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Martin Helmreich Canberra cinematographer Martin Helmreich has been a lighting cinematographer and editor for sixteen years. He is currently vice president of the Canberra chapter of the Australian Cinematographer's Society. freeswimmers has Canberra's first Sony PDW700 XDCam HD Camcorder. Coupled with a Canon wide angle High Definition broadcast lens, the high definition images are stunning. Martin had his first film as DOP/editor on ABC television on January 27 2008. It is an arts/culture film titled Eclectic Blues, featuring singer-songwriter Merri-May Gill who takes us on a journey to the Thredbo Blues festival to find out what is unique about Aussie blues music. On the way she gathers tips, from some Aussie blues legends, about how to write the next number 1 true blue blues song. A specialised service we offer is aerial photography and cinematography. We work with a very talented pilot Christine Farrell of Aquila helicopters. We use image stabilising equipment for our moving image work. See our work; http://www.aquilahelicopters.com.au/aerial_photography/aerial_photography_and_video.html Some other recent work by Martin was the interviews used in Get Up's version of the Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody song From Little Things Big Things Grow. See the song and video at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWYi1xDvsec Martin's background includes working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). This included work for; Australian Story, Four Corners, 7.30 Report, sport and general news and current affairs. Prior to this he worked for Television Victoria, Nine Network, Win Television, RMC Duntroon and Prime Television Canberra. Martin's work as a Canberra camera operator has taken him on four Federal election campaigns and various overseas assignments. He has worked on several documentaries, television commercials, and short films. His industry training and personal creative approach in editorial, documentary, commercial, corporate or underwater cinematography will bring you a unique product. Martin is a member of the Australian Cinematographer's Society. Some of Martin's recent work includes cinematography for Geoff Crane at Questacon; http://www.questacon.edu.au/imaginationfactory/index.html http://questacon.typepad.com/ In 2007 he filmed and edited an aerial corporate documentary for Australian Wildlife Conservancy titled Wongalara and filmed and edited a corporate film for Anglicare. martin's broadcast credits include: commercial Questacon promotional film for The Imagination Factory 2007 (Questacon) Hungerfords' Christmas 2005 (Fresh Creative Design) Murrays Buses 'Bums on Seat' 2003 (d'Indigo blend) Khyber Pass Carpets 2003 (d'Indigo blend) Goodberrys 2003 (d'Indigo blend) The Catalina Club 2003 (Mumblegrunt) Makin' Mattresses 2002 (d'Indigo blend) charitable and art organisations Amnesty International - cinematography Anglicare (DOP and editor) corporate film 2007 CraftACT (DOP and editor) Cook Primary Endeavour film 2007 Greenpeace - cinematography Hartley Life Care - cinematography documentary/cultural Wongalara (DOP and editor) aerial corporate documentary 2007 - AWC Eclectic Blues - 34 minute arts/culture film (DOP and editor) 2006 - freeswimmers Transformations (cinematography) 2005 - d'Indigo blend The National Sculpture Prize (cinematography) 2005 - d'Indigo blend No Ordinary Place: The Art of David Malangi (cinematography) 2005 - d'Indigo blend Daughterlessless Carp (cinematography) 2004 Super Dave Air Guitar Odyssey (cinematography) 2003 drama The Awakening (cinematography) 2007 - Director Andy Rasa The Turning (cinematography) 2006 - Director Andy Rasa/Producer Shoestone Productions Car Trouble (cinematography) 2006 - Director Rainer Listing/Producer Shoestone Productions Hard Sell (cinematography) 2005 - Director Andy Rasa/Producer Shoestone Productions editorial ABC - Dimensions, Landline, 7.30 Report, ABC News, Australian Story, Four Corners ATN Seven - Today Tonight, Sunday Sunrise, Seven News BBC - Business Show Network Ten - Network Ten News, Ten Sport Nine Network - 60 Minutes, Nightline, A Current Affair, The Small Business Show, Location Location SBS - Insight, SBS News, SBS Sport Foxsports Skynews music MTV - Evermore, Perisher Snow Cave 2005 |