GAVIN FULLER | Filmmaker and YouTuber

I’m a video content producer and narrative film maker. Here’s some of my work…

GAVIN FULLER

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I love being on set, any set. Everyone is there fo

I love being on set, any set. Everyone is there for one singular purpose: to get the best out of each other so that we can capture the best version of the narrative. When one wins, we all win.

With this is mind, when I’m producing I like to give everyone a voice. I can’t see everything, we all need each other. Everyone, no matter where you are on set, everyone can contribute to the story. Speak up!!! Even if you get shut down, you’ve still shown everyone else there that you care. That’s priceless to us. Speak up!

Where’s your creative space? Where do you you go

Where’s your creative space? Where do you you go to think, feel and let your heart go? This is my space… one of them anyway. I do most of my “feeling” on this couch. It’s where much of my inspiration comes from…just sitting here, in the sun, with nothing but time and coffee. If I do it when the kids are around I usually get a few very welcomed visitors 🙂

Where’s your space?

#selah

I love working. My happy place is creating in comm

I love working. My happy place is creating in community. There’s nothing better. Actually…there IS something better: Creating in community while my wife is part of the team. This cheeky little image was snapped during a coffee break on location when we were filming some b-roll for a narrative at @samplecoffee. Link in bio.

Enjoy…

Take your kids to work. It’s a good time. #eosr

Take your kids to work. It’s a good time. #eosr #rodevideomicntg

I’m never not playing with light. #EOSR
I don’t like this shot, but you need to get through the 50 shots you don’t like before you get to the one you do like. So, work in progress…

“I’M not reading from a script, YOU’RE readi

“I’M not reading from a script, YOU’RE reading from a script…”

#eosr + #rodevideomicntg = The only way to Zoom.

#eosr + #rodevideomicntg = The only way to Zoom.

Playing with light, again…

Playing with light, again…

I burned the pancakes in the kitchen this morning.

I burned the pancakes in the kitchen this morning. The kids were bummed but it made the house super atmospheric sooooo…win!

Every night when the rest of the family are asleep

Every night when the rest of the family are asleep I sit here in this space and let the silence wash over me. We have 5 kids, the house is nearly ALWAYS pumping. I’m an extrovert, I love people and noise and activity, I crave community. But at least once a day I like my own silence, it nails me down to a moment where chaos and noise is mute, and breathing and mental exploration is flowing. I’ve had some of my most creative downloads in these late night sitting sessions… please try it tonight. Find your space, slow your breathing and let your mind take you away…

I love my camera…and also the #sydneyharbourbrid

I love my camera…and also the #sydneyharbourbridge

Late night editing. I find I’m at my most creati

Late night editing. I find I’m at my most creative when I FEEL like the rest of the world is asleep.

Little production assistant.

Little production assistant.

Tools of the creator: Cameras/Mics/Scripts/Journal

Tools of the creator: Cameras/Mics/Scripts/Journals/COFFEE!!!

People are my favourite! Especially people like @a

People are my favourite! Especially people like @alister.d.h and @cristina215 from @pressdubbo. Our ability to just randomly run into each other in Sydney when I’m out shooting is uncanny.

Whenever I’m shooting videos with or for people I run from the perspective that we’re all friends. I don’t have “clients” or “colleagues,” we’re all here creating things together…we’re friends.

My wife (@nataliefuller.co) and I have been friends with these two for years; we’ve eaten with them, created with them, laughed with them, walked their dogs with them, done life with cried with them and traveled with them. Life! Time can pass but connections are always just as deep, natural and real.

Missing these guys today…

PSA: The @canonaustralia Webcam App + @zoom and th

PSA: The @canonaustralia Webcam App + @zoom and the EOS R with literally any Canon lens is an absolute revolution! Do it! Might do a video about it, if anyone’s interested…

A friend once said to me “any time you feel unco

A friend once said to me “any time you feel uncomfortable, hold something in your hand that brings you joy and makes you feel centred in yourself.” For him it was his lucky pen, he would take it with him into meetings he wasn’t comfortable to be having.

For me, it’s a camera. I’m rarely without it. My hands have well worn muscle memory imprinted on them from my EOS R. It makes me feel like I’m creating every time I pick it up…which is at LEAST daily. I can pick it up in pitch black darkness and my hands will still know what they’re doing with it’s buttons and sliders and dials.

So…when I’m uncomfortable, my camera comes with me…at 44 years old, I still need my security blanket. But it’s more than, I think that the deeper issue for me is that I’m so insecure about missing a moment. When I’m out and about my visual mind drinks in a thousand lovely moments a minute. I can’t NOT see nice things around me. In nature, in people, in lens flares through trees or bouncing off buildings. Beauty is everywhere. If I don’t have my camera, it’s a moment in time lost to a fading memory…which in itself is fatalistically lovely too I guess.

Anyway, I’m rambling… What’s YOUR security blanket? What brings YOU joy and security and life when you’re not feeling comfortable?

NEW VIDEO: Working With Creatives (link in bio) I

NEW VIDEO: Working With Creatives (link in bio)

I love working with creative people. There’s nothing like it. Creatives are all so different, special, weird, untamed, vulnerable…lovely. I’m a visually creative person, I see stories, feel stories, capture them on camera. When I’m on a gig with other creative people I love watching as we all come together to create, we’re all so fiercely independent but also so desperately crave the community of others like us. We all have our vision for what’s going to happen, then we’re all throw together with the one purpose to create a story that will touch, inspire and change the viewer. This is so much fun and a little scary.

On set, you just can’t NOT be vulnerable. If you’re going to create anything, you have to share what you feel, see and know. Your creativity is out there for everyone to see, you ARE creative and it’s pumping all over the place when you’re in your element. You can’t create without sharing who you are.

In this video I’ve captured just a little bit of what it’s like when I’m working with other creative people. I was on an early morning shoot with my friends Emma and Nat…both brilliantly creative human beings. Please enjoy watching us in our vulnerable space…we had a lot of fun.

Every time I'm on set...actually, any time I have

Every time I'm on set...actually, any time I have a camera in my hand, I have this fatalistic thought that I'm only going to get one shot at each shot. That if I miss a moment, it's gone. Tragic...exciting!

Now, I know that on most gigs I can reset, go back, re-stage and shoot again...but for me, often, the first shot is the best because it's natural, organic and raw. I'm always looking for honesty. In this video I talk about what really motivates this hunt for me...cool shots are great, tasty audio is nice, but I'm most happy about a shot when I am able to see the depth and loveliness in humanity. If I can look through a viewfinder and FEEL the human I'm looking at, that's a win for me.

I'm happy, when I SEE the person. When I capture authenticity, my job is done.

I SO often come across people with wildly painful

I SO often come across people with wildly painful beautiful hurtful funny lovely stories from their past. We all have them. What DOES surprise me though is that most people think they don't have a good story to tell. "Oh I'm just boring, who would care?" LOTS of people would.

In my video today (if I'm to be honest) I don't really say much, it's just a video of me enjoying the craft of creating...but, I DO kinda land on the idea that IF you're going to tell your story, please don't wait for the right camera...just start with what you have: a story in your heart and an iPhone in your pocket.

You have a story, it's probably a good one. Let's hear it..

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