tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185438022011-07-31T04:44:47.951+01:00blogs from the Bain's excellent adventuresMikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-28497043317162950742010-02-02T22:05:00.000Z2010-02-02T22:05:48.080Z

Well after just on 3 years work on Avatar and 2 Billion dollars later Avatar has now received 9 Oscar nominations!! here is the list. Most importantly for us as VFX artist, it has a nomination for best VFX the movies that Avatar is competing against are District 9 (which Weta Digital also had a hand in) and Star Trek. Now from the outset I have to say I think these movies would be some of my top

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-48554351879110437832010-01-25T23:14:00.000Z2010-01-25T23:14:25.114Z

ok so I finally got my butt into gear to finally complete another one of our travel videos! Again it ain't that crazy specially but in the time I have had to pull it out of the bag I hope you all enjoy this little one from us in Amsterdam! Cast include the likes of Jen Bain, Dana Whitworth, Karyn Bain, Marcus Whitworth and of course yours truly Mike Bain check it out below!

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Ok, so I wouldn't say I am the most talented reviewer of all-time, but last night we saw the new flick 'Up In The Air' directed by Jason Reitman, and starring George Clooney playing Ryan Bingham and Vera Farmiga and fairly unknown actress Anna Kendrick. This movie from the outset was a surprise! I had seen the trailer (see below) and really liked the feel of it, but didn't get an sense of the

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-16713660780549666332010-01-16T16:59:00.006Z2010-01-16T17:31:54.927Z

So, I am now heading into my third week of school for the year and it has ben a very different start to the one expected! Namely because of the SNOW!!! So the 'first day' of school and then the second were closed due to the adverse weather conditions :) The snow stuck round for the following week as well, but we survived. However, this did mean that the boys were unable to go outside to play...

Karynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08914679245650768642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-23107584495975895652009-04-11T14:22:00.002+01:002009-04-11T14:26:40.648+01:00

We arrived at the idea of a week of London fun because of several circumstances... As a teacher I have several compulsory holidays throughout the year. These a normally a joyous occasion of sleep ins and time to take a whack at the pile of paper work which has normally built up. However, at this stage as a supply teacher the time off is shadowed by a compulsory pay cut! :( However this drive as

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Well the next pieces of the jigsaw are coming together, in saying that... Karyn has been the 'bread winner' for the last month, and has managed to get us our first pounds!! (of course I have been the solid 'bread winner' before... haha!) After negotiating the joys of getting a UK bank account, we are now officially living of UK pounds... and if you are travelling this way on the Kiwi, or Aussie

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Well we arrived in Hong Kong on the 14th of February and had a wonderful week staying with the West’s! We are so grateful to them for having us to stay and little Noah was a wonderful host as well! We filled our days with wondering around the streets of Hong Kong and seeing the sights. One very exciting afternoon we came across a street meat market and we watched as one of the sections of fish,

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WOW!! what an opportunity... we had heard through my sister, who had contacts that U2 were to be playing in Regent st, London... we check out the BBC building around lunch time and saw that there was speakers and lighting going up, so we knew it was on!So around 4:30 we returned after racing home to pic up the cameras, anticipating a U2display of their latest album. We were some of only a few on

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-8699276524717899672007-10-08T23:20:00.004+01:002009-02-18T10:55:29.996Z

Well, as you might has seen from my facebook, or maybe you have been hiding under a rock! Because the latest news for the MikeyB Channel is.... and might I say it is a huge piece of juicy news!! Karyn and I are officially ENGAGED!!! I know I have taken a while to get a post up here, but here is how it all played out for those who are not in the know!So we left Wellington at 8am in the morning,

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-18344564286080233472007-09-20T22:14:00.000+01:002007-09-20T22:21:08.843+01:00

Hey all, well this is what you have all been waiting for, dont say you weren't because you all love to see the boys in short, shorts and dancing up a storm!! I do think it is fair to day that Scotty.. I dont think anyone will look at you the same with that hot mesh top, and Doddsie with that lunges in short short were nasty!! haha!! but without further adue here is the youtube clip (c/o Karl

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-66213699422213409222007-07-13T06:20:00.001+01:002007-07-13T06:23:34.786+01:00

For all you Halo nuts out there, and I know there is plenty of you out there here is a Live Action Halo Short film that was created by Weta Workshop, just recently and was shown at E3 which is a huge gaming conference... check it out & let me know what you think!?!

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-54297182757349943762007-05-20T23:32:00.000+01:002007-05-20T23:48:29.131+01:00

Hey all,Well what can I say, it was a crazy party and you all looked incredible, poker hands were played, the dance floor was rocked (thanks J!! big ups to you), cigars enjoyed... but at most of all it was 'O' for awesome to see everyone in theme and Party'd hard!!! It was definitely the welcome for the new flatties and also a cool arrival for my Sis... Thanks to all who made her feel welcome, as

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OK guys, thought it would be cool to post your favorite youtube or google video clips up here....I have got a one I thought was quite cool here lochness commercial which is quite clever,I know I always go for things with affects in them but at least its funny! well I thought it was funny... get a hunting out there for some youTube funky clips.... DO IT!!

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-43865077066981528362007-05-11T05:27:00.000+01:002007-05-11T05:47:15.639+01:00

Ok peeps...just thought i would throw out a question to you all... the question is what word...just makes you cringe, or your blood boil everytime you hear it... for me it is the word "MOIST"...not really sure why it is but all I know is that it is a hideous word in the english language.what word is it for you? let me knowschmick

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-26162399787953428482007-04-17T06:13:00.000+01:002007-05-10T23:41:30.824+01:00

Well as most of my Kiwi mates know, I have finally moved into another department after 5 years in Camera/Matchmoving at Photon then at Weta Digital. After 3 weeks of training with my fellow Aussie Simo (who is now back in Australia working on a short film as an animator)... I have been working on a couple of new projects, and have recently started working on Avatar! which is being directed by

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-53433552342329115772007-03-15T21:32:00.000Z2007-03-15T21:40:57.236Z

well after seeing Andy's Blog go up (see blog links) I thought it was high time I got myself back into this bloggin thing...whilst I may not have the same writing prowess as the mighty Feltoe, after years of learning to write properly...so on that note I have begun my blogging experience again with the hope of maintaining some momentum on keeping this blog actually interesting...maybe it is

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-1147900673346633402006-05-17T22:10:00.000+01:002006-05-17T22:17:53.346+01:00

Well the other day south of Wellington, we had a 7.6 earthquake that was centred around Raoul Island which is closer to Christchurch! you can check the info out on this website...earthquake site the funny thing is I didnt even feel this one...One of my mates here at work said that he was sitting at home, and felt the whole house shake for a decent amount of time, and was wondering whether this

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and the list begins...films seen:Lost ChildrenMission Impossible 3films to see:The Da Vinci CodeXmen 3

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Alright so April has gone and below is the movies I managed to see over April, out of these I thought Sione's Wedding was fantastic! It is a film that covers the lives of 4 guys in Auckland New Zealand, who are pretty much useless at keeping themselves out of trouble, in particular at weddings of close mates. It revolves around the Pacific Islander culture of NZ, and has quite a few in jokes.

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Well last weekend was Good Friday, and also Easter Monday...and whilst it is great to get some chocolate eggs...for once on Easter I was able to really get my head around what easter is really about. on the Thursday night I watched the Passion of the Christ for the second time with my home group, and for the second time I was deeply touched by the message of the movie. It really hit home, that

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Well as it has been a couple of weeks since I posted a blog here, and the month of March has past me by...and for the life of me I can't even remember what movies I have watch over the past month...so what I have decided to do is list the movies I have seen over that period of time....so I can keep track of what I have seen. However I thought it would be good to post a movie that I thought rocked

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my Dad, my Mum, my Sister ohhh and my Dog n Cat....and all of you out there....Nah but seriously here it is!! this thing weighs quite a bit hey!! It is so good to finally get my hands on one of these again, after getting a picture with the Return of the King Oscar, and my mate DELETED the pic!! THIS time I made sure I got a shot with my camera. I almost decided to walk out with this golden baby,

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Well the other day I woke to tapping on the window of my bedroom, when I looked out it was beginning to hail. I never imagined the amount of hail that was to fall that morning. When I drove to work the streets we white and the beach I drive by everyday was also white!! and when I got to work it got even harder! It was like it had snowed...it was quite amazing to see the morning out like this,

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KING KONG!!...Well as most of you would probably know now, King Kong has won 3 Oscars the one we were all waiting for was Visual Effects, and WE WON!!! which was awesome to see our hard work rewarded in this way. The competition as always, was incredible with Narnia and war of the worlds...but we were able to keep VFX oscar to Weta for another year...The atmosphere at the party was electric and a

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Well, after careful consideration, I have decided to post a movie of the month...seeing as I do tend to watch way to many, thought I may as well post what I thought was the best movie for each passing month.This month I have seen quite a few flicks, some of the Oscar Nominees and some not. February was obviously a month of Oscars and loads of hype surrounds the pictures in question. So I decided

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-1141247702627448922006-03-01T20:58:00.000Z2006-03-01T21:44:00.796Z

Well I am now back at Weta, but only for a month as we get Xmen 3 finished, after that I get to sleep in again...hahaAlso coming up this week we have the oscars, and we have been nominated for 4 oscars on Kong, check the oscars link in Links panel (on right) We will be watchin them next monday and we get a day off to celebrate it too whoo hoo!!, in particular we are watchin for the VFX oscar,

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-1140129093075518292006-02-16T21:14:00.000Z2006-02-16T22:41:02.466Z

Ok, the words pathetic dont even come close to my blog attempts, but I am back and I am going to be getting back into this bloggin thang...So what have a been doing all this time you ask...well I have been busy doing my 3D work, of which I will post a picture of hopefully. I have been eating to much over christmas / new years, and to top it off I went back to Aussie...Of which I would debate have

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-1130966018549865362005-11-02T21:00:00.000Z2005-11-02T21:21:53.796Z

As most of you know I have been working on King Kong for the last couple of years, and now it is coming to an end here yet again! however I will not be leaving here yet...whilst I dont know what the heck I will be doing in the coming year it is kind of refreshing to know that I have the opportunity to go anywhere in the world again!! Places like New York, London, LA, or even back to Sydney. But

MikeyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243091235188670902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18543802.post-1130884229285947762005-11-01T22:27:00.000Z2005-11-01T22:30:29.300Z

Hey all,Well this is the beginnings of my new Blog page...I am not really sure whether I should of got into this but hey may aswell give it a go....seem to be loads of things online to check out, and this seemed to be cool considering I am travelling the world, living in so many new places that it seemed not such a bad idea to log everything here....we'll see how it goes anywayscheersMikeyB

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