synopsis

‘Tired From Sleeping’ is the intriguing story of a Japanese racing driver in the Sixties. The central idea comes from director Sam Peacock’s lateral interpretation of love and motor racing.

what

Peacocke tells his story:

"I wanted to do something different for this clip and I came up with a relatively unconventional combination of ideas.

"I had spent some time reviewing the music track in my car, searching for an interesting angle. At some point I came across my Brother and his Japanese girlfriend discussing the Lotus flower. That started me thinking about the motor racing theme, with a cultural twist. I thought back to my days of motorsport as a lad. Days on the track were often tempered with thoughts of
my love back at home, how I would rather be with her.

"I found two Japanese actors by unlikely means. Yutaro Suzuk, (driver Yamato) I saw in the street at 2am one morning; he had such an amazing look that I asked him to audition. I met Miho Tanaka (on screen girlfriend, Misaki) at a party. She had a strange, peaceful sadness to her that was perfect. So we set about making a clip with the help of my new Japanese friends and some enthusiastic classic car buffs."

how

‘Tired From Sleeping’ was shot over two days on location at the Hobsonville airbase, Auckland. Set up in 1924 for seaplanes, it was used during WW2 by American and NZ forces for defence against a possible Japanese invasion.

A number of feature films have been shot at Hobsonville, most recently 30 Days Of Night, where an entire snow covered Alaskan town was recreated.

Peacocke continues:

"I chose to work with DP Aaron Morton. Our weapons of choice were Arri Super16mm and Bolex cameras on Kodak 250D stock.

“We were excited to use real Lotus 18 1.5 litre Formula Junior racing cars from the early Sixties. The Lotus 18 was also a F1 car at the time; the F1 variant used a more powerful engine to the Formula Junior cars.

"The driving was done by one of the Lotus owners – a dentist with the lucky name of John Holmes!"

Online was completed at Digipost by Flame artist Jesse Parkhill; transfer and grade by senior colourist Pete Williams.

 

who

  • Record Company
  • Full Time Hobby Records
  • Production Company
  • Robber’s Dog Films Auckland
  • Director
  • Sam Peacocke