Cinematography

We film on film and our work is high quality. Super 8, Super 16, 35mm 2-Perf.

Scanned by memorylab. Contact us for price.

Scanning for home movies

Our scanning of old 8mm home movie footage is cut-price. $20 for a 50ft reel of film.

The quality is very good for average viewing and for keeping the memories alive. For best-quality we recommend memorylab.

We also scan photographs.

Related film services

• Editing, colour grading, titles, soundtrack

• Sound recording

• Script writing

• Directing

Cinematographer Jon O’Brien

• Started at 13, inspired by Hans Wetzel’s Buderim Movie Museum. Did Film & TV at high school.

• Made many short films and documentaries on Super 8 and 16mm as an independent filmmaker.

• Studied cinematography at film school. Learned film camera loading at Panavision.

• Returned to film in recent years.

Buderim Films

Jon is getting close to filming his first short fiction film in many years, in the Buderim area. He has written the story. It’s about 7 minutes long.

Julian White of BATS Theatre Company is Production Manager and may act in the film also.

Jon has to do audio tests, write the screenplay, talk to Buderim Historical Society, and organise actors, crew, locations, wardrobe, and props.

The shoot date is tentatively set for mid-December 2026. The shoot will be on 16mm film. If you’d like to be involved please contact me.