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| Some of the taps from Fork & Brewer where I bartend |
We decided to live in New Zealand's second largest city Wellington, because from what I've read, it's the "coolest little capital in the world." It's also not as spread out as New Zealand's largest city, Auckland. It has a massive film and video scene here thanks to Peter Jackson's production companies. Almost every other person I've met either works or knows someone who works for Weta or Park Road Post - but that topic is for a different entry.
So far I have found work between bartending and a couple film jobs. The first shoot I procured was for a friend of our new flatmate. She was graduating with her masters in fashion from Massey University and needed a ballet video of routines wearing the dresses she made. She choreographed each routine to mimic the stitch pattern of their respective dress. Below is a clip of one of the dresses.
The second shoot was for Massey's undergraduate fashion show. A ton of work and endless headaches went into that hour long four angle video. I'll have a trailer available soon.
As for the bartending job, well it's just another job in the industry or hospo as they call it here. Despite feeling reluctant, I have managed to find a cool spot to bartend. It's a craft beer bar/restaurant called Fork & Brewer that boasts over 30 taps of New Zealand beer with the occasional import. It also has about ten taps with Fork & Brewer's own house brew.
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| Outside of Fork & Brewer with Sam |
Working here has opened up my eyes on the craft beer industry in New Zealand. After traveling a bit through Europe and also living in Australia I just expected to see the craft beer craziness back in the states only. Wellington gives itself the title of "the craft beer capital of New Zealand." I will talk more about this in a later post.
