Avene - Music Video Director, Cinematographer, Sound Designer & Photographer
Avene, otherwise known as Glenn from Sydney Austrlia is a music video director, cinematographer, sound designer, photographer and music composer or producer recording mostly instrumental hip hop based tracks. Sometimes with more of an electronic or experimental edge, but never boring. Started recording at age 13 mixing sounds from a portable tape player with music played from an old record player through a cheap Tandy mixer whilst applying pause button edits to the end result. Moved on to proper turntables, drum machines, samplers, synths and sequencing after leaving school at age 16. Recognised as one of the earliest artists to have released instrumental hip hop tracks in Australia. Has also worked with numerous hip hop acts and other artists from around Sydney and overseas, either as engineer or in some cases producer. Solely handles all facets of music production including sound design, composing, recording, mixing, mastering, and of course music videos. Also moving slowly into the realm of movie making in the hope of one day completing a feature length film on a close to zero budget. If you're looking for a precisely edited beat driven music video, with top class cinematography and visuals to match, feel free to contact me and I might be able to help you out. To be honest, I've never had a disapointed customer since I've been doing work as a music video director and cinematographer. Although I'm also new to photography which is something I would like to become more involved in. Night photography is what interests me a lot, along with timelapse photography also. But still, music video production is what I'm still most interested in doing. As a music video director, I can always assure a high standard or work. As a photographer, you can view most of my work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/avene Just a quick notice here. Aswell as being a music video director, I'm also moving more into the short film side of things. If you're in Sydney, or anywhere else for that matter and require a cinematographer for you short film, don't hesitate contacting me if you like any of my work. I can even provide sound design for films. You can view my clips on any of my video websites. For HD sized versions of the clips that can be downloaded my vimeo page at http://www.vimeo.com/Avene Streaming versions can be found here - http://www.myspace.com/avenemovies Or here - http://www.youtube.com/avene My music video shooting style is more hand held and raw. I purposely avoid crane and dolly shots as they're over used in big budget clips and generally look fake anyway. My editing style is very rhythmical. Nearly all edits are locked tightly to the groove of the track. Visual FX can be utilised aswell. I'm always up for a challenge, so if there's a certain effect you're after let me know and I'll do my best to find a way of achieving it without stretching the budget. Cheers, Avene