Sam Long, Murray Bridge, commenting on Pinnaroo Surfer,  2008

Living in a country town I really got with Kade’s idea. I thought Murray Bridge was small until I spent time in Pinnaroo. It’s cool that Kade knew everyone and there are so many great places just down the road, like the water holes or the mongoose nailed to the tree.

It’s just fun to go out and shoot and each time I learnt so much. Carl always had a new angle for me to check out. My main focus was to capture what was in the script or storyboards. I felt confident because I had a mentor at my side the whole time, which meant I could experiment a lot. I’m not bad doing steadycam work so I was keen to try the documentary shots. It’s amazing how much you can miss but when you’re in the zone the camera is in the right place.

The great part is that the Hero Project keep asking me back to do more camera work on other projects so I am really improving my skills.