useful media

Judgment Tavern is a short film that was funded by the New Zealand Film Commision's Premiere Short Film Fund. It was written and directed by Dean Hewison, produced by Ruth Korver and Useful Media and is now online.

Ruth and I have been working long hours to bring the HP48hours to filmmakers throughout the country. HP48Hours is a petri dish for film-making talent in New Zealand, from the train-wrecks to the champions, this creative competition puts our film-makers to the test. 

Dayna went through a bad break up with a boyfriend but one good thing did come out of the split.

These interviews are hard-hitting personal accounts of the impacts and struggles relating to drug addiction.

We have been working with Child Cancer Foundation to produce videos to help with their fundraising.

Peeping tom rom-com 'How to Meet Girls from a Distance' is a funny and heartwarming feature film that looks at how far we go for a crush.

'Built By The House' is one of our current documentary projects and is in post-production.

The Sleeping Plot is the short journey of a young girl committing tiny crimes in innovative ways to earn money for something she really wants.

The proof of concept for feature film The Inbetween is a paranormal drama written by Hamish Brown and directed by Biz Crummett.  

Ana Hī has been chosen as the official Te Reo Maori song to support our Olympic athletes at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Useful Media was enlisted to mentor Scots college students and help them make a documentary video to be proud of.

She's a life-sized doll with a secret.

ArchEngBuild 2017 brought together architecture design, engineering and construction final year students simulating a real-life client brief situation to demonstrate the importance of effective cross-disciplinary collaboration.

We interviewed three New Zealand Farmers in Rangiteiki, Otago and Waikato.

Staunch Petone man and former All Black captain Andy Leslie shows us his slice of Petone.

A whimiscial lyrical music video for Rhiain McGrath song - All of Flutter.

Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project is one of Wellington's oldest restoration projects and is on land that is part of Tapu Te Ranga Marae.