Film industry training:

• Studied cinematography and crew roles at SAE Brisbane, 2022

• Trained in film loading at Panavision, Gold Coast, Queensland, 2025

Panavision anamorphic 4-perf 35mm:

Panavision will rent a Millennium XL-2 35mm film camera and one lens to me for filming a production in the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast areas.

Are you interested in collaborating on an exciting short film project using 35mm anamorphic? If so, please get in touch.

What’s the longest narrative movie Jon has filmed so far?

A half-hour long movie shot in the Nambour area with four actors, called ‘The Jungle.’ Made on celluloid film. Jon was cinematographer and editor.

In style and location it was a blend of ‘Deliverance’ and ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark.’ Complete with in-camera special effects, dialogue, and music.

Transfer of 8mm home movies and photographs to digital:

Jon scans Super 8 and Regular 8mm home movies and converts them to digital files, viewable on any device.

He also scans prints, negatives, and slides.

What cameras does Jon use?

If it has film inside, he can film with it. 35mm, Super 16, Regular 16mm, Super 8 …

For each format he has an A-Cam, with a B-Cam/Backup Body. He has multiple mags.

All equipment is in excellent working condition.

What about digital?

If needed, Jon can rent any digital camera, but he specialises in film camera operation for image acquisition, for which he has his own gear.

Jon gets his film footage scanned, and all his latest projects are exhibited digitally so far. Digital projection is excellent.

What is Jon’s filmmaking background?

Became passionately interested in filmmaking at 13. Saved up and bought his first Super 8 movie camera in Caloundra soon after.

Given a private tour of Buderim Movie Museum by Hans Wetzel. Studied Film & TV at Nambour High School, with Glenn Tonges as his teacher.

Made many short films on Super 8, 16mm, and analog video for years. In 2016 decided to get active in filmmaking again.

Studied professional cinematography at SAE in Brisbane. Jon started Filmreel Pictures as a celluloid film production business in 2025.

Does Jon also edit, colour grade his footage, do the soundtrack, etc?

Yes. He uses Davinci Resolve Studio.

Can Jon film with a film camera whilst simultaneously recording sync sound?

Yes. Jon will be posting an example of his sync sound film footage soon.

Why use celluloid movie film?

It’s real. It’s tangible. It’s an actual physical image made of real dyes and film grains, in an actual piece of material you can hold and see.

Film is fun to work with, it looks amazing, and it has a great cinematic vibe onscreen. It always was and always will be the soul of cinema.

All over the world, film is back!