Alistair Maitland Photography recently tapped me to help him shoot a music video for his pals Diyet & The Love Soldiers. His concept was to keep it simple and shoot the three musicians sitting in a dark room, back to back. We keyed it with a big overhead soft box and had a few fill lights to bring the exposure on their faces up a bit. You can check out the results here: https://youtu.be/FEx-JIpL9PE
Yukon University 2020
Our Yukon University brand launch video has just been released!
It was a real pleasure working on this one. Who would've thought, 18 years after I was a student at Yukon College I'd be back to help them create a vision of pride and inspiration as they move towards this new milestone of becoming a University.
Link here: https://vimeo.com/348687835
Many thanks to the amazing team that brought this to life!
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Agency: Will Creative Inc. (Shannon Cherry & Jenn Hicks)
Client: Yukon College // Yukon University
Production: Brendan Preston Productions
Directors: Jenn Hicks & Brendan Preston
DP: Brendan Preston
Drone/AC: Mike Code (Burning Grouse Productions)
Set photog/grip: Erik Pinkerton Photography
Editor: Jayden Soroka (Outpost 31)
Colour: David Tomiak (Silver Lining Post)
Post Audio/Music: Wave Sound Productions
Casting: Katherine McCallum
Beneath The Broadcast
A few months ago Something Shows (https://somethingshows.com) and Big Boat Records (https://www.bigboatrecords.com) approached me to collaborate with them on a live recorded music video - the likes of which The Yukon has never seen!
Over two days we filmed and recorded 9 live bands in the basement of the iconic CBC Yukon building. The resulting film “Beneath The Broadcast” exists in two separate formats: one as a complete full-length 55 minute film, and the other as nine individual videos featuring each act.
From Something Shows Website: “Capturing a variety of genres – folk, rock n’ roll, alternative, sacred harp/doom, soul, hip-hop, and grunge – the film creates a collaborative piece highlighting the music and the filmmakers of Whitehorse at a specific moment in time. A collaboration between Yukon-based organizations Something Shows, Big Boat Records, local filmmaker Brendan Preston, and musical acts Jona Barr, The Sputnik Experiment, Paris Pick, Cryptozoologists, Calla Kinglit, LOCAL BOY, The Sweeties, Groan Boy, and Soda Pony, Beneath the Broadcast represents a variety of experience, perspective, and reflections on life through art in the Yukon capital.”
***Shout out to my camera team:
Gaffer/1st Ac - Marty O’brien /// B-Cam/BTS Videographer - Brett Elliot
The first video: Jona Barr
(future videos will be posted here upon their release)
Canadian Wildlife Federation - Assessing the Fate of the Yukon Chinook Salmon
The Canadian Wildlife Federation got in touch to produce a series of mini-documentaries showcasing their Yukon Chinook Salmon research in the Territory. Specifically, the series looks at the work CWF is doing on the Yukon River with regards to tagging Chinook Salmon in order to monitor the effectiveness and impacts of the Whitehorse fish ladder. I grew up a few blocks from the Fish Ladder so it was cool to get a behind the scenes look at the work going on there.
Link Part 1: https://vimeo.com/331843794
Link Part ll: https://vimeo.com/331840662
Link Part lll: https://vimeo.com/331852677
River of Life: Yukon
This past month has been one of the most intense experiences of my career. I’ve just wrapped shooting 21 days on a German Movie-Of-The-Week titled “River of Life: Yukon”. Apparently this series is broadcast on Germany’s second largest cable network and has an audience of 8 million people! My role on the project was B-Camera Operator and while it was long hours (averaging 15 hrs a day), it was an amazing experience. Working closely with the cinematographer Ralf Noack (http://www.ralfnoack.com) I was able to learn a great deal - like how to light a scene with a flamethrower or do a tracking shot on a wolf as it sprints towards camera. Aside from the opportunity to work with an amazing team of Yukoners, Germans, Austrians, Vancouverites and a single Australian, I think one of the highlights was “fishing” for shots on an important scene and getting a big hi-5 from the director as she said “that was beautiful!” I can’t wait to see the final cut - I just hope it has English subtitles!
