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Capital Video Productions Ltd Capital Video Productions specialises in the production of High Definition audio-visual communicatio

Capital Video Productions specialises in High Definition audio-visual communications material including DVD’s, High-Definition Video or other media for the corporate sector. We create product, service or company promotional videos, training or information videos all aimed at assisting your company or organisation achieve its business objectives. We also produce high quality documentaries, both com

missioned and freelance, on a diverse range of subjects. Our philosophy is to provide video productions that are effective. We pride ourselves on creativity, artfully blending images, sounds and media to make sure your message engages the audience to leave a lasting impression. Based in Wellington New Zealand, we will travel to undertake assignments wherever they may be.

After two days at my new job, I have found some muscles that I forgot that I had as I have been wire brushing and needle...
18/10/2024

After two days at my new job, I have found some muscles that I forgot that I had as I have been wire brushing and needle gunning a carriage bogie (truck for Americans) to remove rust and other unnecessary bits.

This is pretty hard work for somebody who is no longer in the prime of their life, however it has been a satisfactory process in seeing something covered in rust becoming clean once again.

There is quite a bit of work that goes on during the week in the depot with the paid employees of Mainline Steam and my little bit all adds to the progress in getting the locos and carriages ready for mainline running.

We had another very interesting screening of "Paddlewheels on the Wanganui" with the great granddaughter of Alexander Ha...
30/09/2024

We had another very interesting screening of "Paddlewheels on the Wanganui" with the great granddaughter of Alexander Hatrick who was the instigator of the river boat service between Whanganui and Pipiriki in 1891.

She was a granddaughter of Ron Hatrick who assumed the stewardship of the company when Alexander died in 1918, which was during the period when the author of the Paddlewheels book was working on the river boats.

What is increasingly obvious is that the people attending the screenings tend to be of a more experienced age, which is a bit of a pity considering that this aspect of our history affects everyone, not just those who have the wisdom to learn more of mankind's past endeavours.

For a while I did think that I had found such a younger person who showed a keen interest in matters of a historical nature, however this ended up not panning out as I had hoped owing to some unrealistic expectations on their part.

I'm more than happy to work with anyone, however there has to be a degree of trust and equality if things are going to be successful, and unfortunately this was not the case on her part.

Hinemoa held a working bee on Saturday that I agreed to attend and we shifted the large cabinets that were where the cinema, and now are beside the new TV that I set up to initially display the Holden story.

Although there is no projection box in the AutoBarn Cinema, I have set up an area where I can set up a laptop and also have installed some switches so I can turn off the white and coloured lights that have been installed.

I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself because after putting on my smart boy cap this morning, I worked out a method of ...
15/09/2024

I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself because after putting on my smart boy cap this morning, I worked out a method of being able to lift the heavy TV set into position on my own.

Using nothing more than a pulley system I had set up for lifting my heavy power generator in and out of the back of my truck, a couple of tables and a bit of ingenuity, I got it done.

I am now in the process of working out how to get the short film I have made to be able to screen on it in a looping manner so that once turned on, the TV will keep screening the film until it is turned off.

Tonight was another very successful screening in the AutoBarn Cinema with eleven people watching 'This is New Zealand' a...
14/09/2024

Tonight was another very successful screening in the AutoBarn Cinema with eleven people watching 'This is New Zealand' and the making of film 'That was New Zealand'.

Even though the film was made over fifty years ago and over 300,000 people saw it in the four main cities in New Zealand, only one person in tonights audience had seen it before in Christchurch.

The reaction of them all was very much the same as the first time I saw it in 1971, and this was pleasing and more evidence that I need to take it around the parts of New Zealand that have not yet had the chance to see it.

It would seem that the baton has been passed on to me by Hugh Macdonald to be the flag bearer for this film and what it represents, as most of those involved in its creation are no longer around or able to take this role for one reason or another.

This was the culmination of a good day that started this morning when I met with Hinemoa Ransom-Boyd to discuss exactly where we should place the large TV set that had been donated.

We worked out a suitable location and I bolted the wall bracket in the location we had decided on, however the lifting of the rather heavy TV was not as easy as I had hoped.

I was able to lift it up high enough to fix it to the bracket, however it will need around two others to help me manhandle it into position as I can't hold on to a rope and manoeuvre the set at the same time.

I find working with Hinemoa on her museum project to be a joy as we are both on the same wavelength and have amicable discussions about what needs to be done, and then I get on and do it.

The whole basis of this relationship is not to have either her dominate me or me dominate her, but for both of us to accept and treat each other as equals.

The goal then is to work cooperatively to achieve goals that both or either of us would like to accomplish and that others only dream about.

That is unless or until others are prepared to let go of their prejudices and biases and accept themselves for who they actually are, and not who they think that they are.

I guess this statement in effect simplifies the whole reality barrier concept that I am advancing, and that is in order to comprehend what reality is, you first have to ensure that your view is not clouded by prejudices or biases.

This must first come with knowing and accepting yourself as you really are and as others see you, and not who you think you may be.

I have just completed the installation of a sound system to replay a recording of Ed Boyd made in 2015, four years befor...
08/09/2024

I have just completed the installation of a sound system to replay a recording of Ed Boyd made in 2015, four years before he died, where in the interview he describes his life and the things he was especially passionate about.

This is being played over a glass cabinet where some of his memorabilia is displayed in the museum completed by his wife Hinemoa and her brother as a tribute to his memory.

I met Ed in around 2012 when I begun organising steam train excursions to the Vintage Weekend festival over the Wellington Anniversary Weekend in January each year.

He was a great help and later assisted in the facilitation of a grant to our company to make a film for the Whanganui Riverboat Centre and now I am able to repay him what he did for me.

One of the audience in last nights screening, who once also owned the Raetihi Theatre Royal and two more in Ohakune, tur...
08/09/2024

One of the audience in last nights screening, who once also owned the Raetihi Theatre Royal and two more in Ohakune, turned up with a ticket from 1956 that was printed for one of his cinemas, and was one of the films we played last night.

It's a small world.

I'm back on the road again, even if only a short time as I am in Raetihi for the third time in a week to screen the prem...
07/09/2024

I'm back on the road again, even if only a short time as I am in Raetihi for the third time in a week to screen the premiere of "The Engine's Tale.

This is a film that I have been working on with its creator David Sims for around the past couple of years and now it is time to show it to the public at large.

It is an interesting fictitious story based around a real life situation and has the steam locomotive telling the story from its perspective.

It will be interesting to see how many to show up to what is going to be a three film show with the fist about Ohakune in 1956 and the second about the Kingston Flyer train in 1975.

Paddlewheels on the Wanganui filmThis film was screened at the Auto Barn Cinema to a full house of twelve members who ha...
05/09/2024

Paddlewheels on the Wanganui film

This film was screened at the Auto Barn Cinema to a full house of twelve members who had an enjoyable experience in their words, and also were amazed at the auto museum put together by Hinemoa Ransom-Boyd and her brother, in honour of Hinemoa’s late husband Ed Boyd, with the only scepticism being that the seats were too comfortable.

The museum has not been open to the public except on special occasions or by appointment to date, and the next public opening will be on the weekend of 19th and 20th October on the occasion of the celebration of 100 years since Whanganui was declared a city.

As the Friends of the Whanganui River have been given permission to use the new cinema to screen films to members and prospective members of the FOTWR (the public), the committee has decided to screen some films that the main cinemas will not.

These are documentaries or ‘Art House’ films that are not economically viable for the larger commercial operations, and as our society is not in the need of generating sufficient funds to cover wages etc, we can.

We do it on a voluntary basis, and are confident that we will get sufficient support to make the effort worthwhile and to pass on information in an entertaining manner about the Whanganui River and other interesting material.

We will be charging a small fee which is effectively a donation that will jointly go to our society to help fund our other activities, along with a half share going to the Auto Barn to assist in their operation.

Our next screening will be of the iconic film from 1969 by New Zealand’s National Film Unit, made to be screened at the Expo 70 at Osaka in Japan where around 2 million people saw it over the six months of the expo..

It was then bought back to New Zealand and screened in the four main centres beginning in Wellington in 1971, and a further 350,000 people saw it in this country.

It broke new ground for a cinematic experience in that as New Zealand did not have the facilities or equipment to produce a wide screen film at that time, that was considered necessary to portray the magnificent scenery we have to the world, so a three screen format was devised.

This made the film quite unique and has not been done since in any film as the need to such an elaborate system is no longer necessary as cinemascope and other wide screen formats can now be done digitally much more easily.

This was shot and edited entirely on 35mm film and projected on to the wide screen using three individual projectors synced together so that they ran in harmony with each other, and there was also a syncronised tape playing the three track audio, all before surround sound was a reality.

Our screening will take place on Saturday 14th September at 7pm with the 20 minute film being screened first and followed by a documentary on why, who and how it was made, with the whole show being 87 minutes long.

Those attending will be able to take a look around the auto museum before the screening commences and there will be tea/coffee and biscuits available afterwards for those interested in staying after it has ended.

We will also be doing a another screening of ‘Paddlewheels on the Wanganui’ two weeks later on the 28th of September at 7pm and bookings and tickets can only be done from our web site at https://friendsofthewhanganuiriver.com/friends-of-the-whanganui-river-movie-night/ and can be paid by either direct bank debit or by credit card.

If you are interested in coming along and owing to the small number of seats available, book early as this is now open to the public and we are confident that the seats will be taken fairly quickly.

We are going to have our movies listed on Kev's Wanganui Riverboat History page https://www.facebook.com/kevsriverpage with 10,000 plus subscribers and if we get the support we anticipate, further screenings of both of these films will be scheduled on future dates.

Take a look at the following previews;
‘This is New Zealand’ Trailer: https://youtu.be/Cseg8cmbiYI
‘This is New Zealand’ Prelude: https://youtu.be/jDwpkwAG-js
This is New Zealand 50 Years Ago! https://youtu.be/LSHn1nA5VEQ

It's been a fairly hectic few days for me with the long drive to Whitianga doing e Leven hours in one day followed by br...
01/09/2024

It's been a fairly hectic few days for me with the long drive to Whitianga doing e Leven hours in one day followed by bring the heavy trailer back to Raetihi only to discover my friend had mixed up the days.

After waiting two hours for him to show up, I gave him a call to ask how much longer he would be and he said that he thought we had agreed on Sunday and not Saturday, something I clearly established with him at the beginning.

I left the trailer at a friends farm overnight and drove the one hour back to Whanganui and returned to Raetihi early this morning and successfully offloaded all the seats.

I then headed back goto Whanganui via the Whanganui River Road to make two calls on the way, the first being to see a lady who is going to write an article for the Whanganui River Annual.

She is leading a team to renovate the old primary school she went to so I drove to her place about 10Kms down a back country farm road and spent a couple of hours talking about all kinds of things.

It transpired that she is the sister of the wife of my friend Gavin who owns the farm in Raetihi I stay at and so there was a lot to discuss including the filmmaking adventures I have embarked on.

The second call was to see the owner of the campground in Pipiriki and to deliver some 'Bridge to Nowhere' books she had ordered and we also had a long chat about all kinds of things.

All in all, a very successful few days with me now having possession of the 45 cinema seats and made some valuable contacts with a couple of lovely ladies who are keen to assist me in my 'Friends of the Whanganui River' endeavours.

The rivers were all in flood after heavy overnight rain and made for interesting photos.

I made great progress yesterday after a gruelling four hour bus trip back home to Paraparaumu to pick up my car and brin...
27/08/2024

I made great progress yesterday after a gruelling four hour bus trip back home to Paraparaumu to pick up my car and bring it up to Whanganui.

I will be needing it to take the trailer up to Whitianga to collect the 45 cinema seats I have purchased and bring them back to Raetihi, to doors away from the cinema I have been reinvigorating.

I have been given the use of a vacant building, one of many in Raetihi at the moment, by a friend who is doing the same with some of his old equipment he plans in putting in a nautical themed museum in Whanganui.

He has asked me if I will assist him in creating the visual storytelling aspect of some of the senior identities of Whanganui and the surrounding districts while they are still alive and able to recall their lives.

He is keen to establish a cinema and so the seats will no doubt come in very useful and he is also keen to assist me with my goal of establishing a film museum.

This will be utilising the filmmaking equipment passed on to me my Hugh Macdonald that I will be collecting from Dannevirke in a couple of weeks along with detailing the role of filmmaking in collecting and disseminating past elements to how and why we are where we are.

As soon as the incessant rain stops, I will take the trailer back to be reinspected for its Warrant of Fitness, and then there will be nothing to prevent me from heading north for the six hour journey to Whitianga.

With the screening to some of the Friends of the Whanganui River last Saturday evening, I have discussed the possibility...
26/08/2024

With the screening to some of the Friends of the Whanganui River last Saturday evening, I have discussed the possibility of holding these on a regular basis with the owner of the museum.

She is happy for us to do this and to allow members of the public to look around the museum prior to the screening so I have set up our web site to be able to take bookings for each movie.

The first one will be "This is New Zealand" along with the documentary about why and who made it and this will be screened sometime early in September.

the second public screening of my Paddlewheels on the Wanganui was run tonight and although the number in the audience w...
24/08/2024

the second public screening of my Paddlewheels on the Wanganui was run tonight and although the number in the audience was relatively small, just twelve, all seats were taken.

The audience being all members of the Friends of the Whanganui River and keen on the use and promotion of the river, were a bit enamoured with the film with some of them having had personal experiences on the river.

One of the audience recalled a trip with Baldy on his first river boat and coming back to Whanganui in the pitch black well after sunset and in pouring rain.

It was opportunistic that Robert (Baldy) Baldwin was also in the audience and that added to the convivial atmosphere of the evening.

It was nice to be able to talk individually with every one of the audience, something impossible to do in a larger gathering, and something I will be keen to repeat on more occasions.

I have just arrived back from Raetihi where I stayed last night and installed the new sub woofer speaker in the Theatre ...
23/08/2024

I have just arrived back from Raetihi where I stayed last night and installed the new sub woofer speaker in the Theatre Royal Cinema.

All went well and the sound now has more depth with the lower frequencies being able to be heard, especially with thunder and earthquakes as it makes the building shake a bit.

That now pretty much finishes the renovation job and now I can head up to Whitianga to collect my 45 cinema seats that I now have some temporary storage for, and will have to find somewhere more permanent where people can watch movies seated on them.

19/08/2024

I have spent the last couple of days working on constructing a sub woofer enclosure for the Royal Theatre in Raetihi as the cheapest price we could find was around $700 and this was a bit expensive for what is required.

I found a new 12 inch speaker in an electronics shop for $119.00 and for around another $100 for the timber and other bits, it has come out a lot cheaper and works just fine.

17/08/2024
Dear Graeme: Congratulations! On behalf of our entire staff and panel of judges, I am pleased to inform you that you hav...
16/08/2024

Dear Graeme:

Congratulations!

On behalf of our entire staff and panel of judges, I am pleased to inform you that you have won an Impact DOCS Award!

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The Impact DOCS Awards
Season: August 2024

Graeme E Moffatt (New Zealand), Paddlewheels on the Wanganui

Award of Recognition: Documentary Feature
Award of Recognition: Cinematography

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Winning an Impact DOCS award is something you and your entire team can be proud of! Impact DOCS is an internationally prestigious competition honoring filmmakers from Oscar Winners to hot new talent! Our judges base their decisions on the quality, creativity, and technical aspects of each piece. The award(s) appropriately reflect the countless hours you and your team invested in creating your outstanding production! Congratulations on your achievement!

I have just put together a poster for the film we will be premiering in Raetihi next month.
15/08/2024

I have just put together a poster for the film we will be premiering in Raetihi next month.

31/07/2024

Boyd's AutoBarn is currently closed to the public and will reopen in October and the addition of a small cinema is a part of the ongoing update.

The museum was created by Hinemoa Boyd to honour her late husband who was an avid vintage car enthusiast as well as being involved in many other activities around Whanganui.

The next step is to produce a short film that can be displayed in the cinema outlining the vision that Ed Boyd had and what motivated him to collect and present his vehicles and memorabilia.

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