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Will Chao

@_willchao_

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Photographer & Filmmaker from Melbourne 🇦🇺
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@minimaxcreative
@minimaxfilms
@minimax.house
@brightlightweddings
@singlesoulau

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Frames from ‘Blood & Bone’ 🎥 starring HANNAH MARIE (@hannah____marie____) and LUKE JACKA (@lukeyjack)

Honored to capture the raw intensity and emotional depth of writer/director Lily Lunder’s graduate vision for VCA (@vca_ftv)

Immense gratitude to our fearless cast who brought vulnerability to every scene, and to the incredible crew who made magic happen in the shadows. 🙌🙌🙏

Written, produced, & directed by LILY LUNDER (@lilylunder)
Cinematography by WILL CHAO (@_willchao_ )
Production Designer KOKO CROZIER (@kokocrozierfilms)
Composer THOMAS LAW
1st AD CLAIRE RIVERLAND (@claireriverland)
Sound Recordist RYAN BRUTON (@ryanbrutonn)
Camera Assists JIM L (@jlsoawesome) KOKO CROZIER (@kokocrozierfilms)
Colourist NICHOLAS HOWER CSI (@nicholashower.colour)
Sound Mixer DALE WARREN by @_willchao_

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2 years ago

Some screen grabs from @sparkawildfire.film
Shot on @reddigitalcinema V-Raptor + Canon FDs

Starring:
Angie Goh @hweiniang
Andrew Dang @dangdiddly
Darcy Kent @darcy_kent
Cazz Bainbridge @cazzbainbridge
John-Claire Lee
Emi Trinh

Extras:
Amy Lor
Darshini Nadarajan @n_darshini
Crystal So @choco.crystal
Yvonne Lai @yyvon_ne.l
Sue Wen @suewenchong

Producers:
Angie Goh @hweiniang
Vivian Tang @viviantang__
Bryce Purkiss @is_bruce_wayne

Directed by Musashi Wakaki @threequarterfilms
Screenplay by Angie Goh @hweiniang
DOP/Cinematography by Will Chao @_willchao_

1st AD: Leigh Schilling @leighs.chilling
2nd AD/AC & BTS: Angie Wong @angie.wsc
Gaffer: Cooper Bonetti @cooper_bonetti
1st AC: Adrian Dias @adias.art
1st AC (Day 5): Adrian Dong @drin.drins
Boom Operator: Conor Whitty @conorwhitty
Field Mixer: Aaron D’Silva

Production Designer/Art Director:
Milla Pearl @millapearl_filmandacting
Lead Props: Kayleen Montalan @kayleen.montalan
Costume Designer/HMUA: Angela Lopez @angela1opez
Art & Design Assist: Cecilia Karlovic @ceciliakarlovic
HMUA: Courtney Vanderleest @courtney.vanderleest

Editor: Thavy Thongkham @thavythongkham
Assistant Editor: Sara Riippa @sarariippa
Script Supervisor: Lina Ly @linalyfilms

Production Assistants:
An Dang @babytweezer
Mark Paterson @markpaterson26 #BDE

Sound Design / Mixing: Darcy Adam
Sound Assist & Foley: Benito Senguin
Composer: Dylan Reid @iamdylanreid by @_willchao_

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3 years ago

“On The Fire That Brings Light” // @wushuning.official ft. @lilyrain_ @kalapera

Shot on RED V-Raptor + Leica Summilux & Noctilux lenses
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Director @goss_jue_gj
Cinematographer @_willchao_
Production company @jue_film_production
Executive Producers @kat.ysc @goss_jue_gj
Producers @kalapera @mickydemarco
1st AD @itsbeccas
1st AC @kokocrozierfilms
Gaffer @parkercreative_au
Best boy @directedby.justin
PA @daniel.dqy by @_willchao_

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3 years ago

Fearless #fearless #bluesunglasses by @_willchao_

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Copeland ‘26 🖤

Styled by @hannaharceri_
Wearing custom @jinoireatelier
Diamonds @classajewellers
Heels @lanawilkinsonofficial
Hair @salonmace
Photographer @_willchao_ by @_willchao_

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‘26 Copeland. Another season done and another year to be so proud of. Consistency year after year. You never stop making us proud. Onto the next 🖤
@jackcrisp

Styled by @hannaharceri_
Wearing custom @jinoireatelier
Photographer @_willchao_
Hair @felicitysalonmace
Diamonds @classajewellers
Heels @lanawilkinsonofficial by @_willchao_

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Most humbling experience in the world 🎾#tennis by @_willchao_

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2 months ago

Day #395 of trying to promote my studio @minimax.house

Nanlite 60C + Amaran 300C + Godox MS60bi by @_willchao_

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2 months ago

Incredibly honoured to receive the @melbfilmfest Talent of Tomorrow Award! Thank you MIFF for believing in this film and for the Accelerator Program which our Directors @jakscanlon & @dangdiddly will never forget!
📸: @kaylamaypettykook @kaylampkphotography

Andrew Dang - Writer/Co-Director/Producer/Actor @dangdiddly
Jak Scanlon - Co-Director & Producer @jakscanlon @shapelessfilms
Brooke Allen - Producer & Unit Manager @brooke_allen_
Will Chao - DOP & Producer @_willchao_ @minimaxfilms
Jim Li - 1st AC @jlsoawesome
Kayleen Montalan - 2nd AC @kayleen.montalan
Musashi Wakaki - 1st AD @mu.wack @threequarterfilms
Diako Kalapera - Gaffer @kalapera
Rena Li - Production Designer @renassiance._
Kellie Palatino - Production Designer @kelliepalatino
Tobias Miller - Production Assistant @tobiasjmiller
Mo De los Reyes - Sound Recordist @modelosreyes
Madeleine Frau - Assistant Sound Recordist @maddie.frau
An Dang - Actor @andang.vn
Darcy Broom - Editor/BTS l Photographer @darcy.broom
Hootan Hagshenas - Colourist @hootan.h.b
Darcy Colin Adam - Sound Designer @darcycadam
Pico Dos Santos-Lee - Composer @pico_dsl  #MIFF #MIFF2026 #melbfilmfest by @_willchao_

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2 months ago

Better watch out suitors!
Filmmakers after watching #theodyssey by @_willchao_

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2 months ago

ISO 12800 low-light test: FX5 vs A7RVI vs A7V vs A7SIII

All shot at 4K25p.

A7RVI and FX5 came out nearly identical, which tracks since they share almost the same sensor, even without A7R6 having that third native ISO.

A7SIII was the softest of the four with the least detail, not shocking given its age, but it still holds its own.

The real winner for me was the A7V. The downsampled 7K sensor pulled out noticeably more detail, and that extra detail means you can push noise reduction harder in post without losing as much sharpness. #SonyAlpha #A7V #A7RVI #a7siii #FX5 by @_willchao_

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When my good friends @itsbeccas and @zj_nigel invited me to attend their wedding as a guest, I couldn’t resist picking up the camera and flew to Chengdu in a heartbeat.

To stay out of the official videographers’ way, I opted for a simple setup: Panasonic S1ii with a Leica Noctilux 75mm, shot entirely handheld at F1.2

I didn’t plan to record any audio as I was originally going to just film some behind the scenes, so I didn’t even bring a mic. But to my surprise, running the in-camera audio through AI yielded some extremely usable audio. If you ever forget your mic, give it a try haha 😜

Followed my usual RED colour workflow, by first converting to RED colour space using Resolve.

#weddingfilm by @_willchao_

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