Halcyon Digital

23/09/2021

Back at it!

Filming in small set bubbles and streaming from Auckland to the UK.

11/09/2020

Test driving the new 22" OLED next to our tried and trusted Sony. Thanks DVT for the demo.

07/09/2020

The new way to tackle tracking vehicle shots: streaming to agency and client at unit base with cloud comms on both ends to keep everyone connected.

28/08/2020

What do we do during lockdown: prep new rental SSD raids for client drives to keep those speeds up and the OT hours down.

12/08/2020

Testing streaming in moving vehicles at speed today. 100kmph swapping between cell towers in remote locations? No problem.

20/06/2020

Early morning start today with 6 camera feeds.

16/05/2020

And that's a wrap on the first day back on set in level 2. Streaming to up to 10 viewers up and down the country in some remote parts of Auckland.

12/05/2020

New 98Wh Vlocks just in! Perfect for gimbals, monitors or wireless receivers.

02/04/2020

After having the foresight to move our LTO tapes, drives and NAS off-site during the lock down we're retrieving archived footage for an essential service. Our remote colour suite is also operational.

16/01/2020

Trolleys ready to roll out and down to the South Island for an upcoming shoot.

24/12/2019

And that's a wrap on 2019 for us! New batteries for our new qtake rig delivered in person by

23/11/2019

Walls ✅ Lights ✅ next up Power, Paint and Furnishings.

03/11/2019

A full weekend of DIT and Video powered off nothing but batteries. No generator needed.

06/10/2019

It's a busy week this week with 2 vans servicing TVC's around Auckland.

23/08/2019

All of the wireless on a portable onset playback rig. In from camera and out to village.

17/08/2019

Putting our Scout 31 cart to the test as a camera/lighting/coffee cart. Solid as, plus it packs down to nothing for travel jobs like this.

02/08/2019

Video vans bracing for a storm

02/08/2019

Video Van setup with

12/07/2019

Qtake meets our new data kit. Portable, fast, and either mains or battery powered! Available now with a technician or as a dry hire.

01/07/2019

Back on the shelf after a long time away, 3 of our Teradek Bolt 3000XT kits. If you need long range wireless video, we've got it.
Teradek

24/06/2019

New toys almost finished.

14/05/2019

Guess the show.
Some merch for our friends on and off set that are wrapping soon after a monster 9 months shooting.

30/04/2019

Just in: Halcyon apparel

21/03/2019

A beautiful music video for the talented Lou'ana that we were lucky enough to work on.

Expertly shot by Nina Wells
Colourist Johnathan Guest

12/03/2019

Trying out the 98W Bebob Micro Vlocks on the Helium (and a few handheld monitors) with Sean from

08/03/2019

The latest season of Power Rangers has just started airing and we're stoked to be their chosen suppliers for monitors, playback, and wireless gear. Very proud to be part of one of NZ's longest running TV productions!

27/01/2019

Someone's having a bad day

13/12/2018

Summer is here! Qtake on set. Fully battery powered or mains setups available.

28/11/2018

Mr Whippy was a little lost this afternoon....

23/11/2018

A great view on the way to our office for the weekend!

29/10/2018

Sending out some long-range wireless kits for a very special client! Who could it be...

25/10/2018

Another monster of a recruitment video for the NZ Police that we worked on recently.
Directed by Damien Shatford from The Sweet Shop.
VTR & DIT Johnathan Guest

25/10/2018

Check out Morgan Leigh Stewart's debut Loading Docs film 'She Speeds'.

We had great fun helping Morgan and Nina Wells with this project in any capacity we could and couldn't be prouder of the end product. Well done to the whole team!

Leica R lenes, Titla Nucleus-M Follow Focus and additional cinematography on Red Helium 8k from Halcyon Digital

12/10/2018

Check out this short film directed by the incredibly talented Roseanne Liang
DIT Nick Burridge

A surgeon is forced to break her physician’s oath when violent gangsters storm in to stop a crucial operation.

05/10/2018

Supporting directors since 2009

18/09/2018

31/08/2018

Some new wrap lighting on the van.

29/07/2018

One cool Music Video that came through recently.
Nicely shot by Alex Jenkins and graded by Johnathan Guest

18/07/2018

Here are this year's award idents we made for the HP 48Hours Grand National Final that played last Saturday.

Credit to Henric Matthiesen Ashton Goatley Zarni Saw Nick Garrett Fay Allen Reagan Qiu Sarah D'Almeida and Pita Pitason for helping us get these done.
(Especially Ashton for spending an entire day inside that Ape suit!)

- Johnathan Guest Nick Burridge

05/07/2018

It seems to be that giving time of year. Here's a piece from Film Construction for the Neurological Foundation.