TimeFish BTS: 1# Footchase (formerly actionstar)

Video has been edited now, check it out to see how I prepped for the footchase through Albert park for TimeFish :)

ActionStar shooting continues...and some good news :)

I managed to talk the wifey into more camerawork today so I could finish what I started yesterday, Day 2 of trying out Parkour! So after digitizing I decided to share some more screenshots with you guys. I have to shoot some pick up shots tomorrow for the intro theme of my web series as well as a couple more tricks if I can find the right environment and then I will be done shooting for episode one. Also tomorrow I will be shooting the end of Phonecall, which is great :)

After we finished shooting what we could in the hour or so we had to kill, I bought wifey some Maccas as promised, As vain as i am and never one to miss the opportunity I posed for a pic, M for Matt! :)

When I got home later that night I discovered I got an email from my agent for an audition for a small part in a major feature that shoots in Auckland soon, excited and terrified at the same time, Post more as it gets more concrete :)

Shooting of ActionStar webseries started today

Below are some screenshots of the footage we shot today for the first episode of my new web-series Actionstar. This episode is about me trying Parkour for the first time, (can't join the club until February 11th) So using the internet and other material for advice, I gave it a shot with the basics, cat leaps, rolls, dash vaults etc, I failed a couple of times but overall a very fun day :)

Hoping to shoot more attempts tomorrow (had to stop due to the rain). I just wanted to share what you can look forward to seeing on my channel in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, enjoy the screenshots :)

New Year, New opportunities :)

Happy New Year Everyone! Time to eat last year's challenges :)

2012 Promises to be a defining year for me as I create more opportunities and finish projects that have long been gestating. So let me share with you all what to look forward to;

1) I graduate from SAE (knock on wood) March 2012 and then I can start work on my Indy no-budget feature, Chase. (completely rewritten from the original sci-fi action thriller I mentioned months ago which is now retitled Hunter).

Chase will be a 80 minute feature film and I aim to start shooting April 2012, hopefully to be edited and available off my website Dec 2012/Jan 2013. It's the story of a wannabe action-star (yes, loosely based on an exaggerated version of me) and his road to honesty. I've written 5 fights into it and plenty of comedic gags as well as some heavy drama to give my first feature some heart and soul.

2) Also in March I hope to have also finished Phonecall, the action/thriller staring Nazim Khan and myself. I hope to enter this in some low key festivals and spread the word about my style of film. All i have left to shoot are the 2 fight scenes, a flashback and some pick up shots.

3)Also in March I will also enter JOB 23 into film festivals too, this drama/action film is what I have decided to turn in for my SAE definitive project, though I had wrestled with shooting Bouncer or Maria, I have decided that budget and cast/time frame wise this is the safest and easiest option.

4)In order to become the film star I am aiming to be I need to work on my acting as well as getting exposure on national television and more views on YouTube. I will be chasing as much extra work as possible as well as trying for ads, student films etc, but I am hoping working on my own films will give me the exposure I seek. I don't want to start my website without something to sell to a fanbase I can grow, so I'm working hard on my Actionstar webseries....

5)I aim on learning Nunchuku and Parkour properly this year so I can feature them with my Jeet Kune Do in my movies, as all 3 very exciting to watch onscreen in my personal view, I want to be able to execute them as perfectly as possible.

Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope to have some more videos or photo's to share with you over the coming year as I chase my dream of becoming New Zealand's first action star :)

Thanks for your support even though as an action hero I'm only in the beginner stages :)