about Rhapsody Pictures
Welcome to the website of filmmaker Brian Rapsey, a Sydney Australia-based filmmaker and photographer. His work features high quality HD corporate and educational video, broadcast documentary, digital editing, DVD design and video production training.
NEWS
Education online - Brian manages the technical production of online educational resources for the Adult Migrant English Services and various departments of the University of New South Wales (including the Australian Graduate School of Management - AGSM).
You Tube Channel launched (2009) with some of Brian's early micro-documentaries, short films and a music video. (view here)
Short Black Films - Brian films and edits several short dramas for Short Black Films, a community arts filmmaking project based at the Redfern Community Centre. The short Helen & Troy features at the 2008 Human Rights Arts & Film Festival in Sydney. (view here)
Searching 4 Sandeep Poppy Stockell's documentary wins the World Movies Audience Award at the 2007 Sydney Film Festival. (Also screens at the HOT DOCS festival in Toronto in April 2008 and nominated for the Banff Television Festival Awards) Brian filmed the Thailand segment of a documentary where two women meet in person for the first time after establishing a relationship whilst internet dating. (view You Tube trailer)
Photography site launched: www.brianrapsey.com
Brian directs, shoots and edits a series of educational videos in HDV format for Pearson's Education about high profile companies including Fuji-Xerox, Bigpond, and McDonald's Australia.
Brian edits Hotstuff - Making of Catch a Fire, directed by Wanuri Kahiu. This is the companion documentary to Phillip Noyce's latest feature film Catch A Fire, about the life story of an ANC Freedom Fighter in South Africa. more on Catch a Fire>>
Documentary Screening Brian Rapsey's documentary Habibi Jammin' screens at the St Kilda Film Festival as one of 'Australia's top 100 short films' - May 30 - June 4, 2006. more on Habibi Jammin>>
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