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  • in reply to: Crew request Hong Kong

    David Youngs
    Member

    Hi Maarten,

    sorry for the late reply, we’re filming in Beijing.

    We can help you out with your shoot in HK.

    I’ll email you.

    Regards,
    Dean

    in reply to: fixer for a feature film in Hong Kong

    David Youngs
    Member

    Hi,

    the wonderful Location Guide has forwarded your message to us.

    Thank you Murray.

    We’re a production house who locally produces for features and TVC’s.

    We’re currently helping Transformers 4, the shoot starts next month.

    Could you please give me your shoot dates because November is a busy
    month for us.

    Regards and thanks,

    Dean

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    Dean Head ACS
    Producer / DP / T4 Visual & Location Consultant
    +852-28582000, +852-90104100
    http://www.hsfilm.com
    http://www.getdean.com
    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1520049

    in reply to: little shooting in HONG KONG

    David Youngs
    Member

    Monika, you can email me directly at
    shots8@gmail.com

    in reply to: little shooting in HONG KONG

    David Youngs
    Member

    Hi Monika,

    I’d be glad to help.

    I help shoot and locally produce for Hollywood features films,
    UK television plus for Discovery, Nat Geo and local productions.

    We’re been based in HK and China for 24 years and have won
    more than 40 international awards and yet we are affordable and
    happy to work within given budgets.

    Regards,
    Dean

    ____________

    Dean Head ACS
    Producer / Director / DP
    +852-28582000, +852-90104100
    http://www.hsfilm.com
    http://www.getdean.com
    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1520049

    in reply to: A Fixer in Hong Kong

    David Youngs
    Member

    Hi Hanna,

    I can help you if I’m here in HK and if I’m not I can recommend someone.
    Regards
    Dean
    http://www.hsfilm.com
    http://www.getdean.com

    in reply to: lbelzy

    David Youngs
    Member

    HI Lezly,
    I’ve been luck enough to shoot
    all through the Turpan basin
    including the incredible fire
    mountains and I must say one
    definitely does need approval,
    in fact, we had the Government
    with us the whole way, they drove
    our vehicles. Kim Taylor at Kaimu
    would be a good contact to get
    you through or October’s Beijing
    office.
    I hope you get there, it’s incredibly beautiful.

    Points to watch, the air is filled
    with sand, dust and powder. The
    powder gets into “everything” and
    “everywhere” even places you would
    think it couldn’t reach, even
    personal places. It destroyed my
    camera and also the stills
    photographer’s camera. You can’t
    go inside a car to change mags
    because it’s in the air there too.

    Also, it was so incredibly dry
    the veins in our noses dried and
    fell out as balls of blood…
    it’s beyond bone dry. 47 degrees
    Celcius and we were cooking eggs
    on the bonnet of our 4WD.

    You need to take goggles for your
    eyes and masks or scarfs for your
    mouth and nose. Some cotton wool
    in your ears can help keep the
    sand out, a little.

    Whatever water you think you need…
    triple it…

    Good luck.

    Dean Head ACS
    http://www.getdean.com

    in reply to: Hong Kong Shooter

    David Youngs
    Member

    Hi, I’m an international award winning
    Australian DP, based in HK for 22 years
    and work around the world. I have crews
    and gear in HK and China. I speak fair
    Cantonese and have a ‘family’ of crew
    garnered over the years I’ve been here.
    I shoot the HK scenes of the Hollywood
    moves that come here to shoot.
    Talking heads is very easy for us. We
    shoot the talking head shots used in
    the DVD extras of The Weinstein Company
    movies. What format do you need, HD,
    HDV, Digital Betacam (PAL)? I use film
    lighting tequniques and a couple of
    old Hollywood tricks to obtain a film
    look when shooting video. Regards,
    Dean Head ACS 90104100. http://www.getdean.com

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