About Us

Creative. Eye catching. Engaging. Discover The Power of Video Production With Soul Arch Media.

Servicing Gold Coast, Brisbane and Byron Bay for over 15 years, Soul Arch Media is one of south east QLD’s longest running, trusted and experienced corporate video production teams.

Looking for innovative Gold Coast video production services for corporate, event or conference videography? Or simply seeking new ways to engage potential clients? Soul Arch Media’s video production team can help. Our established Gold Coast video production service creates online promotional videos, corporate videos, and TV content.

We also have freelance cameramen, editors and camera crews available to film events large and small across the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Tweed Coast, Byron Bay and beyond. From corporate seminars to festivals, we’ve got you covered.

As local pioneers in filming online video content, Soul Arch Media also specialise in new media marketing and video content creation – from online video commercials, live event webcasts, and video virtual tours right through to video content for PR, social media integration, and campaign content.

Dedicated To Capturing & Sharing Your Stories

While Soul Arch Media operates primarily as a commercial video production agency, we are also a fully-functioning TV production unit supplying footage and stories to major networks. This means our entire team posses a well-honed journalist eye for bringing stories to life.

The team at Soul Arch Media have filmed and edited international broadcast content for TV stations and production houses around the world, including Discovery Channel (CAN) Fox Sports (Australia, USA), Network Ten (Australia),Visible Vision (EU), Ruptly (Worldwide), iTV Meridian (Europe), VID (Russia), RTL (Germany), ARD Sportschau (Germany), Euro News (Europe), 90 Seconds (New Zealand), TV1 (New Zealand), Maori TV (New Zealand), FuelTV (Worldwide) and many more. This coupled with our cost effective rates and service guarantees has ensured Soul Arch Media regularly assist some of Australia’s most recognised brands in sharing their stories via video, including Surf Life Saving Australia, Make A Wish Australia, Cerebral Palsy League, Medicare Local, Griffith University, RSL Australia, Gold Coast University Hospital, the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 among many others.

More than just a sales tool, we believe film offers a powerful form of storytelling that can solidify brand identity and create positive associations.

If you can dream it, we can film it.

Let Soul Arch Media’s team of expert videographers, editors and scriptwriters handle your project from concept and creation right through to promotion and distribution. Call us on 07 5559 5551 today.

OUR TEAM

DAVE EMGE

CAMERAMAN, PRODUCER AND VIDEO EDITOR

Over the past 20 years, Dave has built a solid reputation as a highly skilled and dependable cameraman, producer and editor.

His skills have seen him sought after to create broadcast content around the globe, including Discovery Channel (North America), TV One (New Zealand), Maori TV (New Zealand), FuelTV (Australia and USA), Fox Sports (Australia and USA), Euro News (Europe), PearTV ( China), iTV Meridian (UK), VID (Russia), RTL (Germany), ARD Sportschau (Germany), YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company (Finland), 90 Seconds (New Zealand), Can Communicate (UK) and many more.

From humble beginnings as creator of surf TV shows for public access TV in San Diego, USA, Dave was recruited to be principal filmer for Taylor Steele’s Poor Specimen, one of the world’s largest sports DVD producers. As Director of Cinematography, Dave travelled the globe compiling footage for dozens of surf blockbusters – films still regarded as industry classics today. Leaving Poor Specimen in 2005 to relocate to Australia, Dave set up Soul Arch Media to film international-level sporting webcasts and video marketing collateral. Clients have included respected brands like Griffith University, University of Queensland, Allianz, Globe, Billabong, Reef, Gold Coast Suns, RSL Art Union, Surf Life Saving Lotteries and many more.

Gear list

Sony FX6 4k Cinema Camera
Sony a7iii 4k (with Gimbal)
Sony FS5 XDCAM 4k
GoPro Hero3+ with many mounts
Canon EOS L series 100-400mm
Canon EOS L series 24-70mm
Zoom H4n Audio Recorder
Sennheiser and Sony wireless lapel and shotgun mics
Handheld Sony wireless mic
Cartoni and Manfrotto tripods
Lighting Package
LED Video Lights
Green Screen Background
2021 16in MacBook Pro with Premiere Pro CC Suite

CAROLYN RIDINGS EMGE

DIRECTOR AND EDITOR

Providing editorial content to a host of national and international publications and TV programs over the past two decades, Carolyn is skilled at creating your video scripts and guiding their tone and direction.

Her credits include print publications Marie Claire, Australia’s Surfing Life, News.com.au, Yen, Tracks, Kidspot.com.au, White Horses, Waves, Surfgirl/ S-Girl, Carve’s Surf Girl (UK), Salt Water Girl (South Africa), SG (USA), Australian Surf Business, lifelounge.com, Freerider MX, Slam, Australian Snowboarder, and ABC youth titles Mr Men, The Fairies, and Octonauts magazines among others. Carolyn was also Associate Editor of youth magazine Chick for three years, and served as talent scout and content producer for national youth TV series G7.

Expanding into marketing and PR, Carolyn has also contributed to multi-tiered campaigns for DC Shoes, Heineken, Bacardi, Paramount Home Entertainment releases (Cheers, Frasier, Sex And The City, Star Trek, the Indiana Jones Trilogy etc), K-Swiss, Quiksilver, Rockport, and events like Gold Coast’s Bleach Festival, Heineken Sunset Sessions, Roxy Pro Gold Coast, Billabong Pro Maui, Chick Boarding For Breast Cancer Day and the Crusty Demons of Dirt among others.

BROOK SILVESTER

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Cinematographer of 15 years, with 12 years of television experience as a cameraman/producer and water camera specialist. After a solid career filming surf content for the ASP and corporate clients and producing films such as The Bra Boys and Fighting Fear, in recent years Brook has been engaged as a cameraman on several hit TV series including as Bondi Rescue and Dancing With The Stars.

Brook is also a GoPro camera specialist and operator, able to provide and set up multiple camera kits for extreme sports productions.

Gear list

Sony FX6 4K Cinema Camera
Sony FX3 4k with water housing
GoPro hero 12 x4
Sony 200-600 telephoto lens