This year I was honored to be nominated for a 2020 Australian Screen Editors Guild National Ellie Award for my work editing Inferno.
I’ve always been extremely proud of the edit we carefully crafted for this short. My director Katherine Chediak Putnam and I worked some very late nights to ensure this short jumped off the screen in every aspect, particularly with elements of stylistic cutting around the many dream sequences. Balanced out with some heavier dramatic scenes based further in reality. The horror genre has been a passion of mine for a while now and it is a delight to work in as an editor.
It was an honor to have Inferno selected from the large number of films edited this year. A big thanks goes out to the entire post team behind the film, I am a strong believer that a production is only as strong as its weakest part, and this film had a very strong team. I look forward to seeing Inferno tour a more international stage as it continues its festival run in the future.
Stray's Official Selection at Nevermore Film Festival
As a freelance Brisbane based editor it is always amazing to see stories that I’ve created get nominated for awards and appear at international festivals. Stray has been making big waves for a short film born from the passion of a number of local Brisbane based filmmakers and with the amazing support of Screen Queensland.
Recently the production saw ‘official selection’ at the 20th Nevermore Film Festival in North Carolina. It’s a fantastic start to 2019 and we only hope these stories and the ones we make in the future continue to be seen and make waves at more screenings in the future.
The Nevermore Film Festival will be highlighting dark fantasy, sci-fi and horror shorts and features from around the world from March 8th to 10th.
Posterboy, Stray & A Picture of Other People honoured for Cinematography.
These three great films were recently recognised in their craft of Cinematography. Two of which I had the pleasure of working as lead editor, one of which I worked as a VFX artist. Cinematographer and all-round visual artist Brian Loewe was recognised by the Australian Cinematography Society (ACS) for his work on these three pieces last week.
Brian puts such dedication and care into his craft and each frame drips with his quality and years of experience. Most of these films are still running through the festival market and each of them appears to be doing quite well gaining selection, nominations and some wins as they move forward.It has been a pleasure to work with him on a number of projects both corporate and narrative over the years. I’m excited to see where his skill takes him next.
Stray Screens at Hollywood Screamfest!
Over these last few months I have been working closely with the team at Sway Pictures to complete the editing and mastering of our new short horror film funded and developed with Screen Queensland
Since the inception of the idea it has been quite a fast turn around, completing the offline edit in only a few weeks. The team and I worked closely with Empire Post who produced the short’s fantastic VFX sequences. The colour grade (completed by our DOP Brian Loewe) is nothing short of spectacular!
Currently the production team is over in LA touring the short at Hollywood Screamfest, it is always a pleasure to see my edit recognised at these awesome festivals.
A Picture of Other People Wins Gold at WEFF
Last weekend the West End Film Festival came to a close and this year there was a range of fantastic films on offer. One film in particular that I was lucky enough to work on as Online Editor and Visual Effects Artist managed to take home gold!
A Picture of Other People, a film which follows the story of an emergency call center responder who guides a small child through their call for help. This film was the work of many local artists and filmmakers under the guidance of Director Jason Fitzgerald and fantastic production company, Lonely Sheep Productions.
West End Film Festival is always tough competition, however our film managed to woo the audience and take home Audience Choice award for Best Picture and Judges Panel award for Best Cinematography. This is the 3rd year in a row that we’ve managed to get our work into the official selection of WEFF and each year we are humbled by the support of the local community.
A Picture Of Other People | First Festival Wins
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to lead visual effects in the post production of Lonely Sheep’s newest film A Picture of Other People. Recently the film hit market and has won its very first awards at the Brisbane Backyard Film Festival.
The film follows an emergency operator who guides a young boy through trying to resuscitate his mother as ambulances rush to the scene. I find the film very impactful and I would not be surprised if it did very well over the next year at different festivals.
At the Brisbane Backyard Film Festival it took home Best Film and Audience Choice Award! In previous years we have also had success with The Bus Knight taking home Audience Choice too.
You can check out the recent awards posting here:
Poster Boy Complete! Trailer Launches Online.
With the post production now wrapped on Poster Boy, the production and marketing team at Sway Pictures are hard at work sending off screeners to festivals around the globe. The 25min short has been a pet project for much of the team over these last few months and we are stoked to see it go out into the world.
During the 3 month part-time vision edit, the director and I saw the project develop through its infancy and into a tight and creative cut that mirrors the story themes and delivers audiences directly into the world. Working closely with this creative team has been an amazing experience and we all hope the film lands well.
With the completion of the film, we now also have a fresh new trailer to go along with it. While we cannot link the full film yet the trailer is out now and linked below.
Shakes takes home gold at the West End Film Festival
This Sunday Shakes had its second premiere screening at the West End Film Festival and it took home gold for the first time, winning the Audience Choice Award for best film.
I’m happy to have worked in the post-production department of with such a great creative team and it was a pleasure seeing my visual effects work up on the big screen. Director Jason Fitzgerald had such a clear and creative vision driving each VFX shot with precision and care which together made every on-screen element flow perfectly together. I’m happy to see the short production get some recognition.
Shakes will continue its festival run later this year at the Long Island International Film Expo
Shakes Continues Its Run in the Festival Circuit.
This week the short film Shakes has continued its festival run with a screening at the Backyard Film Festival and selection into the Long Island International Film Expo. It’s exciting to see my visual effects work traveling to so many festivals and for the film to receive so many good reviews across its screenings.
You can catch Shakes the Long Island International Film Expo on the 13th - 20th of July
Shakes Short Film | Official Selection in the West End Film Festival
Last year I worked as lead visual effects artist on a quirky Brisbane short film called Shakes and it has just been added to the official selection for the 2017 West End Film Festival.
Shakes is a great story about an anxious man overcome with a mental disorder and the story follows his ordeal trying to break through his barriers with others.
This will be the second year running that my work has been in the selection at the West End Film Festival, following the 2016 short The Bus Knight which I crewed as editor and visual effects artist.
Find out more on the WEFF website: westendfilmfestival.com.au
‘The Bus Knight’ Short Film Public Release
A couple of years ago I joined a tight knit crew of “The Bus Knight” as the editor and visual effects artist. After a few weeks in post-production the Brisbane based short film was complete and launched its way into national festivals.
The Bus Knight is a story based off one of Reddit’s most popular posts, written by a local comedian. It is a story about a sole bus passenger standing up and defending a racist attack on a bus driver and his passengers. The story revolves around the principles of Aikido, fighting without fighting.
The short film was selected to appear in 5 festivals including The ScreenIt Film Festival, Capricorn Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Backyard Film Festival and West End Film Festival. The film took home a total of 5 awards including Best Film and several Audience Choice Awards.
It was a pleasure to work closely with the director Tony Walsh from Stranger Films and cinematographer Brian Lowe to create such a well polished and popular short.
After a successful run the crew has decided to release it for all online to enjoy, so we present you The Bus Knight...
The Bus Knight Takes Home Gold at the West End Film Festival
A few weeks ago I was invited to attend the West End Film Festival with the crew from Stranger, we got the chance to watch and enjoy all the fantastic films on offer. The slate was a farmers market of raw local talent and it was refreshing see see so much creativity in one room, there was especially some very creative editing and post-production work this year.
Our short The Bus Knight was lucky enough to be chosen as apart of the official selection of the night and we were even more honored to receive the West End Film Festival’s Audience Choice Award for the night.
Thank you to everyone who voted and to the crew at the West End Film Festival for such an awesome night.
The Bus Knight Nominated for St Kilda Film Festival | Short Film Update
In early 2015 I had the pleasure to work with some talented creative minds to create a short film called The Bus Knight. I was on board as the Editor and Visual Effects artist for the project and after several months of collaborating with the team it is fantastic to see the project nominated as official selection for the St Kilda Film Festival 2016.
The movie was created by Tony Walsh of Stranger Films and based off a viral Facebook post from actor Angus Robinson. The post details a mysterious stranger who saves an inner-city bus ride from the tyranny of a bogan hijacking.
The project was then partially funded via a crowdsourcing campaign and the Raw Nerve program (A Screen Queensland Initiative). The Bus Knight was all produced in Brisbane and went on to take awards at both the ScreenIt Film Festival and the Capricornia Film Festival in 2015.
Check out the trailer below: