About
@478 Productions is a production company which specializes in digital video.
@478 aims to assist all it's FRIENDS & WHANAU -it's PEOPLES- into the FILM/TV/MUSIC/MODELLING industry if it can, so it's jobs includes working as an AGENT &/or MANAGER.
Already one of our PEEPS has been in a HOLLYWOOD MOVIE '10,000 BC' (2008) Directed by Roland Emmerich & 'THE STOLEN' (2017) Directed by Niall Johnson.
Also being extras in New Zealand film 'EVERYTHING WE LOVED' (2014) Directed by Max Currie & of course 'THE STOLEN' (2017).
Some of @478's work:
[LIVE EVENTS BEGAN IN 2005]
- Christchurch Secondary Schools Kapa Haka Comp 2005 (aired on CTV),
- Waitaha Cultural Kapa Haka Festival 40th 2005,
- David Grace & Injustice at Parihaka 2006,
- Pae Rangatahi Taranaki Regional Secondary Kapa Haka Comp 2011.
[DOCUMENTARY FOR MOONLIGHT SHORTS COMP]
'Straight In There' (2006).
SHORT FILMS
'Maize' (2005). Horror
'Streets of Roses' (2005) a 20 minute short based on True Events in the 1980s.
'Legacy - Legends continue...' (2018). Drama-Fantasy
[48 HOURS FURIOUS FILM-MAKING]
Producer/Editor for Team: The Sundays 'Bonenana' (2005)
Editor/Camera Assistant for Team: SuspectTV 'The Last Wingnut' (2006)
Producer/Editor/DOP for Team: @478 Rulz 'A Young Maori Warrior's Rite of Passage' (2007)
Teacher/Producer for Team: @WHS JAMS 'The Perfect Murders' (2008)
Learning Advisor/Supporter: T@k-E 'Lie of Two Hearts' (2013)
Mation Nation 'Brobot' (2013)
Future Beard 'The Meaning of Mortality' (2013)
Crochet 'Empty Halls' (2013)
Learning Advisor/Supporter: Sean & the Babes 'Parkstone Ave' (2014)
Sets on the Beach 'Incubus' (2014)
@Parkstone 'Delusional' (2014)
B-Team 'Tounge Tied' (2014)
Dolphin 'Why You Shouldn't Internet Date' (2014)
Loopy Lemon 'The Gutter Song' (2014)
Quantum Peguin 'Real People' (2014)
Gorehouse 'The Night Shift' (2014)
Learning Advisor/Supporter: Ao Tawhiti Teams 2015-2019: 4-8 Teams each year
Whale ' (2017) Best School City WINNER
Spud ' (2018) Best School City WINNER
Dolphin First & Only School Ultra Team (2018)
Taniwha Road 'Baking Takes Time' (2019) City WINNER
[Outlook For Someday]
'Windows' (2013) Learning Advisor
[Ao Tawhiti Productions]
'Purgatory High' (2014) Producer
'Tampons' (2014) Fair Go Ad Awards Learning Advisor
'Lift Language' (2019) Fair Go Consumer Hero Mother and Learning Advisor
Presently sharing our skills with students of Ao Tawhiti School in Christchurch, New Zealand.
BUSINESS LOGO :
“It’s not just a business, it’s our home.”
Streets of Roses From a Rose
From the moment Marlene spotted me outside the whare she rushed over with a mountain of paper stapled together neatly. “What’s this?” I asked stupidly as it had my name and ALEX handwritten with a red pen underneath. “It’s your script dummy!” Mars laughed off my profound loss of words. And this is where my journey as a rose begun.
After reading the script and discussing with Marlene, my new director, friends, and future cast members, I realised the opportunity to be a part of a drama directed by our very own- Marlene. It was something even I couldn’t pass up. A feeling of excitement and uncertainty ran over me as I considered the possible outcomes and road ahead of me. What had I got myself into?
Our first official meeting was in the staffroom at school on a weekend. All the Roses gathered for the first time. We were a room full of awkward young girls as we all became acquainted. There were girls from Lincoln, girls that didn’t go to school anymore and one from Waitara, TARANAKI!!
Mar’s left us all together in the boardroom with a video camera and a few pieces of paper in case of emergency silence. Two minutes later the room was filled with a murmur of gossiping and occasional roars of laughter. Marlene and Cam (one of many film assistants) entered beaming. This is when the hard work began.
It wasn’t soon out from that day that we shot our first scene, the fight scene. It was scheduled for us to meet the start at 7pm. When I arrived, the air was tingling cold but buzzing with excitement. Every one laughed at each other’s costumes and even more about my hair! We were in high spirits. We were soon told to quieten and had to put our abilities to the test.
The experience as a Rose with exciting, fun and a lot of hard work. I learnt mostly about the difficulties that a director has to overcome. As an actor, the biggest experience how to adjust to conditions too!
Atawhai Tam 2005
