SELECTED WORK
NARRATIVE FILM
COMMERCIALS
DOCUMENTARY
PHOTOGRAPHY
OUR SHORT FILM COLOURS HAS WRAPPED ON PRINCIPLE PHOTOGRAPHY - WHICH AFTER ALL THE SETBACKS AND DELAYS IS AN INCREDIBLY REWARDING SENTENCE TO WRITE. SHORTS ARE HARD. THEY’RE VERY NECESSARY IN MY MIND, BUT THEY ARE UNDOUBTABLY HARD TO BRING TO LIFE, AND I’M SO GRATEFUL TO THE GENEROSITY OF THOSE WHO CAME ON BOARD FOR THIS ONE. THERE’S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS WE BRING ESSIE AND SARO’S AMAZING PERFORMANCES AND JANI’S INCREDIBLY FOOTAGE TO LIFE AND I CAN’T WAIT TO GET TO WORK! THANKS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED ON GETTING US TO THIS STAGE, AND I GENUINLY CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEXT STEPS. SOME BTS FROM ME. MORE TO COME!
SOME PEOPLE DON’T GET RUNNING. THEY THINK IT LOOKS LIKE PAIN. BUT FOR MANY OF US, IT’S SO NECESSARY. THE RELEASE, THE FREEDOM, THE ENDORPHINS. IT’S RESILIENCE FOR LIFE. I COULDN’T RUN IN THIS YEAR’S SYDNEY HALF MARATHON SO TOOK A CAMERA AND SHOT FROM THE SIDELINES, CAPTURING THOSE MOMENTS AND EXPRESSIONS THAT TO ME AT LEAST SUM UP WHAT RUNNING IS. I HOPE TO BE BACK OUT THERE AGAIN SOON!
AH, THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. SOME SHOTS PITCHSIDE FROM A RECENT SYDNEY FC A LEAGUE MATCH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE MALDIVES? LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT FOR...YES, JUST YES, INSTANTLY YES. WAS MY RESPONSE. HAD A BLAST SHOOTING FOR THE FOUR SEASONS WITH THE LOVELY PEEPS AT PARALLAX COLLECTIVE IN SINGAPORE. FILM COMING SOON - HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM PARADISE, ALL COURTESY OF MY BELOVED RICOH GRIIIX.
SOME FILMS ASK BIG QUESTIONS. MY UPCOMING SHORT FILM, COLOURS, ASKS A QUIETER ONE; WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO REACH FOR LOVE WHEN EVERYTHING AROUND YOU IS WORKING AGAINST IT?
PRESENTED AS AN EMOTIVE NARRARTIVE, THE FILM OFFERS A POSITIVE MEDITATION AROUND THE VALUE OF HOPE, SOMETHING THE WORLD NEEDS RIGHT NOW!
SHORT FILMS DON'T HAVE THE MACHINERY OF A FEATURE BEHIND THEM. THEY EXIST BECAUSE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE DECIDE THEY NEED TO TELL THIS STORY, AND THEN FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THIS PROJECT HAS ATTRACTED AN INCREDIBLE CAST AND CREW TO HELP BRING IT TO LIFE. ESSIE RANDLES AND SARO LEPEJIAN FEATURE (THANKS TO CITIZEN JANE CASTING), ALONGSIDE CINEMATOGRAPHER CAMPBELL BROWN AND PRODUCER JACK STEELE — JUST A FEW OF THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE ON BOARD, EACH POURING THEIR LOVE AND ENERGY INTO MAKING COLOURS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
IF YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT OR PROMOTE THE PROJECT, WE'D WELCOME YOU AS PART OF THE TEAM TOO. WE'D GENUINELY LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
EVEN A SMALL CONTRIBUTION GOES DIRECTLY INTO MAKING THIS FILM WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE. IF YOU'D LIKE A CREDIT AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT TOO, AND ANY DONATION OVER $2 IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE!
THE LINK TO OUR CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN IS HERE. IF YOU CAN SUPPORT COLOURS FINANCIALLY THAT WOULD BE AMAZING, BUT EVEN SHARING THE LINK ON YOUR SOCIALS OR WITH FRIENDS WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO.
HONESTLY, ANY HELP MEANS THE WORLD TO US.
THANKS,
LESTER
STILLS TO PROMOTE MY UPCOMING NARRATIVE SHORT ‘COLOURS’.
FEATURING OUR LEAD TALENT: ESSIE RANDLES AND SARO LAPEJIAN
STYLING: EMMA COTTERILL
BEAUTY: TRACY TERASHIMA
DIGI: SOPHIE BARLOW
ASSIST: LIA MOAR
A STILLS TEST WITH MAX AND HIS BIKE
TALENT: MAX SNELLING c/o MATE MODEL MANAGEMENT
DIGI: CARISSA ANDERSON
ANTICA CAMPAIGN FILM FOR MONIKA RUGGERINO (DIRECTOR’S CUT)
TALENT: KITTY CALLAGHAN, GEE GEE FERGUSON, MIKKA BYARUGABA
DOP/EDITOR: LESTER JONES
ASSIST: ANDREW HAINING
SYLIST: NAT PETREVSKI
MUA: SHELLY RUBY MARTIN
HAIR: SOFIA SARRIS