Dora the Explorer (Feature Film) – September to November 2018.

Screen Queensland/ Springy Productions

Camera/DIT Attachment.

  • General experience in many aspects of feature film production – studio and on-location. 
  • Camera department: camera maintenance, setup and operation.
  • DIT set up and operations.
  • Personal assistant and truck loader experience

K’gari Dreaming (1hr Documentary) – August to December 2018

Client – Channel 10 Studios.

Location Scouting (un-credited), Cultural Advisor (un-credited), Additional Camera Operator.

  • Work undertaken – Coordinated Butchulla involvement for filming, locations for filming, supply of archival vision of recent Butchulla events.
  • Outcome – 1hr television documentary to be aired in December.

Australian Biosphere Conference – June 2018 to Current.

Client – the Burnett Mary Regional Group.

Multimedia Recording & Production.

Roles: Videographer and editor.

  • Work undertaken – Produce multimedia products for conference promotion and in-conference displays, multimedia documentation of the conference in 2019.
  • Outcome – a 3-min conference promo, a 30-minute inhouse projection and delegate DVD package.

Knowledge Recording and Documentary Project – July 2017 to Current

Client – Wulli Wulli Nation Aboriginal Corporation.

Multimedia Recording.

Roles: Videographer.

  • Work undertaken – filming interviews and cutaway footage, photography, time-lapse videography, audio/sound recording, digital archiving creation.
  • Outcome – Ongoing, but at present a 1.5 TB digital archive of multimedia content.

Facing Two Fronts Interactive Exhibition – January to June 2017

Client – National Archive of Australia

Multimedia Recording.

Roles: Videographer.

  • Work undertaken – filming interviews and cutaway footage, photography, time-lapse videography, audio/sound recording, digital archiving creation.
  • Outcome – 1 TB digital archive of multimedia content and an interactive multimedia exhibition which has been display in Canberra and Darwin National Archives of Australia premises.

Butchulla Sea Country Traditional Knowledge Recording Project – July 2016 to June 2017.

Client – Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC.

Multimedia Recording.

Roles: Videographer.

  • Work undertaken – filming interviews and cutaway footage, photography, time-lapse videography, audio/sound recording, digital archiving creation.
  • Outcome – 250 GB digital archive of multimedia content.

Port Curtis Coral Coast (PCCC) Sea Country Traditional Knowledge Recording Project – July 2016 to June 2017.

Client – Gidarjil Development Corporation.

Multimedia Recording.

Roles: Videographer.

  • Work undertaken – filming interviews and cutaway footage, photography, time-lapse videography, audio/sound recording, digital archiving creation.
  • Outcome – 250 GB digital archive of multimedia content.

Indigenous Governance Awards – August to December 2016

Client – Reconciliation Australia

Videography.

Roles: Camera Operator.

  • Outcome – A 1 TB digital archive of multimedia recordings and all produced content for ongoing finalist organisations promotion and awards night screenings.

Digital Stories Project – February to June 2016

Client – Creative Regions.

Facilitation and Training.

  • Work undertaken – consult, design and facilitate a digital story making workshop series for students throughout the Bundaberg Region. The production of a local iconic story (documentary) through a community master class process. Skills learnt by students: concept development, storyboarding, scriptwriting, voiceover, photography, editing, time-lapse videography.
  • Outcome – Produced and collated content for the Full Tilt Film Festival which screened at the Moncrieff Theatre in Bundaberg.

Fraser Island Natural Integrity Alliance Case Study – Nov 2015 to Feb 2016

Client – Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG)

Videography.

Roles: Camera Operator and Editor.

  • Outcome – Production of one 5-minute webcast video case study.

Our Stories, Our Way, Everyday – June to October 2015

Client – National Indigenous Television (NITV)

Commissioned content.

Roles: Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Sound and Editor.

  • Outcome – Production of four commissioned 15 minutes documentary covering a range of geographical areas and themes;
  • PM in the Wings – Rick Macourt
  • Gooreng Gooreng Country – Luke Watson
  • Resurgence – Gamilaraay mob
  • Redemption through Connection – Jandamarra Cadd

Cooloola Coastcare Association Inc ‘Spirit of Landcare’ Promo – June 2015

Client – Burnett Mary Regional Group for NRM Ltd – Regional Landcare Facilitator Program

Videography.

Roles: Camera Operator and Editor.

  • Outcome – Production of a 4-minute promotional films portraying the spirit and essence of Cooloola Coastcare.

Our Stories, Our Way, Everyday – June to October 2014

Client – National Indigenous Television (NITV)

Commissioned content.

Roles: Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Sound and Editor.

  • Outcome – Production of four commissioned 15 minutes documentary covering a range of geographical areas and themes. 
  • Black Digger Proud – Roger Saunders
  • Bringing the Bones Home – Bob Weatherall
  • K’Gari – A custodial perspective – Nai Nai Bird
  • Ngemba – Paul Gordon

Noosa and District Landcare Group ‘Spirit of Landcare’ Promo – June 2014

Client – Burnett Mary Regional Group for NRM Ltd – Regional Landcare Facilitator Program

Videography.

Roles: Camera Operator and Editor.

  • Outcome – Production of two 3-minute promotional films portraying the spirit and essence of Noosa and District Landcare.

Kokiri Putahi Event – January 2014

Client – Toi Maori Aetearoa (Maori Arts New Zealand).

Event Videography and Photography.

Work undertaken – Interviews, voxpops, photography, DSLR time-lapse, traditional knowledge recording, audio/sound recording, and digital archiving, filming, editing and producing.

Outcome – Event digital multimedia archive, DSLR timelapse film. Knowledge holders received raw and enhanced versions of their recordings.

Our Stories, Our Way, Everyday – June to October 2013

Client – National Indigenous Television (NITV)

Commissioned content

Roles: Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Sound and Editor.

Outcome – Production of three commissioned 15 minutes documentary covering a range of geographical areas and themes; 

  • Payne Street – Uncle Mervyn Johnson (Gooreng Gooreng)
  • Returning Symbols – Peter Mulcahy (Gamilaraay)
  • The Native Florist – Uncle Eugene Bargo (Kabi Kabi)

Kamilaroi Repatriation – September 2013

Client – Kamilaroi Lands Trust.

Event Videography.

Roles: Videographer.

Outcome – Event digital multimedia archive, Knowledge holders received raw and enhanced versions of their recordings.

Other Relevant Film Production/Television Broadcast Experience:NBC Olympics Inc. Sydney. 2000 – Production Services Assistant

Other Relevant Film Production/Television Broadcast Experience:

NBC Olympics Inc. Sydney. 2000 – Production Services Assistant

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