First XV: Dead Letters (2005)

I've written about the short film Dead Letters before (here, here, and here) - but I couldn't go past this image of Yvette Reid when I was looking through some of the work I'd done in 2005.

I hadn't worked on-set as a stills photographer before (though I'd been an extra on Lord Of The Rings and a few TV series & commercials before that, so I had at least some idea how it would work); but I really wanted to commit to this production, to see what full days on set would be like and whether I could both stay out of the way of the crew, and get what the producers needed...

PhotographyRobert CattoJuly 3, 2017Wellington Railway StationFirst XV, Photography, Wellington, New Zealand, Dead Letters, Film, Short Film, Production Stills, Yvette ReidComment

Lost & Found #31: Dead Letters, Wellington 2005

This is the third instalment of my Lost & Found series dedicated to Dead Letters, a beautiful short film I worked on nearly ten years ago now - but the more I dug into the files from this one six-day shoot, the more I liked what I saw (if I may say so myself)!

PhotographyRobert CattoApril 16, 2015Gareth Reeves, Dead Letters, Paolo Rotondo, New Zealand, Film, Wellington, Yvette Reid, North Island, Short Film, Photography, Lost And Found, Canon 1D Mark IIComment

Lost & Found #30: Dead Letters, Wellington 2005

As I mentioned in last week's Lost & Found, I didn't need a lot of convincing to work on Dead Letters, the short film we made in 2005. The film follows Ngaire (Yvette Reid), whose job it is to take letters from families during World War II and transfer them to microfilm before sending them overseas, to the New Zealand forces in Europe at the time...

PhotographyRobert CattoApril 9, 2015Canon 1D Mark II, Gareth Reeves, Wellington, Yvette Reid, New Zealand, North Island, Short Film, Lost And Found, Photography, Dead Letters, Paolo RotondoComment

Lost & Found #29: Dead Letters, Wellington 2005

In mid-2005, my friend Gemma Gracewood got in touch to say she was working on a short film called Dead Letters, with fellow producer Fraser Brown and director Paolo Rotondo, which was going to be shot in Wellington - and would I be interested in doing some stills for them...?

PhotographyRobert CattoApril 2, 2015Photography, Wellington, New Zealand, Short Film, Yvette Reid, Gareth Reeves, Paolo Rotondo, Film, Jacobsen Sound Blimp, Dead Letters, Lost And Found, Canon 1D Mark II, Alien Skin Exposure 6Comment

Gareth Reeves - breaking out of the bit parts

Robert CattoNovember 5, 2009actor, Gareth Reeves, Dead Letters, Television, NZ On Screen, Wellington, New Zealand, FilmComment