By the Light of the Mune

Television (Full Length) – 1993

This Work of Art documentary follows veteran actor and director Ian Mune as he works with NZ Drama School students to write and shoot a short film in just two days. Many of the actors (including future bro'Town voice David Fane and Saving Grace's Kirsty Hamilton) have had little experience acting for the camera. The group brainstorms ideas and workshops scenes, while Mune passes on lessons learned from a career that began long before formal screen training was available locally. Shot at Wellington Railway Station, the completed film Rush Hour is included in full during this fascinating insight into the creative process.

In the end, hitting marks and modulating your voice to a pitch ... it’s just technical stuff, you can learn it. Anyone can do it. An actor gets very good at it very quickly. What is difficult [to do] is to bring along the sense that at any time they could do anything at all.
– Ian Mune on inspiring students