JULY 2014
AMIRA in Auckland On a mild June evening, there’s a big ARRI sign all over the Nutshell building. This is quite a combo affair because there are people who have made the effort to come and look at the AMIRA camera, the ARRI lighting, or just for the free beer. It’s something that’s been organised by PLS, ARRI, and Nutshell Camera Rentals. Ed:
Chris McKenzie, what was your part in this?
Chris: We’ve provided all the ARRI lighting here tonight. We had a conversation with Stefan from ARRI Australia a number of months ago when Paul Richards signalled that he was going to get an AMIRA, and we decided that this would be a good opportunity to do a bit of a “dog and pony show” between camera and lighting and get all the fields of interest involved. Ed:
And you’ve done the catering?
Chris: We’ve done the catering and Paul’s done the wine and beer … we must mention the beer, the very
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local ( two doors away ) Governor, brewed by Andrew Peacocke. I gather it’s a good drop. This was the right opportunity to get Stefan across as well; most of the activity he’s had over here has been with the ALEXA cameras and now the AMIRA, I think, is another good offer. For us at PLS it was an opportunity to get the M family of HMI Par – well we’re calling them a “Par”, we should call them “M”s, they don’t have a lens like conventional Pars, but they give you all the benefits of a Par, but especially they give you a higher output. Ed: And events like this are where people in the industry can have a look at them, see them and think “Wow, that’s something I hadn’t thought of” and then, either come and buy one or two, or they can rent them? Chris: That’s true. We can rent them, we can sell them and, as my sales guys said to me “well, who are we pitching to tonight?” I said “well, we’re pitching to the DOPs, because they’re like the architects, they’re the guys who have the vision, they want to understand some
The mainly cinematographer audience listened intently to Stefan’s (left) presentation.
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