Liquid Creations

Liquid Creations Showreel 2011

marcus — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:35:10 +0000

BRIEF
Show our skills off in a sweet 2minute edit. To satisfy all the restless video junkies surfing the net looking for the next big thing.
SOLUTION
We have had a smashing 2011 year! It’s taken us to 15 different countries around the globe. From Malmsbury to Milan. From backstreets to beaten tracks. From ‘grazie’ to ‘totes sweet mate’. We would like to thank all of our clients, agencies, production partners, friends, families, pets, barista’s, mistresses, masseuse and anyone else we’ve forgotten to mention.

Special thanks to Leo Burnett, NiceBike, Caramel Creative, ABT Precinct, Local Peoples, Demon Angel, Tom Marks, Scott Pioro, Ross Close, Giuseppe Demaio, Pedro Pinto, Alex Power, Damian Capicchiano, Richard Wynn, Bernard Winter, Luke Richardson and everyone else. We are set for another cracking year after obtaining a Super 35mm EOS C300 camera hot off the manufacturing press. We continue to search out and master the latest equipment, techniques and ‘young peoples catch phrases’ to bring you the most amazing production experience ever!

2010 SHOWREEL

Designer Travel

james — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:46:25 +0000

BRIEF
Our brief here was to reinvigorate the television series Designer Travel. To do this we had to circumnavigate the world travelling from city to city, shooting as light and nimble as possible. Then upon return our job was to create a template for the look and feel of this second series to an established program.
SOLUTION
Called upon by the ultra knowledgeable producer Ross Close from Demon Angel Productions this was to be one of our toughest challenges for the year. Working quickly was the key with Designer Travel so we had to be ready to let the story take us where ever it so desired. So far we have travelled to Zurich, Milan, Genova, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Seattle, New York, Soul, Helsinki, Los Angeles, Bucharest, Amsterdamn, Shenzhen, London and Paris with more still to come. We have been able to meet soo many amazing and interesting people on our travels and have felt honoured to be a part of this monster that is Designer Travel. Below are just some of the memorable stories we encountered.

Pablo’s Love Lessons

james — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:33:21 +0000

BRIEF
Employed again by NICEBIKE to make something special for Tom Marks’ home video collection, this time with a Valentines Day vibe.. well sort of.
SOLUTION
So we had a super quick turn around again and we wanted this job to have a sweet, sexy vibe. So we went to task on finding the perfect location. Where else but our good buddies place out in the country. Who would have thought it? Everywhere we pointed the camera there was something beautiful to frame up. Cliff came to the rescue for the role of Pablo and dove head first into the role. Apparently he has continued to play the character long after Valentines Day due to the overwhelming demand from the ladies. Again great work from NICEBIKE and good times all round!

Roger Federer meets the next crop

james — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:53:46 +0000

BRIEF
Another great job for Local Peoples. With the Australian Open around the corner Nike wanted something that showcased their athletes as they came into the Nike Lounge for the first tournament for 2012.
SOLUTION
Local Peoples had done a bang-up job on getting the lounge to look super sweet so all we had to do was rock up and get some sweet coverage. Each player had a different reason to be in the Nike Players Lounge whether it was to just to pick up the latest shoes for the Australian Open or for a press conference. Roger Federer was their to launch his latest pair of tennis shoe and depart some of his wisdom to the next crop of young Aussie players. This video is just 1 of 3 from the Nike Players Lounge so go to Nike Tennis to see the others!

Training with Bernard Tomic

james — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:20:47 +0000

BRIEF
With Local Peoples at the wheel; the task on hand was to get up close and personal with Bernard Tomic in his home town of the Gold Coast.
SOLUTION
We headed up the coast with 2 shooters Marcus & Pedro (Mexican import) set for a big day of shooting. Trying to keep up with Bernard on his training day was no mean feat. Starting bright and early the boys captured some sweet work out footage shooting from the hip as well as with our portable dolly track. For some extra special training footage we strapped a GoPro to Bernard’s racket which proved to be a massive hit. (no pun intended) Released just in time for the 2012 Australian Open the video proved a hit with the Tomic faithfuls drooling over everything Camp Tomic. Go Tomic! Go!

Seek TVC

james — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:46:13 +0000

BRIEF
Working once again with Leo Burnet the task here was to create 3 fun little 15 second commercials. The end result was to be used both in a TVC for NovaFM but also as stand alone TVC’s. The solution needed to drive viewers to a website where they can enter jobs they wished existed but didn’t yet.
SOLUTION
With one day to shoot all 3 spots Leo’s GT got her producing boots on and prepped the day to perfection. The inspiration for the shooting style were shows like Arrested Development & Modern Family. So we took our research to task and enjoyed watching all 3 seasons of Arrested Development just for fun! We put one of our favorite teams together with David Parkinson on lights, Live Still on Hair and Make-up and Marcus Directing with Dave on camera. Check on the video’s below!

Man On A Mission – TVC

james — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:02:17 +0000

BRIEF
Coming up to Christmas the task was to turn around a Season’s Greetings message from Jeep in under a week. With a great creative from Cummins Ross & employed by Nice Bike we had to find a forest that didn’t look like Australia and finish it off with an After Effects shot to boot.
SOLUTION
With timing of the essence Dave hit his producer straps early. The difficulty being to find a pine forest that gave the TVC an international look. A quick web search uncovered some images from a Jeep enthusiast’s blog site. After a quick random email from us the blogger actually gave us a call and filled us in on all of his secret locations. Our mate Aaron came along as our specialty stunt driver. With many years experience behind the wheel as an amateur racing car driver he was the man for the job. Come time for shooting we were privileged to experience 4 seasons in one day. Instead of postponing the shoot we decided to embrace the climatic weather to give the add move of a long journey vibe. For post-production Marcus was able to comp together a super realistic Christmas tree with ease capping off another great job for Jeep and the boys at Nice Bike.

The Oracle

james — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:40:12 +0000

BRIEF
Our good buddies at Caramel Creative came to us in November with an exciting proposition to film inside and out of The Oracle real estate development up on the Gold Coast. What they were looking for was us to showcase the rooms available for purchase as well as showing off the retail space which is part of the development.
SOLUTION
With too much to film in the time allocated we had to employ the services of our Mexican friend Pedro Pinto so that we could split up into 2 shooting groups. Dave and Pedro covered the retail shoot whilst Marcus worked with plenty of prime lenses and our little pocket dolly to bring to life the residential shots. Caramel had stills going on at the same with Stewart Miller bossing up the retail side of things and legendary photographer Earl Carter taking control of the interiors. This was one of our highlights of last year with Aaron, Rowan, Cath and Juz putting in a stellar effort from Caramel. Pleasure to work with everyone! Great team!

Movember 2011

james — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:21:04 +0000

BRIEF
Movembers latest creation is this cracka series exploring Craft & Pride. Produced by Urchin Associates we had a great time shooting some unique Melbourne personalities.
SOLUTION 1
Our good times buddy Brett D’Souza who is also a kickass director invited us to shoot part of Movember series called Craft and Pride.In Episode 1, we meet Blake who is into Fly Fishing. Shoot day was down in Warrandyte, Victoria we were treated to some great weather and lush surroundings. The shoot was straight forward with Brett bringing his A-Game and Liquid Shooting from the hip, at times knee deep in the Yarra River! Camera was by Liquid’s Dave Schmidt, Sound by Marcus Flack, Direction by Brett D’Souza & produced by Urchin Associates. Was a pleasure shooting for such a great cause.
SOLUTION 2
Second time round was a Luthier in Brunswick, Melbourne. For those kids out there who don’t know what a luthier is, it’s a person that makes stringed instruments! Armed with an existing love for the stringed instrument we dove head first into this shoot. Again, with Brett D’Souza calling the shots, Dave on camera and Marcus on Sound the studio was a joy to shoot in with plenty of natural light. Marcus showed off his skills providing an impromptu guitar soundtrack which make’s an appearance in the above fly fishing video. We’re just looking for someone to give us something hard to do.

Dodge – My People – TVC

marcus — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:21:22 +0000

BRIEF
Director Tom Marks from Nice Bike approached us to shoot this tv commercial for Dodge, featuring 3 unique vehicles. They had selected a fantastic gritty track by The Presets, and needed a gritty look to match.
SOLUTION
We had just the idea for the right location. A huge shed that we could wet the whole floor down to create some amazing reflections. Shot on RED MX. Peter Ryan was the head gaf on the shoot and came up with a killer overhead lighting solution. With multiple passes on dolly tracks and crane moves we were able to formulate the right look and feel for a very edgy finish in post by Nice Bike.