b'blue skyN otmanyscreenproductionstudentspaint, colour, intensity and sheer fun of Dans Lights, have the chance to create a broadcastcommercial made it a stand out, says Resene televisioncommercial,butauniqueCEO Nick Nightingale. partnershipwithResenesawWhitireiaFrom the beginning, Dans original concept CommunityPolytechnicstudentsdojustwas strong and playful, says Corey. He always camera,that. As part of an in-house film competition,wanted the talent (me) to let loose and have students were required to generate a uniquefun. Dan and I discussed the characterisation of concept for a commercial, pitch it and then workthe piece often, so that he could feel confident in teams to generate 30-second long ads. Thein making clear and precise directions.action students were given complete creative freedom,As a producer, I love to see when a crew as long as the commercial met the client briefmakes a creative breakthrough. In this case, as a and used paint colours from the latest Resenetutor and supervisor, I got to see the light bulb The Range fashion colours collectionallowingmoment in students eyes. Thats my favourite them an invaluable opportunity to gain industrypart: knowing that even when the students are Dan Minnears budding careerexperiencewithareal-lifeclientandextendundertimepressurestheycanfindfantastic in film is off with a bang. their technical and creative skills. ways to get the shots and story they are after.Together,the11studentsenrolledinNewDan says that he was drawn to the magic of Zealand Diploma in Screen Production Level 6movies from an early age. My family moved pooled their ideas and talents together to createfrom the Coromandel to Taranaki when I wascosmic horror movies that border on comedyResene Light Fantastic was what fit my vision,messiest to work on for the students, and at the fivecommercialsundertheguidanceoftheirquite young, from the beautiful WhangamatCongratulationsleadtutor,CoreyLeVaillant.CoreysUpperbeach to a farming town whereat the time and just get whacky with it. Those are the storiesbut we worked around it by testing what elseend of the shoot day, everyone had smiles andto all the screen production Hutt-based film and television company, Ingotthere wasnt a lot to do. My brother, my friendsI want to tell. would work and we got the green. I also wantedphotos of a paint-covered tutor. students who participated:Films (www.ingotfilms.com), has been promotingand I would re-enact movie scenes and createWhenaskedwhatactorordirectorheto completely paint Coreys head and hands, butFor Dan, the learning opportunities he andRuben Braddockpositive, safe production experiences for theirlittlestoriesthatwewouldplaytherolesin,wishes he could make a film with, Dans topit would have been too time-consuming on thehiscrewreceivedwerethebestpartoftheJayme Corbettclients, talent and crew for more than a decade.which I think was an early indicator that I wantedpickwasaNewZealander.Iwouldlovetoshoot day, so we worked around it by splashingproject. I am still amazed that we filmed fiveBrady Findlaterthrow Antony Starr in an over-the-top horrorhisoverallsandcapswiththecolourhewascommercialconceptsinundertwoweeks, His 12 years in the industry has involved workto make films. You kind of had to be creative tomovie as the villain. Hes come a long way sincedrumming with, which was equally effective. and I am extremely proud of the final result. IDahntay Gorowskion eight feature films, two tv series and morehave any kind of fun in Inglewood. OutrageousFortuneandissomeoneIwouldMy favourite colour we used was Resenelearned so much about the process of makingEva-Marie Hartmannthan a dozen short films, and combined with hisStarWarsandTheLordofTheRingslove to work with. Now Or Never, which is in the shot we pulleda commercial and working with clients, meetingTrey Holcroft-Lewerpreviousexperienceasaprofessionaltheatredefinitely had an impact on me growing up, butDuring the planning stage of his commercial,off where the paint explodes out of the bucketbriefs and taking on suggestions. Id like to thankKade Martinmanager, Corey has plenty of real-life problemas my tastes matured, I fell in love with films likeit was Resenes bold primary hues that Dan waswhile Corey bangs away. It looked amazing. Resene and our tutors, Corey, Mark and David,Dan Minnearsolving to draw from for a mentorship role. Fight Club, GoodFellas and anything by Edgarmostdrawntousing.IchosethreecoloursItwasCoreysbackgroundintheatreandwho helped us develop our ideas and grow as aMelodie ReddishThe winner, Dan Minnear, created a dynamicWrightwhich have had the most influence onthat I thought would work the best for whathis wholehearted commitment to the studentscrewand to Corey, in particular, for standingSam Ronaldsad which showed Corey energetically drummingwhat I want to make. we wanted to do: Resene Now Or Never, aprojects that inspired Dan to cast him as thein a pool of paint for eight hours straight. Ryelee Saon Resene paint tins and buckets to a catchyDespite the challenges of the pandemic, Danverysaturatedbluethatfeltquitepowerful,talentinthecommercial.IhadknownandBut for Corey, being given the freedom toResenerhythm. His actions cause colourful droplets ofwas able to complete two screen productionthe burning hot Resene Amped red and thenworked with Corey for over a year at that pointlet loose and smash around in the paint was hisLight FantasticResene paints to splash over his white paintersprogrammes (Level 5 and Level 6) at Whitireia.we wanted to use Resene Light Fantastic forand I thought it would be wasted potential tohighlight. The child-like glee of slapping theReseneoveralls and cap. The filming cuts when paintWithhiseducationwrapped,Danhopestoaveryfast-pacedandenergeticsegmentofnot use him as my drummer, as I had him inpaint was hugely satisfying, he says.Ampedis flung from a brush on to the camera lens,work his way up in the industrypreferably inthe commercial. I really wanted to have a verymind when conceptualising the commercial. Resenecovering it completely. lighting or camerawork, to startso that he canbright and vibrant yellow, but it was so brightResene was a pleasure to work with and theNow Or NeverWewereimpressedbythecreativelearn how to work as efficiently as possible in athat it didnt pick up on camera well. We endedteamsupportedthestudentsthewholewayKeep your eyes peeled for the Resene Colour Reseneconcepts that the students were able to comecrew setting. As an aspiring writer and director,up replacing it with Resene Aloe Vera, whichthrough, says Corey. Knowing that this was ain Frame commercials that were created during Aloe Verathis competition running online or check themup with and had quite some debate trying tothe projects I would most love to work on areworked surprisingly well for a substitute. student competition, they made sure that theyout at www.resene.com/colour-in-frame. Tonarrow it down to the five that would be made.very absurd and outlandish concepts that utiliseDansaysthatthecolourswapendedupassisted learning where they could from a clientslearn more about Whitireias programmes, visitChoosingthewinnerwasunanimousthethe art form as creatively as possible. Like, crazybeing one of the biggest learnings he took away.perspective. This project was the funniest andwww.whitireiaweltec.ac.nz. 66 blackwhitemag.com blackwhitemag.com 67'