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Firstly, the launch of the new website for Portfolio and Reel is approaching. On the new site you will find all the information that is currently accessed from our TV information sheets and staff Lists for production and agency personnel, plus visual reference to our DVD series ‘On air-Selection’ (Now up to No 30) . There also will be a section for you to upload your latest spots, and a section to display the latest visually innovative commercials as well as an archive section with selected commercials from the 50’s 60’s and 70’s. All of our current subscribers will be sent login and password details as soon as we have ‘beta’ tested the exciting new site.

Production News

Luscious Sam Bryant wins at Flickerfest 18th January, 2010 – Luscious International director Sam Bryant picked up a couple of the major awards at Flickerfest short film festival last night. His short film ‘GPS’ won the SBS Television Award where SBS selects one film out of the entire festival to broadcast on SBS television. The film also won Best Editing craft. GPS is a story about Thompson - a seven year old boy who has one dream in life, to be the voice of a GPS navigator. But unfortunately Thompson has a deliberating lisp. For years he tries to forget his dream, but he can’t get it out of his mind. When he auditions at Gusto GPS Navigators, he embarks on an impossible journey that sends him into a spiral of dispair – no one wants to hire a GPS navigator with a lisp. Since the film was made almost a year ago, it has enjoyed success at festivals all over the world, including Cannes, LA Shorts and ADFEST. Sam and Luscious would like to thank Mark Burnett and the entire team at The Editors for their contribution to this film. A huge thank you also goes to the rest of the cast and crew who made this film possible. If you’d like a copy of Sam’s reel, or to enquire about his availability, give us a call on 02 9326 3400 or email us at [email protected]

The Directors Group 2010 sees The Directors Group now working with four Directors. They are Director/DOP Germain McMicking, Luci Schroder, Kess Broekman-Dattner and new Director Corrie Jones. (We are now representing Corrie for the East Coast of ) Corrie Jones has been Perth based, but came to our attention with his AFI nominated short film ‘Water’ and other impressive virals and commercials, including the much discussed ‘Camel Girl’. His work is characterised by a strong visual approach, excellent casting and a real gift for storytelling. Meanwhile Germain McMicking has returned home after shooting a short film in New York City and some documentary work on Palm Island. Luci Schroder has directed a superb music video for Codrazine and is currently finishing one for former Earthman Nick Batterham. Kess Broekman-Dattner is in pre-production for a micro documentary/ viral about Great White Sharks and is also working on a music video for Electronica band Junior Jr. In the area of longform producer Craig Griffin continues to work with Director Paul Goldman on the much anticipated Ben Cousins Documentary. They hope to have the documentary completed by mid March. To see reels call Alex on 03 9525 0644 or go to the website: www.directorsgroup.com.au

PHOTOPLAY Photoplay had a busy start to the year, and it’s not stopped. Since welcoming The Kamen Brothers, and Husein Alicajic in September, the new guys have already produced eight campaigns. Scott Otto Anderson has spent the start of 2010 working on an imaginative Honda TVC with huge set designs and choreography for Draft FCB , as well as a very unique campaign for Bamercise through Euro RSCG . Scott is also involved in a theatre production that brings the Chooky dancers from Arnhem Land to the Adelaide festival in March. 1 Matt Kamen, & his producer-brother Chris have brought their unique comedic style to a cinema campaign for Nokia, as well as spots for MTV, KFC and Pizza Hut. Also, Husein Alicajic has just finished post on a wonderful Starburst TVC called ‘Colour Fight’, which was produced in association with the charity Camp Quality - watch it here. On the other side of the world, Diamond Dogs worked with Robbie Williams on his ‘You Know Me’ music clip. Phil Sansom and Olly Williams aka Diamond Dogs, made Robbie into a white rabbit and created an autumnal wonderland – watch it here. Photoplay is also pleased to announce that it has been commissioned by ABC TV to produce the TV music content for 2010, beginning with the One Night Stand concert in Alice Springs in late March. Over the year Photoplay will produce 7 hours of programming for the ABC. To check out the latest work of Scott Otto Anderson, the Kamen Brothers, Husein Alicajic, or Diamond Dogs go to www.photoplayfilms.com.au

Jungleboys Review With Myles Barlow, created, written and directed by Jungleboys director Trent O'Donnell, won Best Comedy at the FIs last night. Review's Phil Lloyd also picked up the AFI for Best Comedy Performance. Together with Trent's Best Director nomination (won by East West 101 Director Peter Andrikidis), Best Script Nomination (won by Underbelly) and his Australian Writer's Guild Award for Best Narrative/ Situational Comedy, it's been a good lead up to Series 2. It should also help it's chances of further format sales overseas - it has already been picked up in the US, the UK and The Netherlands.

The Meat and Livestock Association's 2010 TVC (with Sam Kekovich addressing the UN) was a great example of the new partnership between Jungleboys and Emerald City. Directed by Scott and Trent, Emerald needed to recreate the United Nations in session - and on a moderate budget. This was a great example of the cost and creative benefits that come from having a design and visual effects shop inhouse.

YouTube reveals the Top five most watched Australian-made videos of 2009 and they are both directed by Mark: 1. Kate Miller-Heidke ‘The Last Day On Earth’ 2. Guy Sebastian - Like it Like That

Luke's film 'Man's Best Friend' has been accepted into Flickerfest - they had 1200 entries this year so it's a good result.

Vanilla Ice viral (which got 1 million hits) picks up 2 Silvers at Award including Best Viral. Also picks up Silver at the B&T Awards. www.jungleboys.com.au

OTTO News Feb 2010. The Otto Empire had a lot to celebrate at the end of 2009. Director Ben Saunders was up to his old tricks in 2009, creating the beautifully stylised Big M commercial, in collaboration with AJF Partnership. Along with Executive Producer Jo de Fina, Ben took four kids on a road trip in the Western Australian countryside and made them drink chocolate milk. Needless to say the results were spectacular. There was another collaboration with AJF for some Holden spots, some work with Clemenger Melbourne, and Ben also completed a series of commercials for Domain with The Furnace Sydney….. As well as working with stop motion animators and Sapient Nitro for Nestle Diet Yoghurt. Busy busy!

To finish the year off in style, Ben completed the new ‘Big Enough. Small Enough’ campaign for St George Bank and Ogilvy and APIA’s ‘New for Old’ TVC with DDB Melbourne, both on air now. Keep an eye out for Ben’s Earth Choice TV Commercial, shot mid 2009. It will be sure to make a statement both visually and politically.

Angus Sampson has had a cracker of year with The OTTO Empire starting with the mockumentary style spots for SEEK and Leo Burnett.

Being a man of many talents, Angus worked with writers and Video Ezy to create their new ‘M Movies’ Campaign, which he also directed.

To start off 2010, Angus has just completed spots, in collaboration with George Patterson Y & R in Melbourne, for the AFL NAB Cup. On air now.

International Photographer Simon Harsent joined The OTTO Empire family for TVC representation. His exhibition MELT; a breathtaking series of images of Icebergs taken in Newfoundland’s Disco Bay is currently running at Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney, after a month at Centre for Photography.

Director Eddie Martin’s feature documentary ‘Lionel’ was nominated for 2 AFI Awards including Best Documentary Feature Category, and he is just back from New York where he filmed the Short Film ‘Somebody People’ with DOP Germain McMicking. 2 New director Stephen Carroll joined the team and brought Producer Tobias Webster with him. They have had had much success with their first TV Commercial with The OTTO Empire for RACV. Made in collaboration with Sputnik/Reality agency as part of the RACV Transmission Program, in which high school students submitted ideas for communicating the Anti Drink/Drive message. Very effective. The boys are now in pre production for their next project. Stayed tuned to The OTTO Empire in 2010.

SCREEN CUISINE IS NOW THE INDUSTRY’S FIRST PREMIUM SERVICE DROP OFF CATERER. We have developed higher standards for the Drop Off, and this will save you money.

This new and versatile Drop Off service allows us to individually customize our approach to your shoots and to give you much more value for your production dollar than ever before. Although we have retired the catering truck, the delicious quality cuisine that has made us an industry favourite will not be compromised.

As always Lizzie’s customised menus are passionately prepared daily with fresh in-season produce at competitive prices. All meals arrive on set early should your production be running ahead of schedule. Craig, Lizzie or one of our friendly trusted chefs will personally set-up, serve, and clear away afterwards.

Should there be any unforeseen delays, our highly insulated Food Boxes will keep the cuisine desirably hot or cold. The airtight seals keep the salads chilled and crisp straight from the cool room, whilst travel time allows meat dishes to rest. We are putting a lot of thought, expertise and creativity into making this an excellent option for your shoot.

All meals are served on real dinner plates with stainless steel cutlery and should you require disposables we give you the option of sturdy biodegradable plates and cutlery to keep your production in line with specified carbon neutral guidelines. On your larger shoots why not let us take care of extras with lunch-packs, therefore freeing up Unit to solely cater for the needs of the client, agency and crew.

Our rates are staying the same as they have been for the last 3 years but with the drop-off we give you the option of having only what you require. ie. you may only need breakfast and lunch or lunch and afternoon tea.

Your Immediate Benefits: * No daily truck hire fee. * No daily sullage disposal fee. * No daily generator fuel and hire charges. * Reduced Council parking charges. * Less spaces needed at tight narrow locations. * Free’s up the production and unit manager’s time. * No truck so more parking spaces for other essentials. * Pick up’s can be arranged from our centrally located kitchen at Canal Road Film Centre in Leichhardt for smaller shoots with tighter budgets. * There are no runner or courier charges as disposable eco-friendly trays for afternoon tea don’t need to be returned after the shoot. * Lunch Pack’s alleviate the need for setting up tables and chairs * Lunch-packs are Ideal with crews going in multiple directions and locations simultaneously.

For a copy of the new in-season menu contact Lizzie: [email protected] For bookings contact TTM: 9958 1611 or [email protected]

Filmgraphics Entertainment News Filmgraphics is now operating under the name of FG Entertainment. With the influx of fresh directors and the combination of the experience and skills of the established FG directors, we feel we can now offer more opportunities to our clients.

We want to wish our friends who have left the best of luck and welcome the new people, including Johnny Ma who is helping with editing/IT as well as directing his new short film “The Robbery”.

Directors: David Denneen, Phil Meatchem, Fabio Nardo and Marc Furmie. Young New Directors so far: The Angels, Nick Kacevski and stills fashion photographer, Juliet Taylor.

Difference: Attitude, budgets, content including feature films What Remains the Same: High level of creativity and experience by skilled directors, animators, designers and producers. Premises: We will relocate once we find the right building. 3 Rumours: Waste of time. Recent jobs: Homestart, Demazin, Clarkes, Dodoni Feta, Woolworths, Steggles, Yacht and Boat. Short Films: “Dark Horse”. www.filmgraphics.com

KODAK Move Your favourite suppliers to the TVC & feature film segments have completed a successful move to new premises at Unit 6C, 5 Talavera Road, Macquarie Park (Nth Ryde). The new location offers improved office space, storage facilities and car parking for clients. Xmas gave them a chance to catch their breath after a hectic series of TVC work as well as the feature films “Tomorrow When the War Began” & David Michod’s “Animal Kingdom”. Kodak’s print stock was featured recently at the Berlin Film Festival where director Hannah Hilliard’s brilliant film “Franswa Sharl” picked up the Best Short Film award. Boris Mitchell, David Hill & Ivy Ching can be contacted on 1300 139 795. pictureDRIFT pictureDRIFT has recently completed opening titles and animated content for the soon to be released feature documentary "Going Vertical" the story of the short board revolution led by surfing legends Bob McTavish and Dick Brewer. The film is due for release early 2010

Luscious News 22nd February 2010 Following ’s extremely successful campaign for Blossom Hill, which he completed for JWT London, flying over to Dubai & New York to shoot a campaign for BWM Dubai. His latest spot to air this week is an Asian Paints campaign that was shot in Sydney with Ogilvy & Mather.

Sam Bryant’s has just finished two campaigns for Droga5 which are currently on-air. He’s also collaborating with BMF on a daring, highly visual, clever viral series of spots utilising some very eclectic production techniques.

Jon Gwyther has completed shooting a video game-esque spot in Sydney for energy drink brand Bornvita for Ogilvy & Mather and has been busy with several regional projects.

Tina Bull is currently bidding on a number of projects with local and overseas agencies.

James Holt has just wrapped production on a campaign for Lowe due to air next month. He has been working on back-to- back productions over the past few months with Whybins TBWA and multiple spots with Ogilvy. The campaigns have been a diverse mixture of comedy, drama and heavy animation all carrying James’ personality, pace and highly visual look.

Michael Joy’s recent campaign for Jacobs Creek wines is now on-air internationally. Shot for Euro the TVC is shot in Michael’s unique style of improvisation with actors. He is currently in production for a campaign with 303 Agency and has a beauty spot for Clemenger BBDO about to air later this month.

Richard Gibson is currently in production for a campaign due to air later next month and has been busy with final preparations on his feature film project.

Damien Toogood recently completed a quirky comedy spot for Euro for Intravet and his RAC spot for The Brand Agency has also just gone to air.

Viscious director Sebastien has cleaned up at the Australian Cinematographer Society Awards where he won five awards in total in the Music Video and TVC categories. Congratulations to Sebastien & DOP’s Callan Green and Antony Gardiner for their talents. After his busy stint shooting overseas Sebastien returned to shoot an interesting viral spot for Dukoral for Saatchi & Saatchi and a Snickers spot for BBDO. He is currently in post production for another Saatchi & Saatchi beauty TVC to air end of the month.

Congratulations to Viscious director Ant McPhail who has been selected in this years Adfest Fabulour Four. He is currently shooting the short film which will air at Adfest in March.

Following the MySpace & Oyster documentaries Viscious director Melissa Pragassen has been working with James Phillip Design for a fashion shoot with Erika Heynatz.

Luscious’ digital department for visual FX and web-based entertainment has been busy with the huge work volume coming in from the Viscious collaborative.

4 Please keep updated on our latest creative via http://viscious-luscious.blogspot.com or on our Twitter site http://twitter.com/Viscioustweets For any of the latest Luscious International or Viscious show reels please contact Luscious via email [email protected] or call us on +61 2 9326 3400.

Taxi Film [Sydney & ] 'HEAD' [Damon Escott & Stephen Lance] are a critically acclaimed directing duo now signed to the Taxi Film collective. Once rostered at The Guild, this visually innovative, conceptual and avant-garde collaborative then ran their own shop with the freakishly talented animator/director Steve Baker. HEAD usually work as a pair, but lately have been working on projects separately. They’ve brought their maverick creative backgrounds to numerous commercials, directing national campaigns for Coca-Cola, ANZ, Canon Cameras, NRMA, Nestlé, Arnotts, LG, Smith’s Chips and Sanitarium. The pair’s music video work is bold and beautifully brave. They maintain a strong profile working with some of Australia’s finest music artists including , Powderfinger, Eskimo Joe, John Butler Trio, Little Birdy and Sarah Blasko.

HEAD’s latest is a stunning TVC for AEIOU: http://gallery.me.com/taxifilm/100404 . Toni Collette lent her skills for the voice over, covered the music.

The performance HEAD crafted is remarkable considering Isaac, who features in the spot, has Autism. Two years ago he couldn't talk or make eye contact. He is proof of the AEIOU method's success. The commercial is shot using the Phantom camera for ultra slow motion shots of actual bubbles [made by Australia's premier bubble artist - Allan Cullen]

The boys have also been busy on a Smiths Chips commercial via Clemenger BBDO Syd and Powderfinger’s ‘All of The Dreamers’ clip – which shows off a bunch of clever effects. Damon Escott was tapped by Canon Cameras to Direct + Dp their latest TVC to be aired in 10 countries. The project, which was shot & posted in Australia, is a pop-coloured and effects driven spot. Very cool stuff. Natalie Imbruglia’s next clip is in the offing for Stephen Lance.

Scottish born director, designer, writer, artist Gemma Lee is currently directing a TVC via SapientNitro, which will be followed by a TVC project with Sudler & Hennessey Sydney. A clip for musician Paul Dempsey was also in the calendar. Her short film THE WAKE starring Angus Sampson will screen at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, has hit the London Australian Film Festival and Movie Extra have also asked to do a feature on it. Shorts International is buying the film to distribute world wide to TV and airlines. THE WAKE Trailer: http://gallery.me.com/taxifilm/100394

Check out: The Daughter of the Skies, An Exhibition of Drawings by Gemma Lee, is previewing Sat 6th March: 3pm - 5pm, blank_space gallery, 374 Crown St, Surry Hills. Invite: www.taxifilm.tv/client/Invite.pdf

Jack Wareham has directed two commercials via Euro RSCG, Sydney this month and is currently working on a project with Junior. Director Gavain Browne is collaborating with Banjo on an animated TVC for a leading insurance provider. David Barker’s has started pre-production on a brand campaign for a major NSW retail chain and will be strapping on a helmet, embarking on a postie bike road trip for a doco he’s directing and shooting.

Taxi International has been prolific for Taxi with a string of work shot already this year. A Japanese Mitsubishi commercial shooting in Melbourne and a Toyota ‘ spot via India.

TAXI WELCOMES Producers Leanne Tonkes [based in Melbourne] and Simone Mackie. Taxi Film has a formidable team of Producers with extensive experience who will be able to take the company through the next chapter of its development.

Leanne has established herself as one of Australia’s most accomplished producers. You know you’re kicking goals when your career includes: Snr Producer at Great Southern Films producing many award-winning commercials with director Vikki Blanche & Emma Freeman, co-established The Guild [Clients: Tiger Aspect, BBC etc] and Mini Studios [co-produced Tropfest Finalist WHITE LINES]. She became part of Head Pictures in 2007 producing for Directing duo Damon Escott, Stephen Lance & Steve Baker [co produced AFI 2008 Animation Winner DOG WITH ELECTRIC COLLAR. Leanne has produced countless spots for clients including: Ikea, Coke, ANZ, Holden, Nestle, etc.

Simone is no stranger to ’s flawless production values having worked for the company in its fledging years. She has come from Two Little Indians where she produced for Tori Garrett. You’ll know when Simone’s working on your project; grounded, balanced and meticulous to boot, she knows how to provide the support that directors, producers, agencies and client’s need.

Want to know more? Want to check out our director’s reels? www.taxifilm.tv or contact EP Andrew Wareham on +61 7 3334 4200 or [email protected]

5 FABRIC FILMS UPDATE Charlie Fergusson had a busy December, directing a new “office style” campaign for the Hot Breakfast radio team in Melbourne and also taking charge of the Clem7 tunnel launch campaign in Brisbane. He shot both above and below ground to create the Clem7 helicopter traffic report campaign and is currently finishing off the 2 month post schedule with Col Renshaw at Cutting Edge Brisbane. In January Charlie directed the next round of Today Network spots for the QLD, NSW, VIC & SA markets… this 3D heavy project is currently being finished at The Post Lounge. Throwing on his stills hat in Feb he shot energetic photography for the launch of the Gold Coast Football Club with Sapient Nitro Brisbane. For a copy of Charlie's reel please contact Carla on [email protected]

The NZ Film Connection started the year out with a bang! We shot a series of Burger King TVC’s and virals for Director Warren Kushner, from Partizan LA. We shot over 4 days in and around Auckland, and the campaign has just gone to-air here in NZ this week. Look out for ‘the King’. Also in January we shot a TVC for Cheers Films, China, for Yili Milk. 3 days were spent at beautiful locations in the South Island, and producer Patty Tsai, has gone away looking for the next job she can bring down to us. They loved NZ and our great crew. It’s definitely worth the Australian producers considering shooting over here at the moment. Today the Australian $1 buys $1.28 NZ! It’s been sitting up above the $1.20 for a while now. And we know how to make things work seamlessly for Australian film companies shooting here in NZ. www.nzfilmconnection.co.nz

Richard Michalak February was an exciting month if you find humidity and constant rain exciting. Usually Sydney has 3 successively hotter days of sun, then a big thunderstorm then a cooler day and then it builds up hotter again but this February Sydney steamed away and it seemed to have unrelenting rain and high humidity for 3 solid weeks. The Sunsilk hair commercial I shot in January with singer Delta Goodrem is now on my website at: www.richardmichalak.com http://www.richardmichalak.com I hope to have my latest Palmolive hair commercial up there soon. A documentary I co-shot last year was aired on ABC TV and was praised lavishly by the critics. Directed by Brendan Young, “You Only Live Twice – The Incredibly True Story of the Hughes Family” was about a very talented, likeable and somewhat eccentric Sydney family with direct connections to James Bond, Ventriloquism, Jazz, Journalism, Real Cold War Spies and Burlesque. Another highlight this month was shooting a fashion commercial for polymath Stills and TVC director Grant Matthews. The ad featured vivacious Australian actress Georgie Parker who was great fun. This job was shot on the Red Camera at 2K at 100fps in Grant’s huge Stills and TVC studio complex in Waterloo in Sydney. The coffee and the chocolate brownies were excellent.

Gods and Monsters In 2009 director Barney Howells moved from London, where he is represented by Partizan, to Melbourne and teamed up with executive producer Nik Round, with his 20 years of industry experience, to create the fun loving, highly creative and dynamic St Kilda based production company gods&monsters. Launching in Australia, 2009 was an exceptional year for Barney and the team at gods&monsters having filmed a wide range of commercials for brands such as Kraft, Repco, Nature’s Organics and a new performance based Kmart campaign including Price Promise, Spring, Summer and Christmas. The year ended on another high with a shoot in Mexico City for Pepsi Co. brand Red Rock Deli Chips. Barney and the gods&monsters team look forward to this coming year being as successful as the previous and through their creative collaborations promise agencies a skilled and imaginative team dedicated to the craft of making outstanding content. View Barney’s work at www.godsandmonsters.com.au or contact Nik Round [email protected]

Cherub Pictures Ben Briand and Serena Paull have just returned from Brazil after shooting a commercial for M & C Saatchi Sydney (on air 7th March, 2010). Ben’s Vicks ‘Beatbox’ spot for Publicis Mojo Sydney took out 2 silver medals at the Phoenix Awards – Singapore’s Film & TV Awards. He has also recently completed three short films. ‘Apricot’ (produced by Cherub Pictures and Moonwalk Films, Paris), ‘Castor & Pollux’ for accessories label Benah and ‘Some Static Started’ in association with China Heights Gallery. has just completed a campaign of 9 commercials for Tooheys ‘The Beer Economy’ with Saatchi’s Sydney (currently on air).

6 Justin also co-directed the new Bridezilla video clip with Cherub’s Daniel Fletcher, entitled ‘Western Front’ which is the first single off their debut album ‘The First Dance’. They also collaborated on the title sequence for Foxtel’s new drama series ‘Spirited’ starring . Samantha Lang recently completed 3 commercials for the Masterfoods 2010 Campaign with Clemenger BBDO Sydney (currently on air). Cherub Pictures scored 2 of the Campaign Brief Top 30 Australian commercials of the decade. Dare ‘Boss’ directed by Justin Kurzel and Ikea ‘Stand in Dad’ directed by John Curran. http://www.campaignbrief.com/2009/12/cbs-top-20-australian-commerci.html

CURIOUS FILM’S NEWEST DIRECTOR, PAOLA MORABITO, DIRECTS A PORTRAIT OF ftp://curious:[email protected]/public_ftp/REEL/Paola_promo.mov SYDNEY: Curious Film Australia has signed Paola Morabito, an award-winning filmmaker who got an extraordinary career break in 2001 when she was invited to work as Jane Campion’s assistant on her feature film In The Cut, shot in New York. The experience of working with Campion – who is an Academy Award and Palme d’Or winner – inspired Paola to pursue a career as a director, having worked in such diverse roles as costume designing and producing. Paola has just finished working with Jane Campion on her latest feature, ‘Bright Star’, as the 2nd Unit Director in London. To capture the chaotic experience of filmmaking through the eyes of a director’s assistant, Paola has produced and directed a documentary called ‘Working With Jane’, which airs on the ABC in November 2009.

Eight years since first collaborating with Campion, Paola has emerged as an incredibly unique director, telling stories that are distinguished by their delicacy, intimacy and visual richness. In 2008 Paola attended the Script Development Programme at the Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam. She is currently in development her own first feature film, Explosions Like Stars. Completing a Masters in Film Directing at the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS) in 2007, Paola has worked extensively in the film and television industry for over ten years, and has directed two short films, My Sister & I and Bread. Her documentary, ‘Working with Jane’, airs on ABC1 Artscape Programme on 10 November and on ABC2 15 November 2009. To view Paola’s reel, contact: [email protected]

Mark Lapwood This is just a quick heads up to let you know our short film ECLIPSE has been selected by the Tribeca Doha Film Festival for an exclusive short season in their You Tube Screening room. This is the first time its been available online in its entirety and its only live until Nov 10th or so (my sincere apologies for the delay in letting you know). If you’re interested & have 10 minutes free, you can see it in HD now using the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHJzYJ89BiE

David Gaddie is now directing through his newly formed collective The Colony . To view David’s work visit www.the-colony.com

Spirit Films Three months have passed since the last Spirit Films update, and we’ve been busily crafting campaigns for an array of different clients, employing the likes of angels, gnomes and oversized stubbies of beer to help in our creative pursuits.

Following two sensitive campaigns for Community Aid and Respite Agency and the Motor Accident Commission, director Hugh Sullivan asked us to ‘put our fingers to better use’ in three light-hearted TVCs for the Adelaide SkyCity Casino through agency Jamshop.

Roh Smith finished up 2009 with yet another campaign for RAA Insurance with funnyman George Kapiniaris through kwp! in which we took to the golf course. Also featuring on Roh’s report card for this term is the latest SA Tourism campaign with kwp! featuring broken gnomes and wayward lawnmowers. A recent WorkCover campaign through Clemenger BBDO Roh take a sensitive angle, working with an actual victim of a workplace accident with a bulldozer. And finally, together with WDM Advertising Roh flew the flag for fire safety in a topical campaign for the CFS. Probed by inquisitive children, we’re motivated to ask the vital questions when it comes to being bushfire ready.

Ernie Clark ACS recently wrapped production on a cross-country epic campaign for Rural Bank. This maiden union between Spirit Films and agency Nicknack is set to grace the silver screen soon.

Chris Houghton teamed up with kwp! for a Bottlemart campaign featuring mascot Bottlemart Bart, an oversized beer stubbie. Taking care of his civil duties, Chris put his heart where his mouth is and donated his time to a commercial for charity Anglicare which depicts angels of hope walking among us.

7 The Film Garden: Director Ryan Renshaw and Producer Noelle Jones have completed busting their moves on CGU's latest campaign through Sapient Nitro Melbourne. By popular demand more old whities are back breaking and rapping like they're P Diddy. To view Ryan's latest adventures go to www.thefilmgarden.com or contact Noelle on 0488 076 556.

The Feds BRUCE HURWIT of Crossroads Films NY, crosses the pond, has moved to Sydney and is joining us at The Feds! No stranger to Australia, Bruce has worked for both Sydney and Melbourne agencies directing campaigns for Carlton Cold and Twisties. He is currently directing a spot for Uncle Toby’s via McCann’s, Sydney. Bruce started his career in NYC as an art director at ad agencies, BBD&O and Cliff Freeman & Partners. As a creative director and , his award winning work for Little Caesars catapulted him into the inner circle of directors producing dialogue based, situational comedy .

After years of working on commercials at Crossroads Films NY, LA and London, with global clients including: Ameritrade, AT&T, Bud Light, Carlton Cold, Cartoon Network, Coke, Dunkin Donuts, Hershey's, Hanns Premium, Kia, Kraft, Little Caesars, Miller Lite, Molson Beer, Motorola, NY Lottery, Nickelodeon, Red Lobster, Toyota and Twisties. Bruce extended his repertoire by film directing and executive producing with Cartoon Network’s first live-action/animation mixed movie, “Re- Animated.” The film was so successful that Cartoon Network bought 20 episodes. Bruce then directed and produced "Split the Difference," a sitcom about the forces of mediocrity and desperation in advertising. It won the New York TV Festival and was picked up by NBC. The following year he directed and produced “The Average American”, a pilot about a hapless game-show contestant who wins the prize of being an American presidential candidate for the ‘08 election. It can be seen featured on the New York TV Festivals web site www.nytvf.com .

Bruce has been awarded by The Museum of Modern Art, NY where his Little Caesars spots remain in their permanent collection. In 2006, Bruce's Little Caesar's spot, "Focus Group", was named one of the 10 best spots of the past 20 years by CREATIVITY MAGAZINE. Bruce's other industry awards include numerous Cannes Lions, Clios, AICP awards, as well as many others worldwide. To view of a teaser of his work http://clients.thefeds.com.au/Bruce_Hurwit/Reel/TheFeds_BruceHurwit_FEB2010_Teaser.mov and contact Lizzy Nash or Michael Cook for his full reel, 612 8396 5999.

GRAEME BURFOOT and Producer Jude Lengel’s New Year’s resolutions included: Eat healthy, drink less and join The Feds! Things could change though after a few lunches with The Godfather….

Fresh from finishing up 2009 was their 60” spot for Magnum Sandwich, ‘Be the King’ created by Lowe Sydney, directed by Graeme and shot on the RED by DP Peter Tischauser in Capetown, via facilitating S.African company 'Delicious'. The commercial tells the story of "Dave" a regular guy who triggers off various events every time he bites into his Magnum sandwich, resulting in people then treating him like a movie star. He goes from walking along an everyday city street to being transported to a life of paparazzi, hot starlets, stunts and expensive cars, with his Hollywood experience culminating at the red carpet premiere of his new action movie, MAGNUM FORCE 10! To view click on the link below. http://clients.thefeds.com.au/GraemeBurfoot/TheFeds_GraemeB_Magnum_BeTheKing.mov . Elliot Wheeler at Turning Studio composed the track.

Graeme’s ‘Big Bill Little Bill’ spot for Toyota through Oddfellows in Sydney picked up a Mobius Award 2009 for Best Live Performance in a commercial. The technically creative commercial was shot on 16mm with all the little/big perspectives done in camera! View link below. http://clients.thefeds.com.au/GraemeBurfoot/TheFeds_GraemeB_Toyota_BigBillLittleBill.mov

The two are looking forward to a creative year, with a new production company and 2 shoots down already for M & C Saatchi Sydney. One of them being a new spot for Woolworths that Graeme has just shot on location in Seven Hills, Sydney – got to love a 3am start in a supermarket! The spot was shot on16mm in one day by Matt Stewart.

BEN LAWRENCE Ben has recently directed and shot a moving and engaging multi-media campaign for the National Disability Services of NSW (NDS) through The Campaign Palace Sydney, aimed at addressing the significant demand for workforce capacity. Through this latest NDS campaign Ben has been able to fulfil his aspirations to not only continue directing commercials but also to delve deeper into the world of directing content while collaborating with agencies.

The three mini documentaries chronicle the real life stories of people working in the sector and their clients. They are all currently airing on national television in full length with edited versions and are also running on carecareers.com.au Or click to view a link below http://caravanpictures.com/benlawrence/nds/caravan_showreel.php For any enquiries or reels for Ben Lawrence please contact Michael Cook, [email protected] + 612 8396 5999 8 JOSH LOGUE It’s set to be the year of the Logue, as Josh’s music clip shot in China for Empire of the Sun ‘ Walking on a Dream, took home the 2009 ARIA award for best film clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmM2RwlxGt0 Multi-tasking as always (sometimes rare for a bloke), Josh also created the stage design and direction for the live performance at the very same event. As their film clip director and completely immersing himself in the task, Josh jumped in and did set design, cast the performers & worked ringside at the Arias live-show broadcast. The event brought back many memories of palpably energetic live show experiences for Josh – There are no second takes in a live show! Ultimately, the live event was great fun and allowed The Feds to collaborate with the Pogue Productions the Aria producers.

Continuing to blaze a trail in the music world Josh then went onto shoot a Vodafone spot for Clemenger BBDO Sydney featuring Radio INK and Ruby Rose. He is currently finishing up a piece of content work with M & C Sydney for Optus and pitching like a maniac with his new producer the inimitable Rebecca Bennett, moving and talking at 1000mph Bec has ensured that this team remains on fire. For any enquires or reels for Josh Logue please contact Rebecca Bennett [email protected] or mob +61 405 337 347

MIKE GOODE Mike Goode is hitting Sydney shores next month to work on a local project. So we'll be out and about showing his work and reminding everyone of his incomparable comedic style and diligence that he exhibits in all aspects of his work. While in the States over the past few months, he's been working on a web series about a cowboy, a pirate, and a ninja living together in East L.A. called "Pirate Ninja Adventure Go!"

For any enquires or reels for Mike Goode please contact Karen Watson [email protected] or Michael Cook [email protected] or mob +61 8396 5999.

CONTENT Lisa Gray, Head of Content at The Feds working closely with Lizzie Ohara- Boyce, M&C Saatchi and directed the newly launched Woolworth’s Fresh Food Mum’s online video content.

Genuine and informative, the web series features a “real” Mum in each of the Woolworths 4-5 minute videos giving insight and tips whilst cooking their favourite convenient and uncomplicated meals. To get hot tips from the real Mums and pick a few new recipes to road test yourself, click http://freshfoodmums.com.au /

Lisa with Karen Watson is continuing to develop Stay Tuned, a 40 x 26 minute interactive teen music show for ABC3. Following the initial ABC funding, the show’s development process has progressed immensely and the production concept of this exciting new series is coming together. Watch this space!!

PARANOID Edouard Salier from Paranoid has just directed the new Massive attack clip for the release of their new album as the band itself hits Sydney to play in the opera house forecourt. http://massiveattack.com/blog/2010/02/04/splitting-the-atom-film-by-edouard-salier /

AB/CD/CD is a directorial collective. The name is an acronym for the three members, Arnaud Boutin, Camille Dauteuille and Clement Dozier. Sharing a mutual passion and interest in graphic design, they formed a collaborative that is focused on art direction for the advertising and art community.

Their Live campaign for cut-price fashion retailer, Daffys’ in New York began like a Gap commercial with flexible dancers leaping around in bright coloured clothing, until they leap out of the screen and continue with a live dance in front of the cinema audience. As the dancers pile on more and more layers of clothing the routines become more and more outrageous. Directed by AB/CD/CD through Paranoid US. To view click on the link http://clients.thefeds.com.au/paranoid/Daffys_FittingDance.mov The spot was featured in Boards year in Review as a highlight piece of 2009.

You’ll know the track, the irreverent ‘Fuck You’ by Lily Allen, AB/CD/CD also conceptualised and directed the film clip. Check out the link below. http://clients.thefeds.com.au/paranoid/LilyAllen_FuckYouCutdown.mov

Thierry Poiraud’s debut Australian spot for M & C Saatchi will launch in May, showcasing his unique visual style. For inquiries for Paranoid please contact Michael, Karen or Lizzy @ The Feds, 8396 5999.

WALKABOUT FILMS In the wake of the global economic crisis, Walkabout has been non-stop. 9 At the end of last year we produced a 45 sec Commonwealth Bank spot for director Erich Joiner of Tool on North America and Agency - Goodby Silverstein and Partners. The spot is the next instalment in the ‘Determined to be Different’ campaign that employs a mockumentary style and comments on Australian stereotypes and the perception of our culture by those outside the country, particularly Americans. The humour is drawn from the advertising strategies of the industry falling short on an increasingly advertising savvy society.

Walkabout then moved straight into pre production and shooting in the New Year to produce another spot for BBDO New York with Michael Karbelnikoff directing of Hello and Company, LA.

In between these projects we facilitated a Sony documentary shoot for the UK shooting at The Pinnacles in Western Australia and on 7th December we facilitated the Australian arm of an unprecedented live streaming event for Starbucks, RED and Gorgeous, London. 124 countries united over the internet via the universal language of music in order to bring awareness and support to the global fund helping fight aids in Africa. www.StarbucksLoveProject.com .

Play TV Last year certainly ended with an incredible bang for the monkeys at Play TV. Director Frazer Bailey’s comedy edge and intuitive talent direction once again proved invaluable on projects such as Ogilvy’s KFC and JWT’s Kellogg’s commercials. Also congratulations to Frazer Bailey for winning the Saatchi & Saatchi Toyota Yaris Clever Short Film Competition!

Controversially the Play TV winning entry made national print, online and television media reports, plus international headlines (including England, Europe and the USA) after it was wrongly reported this short film was a real television commercial. In fact, after being approached with the racy script, this short film was made for fun on no budget and never was on air…nor was it ever intended to be! However you can understand why some may have thought otherwise due to the skillful direction, great casting and it’s high quality production.

And the bubble still hasn’t burst…recently a French television production has requested to air this short film, which went viral, as an example of “latest great international advertising”! To see what all the fuss is about check out our website www.playtv.com.au

And the good news keeps on coming – Frazer’s brilliant short film “Glenn Owen Dodds” has been accepted in the Clermont film festival in France. This is very exciting as it is the largest short film festival in the world.

For a copy of Frazer Bailey’s reel or if we can help on your next project please don’t hesitate to contact Producer Tineka Williams via email [email protected] or on (07) 3878 8875.

Simon Frost The past few months have continued to be extremely busy for Director Simon Frost and his Producer Sarah Leach, working both locally as well as in the USA. Simon and Sarah are off to a good start this year and are currently busy quoting and shooting as well as completing their new website which you can find at www.simonfrostshowreel.com . They are also in the middle of production for a pilot TV series written by Simon and Sarah Smith (Southern Star) as well as in negitiations with a separate kids show with a huge US multinational.....more information to follow in the next newsletter.

Sixty 40 Sixty40 have created the latest Summer Ident campaign for TV1, using a much loved stop motion animation style to capture a quintessential feeling of summer fun.

Their brief was to make a series of short films capturing the essence of summer using real objects, reinterpreting their purpose to give them new qualities and personality through animation and surprising new roles. Each spot turns inanimate objects into heroes of familiar Australian summer scenarios.

Three idents have been created, with the first on air w/c 7th Dec, lighting up the TV1 channel with beautiful animation designed to delight and charm. The first ident called ‘Celebration’ creates a fantastical conga line with dancing party shoes, the second called ‘Beach’ features summer fruit frolicking on the beach and the third visits a parallel aussie universe where sausages host a BBQ and tongs and salad forks play impromptu cricket.

The style of these three idents was inspired by the work of animators like PES and Oren Lavie whose films have swept through the internet like wildfire. The idents also acknowledge the newly rekindled love affair with stop motion animation that has seen an unprecedented number of stop motion feature films released this year such as Mary and Max, Coraline and the Fantastic Mr Fox.

10 This renaissance may be partly due to the huge leaps forward in digital photography and technology that makes the development of images and preview process easier. Sixty40 also feel it is being driven by the viewing public’s desire to experience the mysterious magic of an animation style that is made within the confines of physical reality. In this way the craftiness and handmade quality of stop motion connects to audiences who may want something different from highly produced computer graphics.

For the TV1 Summer Idents campaign, Sixty40 took a well established style and made it their own. They created charming and humorous worlds inhabited by inanimate objects that were injected with the quirks, verve and energy of the quintessential Australian summer. http://www.sixty40.com/tv1-celebration /

COLLIDER NEWS | FEBRUARY 2010 Daniel Askill has recently directed a series of video installations, entitled Triptych and Transformations, for the German architectural and design brand, Dornbracht. Working with the renowned Cologne-based creative agency, Meire und Meire, Askill was given complete creative freedom to create the films. Shot on location at Fox Studios, the project utilised the Phantom V10 at speeds of 1000fps, and the 360 degree camera rig used in features such as the Matrix franchise. The films demonstrate the relationship between the human body and water, and the resulting images are both beautiful and evocative.

Joel Pront worked with Grey New York on a series of commercials for Cialis - one of which was featured during the recent Super Bowl broadcast in the US. The projects involve large-scale live action blended with high-end effects, with the entire process handled in-house at Collider. Pront has also recently returned from China, where he a shot a commercial for Anchor Beer that will be broadcast throughout Asia.

Andrew van der Westhuyzen is working on a special project with the construction conglomerate, Lend Lease. The Green Building Converter is an interactive tool that will be used to educate businesses and individuals about best practice in making an existing building more efficient and green-friendly. Combining cutting-edge design and IT, he has designed a kiosk prototype that will be used by Lend Lease at events throughout the year. Andrew also designed the IBM Australian Open logo that is now being adapted for use at the French Open.

After spending over a decade helming music videos for the likes of Moloko, Pet Shop Boys and Blur, as well as regularly directing commercials for brands such as L'Oreal, Braun and H&M London, Australian-born Don Cameron has returned home. Cameron recently directed the latest Target spot, entitled Effortless Denim, that went to air this month. With a wealth of experience in fashion and beauty, Effortless Denim is Don’s first commercial project in Australia. It is typical of Don’s polished and highly stylized aesthetic and features one of his hallmarks – choreography.

Tim Richardson has been working steadily in Australia, with a number of his projects due for impending release. Tim created a TV, online and print campaign for the Australian fashion brand Van Heusen. The campaign, entitled ‘Elements’, will be on air mid 2010. Collider also continues its long-running association with the Sydney Dance Company, with Tim directing a video installation that will appear in their upcoming production, Six Breaths. Tim also worked with fellow Collider director, Andrew van der Westhuyzen, to create the print and outdoor campaign for the SDC’s upcoming season. Tim also continues his association with fashion by working on projects for the boutique Australian label, Friedrich Grey, as well as creating an online video installation for the much lauded indie website, Dazed Digital.

Clemens Habicht recently directed a music video for emerging Dutch Jazz singer, Wouter Hamel. Shot on location in London, Habicht’s neo-Broadway themed clip – with more than nod to dance stylings of Fred Astaire – featured a group of dancers manipulating Hamel’s movements in a almost puppet-like manner.

Lorin Askill collaborated with Daniel during the production of the Dornbracht project, and also edited both installations. He’s also been busy flexing his editing skills on an upcoming DVD release for the ABC. The film brings together the work of two Australian prolific artists – composer and painter Garry Shead.

For further information or to request reels please contact Michelle Sahayan on [email protected] or 0413 732 184 / 02 9389 8911

Flying Gherkin Flying Gherkin continues its long tradition of stop motion excellence. Nick Donkin recently directed a 90 second story for cult US kids show Yo Gabba Gabba, to be aired in March. Flying Gherkin has just relocated a new studio near Norton Street Leichardt, offering a full range of stop-frame animation techniques. Puppets, claymation, pack shots, miniature fx. We also supply on location service. check out www.flyinggherkin.com

11 @radical.media A big congratulations to Patrick Hughes who is currently in Berlin for the world premier of his debut feature film, Red Hill at the 60th Berlin Film Festival. The film has opened to rave reviews and we are all really proud and excited about what has been achieved. View the trailer at … www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nrEm9KMV7I He will return to shoot a Yellow Pages spot with Clemenger BBDO and a Target spot with The Campaign Palace. Christopher Riggert had a strong end to 2009, picking up a Silver for Direction Design at AWARD for his Carlton Blonde spot with Clemenger BBDO Melbourne and directing a huge spot for ANZ with M&C Saatchi. To 2010, he has just returned from New Zealand having filmed a spot for Hyundai with Innocean Worldwide/ Disciple and he is currently working on a Wondersoft spot with JWT.

Derin Seale is embarking on his biggest production to date as a father after relocating to Sydney & welcoming his daughter on .... We are very happy to have he and Kim back in Oz. Derin will be focusing on more local work and we are all really excited to see what he gets up to this year. Sean Kruck has recently completed work for Nestle Peters with Publicis Mojo and is currently working on spot for NRMA with Human Communications.

Nick Ball has had a great time of it in recent months making some very amusing commercials and scoring some pretty impressive awards. From being featured as a finalist in the Kodak New Director of the Year Award and as Australia's "Director To Watch" in Shots magazine, his work has been impressing and tickling many a funny bone. His "Astronauts" trailer for the Melbourne International Film Festival (Badjar-Ogilvy) was nominated for best direction at AWARD, won 1st Place in the cinema category at the Mobius Awards as well as Silver at the ACS Awards, whilst his new German porno inspired spot for Britex (AdPartners) is sure to cause a stir when released. He has also recently completed spots with DDB Melbourne (Bingle & Heinz) and M&C Saatchi (ANZ & Betfair).

Peanut has recently finished spots for Powerade with Ogilvy, filming NRL & AFL players in Australia and in New Zealand with the All Blacks.

Andy De Emmony, BAFTA award winning director, is due back in Australia this month and is available to quote on local work.

Network 10 and One HD have green lit a second season of the original Australian series The Poker Star featuring Melbourne’s World Champion of poker, Joe Hachem. With an average viewership of 256,000 people for the premier episode, and multiple re-runs of the entire series on 10 and ONE HD, the show has been a consistent hit. To date the show has had 48hrs of free-to-air broadcast time.

The Art of Walking, a unique doc experience, developed with Publicis Mojo, has wrapped production. Featuring John Francis, Planet Walker, Katarina Witt, figure skater and Michael Milton, paralympian, the 1hr special follows the three walkers as the learn about themselves and dicover tha amazing landscape of victorias southern coast. Kat spoke to Eddie Mac during ch 9s coverage of olympics bout her amazing exp on the show and about the GOW.

Zach Merck was nom for DGA award for outstanding achievement in reality programming for the oz 6 beers of separation. The project followed up its silver penci; at AWARD with a Silver pencil at the One Show entertainment awards in Los Angeles last night.

Boomerang Boomerang has just finished filming a new Mastercard commercial for McCann London with Moxie Pictures, in New Zealand. Director Neil Gorrige jetted in from London to play with with planes, helicopters, hot air balloons, pyrotechnics, along with a surprise performance, from an iconic UK celebrity. Producer Celina Janjic says, “the shoot was another fun epic for Boomerang”, and believes viewers will be surprised to see the latest spot from Mastercard.

Renegade news… A boy, a girl and a bong-smoking dog who thinks he’s human…continue their dysfunctional love triangle. When Adam asks Sarah to marry him and she says ”yes”, her jealous mutt Wilfred unleashes his own special brand of hell. Tony Rogers and Jen Livingston return to commercials after 8 months in the wonderful world of Wilfred II airing MARCH 8th SBS 10.30. For a sneak preview head to the website http://www.renegade.com.au/reels/WilfredIIorgansim.wmv http://www.renegade.com.au/reels/WilfredIIrepulsive.wmv Director Jasmin Tarasin joins us in the commercial realm, from Sydney based company Film Construction. Jasmin is drawn to her craft by her passion for finding beauty in the everyday. Her distinctly feminine style exposes the delicacy and honesty of her subjects; a rare attribute for a commercial director. Her work draws on influences from old world European cinema, and is infused with personality and a sense of the fantastical. Jasmin has recently completed a campaign for Bank Of Queensland which will air in the next few weeks. 12 Edwin McGill had a busy 2009 and is making a significant impression with his commercial work. Director James Teh is currently in Australia and available for work after recently completing commercials for such agency’s as Lowe Worldwide, on Knorr - 'Post Card' and Ogilvy Vietnam for Heartbeat Vietnam 'Burden'. Sean Byrne’s feature ‘The Loved Ones’ is set to have a release this year. For more information on TVCs contact Tracy Proposch at the Renegade office or email [email protected] .

Renegade Factual continues to produce quality content with its latest… INSIDE THE FIRESTORM, the definitive story of Black Saturday and how the worst bushfire disaster in Australia's history unfolded. Commissioned as a two hour documentary by the ABC it features interviews with those affected by the fires in on Black Saturday. Rescue service personnel, victims, families, survivors, fire-fighters and fire scientists recount their experiences and explain how and why the terrible events unfolded across the state that day.

It aired on ABC1 Sunday 7th Feb and will be available on DVD for purchase early March It is also currently available for online viewing on ABC iview – under Documentaries. (Writer/Director Jacob Hickey, Producers Lucy Maclaren and Alex West, Executive Producers Alex West, Joe and Ken Connor).

This doc caps a great year for Renegade’s factual department which produced ‘Last Chance Saloon’, Bi Polar Bears’, ‘Ned Kelly: Uncovered’ and ‘The Man Behind Dame Edna’. An amazing run of docos. Don’t forget that other great Renegade product, RocKwiz, is touring and coming soon to a venue near you. Book at the usual ticket outlets. Congratulations to Edwin Mcgill for winning a Silver Award for Safer Streets ‘Your Move’ and Bronze for Industry Super Funds ‘The Movement ‘ for Best Direction at the Phoenix Awards. You can now follow us on TWITTER http://twitter.com/RenegadeAus

Mighty Nice animation studio Mighty Nice animation studio has had a successful month with the release of a new Domino’s ‘Good Choice Range’ through Campaign Palace, a fun and quirky series of TVC's. They have also recently finished animating their first ever music video entitled ‘Bats’ for a singer called 'Paul Dempsey'. It was directed by regular Mighty Nice collaborators - the illustrators at We Buy Your Kids.

Along the same lines, but for a very different client, Mighty Nice again collaborated with an illustrator, Andrea Smith, with Darren Price directing multiple TVC's, offering a fresh new look for Weight Watchers. The campaign was created by agency BMF and celebrates a new look aimed at a more contemporary audience.

Mighty Nice has also picked up a Mobius award for their work with JWT for The Melbourne Writers Festival 2009. This piece had already scooped a bronze award from Ads of the World for 'Best Film'. www.mightynice.com.au

Cyclops Films Director Peter Andrikidis and producer Lucy Verity started out the first week of the new year with a shoot for BMF for The Smith Family. Peter solicited a beautifully subtle and empathetic performance from the young lead as well as from some of Australia’s best acting talents (Colin Friels, Don Hany, Denise Roberts) who voiced the commercial. Peter’s 2009 ended on a high with another AFI for Best Direction. Last year he won for his work on the first series of “Underbelly”, this year he picked up for his acclaimed work directing SBS’s “East West 101”, once again clearly heralding him as one of Australia’s best dramatic directors. For a copy of The Smith Family TVC please email Lucy at [email protected] .

Back off holidays Paul Cutter has already started work on a new cooking and lifestyle show “The Healthy Chef” while at the same time filming for an online campaign for Safcol through The Brandshop. Paul also shot the stills for the accompanying print material for the campaign which features healthy tuna and salmon recipes designed by stylist Teresa Cutter. This year has been a great one for Cyclops and has ended on a high with Paul Cutter’s cinematography being recognised at the recent NSW Australian Cinematography Society Awards. Paul picked up not one but two Silver A.C.S. awards (National/International TVC category) for his cinematography for two commercials for Lilydale Free Range Chickens through Smart Advertising. The commercials combined 35 mm and 16 mm with the food scenes shot in Sydney against green screen and combined with the beautiful time lapsed backgrounds of Broome Beach and El Questro Wilderness Park in The Kimberley at sunset. The two commercials were edited by Peter Barton and onlined by Adam Archer at The Editors. For a copy please email producer Lucy Verity on [email protected] To find out more about what we have been doing visit our website. T +61 2 9318 1077 F +61 2 9318 1033 [email protected] / www.cyclopsfilms.com

13 KIM REDDIN - FREELANCE DIRECTOR: The return of a bit of business confidence, along with a swing towards tighter budget productions - but still with big ideas - means Kim Reddin's busy schedule of surfing and sailing over this summer has been rudely interrupted by a run of jobs for for repeat TVC clients, media companies and agencies.

Perhaps the most widely seen over the break, of his cost effective work, was the six versions, (all directed in one evening), of The Lemon Detox Diet, starring Tania Zaetta, Produced by Eden Creative Media. The mix of spots proved to be widely successful in terms of cut through, sales and branding.

You may have also caught the Maximum Bass Overdrive spot, for EMI's Ministry of Sound, Produced with Nick Jensen Marketing. The TVC was shot by Dan Freene, concurrently with the album cover stills and a popular 'Behind the scenes Making of Viral', which also includes interviews with the actual DJ's and 'Dancing with the Stars' model Emily Scott. These can also be seen on his 2010 Show reel or at his highly ranked web site www.kimreddin.com (recently revamped by the I.T team at Girling Design.) Keep and eye out next month for his outrageously catchy new 'Spray Fresh' spots, re-created to fit a brief from Maggie Morgan of One on One Marketing.

Whist he is currently a freelance here in Australia, Pop films Malaysia are expecting some big things for Kim this year. Producer - Andy Sim, has invited Kim to join their panel of directors for Thailand, Malaysia and launch into China. With travel plans in the offing you may even like to follow KimReddin and his adventures on twitter.

BENNETTS & SPEAKMAN JOIN PLAZA Talented young director Sam Bennetts and producer Edwina Speakman have teamed up at Plaza.

Bennetts’ recent work for Ebay, Riva & RTA have made him one the most talked about emerging directors. Speakman arrives from 8com where she has been long respected as one of the best in the business, working with top creatives and clients all over the world.

“Sam’s just brilliant and we clicked straightaway” says Speakman: “He’s got that magic combination of having a great eye and genuine narrative skill. He’s also got so much passion for everything he does.”

“Edwina’s smart and funny. She really gets it ” Bennetts’ says of Speakman. “And Plaza is obviously one of the most respected and awarded production companies around. There’s a fantastic energy and positivity here”.

Pete Masterton, who put the two together, thinks they will be a brilliant addition for Plaza. “I have been watching Sam’s work for quite some time. He’s a remarkable talent, with a huge future. And Edwina was my first choice to work with him. A team’s energy is so important in realising the most for every project and to take a piece of creative to the absolute best level it can be. I think it’s a real coup to bring them together.”

Since turning up for work on Monday Bennetts and Speakman have wasted no time and have got straight into several projects. “I love working with visual effects, actors and a story, but at the end of the day, it’s all about a good idea” says Bennetts.

The Pound Congratulations to Pound director Charles WILLIAMS whose film ‘There Had Better Be Blood’ is a finalist at Tropfest. From over eight hundred entrants to make the final was a terrific achievement . Thanks to all of those who helped in the production, especially those down at MRPPP and Digipics.

Matt WESTON keeps building his reel with a funny promotional piece for Song Room. In the spot we see Mark Holden taking the ‘micky’ out of himself , not only do we see him playing air guitar, but we also see his famous air triangle. Song Room is a great non for profit organization who try to ‘enhance learning and development for disadvantaged children through music and the arts’. Check them out at http://www.songroom.org.au/home/introduction .

Matt is also currently in discussion with BADJAR Ogilvy and Publicis Mojo regarding a number of projects, both for TV and online.

DOGBOY keep rolling along with jobs for Toyota through Saatchi & Saatchi, Panasonic for The Campaign Palace, a new style of campaign for Bakers Delight (Chia and Hot Cross Bun) with CHE and a fun ‘to be released’ job for BADJAR Ogilvy.

There was a disturbing lack of interest on the yum cha front after the last P&R newsletter. The dumpling offer still stands! If you would like a reel for any of the above directors don’t hesitate to give Fiona a call on 03 8844 0000 14 On a side note we wish Corey Esse and his family all the best on his ventures in the States.

Sunu Gonera. African Director. Hailing from Zimbabwe, Sunu Gonera has in a very short space of time carved out a career which sounds less like real life and more like a movie. Impressive campaigns for Nike, VW, Coca-Cola and U.S Tennis Association display Sunu’s ability to combine emotional sensitivity with a cinematic feel.

Sunu made his feature directorial debut on Pride starring Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard. Both Sunu and Howard were nominated for NAACP Image Awards.

Please take a couple of minutes to review Sunu’s work: http://saville.wiredrive.com/l/p/?presentation=640875c0d7c90782080f7d43491ed0a1

You’ll find Sunu a wonderful partner on: - Any campaign featuring sports especially soccer. - Campaigns needing to convey a strong emotional message. - Films involving real people and natural organic performances. We hope you enjoy what you’ve seen and that you consider Sunu on your next campaign. For more information, please call USA 917 573 5707 or email [email protected]

Resolution Baby Boom: Head of Production Will Alexander and his wife Holly are the proud new parents of their second child Rose Willow Katherine Alexander. She was born on her due date 10/01/10 which came as no surprise to her producing parents who have never missed a deadline in their respective careers.

Awards : Australian Creative announced today that Resolution is a dual finalist in the 2009 Hotshop Awards for their body of work over the last 12 months in the highly competitive "Broadcast Design" and "Post Production/VFX" categories. Despite 2009 being seen by most as the "year of the GFC", Resolution will remember it as one of its best. Faced with the challenges of shrinking budgets, Resolution's commitment to delivering exceptional results for their clients never wavered, neither did their mission to tell visual stories simply, beautifully and seamlessly, employing a variety of creative styles, designs and innovative visual effects techniques, which no matter how complex blend together magically to tell a unique story. The 2009 Hotshop Award winners will be announced on Wednesday 24 March 2010. Stay tuned... The BBC Knowledge “Amaze Your Mind” 60sec promo that Tim Dyroff directed picked up 3 x Gold in the 2009 Asia Promax/BDA Awards including Best Image Spot. On the back of this amazing success the BBC commissioned Resolution to produce the 2010 campaign that is currently in production.

Currently In Production: Resolution has kicked off the new decade with 3 x international tvc campaigns for director Iain Mackenzie for Dow Chemicals, Chevy Trucks and Valspar Paint through Paydirt Pictures LA. The first of the 90sec tvc’s for Dow titled “Snow” is slated for broadcast during the Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics on NBC. Resolution has also teamed up with Droga5 New York Creative Director Ben Nott to create a PSA for the launch of a new sex education campaign for the US. Also in production is a series of tvc’s for McDonalds McCafe with Window Production’s director Sng Tong Beng through DDB Sydney. After winning B&T Ad Agency of the Year and Best Ad of the Year and a piece of business Droga5 commissioned Resolution to direct and produce their first tvc for the telco. The 30sec spot is in the final stage of post-production.

Recently Completed Projects: After a tough 2009 Resolution rallied late in the year completing post on brand tvc’s for Coke with 8Commercials director Josh Frizzell, Nissan with Filmgraphics director David Denneen, The World Gold Council with director Jeff Darling and a hilarious spot for Britex vacuum cleaners with @Radical director Nick Ball. Tim Dyroff also directed animation projects for Wicked Energy Drink through new agency 7,9,11, Fisher & Paykel through Clemenger BBDO and Mother through Smart Inc.

15 The end of 09 and beginning of 10 have been a blissful return to mayhem for Two Little Indians. Tori Garrett Tori Garrett finished the year directing Bushells Tea spots for McCanns via 166 Sydney in January for creatives Scot Waterhouse and Dave Heytman. Shot at various locations around Brisbane and Binna Burra, the commercial is a performance driven spot shot beautifully by DOP Bob Humphreys. Also for the same Creative team, Tori went beneath the surface, and shot with underwater cameraman Roger Buckingham for Uncle Tobys Swim safe campaign. The spot was written by creatives Dave Heytman and Scot Waterhouse for McCann Erickson Sydney and produced by Josh Jenkins at 166. Prior to that, Tori completed the 2nd round of Digital TV Switch-over spots for Award winning agency, BMF Sydney. The three dialogue spots were written by Creative Team JJ Winlove and Keith Cox and shot by , Russell Boyd ACS. This year Tori has just about completed a campaign for Heritage Building Society for BCM Partnership in Brisbane. Creatives were Jeff Smith and Ben Gay, and DP was Anna Howard.

Jonas McQuiggin Jonas McQuiggin finished off 2009 with a nice campaign for Climate Smart, for Ryan Petie and Shay Devery at Publicis Mojo in Brisbane. The same team creative team were also responsible for an Instant Scratch-its job, for the Deal or No Deal promotion just completed. Jonas is now working on a major campaign for Eagle Boys, also for Mojo Brisbane, this time for creative team Matt Grey and Lee Griffin.

Television Two Little Indians and Discovery Channel Asia Tori Garrett and James Greville were asked to submit ideas to promote Discovery Science Channel for the Asia Pacific region for Creative Director Chris Leow. The resulting spot was shot in Australia, written by Tori and James, directed by Tori Garrett and shot by AFI award winning DOP Bob Humphries. It is screening pan Asia, and has just been picked up by the US feed.

Beth Armstrong In other news, after completing a beautiful Tattslotto campaign for Ian Deerat and Andy Bird at Mojo, Beth Armstrong has just completed production of her second child, Lilly, born January and with additional conception by DP Tom Gleeson.

PRODIGY PRODIGY congratulates award winning director Dael Oates who has won the New Director Of The Year for Kodak Award. Whilst Tim Bullock is 30 seconds away from AFI fame. Congratulations also to Prodigy Director and Australian screenwriter Tim Bullock who has secured a nomination for the Samsung Australian Film Industry Awards, as part of his role in the writing team of the Comedy Channel’s successful 30 Seconds television series.

Bullock, along with his fellow creators and writers Justin Drape and Scott Nowell for Zapruder’s Other Films, are nominated in the prestigious category Best Screen Play in Television Award, after being recognised for the episode ‘Invisible Fault Lines’.

This is Bullock’s first AFI Award nomination, coming at a time when the young writer is gaining increasing critical recognition and exposure for his work in commercial Directing.

Bullock and Prodigy’s latest commercial with Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney for Toyota 4WD range ‘Country Border Security’ has gained industry recognition worldwide as the Toyota documentary highlights the war on softness. View at: http://www.prodigyfilms.com/prodigyfilms_director_tim_bullock_country_border_security_toyota_4wd_range_.aspx

Matt Palmer directs Socceroos Tim Cahill and Lucas Neill for the soon to be released Sony campaign for Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney which is currently in post production. Whilst also completing a campaign for NZTA in New Zealand and Marie Callender for DDB San Francisco.

Dael Oates has put his creative passion to play by creating a campaign for Zyrtec for JWT Sydney. Dael has driven the cinematography in both 3D and non-3D environments to create a beautiful animation piece. http://www.prodigyfilms.com/prodigyfilms_director_dael_oates_open_house_zyrtec.aspx

Contact: [email protected]

ZOOM FILM & TELEVISION Mark Toia Director Mark Toia and Producer Keri Grant had a fantastic finish to 2009. Mark headed back to Jakarta for another action packed spot for Indonesia’s Gudang Garam International. This epic TV commercial was produced to co-incide with the 16 Soccer World Cup and involved huge stadiums and multitudes of talent, which came together brilliantly with the help of FIN Design in Sydney. Back in Australia, Mark and Keri were straight into a spot with Jeremy Wynne & Justin Groves from Melbourne’s Wilson Everard Advertising. Unfortunately, we can’t say too much about this one until it’s released in March. Finishing off the year, Mark shot a spot for Glaucoma with McCann-Erickson Sydney. The TVC combines a confronting close up of an eye with a chilling sound design and clever graphics to raise blindness awareness.

After a well deserved Christmas break, 2010 has kicked off to an excellent start for Mark & Keri with a Queensland Transport Motorcycle Safety TVC. This exciting shoot involved stunt riders, simulated crashes, road closures and the Phantom Camera. With one chance to capture the amazing crash sequence, Mark set up three cameras including the Phantom and fortunately came away with three superb shots and no injuries.

Mark is currently working on a heavily intensive 3D Crunchox spot, which has him shooting in Indonesia in the next coming week. This snack food spot entails a myriad of locations, hundreds of talent and of course, VFX, which will again be achieved along side FIN Design. To view any of Mark’s latest work, visit www.zoomfilmtv.com.au or call + 61 7 3846 6777 to request Mark’s reel or chat more with Keri.

Gerard Lambkin Director Gerard Lambkin and Producer Damion Tiernan also finished 2009 on a high note, being run off their feet right up until Christmas. Gerard & Damion teamed up with Melbourne's DraftFCB, working with creatives Scott Lambert, Mat Garbutt & Mick Bakos on the latest Honda Civic spot. This funky spot combined some fantastic night driving shots, eye catching light effects and a catchy soundtrack. Gerard and Damion then got stuck straight into a Subway $7 Footlong TVC with the creatives at Publicis Mojo Brisbane; Andy Ward, Ryan Petie & Shay Devery. Also in the mix was the next Queensland Water Commission TVC, featuring Troy Cassar-Daley and Laurel Edwards. Gerard and Damion worked with Mark Smith, Andy Geppert, Wye Ling Vogels & David Keeling at McCann - Erickson Brisbane to highlight the new changes in Queensland's water restrictions. The year finished with Gerard and Damion working on the new Tattersals / Golden Casket advertising campaign. These humorous spots saw the boys working once again with Publicis Mojo Brisbane and were very similar to the looks & style Gerard first created in the 2008 True Stories Tattersals TVC campaign. With only a short break for some well deserved rest and relaxation, Gerard and Damion were straight back into work with a new installment in the University of Queensland 'The University of You' Campaign, which Gerard was at the helm of in early 2009. With the new University year starting and a new round of students heading to UQ the guys filmed another series of stories to work in with the existing campaign very nicely. The team at Subway & Publicis Mojo couldn't wait to work with Gerard & Damion again, getting them back onboard for their next two Subway TVC’s.

To view Gerard’s work, visit - www.zoomfilmtv.com.au or call +61 3846 6777 to chat with Damion to get a copy of the latest reel.

UFOFILM NEWS Rodd Martin is back directing at UFOFILM. Rodd is the director behind the striking Australian Newspaper commercials shot in black and white. He elicited great, natural performances from some famous, and not so famous Australians including Tetsuya, Phillip Adams & Collette Dinnigan. He also directed the Bundaberg Rum series that saw the Seven Network commentary team (and Bundy Bear) invade a fan’s home, truly “Bringing Rugby into the lounge room”. Call Les Luxford for Rodd’s latest reel.

HACKETT FILMS. OUR LATEST PROJECTS ARE NOW UP ON OUR SITE WWW.HACKETTFILMS.COM .

Dirtgirlworld – 52 x 11 min animated kids series CLIENT: mememe productions SERIES DIRECTOR: JEAN CAMDEN dirtgirlworld, from producers mememe productions is finally set to rock the planet today on ABC1 and ABC2. The ground breaking series developed by Cate Mcquillen and Hewey Eustace is a musicentric series celebrating life in the big world outside. The distinctive animation style and design was pioneered by James Hackett and Jean Camden in conjunction with Cate Mcquillen. The technique involves a distinctive blend of live action and 3D on photo montage and illustrated backgrounds. Tune in on ABC2 at 1145AM and ABC1 at 345PM. 17 STUDIO 3 CLIENT: ABC3 – ABC Childrens DIRECTOR: MARY BENN 3D: BEN WRIGHT This title sequence follows 3, a cheeky chameleon character who takes on the textures and patterns of the world around him, as he searches for his home within the ABC. The live action scenes were shot on a red camera at the ABC studios in Ultimo, before our 3D character was brought to life and integrated into his world. The biggest challenge was animating this athletic and expressive sequence with a character who has no limbs!

30 SECONDS TITLES CLIENT: Zapruders other films DIRECTOR: JAMES HACKETT & CHRIS

Zapruders came to us with the scripts for 30 Seconds and we loved the idea of taking the micky out of the advertising game. We worked up the titles concept taking big australian and international brands doctoring and rejigging them as a device to present the cast names. The sequence is a bold, dynamic collision of type and coloured shapes. The stop motion opener was shot on stills here at Hackett Films Studios.

For enquires contact Libbie Doherty - Senior Producer: [email protected] Hackett Films - Level 1, 5 Queen Street, Chippendale, NSW 2008. ph +61 2 9699 3130

EXIT FILMS was announced as one of 5 nominees for Outstanding Achievement in this years Director's Guild of American (DGA) Awards. Although Tom Kuntz was the eventual winner, it was a thrill for Garth to be chosen as a nominee. He earned his nomination with his US Cellular 'Shadow Puppets' spot. Garth has also just completed a big project for Coke 'Sleepwalker'. This spot has just aired at this years Superbowl. Both these spots can be seen on our website www.exit.com.au .

Within weeks of joining the team at Exit, Director Darren Ashton was awarded the new Optus Country Brand campaign by M&C Saatchi. The series of four commercials focus on regional Australia and are a relatively new approach from previous campaigns. Darren was required to inject subtle humour into the performances whilst using real people from country locations. Director Glendyn Ivin has been shooting all over Victoria and China, directing a new campaign for AMP for Banjo Adverting Sydney. The campaign launched with a beautifully crafted Brand commercial and will be followed by three individual commercials going to air in the coming months Amy Gebhardt was approached in September 09 by Clemenger BBDO Melbourne to direct the exciting new Support Scent campaign which has been specifically created in association with KIT to raise support for Guide Dogs and the vision impaired. Amy was required to engage her drama and documentary sensitivity by creating a mini documentary about the life of a vision impaired person as well as a 45 second spot which illuminates the power of this unique approach to charity. Belated Congratulations to Director Mark Molloy on the birth of his twin boys, Billy and Herbie late last year. It was a busy time for Mark and Mandy, but they are now well and truly settled into a routine and life is returning to a (somewhat) normal state! Mark is now back in the working world and has been busy. For all enquiries please contact Wilf Sweetland 0414 772 452 / [email protected]

Saville International Roger Michell recently completed filming Morning Glory with Harrison Ford and is now available for commercials and branded content projects. Roger would be great for any visual /emotional storytelling campaigns.

Roger's film credits include: Venus, Enduring Love, Changing Lanes, and Notting Hill with Academy Award winner Julia Roberts. Roger directed Kate Winslet for American Express which was honored at the AICP and a Lincoln campaign with Harry Connick Jr. Rupert Maconick Saville Productions email: [email protected] phone: USA 310.472.6303 web: http://www.savilleproductions.com Also: Legendary writer, artist and film director Frank Miller is now available for TV commercials through Saville Productions. Credited with helping usher in the dark and gritty world of comics, Frank Miller quickly rose to fame on the comic book Daredevil and stunned the comic book world with his portrayal of Batman in The Dark Knight Returns. Frank Miller has turned the comic book world upside down with his stunning visuals and writing talents. 18 Frank is best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Sin City and 300. His ground breaking graphic novel Batman: The Dark Knight Returns recast the classic superhero as a grim, brooding vigilante and made Miller one of the best-known comic artists of the late 20th century. It also rejuvenated the entire Batman franchise. Frank recently directed the film version of The Spirit, shared directing duties with Robert Rodriguez on Sin City and produced the film 300. Saville Productions email: [email protected] phone: USA 310.472.6303 web: http://www.savilleproductions.com accomplice The end of last year was very busy for the team at accomplice. New Directing team will&tom shot campaigns for GDP and BCM as well a music video for “the scare” which was awarded by Triple J. The BCM campaign sent the boys to London for 5 days. will&tom partnered with creatives Andy Bartlett & Andy Iles, and worked incredibly quickly to create an entertaining digital campaign for Sunny Queen Eggs. Check out www.whingingpomeggs.com.au

Grey Rogers finished the year with a great campaign for Junior and Discovery Channel and another job with Sapient Nitro. Grey has started 2010 with a beautiful and humorous spot with Junior for the Queensland Government and their Literacy Awareness Campaign. Jonas Peterson has travelled more in the last year than ever before. We are lucky to have him back in Brisbane looking over a few scripts. Look out for some new work from Jonas on the accomplice website www.accomplice.tv … for all inquires please contact Mark “Bish” Bishop on 0423101705 or [email protected]

BLACKLAB INTERNATIONAL The Blacklab International team had a full run up to the end of the year with TVC, music video and new television content production, setting the precedent for a busy, productive and creative 2010.

Director Grant Marshall and producer Hannah Byrnand have been working on TVC campaigns for Publicis Mojo: Lotto Superdraw with creatives Andy Bird and Ian De Raat, and Instant Scratch Its with creatives Ryan Petie and Shay Devery. The Instant Scratch Its Xmas campaign was particularly successful, selling out of their Christmas themed tickets well before December 25. Set in a fantasy workshop full of power tool-wielding elves, it was shot by John Stokes ACS on the Canon 5D and 7D cameras with visual effects and post production by Cutting Edge. Grant and Hannah have also completed a couple of spots with BCM creatives Andrew Bartlett and Andy Iles for Sunny Queen Eggs. One charming commercial features 11 adorable 3D eggs and one stinker – with delightful 3D animation and sound by Cutting Edge. The other TVC is a little slice of life set in the kitchen of a frisky retired couple.

Music video maestro Sean Gilligan and producer Karen Hayward recently completed a music video for indie singer- songwriter Bob Evans. The video for song “Brother O Brother” is an oddball jaunt featuring accident-prone, cycle-riding monkey children. True! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_OiKrpB4eo Sean and Karen have been visiting advertising agencies in the last couple of weeks, and Sean is starting to rekindle old relationships with a couple of Brisbane creatives.

No rest for the wicked, Karen Hayward is up to her eyeballs in preproduction at the moment working on a large-scale multi- day shoot with director Ron Johanson ACS and advertising agency Redsuit. It’s a big start to the year for Karen and Ron, with much more to come.

The Spierig Brothers’ much anticipated vampire film has finally hit Australian shores and the box office seems to be agreeing with them, raking in close to $40 million internationally! The boys are contemplating their next feature film project, but in the meantime are keen to get back to their roots in the commercial world.

For showreels or further information on any of our directors, please contact 07 3217 3444 or [email protected]

Diana Leach Freelance director Diana Leach is doing what she does best, directing ‘real people’. Her new company ‘Streetlife Films’ (the house of strangely normal humans) will street cast and produce ‘real people TVC’s and documentary. “If you cast the right character, the story will write itself. I’m excited about creating stand out, strangely normal spots that are authentic and take people by surprise.” Diana is working with Kristina Ceyton, a producer with independent film making savvy and loads of TVC experience. “We need to be as competitive as possible to flourish and Diana’s television and documentary experience give her an edge in delivering quality on any budget.” A link to Streetlife Films website will be sent out soon, in the meantime check out her ‘real people’ on www.dianaleach.com Contact Kristina Ceyton on 0400 535 025 for reels or Diana Leach 0414 486 707.

19 Post- Production News

Animal Logic – A New Sydney team delivers exciting range of projectsMMHead of Production, Mark Thorley has unveiled the new Sydney commercials production team with Melanie Wickham moving into the Senior Producer role. She is joined by VFX producers, Kate Stenhouse and Lily Crowley, both returning home following stints overseas. Kate spent 2 years working at The Mill in London while Lily, also returning from the Mill, spent 7 years based in London and New York. MM The new Sydney team follows Animal Logic’s recent expansion in LA and the appointment of Producer Pip Malone and Art Director Fletch Moules.... And we continue to deliver a number of high profile projects. US director Noam Murro turned to the Animal Logic team to complete his vision for a dark and mysterious commercial for local ale, James Boags. From a gruelling shoot in the Tasmanian wilderness to the creation of a challenging mix of CG creatures and elements, the final result is striking. Imaginations were put to the test with a playful and spacious spot for Honda Jazz. Creating thousands of coloured toy blocks, the magical spot delights from Director Kris Moyes from Revolver Film. High profile car projects continued to roll out with the Animal Logic crew relishing the opportunity to work with Revolver’s Steve Rogers on the latest Subaru commercial titled Crowd. Animal Logic followed Rogers and agency Leo Burnett Sydney into the streets of Kiev to create this simple and stunning TVC.

State of the art TVC grading at Efilm – Via Da Vinci Resolve Efilm Australia is a boutique digital facility that has worked with some of the most creative film directors, recently including , Jane Campion, and . We have now added Television Commercial Grading to our list of creative services. Efilm’s General Manager Anthos Simon says “Efilm has purposely built a state of the art commercial grading suite staffed by some of the most talented and creative industry professionals”. The new suite uses the Da Vinci “Resolve” – the world’s most powerful real time non linear data grading system that has been designed to handle the most demanding of schedules and quality of product. Efilm’s commercial colourist Danny Scotting says “The Resolve R4 works with unlimited secondaries, windows, blurs, and the most advanced tracker of any grading system all in real time up to 2K which means you can get the results you imagined without any compromise. The speed and ease of use on the Resolve R4 is just incredible and a joy to work with. As a colourist I could not be any happier with this fantastic new suite.”MFacilities Contacts Facilities Manager Catherine Duroux +61 2 9429 7399 Reception +61 2 9429 6563 Direct [email protected] TVC Producer Belinda Reynolds +61 2 9429 7399 Reception [email protected]

Sue Schweikert has joined Guillotine After 30 years as in-house Editor at Film Graphics, Sue Schweikert has joined Guillotine. Sue has an unmatched wealth of experience in Editing and Post-Production. Probably the most awarded Editor in Australia, she will be a great fit for Guillotine, bringing not just experience, but a perfect balance to an already outstanding team. Reels for Alexandre de Franceschi, Drew Thompson, Simon Njoo and Sue Schweikert please contact [email protected] or (02) 9310 3010.

CUTTING EDGE SYDNEY UPDATE Well respected Designer/Creative Director Brent Grayburn has joined the Cutting Edge Sydney team and in his new role as Head of Design looks forward to a whole new era for the company. Having Brent on board strengthens the already well established team of Hugh Seville, Steve Anderson, Ron Roberts and Scott Maclean under the guidance of Executive Producer Sharon Pearson. Editor Joe Morris has a great portfolio of work from around the world and with his recent pickup of two bronze at Cannes certainly completes the creative picture.

Senior Compositor/VFX Supervisor Colin Renshaw has moved to Cutting Edge from Animalogic and it’s great to have Col available at Cutting Edge in Sydney or Brisbane.

Recent projects include the visually stunning Winter Olympics Promo for Foxtel with Sheepish Lion Director Ken Lambert, a series of Telstra spots for Gregor Jordan at Prodigy, Telstra for Foxtel with US based Hungry Man Director Brian Billow, an incredibly funny tvc for Libra with Tim Bullock from Prodigy, McDonald’s with Ben West of Soma Films, Karicare for Jack Wareham at Taxi and Kinder Surprise with Adam Blaiklock at Flying Fish.

Cutting Edge welcomes new Senior Longform Producer Bec Cubitt. Congratulations to Australian Director team Michael & Peter Spierig for the recent debut of feature Daybreakers in Australia. We were thrilled to be a part of this feature at our

20 longform EQ facility. The team has also worked on Australia’s first 3D feature Cane Toads: The Conquest and the gripping World War 1 feature Beneath Hill 60 in which we have also created 115 VFX shots for.

CUTTING EDGE BRISBANE The team has welcomed an action packed start to 2010 with renewed vigour! Jeff Gaunt has recently stepped in a VFX Supervisor role and is loving being a part of the creative process early on at pitch stage with agencies and directors. Recent projects include Subway with Gerard Lambkin from Zoom, Clem 7 with Charlie Fergusson at Fabric Films, Supercheap Brand with Frazer Bailey at PlayTV and Superdraw with Grant Marshall from Blacklab.

Our VFX team have also been working on 26 episodes of a Dr Who spin-off series- K9. The Cutting Edge team has done around 350 3D shots and 1300 2D FX shots that we’ve been working on over the past 10 months. We are now only 4 episodes away from delivering all 26 episodes!

COMPLETE POST:- The Complete Post team have been enjoying a diverse start to the new year with may different pieces of work coming through our door. We are keen to update you on some of these projects and invite you to get to know the team a little better.

Following on from their success on the ‘Magic Salad Plate’ campaign, Clemenger’s award winning creative duo Tom Martin & Julian Schreibe have again returned to Complete Post to work with our team on their latest vision for Bega.The Bega Campaign is focused around humanised stories of real people, giving us an insight into the lives of Bega farmers and highlighting the passion behind the product. Beautifully shot by Germain McMicking, graded by Senior Complete Post colourist Fergus Hally, working together with our CP VFX & online editing teams. The TV and cinema campaign starts this week.

CHE and The Pound collaborated on the new Bakers Delight campaign to bring a comedic slant to the new Chai Bread campaign. Directing team Dog Boy, show their quick wit and style to create yet another great looking campaign. Their humorous slant was enhanced using the editing talents of Russell Lonie and the colouring talents of senior Complete Post Colourist, Fergus Hally , who both have a great relationship working with this established and talented Melbourne team.

Mr Monopoly has an updated look. This well known figure has had a revamp, as you will see from the new Herald & Weekly Times TVC’s which recently aired . Tony Ashmore from Piglet worked with the Complete Post team headed up by 3D genius Noel Richards. CP were involved in offline and online edit, vfx and colour grading. CP’s team worked with Tony to bring Mr Monopoly to life. Make sure you ‘pass go’ and keep your eyes open for this campaign.

Diesel, our Creative director, has recently just completed work on both the 'Gap' campaign for the US and 'Peugeot'. Also he’s just finished a worldwide campaign with Hugh Jackman and is back in town to work on Tourism Australia next.

The Complete Post VFX team recently completed a range of VFX shots for US feature film Hesher, starring Natalie Portman & Joseph Gordon-Levitt. A deliciously, dark film that is equal parts comedy and drama, Hesher was directed by Spencer Susser. The film debuted at Sundance where it scored one of the biggest distribution deals of the festival.

We look forward to new projects and a great year for our Melbourne and International clients. For more information please contact Adèle Pollitt on 03 9699 4633 or [email protected]

ImagesPOST This year’s Tropfest saw cutting house imagesPOST complete the production and post for co-directors Damian Fitzgerald and Matt Heck from Three Drunk Monkeys in their first short film, “Ipso Facto”. Making the short list (60 out of 1000 films) but pipped at the post for the finals the regulation seven - minute film featuring TSI fluffy dice is a mockumentary about a wacky video artist. Produced by Annie Kinnane, the film was the Monkeys team’s, art director Matt and writer Damian, first voyage into the world of co-directing. The film was shot on imagesPOST’s new EX-3 and edited by images owner and senior editor Craig Wilson. Craig won Best Editor with Tim Bullock’s 2003 Tropfest winner, “Buried”. “Ipso Facto’s original music was composed by fellow award winner, Damian De-Boos Smith and on-lined by Heather Galvin at fsm with Crash as Colorist. Craig Wilson and Tim were back working together late last year when Craig offlined the ‘unashamedly an ad’, Kettle Chips “Turtle”.

21 Droga 5, V Australia and Virgin Atlantic’s LA launch set Craig the biggest challenge, when he had to cut 17 hours of rushes of three friends in LA for three-days and 4320 of their tweets into a half hour TV show, a series of 15 and 30 second TVCs and eight webisodes. Tony O’Loughlan is always popping his head back into production in-between DOP’ing Aussie TV series and motion control operating (Superman Returns 2006) and shot an Austar spot for bmf on the Canon 5D MKII. The spot was on-lined by visual effects/designer Daniel Brown. Offliner Tim Maloney has been regular cutting CI Events work. It seems the events world is churning it again with a better start to this year. imagesPOST has a new agency and post reel. If you’d like a copy please contact producer Annie Kinnane at [email protected] or call 0411 642 215.

Melbourne Animation Team work with Wild Things Iloura would like to congratulate Warner Bros. Pictures, director Spike Jonze and associated producers on the release of the stunning feature film Where the Wild Things Are.

The Iloura VFX team is extremely proud to have been involved with this project, which from conception has been eagerly anticipated by a global fan base of millions.

“Iloura's involvement began with the shoot, prevising scenes and helping to develop the original character animation pipeline. As we were involved in the project early on we were able to engage with the puppets in a direct and tactile way, which gave us insights into the technical requirements of the animation process. This process would have been more difficult to complete had we not been on set. We have a very gifted team at Iloura and it was our great pleasure to assist Spike and Daniel realise their vision for this film”. Ineke Majoor, Head of VFX, Iloura

“Working with Iloura on Where The Wild Things Are has been a great pleasure. I can honestly say that they have gone beyond the call of duty when it came to really exploring the creative issues involved in what can only be described as a unique pipeline. Technically, Iloura were able to bring innovative solutions to the table and creatively they were able to crack the performance of the characters very early on in the piece”. Daniel Jeanette, Director of Animation, Where The Wild Things Are

About Iloura Iloura is a high-end VFX and animation company based in Melbourne, Australia. Motivated by creative problem solving and technical innovation the team is passionate about producing the best impact on screen.

Please visit http://wherethewildthingsare.warnerbros.com to view the film’s trailer and visit http://iloura.com.au to find out more about Iloura.

Digital Pictures Advertising Welcomes Karli Ritchie Digital Pictures Advertising started 2010 by welcoming a fresh new team member Karli Ritchie, Producer into its fold. Karli has just returned from the UK, where she spent the best part of a decade in TV Production at Ogilvy, Clemmow Hornby Inge and The Red Brick Road. During this time she worked with directors Dougal Wilson, Peter Thwaites, Vince Squibb, Neil Harris and Michael Gracey and well-known talent Julie Walters, Dawn French, Bob Hoskins and Ray Winstone. Before jetting off to the UK she worked in Sydney for Saatchi & Saatchi and is an Award School graduate.

“It is great to be back in Australia and to be working with the team at Digital Pictures” said Karli, “I have worked with all the well known post houses in the UK, and the team, talent and technology at 180 Bank Street is very impressive.” Her wealth of experience is a great addition to the Melbourne team who continue to get busier and busier!

Karli, Elle and the team have just completed Worksafe directed by Julius Avery (Renegade Films) for Shannon’s Way; Mercedes for Clemenger BBDO, Ford Fiesta directed by Craig McLean (The Guild) for JWT, AAMI directed by Patrick Hughes (Radical) for Badjar Ogilvy, Guide Dogs for Clemenger BBDO, Workhealth directed by Adrian Bosich (Exit Fims) for Grey Worldwide, Ford Falcon for JWT and Yellow Pages (grade only) for Michael Spiccia from Goodoil for Clemenger BBDO.

To contact Karli Ritchie at Digital Pictures call or (03) 9251.1600 or email on [email protected] Media Contact: Ella Mitchell | [email protected] | 0439.876.878 activemotion

22 2010 see’s activemotion with an expanded team. Chris Reynolds is now solely focused on offline, Ryan Brett and Jamie Scott (ex MRPPP) are looking after all of our clients online in AVID DS.

Giving us greater scope for all things design Ashley Goodall has been joined by designer Stafford Wilson and they are now delivering top end motion graphics and animation. Having most recently finishing the animated Jeep Chrysler TVC with Clemenger DDBO Melbourne they have had a great start to the year.

Hailing from NZ Staff is the newest member of the activemotion team he has a love of screen eye candy and a fresh perspective following 8 months of world travel.

In April offline editor Matt Osborne (ex Perth) will join activemotion. Matt has been editing for 8 years and for the last 4 has been focusing on TVC’s. Over that time he has become one of the most respected commercial editors in Perth. Matt loves the excitement and challenge of telling a compelling story in a confined space. He’s worked for all the major Perth directors and agencies and his clients range from RAC, Royal Life Saving, HBF Insurance, Lotterywest, Red Cross, TAB, SGIO, Western Power and many others. Matt will be sorely missed when he leaves Perth. We look forward to introducing him to the Melbourne industry advertising and production industry.

In RED news we are currently upgrading one of our RED hire cameras to the new Mysterium-X sensor. Huge advancements have been made in the way the camera performs shooting in low light and accurately renders skin tones – which is welcome news for DP’s and postproduction. For further information on the RED MX sensor contact Dave Guest.

For more on activemotion visit www.activemotion.com.au Enquiries can be made with Hannah or Fleur on 03 9645 9600.

The Lab Commercials We would like to welcome Alastair Stephen to The Lab as Executive Producer, heading up colour, design, 3D and VFX for the commercial side of business. Alastair has worked with most of Australia’s premium brands, agencies and production companies throughout his career including Fox Sports, NRL, Foxtel, Qantas, Coca-Cola, Channels 7,9 and 10, the Sydney Dance Company, McCann Erickson, George Patts, Campaign Palace, 3 Drunk Monkeys, DDB, PhotoPlay, Prodigy and @radical. Alastair says, “My role is broad but the goal is simple – I will be raising the awareness of The Lab’s creative product and progressing the Lab’s creative culture by building on the excellent work that’s already been done by the talented team here. I will also be looking to broaden our range of creative services to clients as well as fully leveraging the significant facilities and resources this company has to offer. It’s an excellent opportunity and I am very pleased to be here.” Alastair Stephen [email protected] +61 2 9439 5922

The Lab expands 3D Stereo capabilities The Lab has recently expanded the capabilities of our theatrette by adding the eXpand Stereoscopic system. Our Baselight DI grading suite has also been upgraded to handle the stereoscopic workflow. This gives us the tools required for completing TVC and Feature projects in 3d Stereo. To view 3D stereo work and learn more about this technology please contact our Senior Producer, Jayne da Costa. Jayne da Costa [email protected] 61 2 9439 5922

Neg Matching and Cutting? Despite all the technology changes in the industry, Negthink is still operating as a full time Neg Matching service. If you shoot film and need a select neg roll to reduce your time in scanning or telecine, we are available at our home studio 24/7. No time for a neg cut? We can do it overnight and charge day rates only. You can contact us on the numbers below Regards Greg Chapman NEGTHINK PTY LTD 6 Yeo Avenue Ashfield NSW 2131 AUSTRALIA TEL: (02) 9797 8599 FAX: (02) 9797 9544 MOB: 0419 205 531 EMAIL: [email protected] http://www.ozemail.com.au/~negthink

FSM FSM spent the lead up to the Christmas break strengthening our Design and VFX departments.

Andreas Wanda started with FSM as VFX_3D Supervisor, joining Scotty Wilcox who heads up the 3D team. Andreas was VFX Supervisor at Fuel and Animal Logic where he worked on iconic commercials Heineken Past Experience and Sony Robots for director Josh Baker, and Sony Kiss for Garth Davis. More recently, Andreas was working on features including Alex Proyas’ “Knowing”.

23 “I’ve worked in some of the best VFX houses in town, from Fuel to Animal Logic. Working on features in recent times you become a small fish in a big pond. I like the challenge FSM offered of being a bigger fish again and concentrating on shorter length, but just as challenging and creative productions. And I liked the opportunity to grow the FSM_VFX department along with Scotty Wilcox.” – Andreas Wand, VFX_3D Supervisor, FSM

Andreas’ work can be seen at www.andreaswanda.com

Jimmy Yuan is a senior designer, who moved from Qube Konstruct in Melbourne. Jimmy’s work is world class as demonstrated by his site at www.mirari-design.com. TVC commercial, broadcast and motion graphic design is a vital offering from FSM. Finally, Michelle Lau is another designer rounding off the FSM DESIGN™ team, headed by Creative Director Emile Rademeyer.

Says MD, Rick Schweikert “The additions to our Design and VFX departments demonstrate a commitment to continue building a world class creative operation. Winning Hotshop 2009 was evidence we are heading in the right direction and we’re looking forward to pushing it further in 2010. Andreas’ work is readily identified in the commercial community both here and internationally and Jimmy’s skills add another dimension to what our designers already offer.”

Employing people was also complimented by a string of work – Optus, Foxtel, Austar, Golden Circle, St George, Sony, Woolworths brand, LCMs, Steggles, Nestle, NSW Tourism, Telstra and McDonalds were just some of the brands worked on over the last 2 months. As well, broadcast design for Nine Christmas, Hey Hey It’s Saturday and FOX SPORTS plus feature film Griff the Invisible and surfing documentary Storm Surfers.

Thankyou to our clients for all your support through 2009. And for those interested in the technical – we’ve post produced material shot on 35mm, S16, Phantom, RED, D21, Photron, SA2, Genesis and HDV.

POSITIVE CHANGES AND GROWTH AT THE LAB Major new appointment, more investment and senior management take wider responsibilities SYDNEY 8 February 2010 – The Lab Sydney, a market leader in post production for film, television and commercial projects, today announced positive management changes and investment to help ensure the future growth of the company. In March The Lab’s GM of the past few years, Lewis Pullen, moves on to one of Australia’s most prestigious marketing roles, Executive Manager, Marketing for Qantas. The Lab is a key part of the Omnilab Media group of companies and Omnilab Media’s Managing Director, Christopher Mapp said, “Lewis has done a great job managing significant change and implementing new systems at The Lab which leaves it better prepared for the challenges of a tough market. We all wish Lewis well in this major role at Qantas. With Omnilab Media a partner of Qantas’ it is very good news indeed to see one of our most senior and experienced executives secure this key marketing position.”

OKTOBOR PRODUCES STUNNING TVCS FOR UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND SHANDS HEALTH SYSTEM 5 spots with amazing effects AUCKLAND, 15 December 2009 – Award winning visual effects and animation studio Oktobor today gave details of the amazing new TVCs it recently completed for the University of Florida Health System, UF & Shands. Shands at the University of Florida is a private, not-for-profit hospital that specializes in tertiary care for critically ill patients. Shands at UF is one of the most comprehensive hospitals and one of the leading referral medical centres in the south east of the state. It continually receives recognition as one of the best hospitals in the nation by U.S. News and World Report because of its dedication to patient care, education and research.

PATTS & LIQUID SCORE BEST IN SHOW AT PHOENIX GPY&R Brisbane and Liquid Animation has taken out Best in Show at the Asian Phoenix Film Awards for its campaign for The Electoral Commission of Queensland.

The Phoenix Awards is the premier show in Asia attracting entries from leading agencies in Asia, Australia and NZ.

The Your Vote Means Something campaign was selected as “Best in Show: Best Advertising Commercial of the Year (animation)”. It was one of only two advertisements across all categories to receive the award.

“It’s always great when the work you do gets noticed. We had tons of fun working on this project with Liquid Animation and wouldn’t have been possible without the support of a great client”, says GPY&R Brisbane cd Daid Joubert. 24 Agency – GPY&R Brisbane Client – ECQ Creative Directors – David Joubert and Piet Human Art Director – David Joubert Copywriter – Andrew Thompson Agency Producer – Kohbe Vela Production Company: Liquid Animation Executive Producer: Geoff Viner Director: Ross Anderson

URL link to winning clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JbcmiRktlo

For more information please contact Jaimee Latta [email protected] or 0423 267 587, +61 (0)7 3363 5300

Music and Sound

John Harding, Soundbloke. I’ve just put together a soundbloke brochure. To have a look, click one of the links below. The first if you’re on a computer (2MB), the second if you’re mobile (915KB). http://files.me.com/soundbloke/2b1c8m (2MB) http://files.me.com/soundbloke/jvagye (915KB)

MOXI Sydney sound & music production studios Moxi finished off the year working closely with Resolution Film & legendary director Sng Tong Beng on a new advertisement for Chinese heavyweight telco NetEase. The new year sees Bart Elsmore continue to push the sonic boundaries with the new series of MTV International idents to promote summer viewing for the channel. Also on TV this January, you'll catch two new sound design pieces for the Mother energy drink commercials( "A MOTHER OF AN ENERGY DRINK!") In more recent news, Mike wraps up a new composition for director Husein Alicajic of Photoplay for the new Starburst Camp Quality TVC. Finally, if you're looking for highly competitive Post Production rates on top of our original composition then give us a call on (61 2) 9331 0169 or contact Bart (0406167461) or Mike (0402814598) or visit http://www.moxisound.com

Nylon Studios News Our fearless leader, Simon Lister, picked up the award for Best Sound Design for his work on AFL "In A League Of Their Own" at AWARD late last year. "It was an awesome spot to work on. Steve Rogers' pictures were inspiring and provided a great chance for me to be really creative with sound" said Simon. The last quarter of 2009 proved a busy period for Nylon Studios in both Sydney and New York. The Sydney team have been all about drinking and driving, with music and sound on beer ads for Boags, Tooheys, Hahn and VB plus automotive campaigns for Ford, Lexus and Hyundai. Other highlights included X-Box "Lips" for McCanns and Sony "Fifa World Cup" for Saatchi & Saatchi. Also getting a lot of attention of late is the new animated campaign for Match.com for US Sydney. The New York office have been equally busy with highlights including Nike (Weiden & Kennedy London) directed by Ben & Joe Dempsey (Knucklehead) and a big animated/live action spot for Nintendo via The Mill NY. Banding together with fellow Aussies in the US, the NY office have also just completed Quakers for directors Josh and Jon Baker (Rabbit NYC) for Leo Burnett Chicago.

In staff moves composer Oli Chang is moving from Nylon's Sydney studio to the NYC facility, in a move to increase Nylon's Aussie presence on the ground in the US. "Our philosophy is to promote from within. At the moment, all of our creative staff in NY have come from Sydney, which has been great for the guys plus has really work for the company" said Mark Beckhaus, Global EP. Replacing Oli in Sydney is Blair Jocelyn (ex Gas), a talented musician and multi-instrumenatalist who brings with him a wealth of composing talent.

MODERN COLLECTIVE (the film) & MUSIC MILL (the music specialists) It's true, one can spend a great deal of money on advertising, but it's that wonderful line, ‘word-of-mouth' that money can't buy and what the Music Mill prides itself on. MODERN COLLECTIVE landed on the Mill’s lap thanks to recommendation, but it was an eleventh hour project. They had to move quickly to secure numerous songs for this unique surf production. From the initial phone call with Taylor Steele (producer) who was just about to board a plane for the US to dealing with Kai Neville (director) in Queensland and making late night calls to Paris and Berlin; it was a challenging affair that somehow worked within a five week window. The client knew what songs he wanted and the Mill’s negotiating skills went into overdrive. 25 Modern Collective... A collective of six surfers set out on a voyage to alter one's perception of modern day surfing. Forget pre-dawn charging. Forget golden lighting. Forget glassy waters. They ignore perfect point breaks in favour of onshore wedges. This is about high performance, state of the art, a modern collective... Onshore=keepers, Follow these vogue individuals and obtain a candid look at what a session is actually like with the world's best. MUSIC MILL 0432 243 079 www.musicmill.com.au

FRESH MUSIC NEWS FEB 2010 Fresh is currently enjoying the airing of our large package of music created for Foxtel’s Winter Olympics coverage now on all four channels of the ground-breaking programming by Foxtel. Foxtel’s presentation marks the first time the Olympic organization has allowed a pay TV company to televise an Olympics, and it’s seen as a test scenario for future broadcasting possibilities.

The project dominated Fresh’s 2009 and required production of a large package of music in both surround and stereo formats to complement Ink Project’s brilliant HD visuals for all the channel packaging and identing as well as a multitude of tracks for general promo & programming use.

The main theme and its variants were recorded with orchestra and choir, with orchestrations created by Grammy winner Ashley Irwin who was conveniently visiting from LA. Irwin, is a long time collaborator of creative director/composer Ken Francis. Recording was at at Trackdown soundstage in Fox Studios.

During that time Fresh also produced music for a Mastercard “Moments” TV campaign for McCanns Sydney, [with beautiful visuals by Ben West of Soma Films], a Lowan Muesli TVC series featuring sandpainting by an Isreali artist, a promo package for Showtime Channel, submissions for Three Drunk Monkeys’ Cancer Council “Sun Sound” campaign, an Xbox TV campaign “Guitarist” and music for Marcus Hamill’s short film “Viva Las Possum” one of the winners of the Jameson Productions screenplay competition .

Currently we’re just finishing music for Loud’s “New Holland” agricultural TV campaign with animation by Muddville Dubai, and the Ten Network’s themes for their Formula One and MotoGP programming. www.freshmusic.com.au

INTRODUCING: UNCANNY VALLEY Music Producer Charlton Hill (ex-Supersonic EP) and world renowned music producer/composer Shave have joined forces to form UNCANNY VALLEY from a studio base in Sydney's Tamarama beach. Dedicated to fulfilling a lifestyle of unapologetic audio production and surfing, Hill and Shave have already delivered this year for: Network Ten's 2010 ratings launch, Foxtels' winter Olympics campaign, the ABC's return of Sleek Geeks including a single for Dr. Karl - with spots for Curious and Luscious also in production at present. Shave, who has recently returned to Sydney after 5 years in London working in the pop, dance, television and film industries (and running his own record label), is currently writing and producing new material for Darren Hayes, the Potbelleez and UK dance artist Sam Obernik.

With their combined record industry and commercial experience, Uncanny Valley intend to continue delivering inspired original composition and sound design whilst providing a label/agency interface for license material and recording artist collaboration. They're also hoping to take a breath in the next few weeks to update their work in progress site: www.uncannyvalley.com.au

Sonar Music is a boutique music collective that represents some of Australia’s most talented, awarded and experienced composers. The Sonar collective has an extraordinary ability to compose original music over an enormous variety of genres and embraces the notion of collaboration to create distinctly individual and iconic scores. Our extensive experience covers every medium from TVC’s, series and feature films to albums, installations and theatre.

The team includes: the multi AFI awarded composer, and founding director of Supersonic , whose latest score was for the film Animal Kingdom, that recently won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Animal Kingdom will be released in Australia in May 2010. indi electro/rock master and album producer Jono Ma, whose band The Lost Valentinos recently won the Smac Award for best album singer songwriter David McCormack who has fronted the iconic bands Custard and The Polaroids, and has produced The Go Betweens tribute album featuring Sarah Blasko . David has just released a new album Little Murders that has been awarded a 5 star rating in Rolling Stone Magazine

26 multi-talented composer and founding director of Supersonic, , whose latest film Accident’s Happen (starring Geena Davis) features collaborations with Empire of the Sun's, Luke Steele and Antony Partos to create a truly remarkable original score. Stay tuned for it’s imminent release through Hopscotch on April 22. virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and highly awarded composer who was a founding member of Monsieur Camembert and now fronts the extraordinary and eclectic band Darth Vegas. Michael has just recently completed a world trip with Circus Oz as their musical director. the exceptionally gifted film composer , who has spent the past few years composing the acclaimed underscore for All Saints, and whose scores are ideally suited for a truly cinematic experience

Sonar’s scores are all engineered and produced by the highly awarded engineer Wes Chew whose credits include the sound tracks for Animal Kingdom, Accident’s Happen, Disgrace and The Lost Valentinos

For all enquiries please contact Sonar’s producer Madeleine Campbell - e: [email protected] p: 0403886157 www.sonarmusic.com.au

Agency Stuff…. Lancaster and Jamie Hitchcock have confirmed they are leaving Colenso to set up their own agency. And Colenso have made a few changes to the creative roster as a result.

Lancaster and Hitchock worked together at Clemenger BBDO, Meares Taine, Ogilvy and, for the last three years, at Colenso BBDO. And, despite having young kids and big mortgages, they’ve decided now’s the perfect time to start an agency called Josh & Jamie

The pair have worked on some of New Zealand’s biggest brands, including Fly Buys, ACC, Road Safety (NZTA), L&P, Steinlager, Lion Red, AA, Air New Zealand, Tip Top, Fisher and Paykel, Mainland and Kapiti Cheese. And they’ve picked up over 100 local and international, creative and effectiveness awards along the way. www.joshandjamie.co.nz will be up and running in January and the agency doors will open on 1 February. Colman Rasic After the departure of Exec. CD Rebecca Carrasco, CEO Ben Colman and Exec. CD Dejan Rasic Have changed the name of the agency to Colman Rasic.

At Colenso, Nick Worthington will take over ECD responsibilities for Aim Proximity Auckland, giving him leadership of the total creative output of 100 College Hill. He is currently searching for a creative director to partner with new Aim Prox CEO Adam Good.

Jim Moser, CEO Clemenger Group New Zealand says: “Colenso BBDO and Aim Proximity are working closer than ever before on integrated ideas like the Yellow Treehouse, so it makes sense to have one creative leader of the building.”

Levi Slavin, one of “Colenso’s favourite sons”, is returning to the fray as deputy creative director after spending the last two years at Saatchi & Saatchi London. He recently worked on the first global campaign for Guinness and is responsible for work like Tip Top Trumpet ‘Tog, Togs, Togs’ and the launch of Frank soft drink.

“Colenso has always been my favourite agency,” Slavin says. “It has the best culture and does the best work. I can’t wait to get started.”

Colenso also announced today it has been appointed for a brand assignment on Burger King. A major integrated campaign will launch early next year.

Spin Communications The former co-founder and creative director of Spin Communications have launched a creative agency in Sydney and Melbourne, which will focus specifically on youth and popular culture.

Simon Bookallil, who co-founded integrated agency Spin 16 years ago and Emil Vrisakis, Spin’s former creative director, have opened the doors of Bashful in Sydney’s Surry Hills and Prahran in Melbourne with clients including Lee Jeans,

27 Jacqui E, Contiki, Wrangler and Van Heusen, many of which Bookallil launched during his time at Spin. Bookallil left Spin in late August, while Vrisakis left mid-year.

The creative agency has strategy at its core as well as developing “big ideas” for clients, and will partner with specialist agencies in areas including PR, experiential and social media to execute integrated campaigns.

“Our whole philosophy is that we believe in the big idea and taking a holistic view for our clients rather than giving them a pure creative strategy,” said Bookallil.

“While I buy into the integrated agency philosophy, which is the focus of Spin, I think it’s best to work with specialists now because of the fragmentation of the marketing world.

“Our aim is to remain small but powerful and to focus on delivering the best thought-provoking experiences and ideas we can.”

Bookallil is predicting client billings of more than $2m in the next year, and the agency has already begun work on a number of campaigns and projects for Lee, Van Heusen and Contiki which will start to roll out early in the new year.

The agency’s niche focus on youth and popular culture was born out of Bookallil and Vrisakis’ extensive experience, and interest, in this field.

He was also one of the founding members of Australia Fashion Week and has been on the board for film competition Tropfest for the past five years.

Bashful has a team of seven working in Sydney, including senior artistic director Emma Powell, formerly of ad agency Yellow Door, and senior creative Garreth Wills who was previously creative director of Mambo. Another two staff are heading up the Melbourne office.

Procter heads to Y&R Singapore SYDNEY: George Patterson Y&R Sydney executive creative director James Procter has been appointed chief creative officer of Y&R Singapore.

Procter will replace Patrick Low, who left Y&R in July after a 22-year stint the Singapore office, which is one of Y&R's top offices globally and functions as a hub for Asia.

He will work alongside group chief executive network hub, Tanuj Philip and Marcus Rebeschini, chief creative officer of Y&R Asia. The appointment is effective January 2010.

Philip said: "James' proven track record with clients tells me that his leadership will enable us to raise the bar on the creative solutions we provide our clientele."

Procter has worked on a diverse range of major local and international clients including LG, Pepsi, Adidas, Virgin Atlantic, Nestle, Just Jeans, Holden, AXA, and Kraft. He has had success at numerous local and international award shows including D&AD, Cannes Lions and One Show.

Former 303 Sydney creative director Julian Watt will take on Procter's role at GPY&R in Sydney.

Watt came to Australia last year from South Africa where he was previously a board member and shareholder of Net#work BBDO.

GPY&R national chief executive Russel Howcroft said the Watt appointment capped off a significant boost to the senior management line-up of the agency's Sydney office.

"Partnered with Phil McDonald and with the depth of the team, including acclaimed planners Jon Steel and Moensie Rossier, Patts Sydney office is poised for an almighty comeback," Howcroft said.

Clemenger Proximity hires CD MELBOURNE: Clemenger Proximity Melbourne has appointed Peter Bidenko as creative director, effective immediately.

Head of Clemenger Proximity Melbourne, Elizabeth Fulcher said Bidenko’s appointment marked an important change at the agency. 28 “We have redefined Proximity’s offering to focus on data, digital and direct. We see the most important of these as data, as it is the basis of real insight from actual customer behaviour, program-based (not just campaign) work, and measurement,” she said.

Bidenko replaces Clemenger Proximity executive creative director Tan Gout Nee who left the agency last week (11 December).

Bidenko joins the agency from Dubai, where he was executive creative director of Impact Proximity and creative director of Impact BBDO. He has 22 years experience in direct marketing, including 15 years as a creative director at agencies including Tequila, iLeo, Lowe Hunt and Wunderman.

Clemenger Proximity has also appointed Agnes Martinez as the new CRM planner from Proximity Singapore.

Barnes Catmur & Friends has lured creative Carlos Savage from DD B (where then-ECD Paul Catmur hired him straight from Axis Adschool four years ago).

George Patterson Y&R Melbourne has promoted senior creative team Jim Ingram and Ben Couzens to become deputy creative directors. The duo, who have been at the agency for three years, have created numerous highprofile campaigns, including the VB ‘Symphony’ work and the awarded Schweppes ‘Burst’ campaign. Ingram and Couzens will report to Ben Coulson, ECD of the agency.

AWARD has moved new details Addess Mezzanine Floor, 65 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Postal - P.O. Box Q1389 QVB Post Office NSW 1230 Tel: 02 8297 3800 Fax: 02 8297 3801

BMF bulks up staff SYDNEY: BMF has made a number of internal promotions as well as hires to its recently launched Melbourne office. The creative agency has promoted art director Jun Harada to the role of brand activation creative director. Copywriter Tim Wood has been promoted to associate creative director to manage BMF's increasing workload. Wood has worked at BMF for five years and is also a tutor at Award School and Direct Marketing Creative School. BMF has also appointed Alita McMenamin as group account director heading up its National Foods account in Melbourne. McMenamin was most recently running Bonds, Berlei and Sheridan at The Campaign Palace Sydney, and before that spent six years at BMF. Will Nichols has joined BMF's data planning team in the role of data planner, working on the Foxtel and OPSM accounts. Nichols was previously data insights director at Euro RSCG. in addition, BMF has also taken on six graduates that will spend two weeks in different departments before moving into account management and digital teams.

AJF wins $6m Bakers Delight account AJF Partnership has been awarded Bakers Delight’s $6m creative agency account, ending CHE’s 13-year tenure on the business. The decision follows a threeway pitch that is believed to have involved CHE, AJF and Clemenger BBDO.

Justine Hazlett will be Head of Production at Lowe Sydney while Lisa Brown is on Maternity Leave, Justine will be there as from March 1 st email address: [email protected]

Kaija Wall - Producer Kaija Wall has taken on a full time position at Host as their Executive Broadcast Producer, Kaiji can be contacted On 02 9281 0333 or email: [email protected] www.hostville.com.au

Phoebe Dunn – Producer 303 Phoebe is now on maternity leave, and has left the TV Production dept at 303 Perth Office, in the capable hands of Belinda Hawkins belinda@ 303.com.au – we wish Phoebe good luck for the birth of her new baby.

Alex Hay, now TV Department Manager at George Patts Y&R Alex can be contacted on [email protected]

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Dan Freene – DOP www.danfreenephotography.com Jan Reichle Director/DOP www.janreichle.com or www.vimeo.com/janreichle/videos Renaud Marie DOP www.renaudmaire.com Earle Dresner DOP http://earledresner.com/ Dugal Campbell DOP http://www.dugalcampbell.com.au

Employment

Jo Jordan - Producer After 20 years at Film Graphics and 30 years in the industry I am now available for freelance production company producing. You can contact me on 0405 134 085 or [email protected]

Katie Stafford I am back from my North American adventures and eagerly looking for work opportunities. If you need a mid-weight producer, production assistant, or general production body I'd love to hear from you. Email me at [email protected] or call me on 0416 424 033

Pip Hemming As of 1/2/2010 Pip Heming is available for freelance agency or film production work in Melbourne. For a copy of her resume please contact her on [email protected] or phone 0417 773 599.

Kate Cunningham Kate Cunningham who has been producing for Peter Maguire for the past ten years is now available on a freelance basis. Kate also has five years experience as a post production producer and as an agency producer. Kate can be contacted through Top Technicians Management on 029958 1611 or [email protected]

Agency TV Producer - Helen Hendry available I am now available for any freelance or permanent work as Agency Producer. You can contact me on 0412388164 or e- mail me for my reel & bio at [email protected]

Cameron Hales - Available for any freelance Editing Mobile 0408 778 140 Email [email protected] Showreel web.mac.com/cameronhales

Editor/Production Asst. Needed – Melbourne Agency. We’re looking for an Editor/Dubbing/Production Assistant to take on a full-time role in the post-production suite at our Melbourne office. You’ll need to show an excellent working knowledge of Final Cut Pro, Compressor and DVD Studio Pro, as well as experience with After Effects and Photoshop. A good technical understanding of video formats is also a must. So if you’re a fast learner, creative, enthusiastic and reasonably cool headed under pressure, this is a fantastic career launch pad. If you’d like to find out more about this position, or submit a resume and reel, please email our Head of Broadcast Production at [email protected]

International Sales Agent/s Exciting Opportunity A Design and visual effects house in Sydney requires independent Sales Agents for the Asian market. Utilising existing marketing collateral including show reels, brochures, cards and newsletters this is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic, intelligent, skilled sales professional. Located in Australia and/or Asia you will have an appreciation for quality production, design and vfx. You will be fluent in English and have existing agency/production company contacts. This is a commission based plus expenses opportunity for an outgoing confident individual. Applications to [email protected]

Tabletop Director Needed Boasting studios and all in-house elements, a unique, specialised and multi-faceted TVC production company with many high-profile clients, is calling on expressions of interest from Directors with a passion for shooting Tabletop. These areas would include food, liquids, hair, beauty and cars. Applicants need to have creative vision and display a unique flair for 30 injecting life into a variety of products - occasionally coupled with a live action element. Excellent communication skills as well as a meticulous attention to detail and a willingness to learn, experiment and develop is essential. The ability to formulate strong storyboards and director's treatments from a script is also necessary. A background in cinematography is desirable but not essential. We will be looking at candidates with a range of experience.

Interested applicants should contact us via email on: [email protected] In the email please include a statement 100 words or less telling us why you feel you would be suitable and what you could bring to this role. Please include your CV and link to a showreel. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted directly.

FUEL VFX is currently recruiting and are looking for suitably experienced candidates for the following positions: Facilities Manager – Manage Fuel’s internal production scheduling system, working closely with the VFX Supervisors and Producers. 3 Years VFX and Post-production experience would be ideal as well as a strong technical tenacity will be required as we use various software packages, such as Streamtime, Filemaker and Microsoft Office daily. This is a freelance opportunity initially with a possible opportunity to become permanent.

VFX Production Co-coordinator TVC’s – We are in an exciting period of growth and our busy production team needs some assistance. This role will work primarily with the Senior TVC Producers. Freelance in the first instance with the possibility of becoming ongoing.

Marketing Manager – An opportunity for an experienced marketing professional to work closely with the owners and senior management of FUEL VFX to manage the marketing function of our company and to continue the development of our brand. This role will be offered initially on a 6 month contract with the possibility of it becoming an ongoing opportunity. Please first visit the recruitment page of our website www.fuelvfx.com for a complete job description and to complete an online application. Please then send a detailed resume with a detailed covering letter to [email protected] .

Senior Producer Wanted. 8com are looking for a Senior Producer to team up with Director Paul Goldman, anyone interested should email CV to Mike Vanderfield - [email protected] Pauls Work can be viewed on our website www.8com.com.au

Help Wanted for short film. Crew and actors required for short film 'House of Sticks' for short film circuit by experienced Director/DOP John Ogden. No budget at this stage but points will be given. Available money will be spent ensuring high production values. Three day shoot mid April. Please contact John Ogden [email protected] www.oggy.com.au

Daniel Fenech - Director's Assistant & Production Assistant. Daniel is available for any freelance work, contact details below. [email protected] | +61402031748 | skype: danielbfenech | [email protected]

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