Samuel Richards Filmmaker Photographer Sound Designerinfo@samuelrichards.com.au
Eat Some Ice Creams! Do Some Bombs!
Sound Designer/Sound Mixer
Official Theatrical Trailer for the documentary EAT SOME ICE CREAMS! DO SOME BOMBS!
Young actor James Rolleston has just finished starring in the hit New Zealand feature film “BOY” and all he wants to do now is learn to surf. But when the beaches fail to deliver the big waves he craves, James hits the road with his friend Matty (an ex-surf champion and movie stuntman) to discover the great New Zealand past-time of dive-bombing and helps organize the first ever World Bombing Championship! Action, adventure, comedy and a helpings of fish & chips feature in this nostalgic tribute to the Kiwi summer and childhood.
Samoa Advertisement
Director of Photography/Camera Operator
Shot with a GH2 and a Voitlander f0.95 over four days. A hurricane was blowing in all week so locations were very limited and weather windows were often seconds at a time.
Arnhem Land
Camera/Editor/Sound Recordist
Very quick edit of a 30 miniute shoot in Arnhemland. Shot on a hacked GH2, handheld with a Voitlander f0.95 25mm(50mm equivalent) lens. Audio recorded using a combination of a Sennheiser 416P into an H4n and the Rode camera mic on the GH2.
RavenSpace
Producer/Director/Editor/Sound Designer/2nd Camera
A documentary about an Artificial Intelligence company based in southern Spain that is using news sentiment index data sourced from the internet, to successfully predict the stock market entirely without human intervention. Privately funded and currently under a non disclosure agreement due to the sensitivity of the project.
Samoan Relief Effort
Director/Sound/Editor
Following the arrival of regular news crews and the almost macabre highlighting of the doom and gloom, we made this short clip as we thought Samoa needed an independent media view of what was going on and what was needed as a next step.
Waitahurangi
Producer/Director/Camera/Sound/Editor
Documentary following a group of filmmakers and their canoe, tracing an ancient waka portage through what is now modern day urban West Auckland.
Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Sound Recordist/Sound Mixer/Audio Design
A 13 part documentary series for the Te Reo Channel and Maori Television.
Interviews blended with dramatic reconstructions detailing the journey of some of the most precious ancient artifacts of Aotearoa to the Museum at Auckland City, New Zealand.
The General Grant… where it isn’t
Producer/Director/Editor/Sound Designer/2nd Camera
Winner of “Best Documentary 2003” at the Hollywood DV Festival
First time treasure hunters head into the Sub-Antarctic to search for the sunken treasure of the ill famed General Grant. 1st time documentary makers follow them on the quest, without a budget, without a clue.
The Warrior’s Way… A Wider Shot
Producer/Director/Editor/Sound Designer/Second Camera
40 minute documentary on the making of The Warrior’s Way [2011]
For the DVD and BluRay release.