATFORD

Dead Sara – Sorry For It All

Logan — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:36:06 +0000

Saw these guys play in San Diego – and was so impressed with their live performance that I offered to shoot them a free video. We had 3 hours to shoot the video at Hemmingways in Los Angeles.

Shot, Directed & Edited by LOGAN McMILLAN | Directors Assistant DAMIEN SHATFORD

This is when I saw them playing in San Diego. I operated one of the cameras for this gig and contacted their management straight after the show. These guys are AMAZING live.

Anna Coddington – Little Islands

Logan — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:12:30 +0000

I was lucky enough to get the lovely Anna Coddington and her band to fly down to Christchurch to shoot her latest music video for the very catchy song ‘Little Islands’. We only had a short timeframe to shoot and she wanted something simple for the video. Thought it would be a great time of year to get out and shoot amongst the leaves in Hagley park.

Purchase the single here http://www.annacoddington.com/music/

I’m really starting to love the Panasonic AF102 – it feels like a serious camera.

Director / Editor / Producer LOGAN McMILLAN Grip / Gaffer ANDREW DEAN Makeup LUCY HARVEY Production Assistant BEN SPINK

Shooting handheld on the Panasonic AF102 with a Canon FD 50mm f.14 FD lens

Ben Spink (PA), Anna Coddington, myself and Andrew Dean (Grip / Gaffer)

Julia Deans – The Wish You Wish You Had

Logan — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:15:49 +0000

Was lucky enough to get to shoot a music video for the amazing Julia Deans! She had a quick visit to CHCH coming up so we had to turn around the video fast for her. Ended up going back to the Lightworkx studio (which is an amazing space) and using their coloured backdrops. All shot on the Canon EOS 550D.

Director / Edit LOGAN McMILLAN | Producer KATIE O’BRIEN | Grip / Gaffer ANDREW DEAN | Makeup BRAE TOIA | Studio LIGHTWORKX

Cairo Knife Fight – This Is Love

Logan — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:52:37 +0000

Got a last minute call from Cairo Knife Fight to shoot a video for their new single ‘This Is Love’ and get it out asap!

It ended up being a 2 day shoot – one of the days went well into the rainy night so thanks to the effort from all the crew!

Visit their official Myspace here http://www.myspace.com/cairoknifefight

talent TRISTAN WINSTONE & HAIDEE BROWN from LMC Models
blindman KEVIN McMILLAN
grip / gaffer ANDREW DEAN
makeup BRAE TOIA
pa’s BEN SPINK, LIBBY DALISON, RAH DICKSON & BELINDA DAVIE
producer KATIE O’BRIEN
director / editor / dop LOGAN McMILLAN
a LITTLESISTERFILMS production

http://www.littlesisterfilms.co.nz

Shot entirely on the Canon 7D and 550D.

Dave Wallace – Broken

Logan — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:31:23 +0000

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

Rare Shot Blue – Dolli

Logan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:17:25 +0000

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.

Broken – Behind the Scenes

Logan — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:13:18 +0000

Here are a few picks from my latest music video “Broken” by Dave Wallace.

We shot on Thursday and the video is edited and due out later this week….

Thanks to Bryce Holtshousen (art department) for taking these pics.

Luna flew down from Auckland for the day to play the vampire.

Me & Dan filming Dave in a big bird shit infested warehouse.

Luna in a bath. Andy (grip / gaffer), Dan (camera op) and I prep for a shot.

Luna in amongst some sheets.

In the bath. Not sure where we got the hot water from but Ben & Nan (our PA’s) arrived on set with a chilli bin filled with boiling water.

Gemma Russell – On A High

Logan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:36:39 +0000

This is a video that has been sitting on the shelf for a couple of months now. Shot back in December 2009 “On A High” is the debut single for Auckland’s Gemma Russell.

Check out Gemma’s Myspace page here.

Was a fun shoot as we shut down Liverpool St in downtown CHCH and had a ride on crane courtesy of Anrew @ Lakefly Productions.