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This blog is a place to keep up-to-date with the latest ideas, inspiration and doings that I have to offer. We make stuff like film & video.

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Living in the Shadows @ DOCUDAYS US

The official page at Docudays UA: The International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival.

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Living In The Shadows is officially selected at Docudays UA the International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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DANCE (RED) SAVES LIVES 2

A few screen shots from the 2013 (RED) Stereosonic live-stream from Sydney. Once again we did all the motion graphics for the broadcast. Peace.

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Stryker Hype from Christopher Baron | Pale Fire on Vimeo.

We shot and designed this video for Stryker Australia to highlight their history, featured products, and commitment to hospitals, doctors, and patient care.

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NICK SCALI Lounge Sale 2013

Nick Scali wanted to head in a new direction and we were there to show the way. We worked on their graphic design as well putting together a series of commercials.

Director | Brett Danton Producer | James Whitehill Edit & Grade | Christopher Baron

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In Praise Of

Here it is! The final result of our work for Fairfax Media's flagship papers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. 

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Dance (RED) Saves Lives

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F. Stokes - Cold Blooded [Video Clip]

"Go to sleep. Have a dream. Work a shitty job. Sell a Rap CD. Believe." That’s F. Stokes for you. Armed with his camera and a bag of tomatoes, Pete Longworth filmed this music video one beautiful New York night.

Music | F. Stokes Director & Cinematography | Pete Longworth Edit | Christopher Baron

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Brother by Matt Corby

Another acoustic video clip we made for BigPond Music.

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Read about Oculi's response to photographic censorship at Vivid.

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When shadows are just to vivid

Well it's been a tumultuous couple of weeks for our multimedia piece Living In The Shadows. The work was shortlisted for the Anthropographia Award, exhibited at the Reportage Festival, and won the People's Choice Award (Multimedia) at the Walkley Awards slide night. 

David Maurice Smith

But it wasn't all without controversy. Deemed "too distressing" by Destination NSW, the work, along with many others, was banned from public projection at the Vivid Festival. Notwithstanding this embarrassing censorship bungle by the CEO of the NSW government's tourism department, Sandra Chipchase, some of the works, including this one, were exhibited inside Customs House. 

A panel presentation with David Maurice Smith and fellow Oculi members at Vivid.

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BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE SMH/AGE TVC FOR FAIRFAX MEDIA

This week we made a commercial in praise of the avid reader, made up of a series of cute, funny, and awkward scenarios people find themselves in when overly absorbed in their hand held devices. So far the offline edit is looking a treat and the director, agency (Whybin/TBWA), and client all seem very happy. Look forward to posting the final result.

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Dance (RED) Saves Lives

Recently, we got involved with (RED), an organisation dedicated to fight AIDS in Africa, to do a live stream from Stereosonic in Melbourne on YouTube. The worlds leading dance artists, headlined by Tiesto, came together to dance (RED) and save lives. It was an international collaboration involving people from all over the globe and we handled all the graphic elements for the broadcast as well as producing many of the videos screened throughout the day. It was a lot of hard work and a lot of fun.

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Living In The Shadows

We've been collaborating with photojournalist and Oculi photographer David Maurice Smith on a short documentary called Living In The Shadows. A confronting story of the Australian Aboriginal community of Wilcannia, the Barkindji people, struggling with the historical and systemic manifestations of colonisation, apathy, violence, alcohol and drug abuse. The Barkindji live in the shadows as they cling to the few shreds of their cultural fabric they've managed to protect.

Stay tuned...

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BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE 2013 ROYAL Easter show TVC.

Once again we teamed up with director Adrian Brown for this commercial. It was a challenging shoot considering we had to set up the show without the show set up! Also, the production had some very technical aspects to it mixing live action, 3D animation and motion graphics. But we pulled it off. 

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Wooden Chair by Angus Stone

We did all the post production on this video clip for BPM TV's In The Raw. Enjoy!

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Behind The Scenes on the 'Red Centre' TVC for Tourism NT.

What an adventure! What an amazing cast and crew. We experienced stunning red landscapes, sunrises and sunsets, bonfires, festivals, Aboriginal art and culture, waterholes, helicopters, fine cuisine, and met some fantastic characters.