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Slowly the site redesign is taking shape, but there’s still a lot to do so please excuse the mess around here. So anyway, if you have time to read this, then maybe you have time on Wednesday, because this Wednesday FTI is showcasing some local productions at the Local Focus: Halloween Screamer event. The line-up [...]

Today, a quick Q&A with Sam Winzar, DoP of the new Sugar Army clip for the song ‘Tongues In Cheeks’. It looks pretty damn hot, but don’t take BRAINS?’s’z word for it, have a look………

BRAINS?: What Did You Shoot On?
We shot of the RED One camera. Using both the RED 18-50mm lens plus LensBaby [...]

If you’re in hurry then you might want to bookmark this post and come back later with some popcorn, because we got a lotta action for you. Stuart Bender’s stuff is best described as ‘die hardcore’, a freshly coined term to describe the getting ever better YouTube action genre. You can find his work on [...]

I really enjoyed writing this post because, in our continuing study of WA features, we come to this nugget……
Windrider, produced by Barron Entertainment, featured a young Nicole Kidman’s boobies and had an ’80’s, and thus cool, poster. The coolest that exists in the world.
Not only that, the tagline is ‘The ride of  a lifetime’. I [...]

Kane George Jason is a director/producer and the founder of Contempovision Films. Judging by the number of posts on the FTI boards they have quite a heavy slate. He also started the Perth Filmmakers Directory (pfd.cvfilms.net) which is worth a check for those looking for cast and crew . Brains? asked him about [...]

Jarrad Gittos (@jegmedia) is a 3D artist operating out of Perth. He was kind enough to give Brains? an introduction to both himself and 3D in Perth. He offers some great advice on training up and finding work. Thanks again mate.
My name is Jarrad Gittos, a 23 year old Australian Multimedia Designer based in [...]

Jason Stringer (@jasonstringer) is a filmmaker, FTI alumni and father of two children. He has recently re-cut his graduation film HER PARTY to make it festival ready. The short handles the difficult subject matter with quiet dignity and the performance by actress Penelope Andrews is truly striking. Jason is one of those rare-in-the-movies actors’ directors, [...]

This exhillerating post mixed with this topper at The Worst of Perth, lead to an IMBD search for feature films shot in WA.

Surprisingly, there are some.
So in tribute we will be starting a regular feature here, calling attention to all the wonderful films shot in Perth that you would need a VHS player and a [...]

While community TV fights it out with government to try and secure digital broadcasts, Brains? chased up some people with experience working with Perth’s CTV to see what interested creators can expect if K-Rudd comes through with the goods. Gavin is a maker, and one of the hosts of the Flicktease program, a movie news [...]