Contact Details

General Enquiries:
email: info@sunsetstudios.co.nz
Zane Egginton:
mobile: (021) 535 875
email: zane@sunsetstudios.co.nz
Duncan Eastwood:
mobile: (021) 103 3552
email: duncan@sunsetstudios.co.nz
Richard Thomas:
mobile: (021) 112 6745
email: richard@sunsetstudios.co.nz
Address:
B7/50 Keeling Road, Henderson, Waitakere, Auckland.

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The first annual Halloween short film contest.

Every year, for the past three Halloween weekends, we’ve treated you to a night of guts and gags, giggles and gore, with some of the most horrific (and sometimes just horrifically bad) fright-flicks from around the world. But in 2011 we’re doing things a little differently, because as well as our normal line up of blood splattered treats, this year we want you to add your own fiendish films ...

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3rd Annual Sunset Studios Halloween Film Night

SATURDAY 30th OCTOBER from 6PM to 2AM 6PM: BRAIN DEAD “There’s something nasty in Lionel’s cellar – His family!” 8PM: SOCIETY “In Beverly Hills, what you fear is only the beginning.” 10PM: DEMONS “They will make cemeteries their cathedrals and the cities will be your tombs.” MIDNIGHT: BURIAL GROUND “When the moon turns red, the dead shall rise!” It’...

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The Sunset ID

The other day I finally got around to finishing the Sunset Studios ID. Something to bang on the end of the credits. Also While I have your attention check back soon as we are currently putting together the program for our annual horror film night. 'till later, Z.

FilmCAD 2010

I teach a paper at Unitec officially called "LAND 7230 CAD Studio" however it's more affectionately  known as Film CAD. I've been teaching this paper for over 10 years now! Students have 3 major hand-ins; a story board, draft video, and the final video. While doing the paper, students get a crash course in film theory, green screen compositing (shot @ Sunset) and learn various software packages including Vue Infinite and Finalcut Studio. Each ...

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The T.V Club? What’s all this about then?

As I wandered aimlessly through an extremely unassuming day last week, I was suddenly set upon by a crazed loon, who assaulted me with a 1GB Flashdrive and then fled.  I thanked the lord it wasn't one of those 8GB monsters, they can do serious damage to a fragile USB port!  Upon examination of the contents of the flashdrive, I found a garbled message, which initially I found difficult to ...

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The Earlybirds Shoot

Tim Van Dammen and Tim Flower were in the studio a couple weeks ago shooting a video for The Earlybirds song 'Can't Live Without You' . I popped in to see the chaos that Tim (V.D) described as the "wettest shoot ever". The water spraying off the drum kit was spectacular and it was all being captured on a Red (camera). Check out some of the photos Anton Falco ter ...

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Juice TV Awards

Three music videos made at Sunset have been nominated for awards in the Juice TV Awards 2010. Tim van Dammen's clip for Artisan Guns made it in for the best group, in fact he and Tim Flower (DoP) have five videos nominated; Best Electronic - Kids Of 88, Best Rock - Luger Boa, Best Solo - Anika Moa, and Best Newcomer - Kidz In Space. There's also Luke McPake's vid for Lisa ...

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The Sunset Newsroom

Hi All. First up, thanks for all the great feedback about the site. It's been a few late nights but shes's almost done. The latest addition to the site is the Sunset Newsroom. Here you will find all the latest news related to the film industry, including; jobs, technology, gossip, films, events, festivals, blogs, etc. It works by reading RSS feeds of selected sites eg Seek, The Herald, Creative cow, ...

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Sunset turns two!

It's our birthday! This time 2 years ago the Sunset crew were busily preparing for our opening night. Setting up tables and chairs, organizing catering, booze, and a big sound system. We had spent 6 months building the studio, so for us it was a really big deal. Since then we've had a lot people though the place and Sunset has become a well known player in the local industry. I'd like ...

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Taaz Shoot

On Tuesday we had Tazz [myspace] in the studio shooting his new music video. The video was being shot by Creative Bite a design studio attached to Natcoll's Auckland campus, and staffed by graduates of Natcoll's courses working in a 3-month Graduate Work Experience Internship. The Studio Manager Ken Waller said "For me, the day couldn't have gone better - it's a great setup you have there at Sunset!". I ...

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