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Greg Page: Making music videos, claymation and more...
Interview – 2009
Musician, artist and director Greg Page began his film career in Hamilton in the early 1990s, making music videos for local bands. Since then the international award-winning filmmaker has written and directed horror movie The Locals, plus several short films, including claymations Decaff and New Zealand Centenary of Cinema. Page’s boundless energy has also given rise to some of NZ’s most memorable music videos for top recording artists like Scribe, The D4 and Elemeno P.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Page talks about:
- How his no-budget claymation short Decaff took him around the world
- The story behind his claymation short celebrating 100 years of New Zealand cinema
- Behind-the-scenes details from his horror feature The Locals, including the animation process, casting and soundtrack decisions
- How the D4’s Exit to the City music video came about and a behind-the-scenes insight
- What it was like shooting Elemeno P’s Verona in an icecream freezer in minus 20 degrees
- His views on the state of NZ’s film industry
This video
was first uploaded on 20 August 2009, and
is available under
this Creative Commons licence.
This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and
photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.
Interview, Camera and Editing – James Coleman
The funny thing is I took it round the world. I got to fly to festivals with it -, to animation festivals, and be in competition against things like Wallace and Gromit. And audiences really liked it, cause it was so brutally basic.– Greg Page on taking animated shorts Decaff, to animation festivals
