What I provide

Delivering your message is my goal and I do this by creating great narratives. If you're going to make a video for marketing purposes, to inform, to share, or to inspire, it starts with a great story. It also needs to be engaging, informative and have a great call to action. I have a passion for this work and enjoy working with my clients to exceed their expectations.
I work with charities, crown entities and businesses on video projects and other marketing collateral. I also make show reels and auditions vidoes for actors.

My technical skill set includes: ​Videography, Premiere Pro, Final Cut, Photoshop, ProTools, Final Draft, Adobe Story, sound recording & design and Microsoft Office tools. I also build my own computer equipment from the ground up.

Examples of My Corporate Work

Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (Crown Entity)
The Teaching Council is the professional body for New Zealand teachers and professional leaders (principals). They carry out statutory functions, but also support teachers with member benefits, including leadership, Codes and Standards. The Council is working on a Te Tiriti strategy for and is making a series of videos that look to the range of cultures in Aotearoa to share their stories and utilise them in the Te Tiriti work.

Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (Crown Entity)
Message to the teaching profession during COVID 2020. The Teaching Council was looking to more effectively communicate with it's 130,000 members though video during the initial stages of COVID in 2020 and CE, Lesley Hoskin presents this videos.
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Nikau Foundation - PledgeMe Campaign
Nikau Foundation contacted me about making a video for their PledgeMe campaign. They want to raise money for a Wellington resilience campaign. They've partnered with Wellington Chocolate Factory and wanted to reflect Wellington and the sense of community with the video, in order to inspire people to give.

Fly on the wall filming of Dame Kate Harcourt
So amazing to work (briefly) with the legendary Dame Kate Harcourt, supplying fly on the wall footage of her recent performance at the 2018 New Zealand Festival, as one of the narrators of Peter and the Wolf.

Interview with Wellington Mayor, Justin Lester, for AFS
AFS wanted to share Wellington Mayor, Justin Lester's inspirational AFS story with their Alumni and supporters. 
They decided the best way to do this was to get Justin to tell his story and have a short video made of it. The brief was to film Justin talking and to shape a four minute video sharing his story.
I really enjoyed this project, Justin is an inspirational speaker with a great story, and I wanted to capture that on film and show his journey and energy. 

Instagram promo for The Changeover movie
The Social Media Manager for Kiwi movie, The Changeover, asked for a 50 second Instagram promo. I took the series of images they had created for publicity with quotes attached, and used the trailer words and music to create this promo.

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Rata Studios, Five Day Intensive with Miranda Harcourt
Rata Studio's run a five day intensive work shop every April. The course is run by Miranda Harcourt, New Zealand's premier acting coaching. She works with Sir Peter Jackson, Nicole Kidman, KJ Apa and has worked on many well known films, including Lion. 

The five day intensive works with some of NZ's top acting tutors and coaches in the areas of acting, voice, film, combat, improvisation and music.

The brief was to film over the five days and create a video that would showcase the course and the development of the participants. Please click here to view the video.

Dame Anne Salmond
Dame Anne Salmond is a New Zealand anthropologist and historian best known for her writings on New Zealand history, her study of Maori culture, and her efforts to improve intercultural understanding between Maori and Pakeha (people of European ancestry) New Zealanders. She was New Zealander of the Year in 2014.
In this keynote address, she talks about her influences and her view of NZ society today and where we need vision.

Educational Advantage
Educational Advantage bring teachers from China, India and Thailand to New Zealand to spend time in New Zealand intermediate and secondary schools, learning English and sharing their cultural story with both teachers and students. The client was looking for a video to show to schools, to demonstrate the value of taking on these teachers and how they help fill curriculum needs as well as adding in a positive way to the community life of the school. #educationaladvantage #teachers #teacherexchanges

Go Kiwi Go
Go Kiwi Go (GKG) is an organisation that provides volunteer experiences for people over 18. As part of an integrated marketing plan, the client was looking for 15 second TVC. The client was looking to use the currently popular two dimensional animation style and to get as much information into 15 seconds as possible, with maintaining a clean visual experience and good audio. The result is an  energetic and upbeat advert. #gokiwigo #volunteer #volunteerabroad

World War I Ambulance Corp
Mike has created a video for the client that briefly details the history of the American Field Service Ambulances and the connection to New Zealand for a conference presentation. #AFS #AFSeffect 

Global Choice 
Mike was asked to create an engaging video for Global Choice (GC are agents for international exchange students), to enable international partners to understand how GC operates.)