Ideal Media News

2nd June 2008

    We just finished helping on a 4-day workshop for actors and directors organised by Wide Angle     Tasmania and led by director Di Drew. It was very interesting workshop and had a very                positive response from everybody attending.

May 2008

After a quick break our weding it was strait back to work with Gordie working with Russell again. They shot one car ad for Motor and another for My State Financial. 

Anna spent a week with Peter Crocker as his sound attachment on a doco shoot Feril Peril, which was shot for ABC around Tasmania. Working on a documentary was a new and therefore very valuable experience.

19th April 2008

 A very happy day - we got married! The ceremony was  held in Richmond at the bridge, followed by a reception in  Richmond Hall. It was a great day, beautiful weather and  relaxed atmosphere. We thank to all our friends and  family who came to share the day with us and who helped  us to make it happen.

 The hoeneymoon had to be postponed as we have too  much work waiting for us in the office but we sure will  make up for it later down the year.

April 

Anna left the office for couple of weeks to do the sound attachment on the shoot of The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce. It is a factual drama shot in the beautiful location of Lake St. Claire in Craddle Mountains. Anna had great time working on the shoot, it had a great atmosphere and working with the sound recordist Will Sheridan was a great experience and excellent learning. Now we just wait to see the movie, the premier is scheduled for October this year.

                                
On set of Alexander Pearce

30th of March 2008

Anna and I just finnished up working on another short film for the Raw nerve project. This time it was good friend and sound recordist Dan Weaveal directing. I Dop and Anna recorded the sound. A frantic couple of days but the end result was worth it. Can't wait to see it.

Gordie

March 2008

The first short film shoot is finished. Henry Finn, short film Directed by Shaun Wilson was shot in St John's and Hobart Private Hospitals over the weekend. The shoot went very well, everybody worked well together and I think we got some good footage. Now we have to wait till it comes back from post to have a look at the finished product. Also many thanks to Peter Curtis from ABC for his wonderful mentoring support and all the help on this shoot!

On set of Henry Finn

February 2008

A busy month in our office. We had been to few weddings this month, all turned out to be very nice days so we are now madly editing our footage so we can get the final DVDs back to the newlywed couples who are sure curious to see it.
Also there is preproduction work happening for couple of short film shoots which taking place around Hobart during March. Gordie has a chance to DOP two of them while Anna will be recording sound for two as well. We have some interesting scripts and young Directors to work with so it should be couple of exciting days.
Anna

January 2008

An ideal Media team grows, my partner Anna has moved to Tasmania and will be working with me from now on. She is a film school graduate specialized in Sound Recording and Production Management. We are hoping to be able to take more exciting projects on board in the next year.

Also January has been an extremely busy with me working on two large Advertising Campaigns with Russell Galloway DOP. Both were shot with a Panasonic HD P2 camera and look fantastic! Can't wait to see them on the TV!

February 2007 to January 2008

Sorry for my lack of up dates on the website but this was a massive work period. It has been flat out here at ideal media which has been fantastic. I've been film many project ranging from corporate videos to Weddings and all in between. If I haven't been filling or editing I mostly been Camera Assisting on Television commercials with Russell Galloway.
Here a list of some of the ads you may have seen: Betta milk, My State financial ,Nyrstar, Road Safety Task Force, The Mercury, B& E Financial plus many more. Also I did a few days assisting on a New Zealand Documentary about the Red Sea which was very interesting..

Hopefully this year I will do a little better at updating my web site!

January 2007

Speaking of Hub productions, I spent a great week over with Barry and the Team based at production headquarters in Port Melbourne. My travels with the team during the week, took me to Ballarat for a big budget truck commercial shoot. Great time spent with the Melbourne crew and had a fantastic time going over the top of the line equipment. Well worth the trip.

December 2006

I have recently returned from an exciting trip. I had the great opportunity to work camera assisting and loading for Australian Cinematographer Barry Malseed of Hub Production. We were shooting scenic shots around Smithton and the beautiful North West for a Chinese Milk commercial/ Lots of fun and great experience. Best bit was loading the film for an Arri 435 35mm. Fantastic camera, great crew. Big thanks to Zoot and Melbourne's Hub productions.

November 2006

I've just finished 3 weeks work on an Irish\Tasmanian produced
documentary called Exile in Hell. It's about the escape and capture of
Pearce the Cannibal convict. I was lucky enough to be Camera Assistant to
experienced DOP Joe McCeaver. Also it was great to work with the Tasmanian
team at Zoot who did a fantastic job producing!

October 2006

I have just returned from Melbourne after the Victorian Tasmanian ACS
(Australian Cinematography Society) awards night. I was extremely lucky and
honored to receive the Silver Award for student Cinematography for my work
the film Assassin X. It ended up being a huge night and great fun meeting
some of the best DOP's in the country. Also when I got home to Tassie I felt
like a minor celebrity getting a mention in the Mercury and an interview on
ABC radio.

In a busy month I've just returned from a quick trip to Sydney where I DOP'ed
a quick short for a Sydney filmmaker Duy Yen Chau with old friend and class
mate from film school Mickele Imperalie producing and Rohan Weir on sound.
It was a small project but a great script and lots of fun to do. Also you
can't beat working with old friends. Look forward to seeing it.

September 2006

I have finished up working as Camera Assistant\ loader on the
Aurora's Perfect World Ad Campaign. Once again I was lucky enough to be
working with renowned Tasmania Cinematographer Russell Galloway. Another
fantastic experience. Also it was great working the SR2 super 16mm camera
(one of my favorite Designs). Great shoot, look forward to seeing the
campaign on TV.

15-07 -2006

I've just returned from Sydney after working as Cinematographer on a short Film called "Assassin X" with Darn Ward directing. It was a lot of hard work but ended up being a great experience which was heightened by working with a fantastic Sydney crew. Many new skills were learnt including working with an armorer and an explosive tech! I left Sydney very happy after seeing the rushes – a great experience.

21 - 06 - 2006

You can see some of my still photography on the upcoming debut album by talented local Tasmania musician George Begbie. George is a very gifted musician and the album sounds great! Visit his site at http://www.georgebegbie.com for more information.

25-05 -2006

Recently I was granted the chance to work as a camera assistant and loader for Russell Galloway on a new beer commercial as a loader and camera assistant. The production was shot on 35mm film.

5-04-2006

It's been an exciting couple of months for Ideal Media. Our internet site has been been totally redesigned and we have also recieved a huge upgrade in our camera department with the purchase of a Panasonic AJ D700 DVC Pro broadcast quality camera!

12-12-2005

Things are moving at full speed here at Ideal Media. Since our new Mac G5 editing machine arrived at the end of October, it’s barely had time to rest! The Photography section of idealmedia has also had a boost in equipment with the purchase of a new camera, accessories, and full commercial studio kit which includes a hi-end negative scanner.

I’ve also been honored by being invited back to my film school in Sydney to act as Cinematographer for a short film. With a bit of luck and careful organising there might be enough of a break in the Ideal Media diary to take up the offer.

Gordon Cleeland