tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:13:50 +0000http://www.dazland.com/noreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)Blogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-3799631586911556566Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:26:00 +00002010-01-05T17:37:13.737+02:00So apparently when JZ fell over while doing his traditional dance at his fourth, er... sixth wedding it was actually part of the dance. If that is the case then he is probably the best dancer in the world as it looked so believable. "The "fall" was part of the Zulu dance, said Ngizwe Mchunu, who led the Zulu warriors who danced during the president's traditional wedding on Monday."I don't http://www.dazland.com/2010/01/zuma-didnt-fall-he-was-pushed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-6200450623548163236Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:36:00 +00002009-12-14T16:08:53.587+02:00If you have purchased the latest Harry Potter DVD, you will have seen the Free Willy "Escape from Pirates Cove" trailer in the beginning. BlackGinger did almost 200 shots on the direct to DVD movie directed by Will Geiger and starring Bindi Irwin and Beau Bridges. The breakdown of shots was roughly a third completely CG shots, and two thirds comp or cleanup type work. I wont say much more than http://www.dazland.com/2009/12/free-willy-escape-from-pirates-cove_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-8974547811041959443Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:00:00 +00002009-12-09T13:13:04.327+02:00At long last I have the photo taken of all the BlackGinger staff men-bers who grew their face hair for charity during the month of November. In total I am proud to announce that we raised over R4000 and BlackGinger matched that total. So a cool R8000 towards CANSA. Well done all!There was an eclectic mix of styles from the regular to the extreme truckers. I must admit some of the guys went all http://www.dazland.com/2009/12/movember-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-2945671449152487000Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:13:00 +00002009-12-09T13:10:58.418+02:00I have been a bit silly this week.http://www.dazland.com/2009/12/silly-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-5283199870658373518Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:01:00 +00002009-11-27T14:05:14.233+02:00The month of Movember is nearly over and all the male staff, well most of them, at BlackGinger have been growing our moustaches in support of CANSA. We also got sponsorship from friends and family wanting to see how stupid we would look with the abomination that is a hairy upper lip.http://www.dazland.com/2009/11/movember.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-1413586291664654585Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:41:00 +00002009-11-19T14:48:02.859+02:00We finally finished the CG salmon job I supervised, shot on location in Hazyview and finished at BlackGinger. A great learning experience in dealing with underwater shoots and creating CG fish. Luckily we had a good portion R&D'd from Free Willy but there were still tricky bits we overlooked and discovered on our way.download here 15MBDirected by Slim of Egg filmsProducer - Gabriella HarrisFlame http://www.dazland.com/2009/11/garmin-salmon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-2819877527887799543Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:56:00 +00002009-11-19T08:24:48.514+02:00I really can't get over Thierry Henry, the way he celebrated as though he had done nothing wrong. It seems that since last Friday the French have really started to annoy me. My Mom's side of the family is Irish and I would have prefered the fun Irish fans coming to South Africa over the French.Enough moaning though... this is a prime example why football should adopt a TMO (television match http://www.dazland.com/2009/11/wheres-tmo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-3455757165579245329Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:16:00 +00002009-11-18T11:20:57.323+02:00sent to me by email - I do not know the original creator, but hats off to whoever it was.http://www.dazland.com/2009/11/hey-ras-pay-attention.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-2840359666666073302Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:18:00 +00002009-11-12T15:31:47.713+02:00I have been a bit scarce for the past few months and there are several reasons for that.Firstly, I have been busy with work finishing a couple commercials and starting a few more.Secondly, the Currie Cup has been occupying my free time. BULLE!Anyway, one fun job that I was on shoot for was the Wildebeest ad for Garmin. Directed by Slim from Egg films, it shows how the Gnus actually get to their http://www.dazland.com/2009/11/garmin-wildebeest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darrin Hofmeyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11184462.post-7614725210510671868Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:56:00 +00002009-06