2020 Griffith Film School Graduate Productions

We welcome you to view the creative production outcomes from our 2020 Griffith Film School Bachelors and Honours students from film, animation, and games design.

Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production
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2020 Film and Screen Media productions

Apocalyptico

Bass God

Beacon
APOCALYPTICO
Once upon a time 4000ish years into a apocalyptic future, a Boy and his Zombie journey across an endless desert in search of a supermodel. But their journey takes an unexpected detour when the two of them are kidnapped...kidnapped by a robot...and a submarine.
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Writer/Director: Elliott Jones Perrin and Zaitoon Salman
Producer: Matthew Foo
Executive Producer: Elliott Jones Perrin and Matthew Foo
Director of Photography: Harry Cable
1st Assistant Director: Zhane Blaxland
Production Manager: Abby Truman
Gaffer: Jarryd McLucas
Costume Designer: Tyler Dunbar
Production Designer: Bella Abel
Visual Effects Supervisor: Alex Eastman-Smith
Sound Recordist: Michael Bui
Sound Designer: Oska Zervoudakis
Editor: Sahel Dupre Virtamo
Continuity Supervisor: Anastaysa Adair, Lorrence Greenie Reuben Cembrano Junior and Ramin Karimi
2nd Assistant Director: Benjamin Stanic
Camera Assistants: Millan Pratt, Tahlia Miller and Damon Hamilton
Camera Operator: Lachlan Marshall, Matthew Sutton and Josh Nadler
Lighting Assistants: Clyde Lequigan and Matthew Sutton
Production Assistants: Helena Beiers, Anastasya Adair, Rhys Marchland, Peter Lin, Tahlia Miller, Izzy Van Heekeren and Zaitoon Salman
Production Runner: Madeline Abbott, Lachlan Mcfarlane and Aaron Griffiths
Still Photographer: Holy McKinley
BTS Videographer/Photographers: Jack Vernon and Aidan Manwaring
BTS Editor: Matthew Foo
Website Designer: Matthew Foo
Cast: Elijah Felix Faria, Khan Eckford, Elliott Jones Perrin and James Lawson
Bass God
Nora watches in awe as her favourite bass guitarist plays live on the ‘Jimmy Rednef Show’. However, after her TV suddenly turns off, she picks up her hairbrush and pretends to play it like a bass. With the flash of a light, an electric blue Fender 64 jazz bass guitar appears in her arms, and she is whisked away on a musical journey.
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Director: Hannah Brydon
Producer: Duy Phan
1st AD: Isabel Van Heeckeren
2nd AD: Nikki Pinter
Continuity Supervisor: Jacquelyn Auger
Production Manager: Jamie Findley
Casting Supervisor: Elizabeth Hennessey
Director of Photography: Zoe Hilditch
Gaffer: Clyde Lequigan
1st Assistant Camera: Emily Reid
2nd Assistant Camera: Djoy Roelfsema
Grip: Ramin King
Lighting Assistants: Jacob Weston and Harrison Cable
Production Designer: Elise Wensley
Costume Design: Kiara Taylor
Production Design Assistant: Amelia De Weger, Chloe Lambert and Olivia Lazarides
Sound Recordist: Chelsea Finch
Sound Designer/Boom Swing: Michael Bui
Sound Assistant/Runner: Jack Ransley
Editor: Tyra Geddes
Data Wrangler/Editor Assistant: Anna Fletcher
Visual Effects Artists: Lisa Hasnul
Storyboard Artist: Toni Wedderburn
BTS Photographers: Layla Hutchins and Finnian Mullen
BTS Videographer: Jasper Karolewski
Cast: Hallie Tait
Beacon

Goose is a 16-year-old ‘charger’ – a girl whose body produces massive amounts of electricity due to nuclear side-effects – who must fight for freedom from her overprotective sister, while evading a ruthless hunter who is utterly determined to capture her.

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Writer/Director: Anna Twomey
Producer: Nadya de Vos
1st AD: Sarah Clearwater
Casting Supervisor: Jessica Leigh Dale
Director of Photography: Josh Nadler
Production Designer: Olivia Lawson
Editor: Joseph Faa
Sound Designer: Lisa Hasnul
Visual Effects Supervisor: Jesse Bowen-Saunders
Script Supervisor: Donna McGoldrick
Cast: Murran Kain, Claire Argente, David Breen, Assad Elsair and Jonathan Weir

A Christmas Murder

Crossroads

Death's Serve
A Christmas Murder
Stuck in the old MidStow hotel on Christmas Eve due to an oncoming cyclone; Julia Brookes, the owner, and a maid are quick to learn a guest has been MURDERED. The two decide to take up the mantle of ‘detectives’ to not only ensure the safety of the remaining guests, but to solve the mystery, as they believe the killer may be closer than ever anticipated.
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Writer/Ex-Director: James Marshall
Director: Helena Beiers
Producer: Karmen Chan
1st AD: Seron Chau
Script/Continuity: Taylin Aerepo
Casting Coordinator: Caleb Bowey
Director of Photography: Matt Sutton
Gaffer: Riley Pollock
1st Assistant Camera: Damon Hamilton and Milan Pratt
2nd Assistant Camera: Chloe Stanke and Lilli Corrias-Smith
Grip: Lachlan Marshall
Lighting Assistants: Declan Wilson and Natalie Simonov
Production Designer: Holly McKinley
Composer: Christy Bowden
Costumes/Production Design Assistant: Claire Russo
Sound Recorder: Michael Bui
Sound Designer: Eryn Fletcher
Sound Assistant: Kate Brown
Editor: Toni Wedderburn
Production Design Assistant: Annabelle Abel and Zhane Blaxland
Cast: Candice Hill, Paula Vallero, Wil Karroum, Donne Ngabo, Greg Scurr and Lane Howson
Crossroads
Charlie and Imogen, ex-lovers, are trapped in purgatory, which take the form of a service station. While exploring the events leading up to their breakup and demise, the two come to terms with their feelings for each other and must decide whether to journey to the afterlife or go back to the land of the living.
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Director: Ainslee Hunter
Producer: Conner Evans
1st AD: Benjamin Stanic
2nd AD: Natalie Simonov
Continuity: Michael Ashton
Production Manager: Kye Rickwood
Unit: Kye Rickwood
Editor/Makeup: Brooklyn West
Director of Photography: Casey Wycherley
Assistant Editor: Joshua Fearn
Gaffer: Damon Hamilton
1st Assistant Camera: Tyler Dunbar
2nd Assistant Camera: Joshua Fearn
Grip: Lawson Cross
Assistant Lighting: Matt Sutton
Assistant Sound: Jaic Scott
COVID Safety Officer: Tara Turner, Caitie Lammie and Abby Truman
Lighting Assistant: Matt Sutton and Abby Truman
Production Designer: Mikayla Manie
Boom: Isabella Haack
Production Design Assistant: Kacey Wood
Sound Recordist: Jayden Waters
Sound Designer: Sharay Armfield
Colorist: Lawson Cross
Best Boy: Alex Eastman-Smith
VFX: Lachlan Macfarlane
Continuity Assistant: Brooklyn West
Stills Photographers: Eryn Fletcher
Cast: Jordan Schulte and Bree Paige
Death’s Serve
High school is hard enough as it is but life gets much worse when Cameron makes a terrible mistake that causes him to die. Now he’s stuck in Limbo and meets non other than the Grim Reaper who has come to take Cameron’s soul to the afterlife. The Grim Reaper in an effort to avoid his depressing job challenges Cameron to a game of life and death on the battlefield of an Aussie handball game.
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Director/Writer: Sebastian Kidd
Producer: Samuel Newman
1st AD: Makisha Broome
2nd AD: Mihir Chakrapani
Continuity: Kyle Coultas
Cinematographer: Ryan Kovchenko
Casting Supervisor: Makisha Broome
Production Stills Photographer: Zali Capel
Gaffer: Shiming Li
1st Assistant Camera: Ruben Cembrano
2nd Assistant Camera: Abby Truman
Grip: Abby Xu
Lighting Assistants: Joe Van Vugt and Mathew King
Production Designer: Nick Rendall
Boom Operator: Jeanyoo Kang
Production Design Assistants: Duran Boskovic, Andrew Kirkman and Chloe Andrews
Sound Recordist: Jaic Scott
Sound Designer: Simon Garrett
Sound Post Assistant: Ryan Toukatly
Editor: Ezra Starr
Location’s Manager: Mihir Chakrapani
VFX/Compositor: Lachlan Macfarlane
Storyboard Artist: Ryan Kovchenko
Colourist: Ryan Kovchenko
Runners: Sam Gill and Mark Worthington
Cast: Raphael Tefera, Benson Griffiths and Austin Macfarlane

Freddie

Guardians

Hollowed Stone
Freddie
Usually an introvert, Freddie is startled when new neighbour girl Delilah takes an interest in her. To be neighbourly the two families propose a dinner, where Delilah’s intentions become clearer as she suggests they sneak off alone. While apprehensive, Freddie obliges. The girl’s absence concerns Xanthia, Delilah’s conservative and protective mother, who goes to find them.
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She walks in on the girls drawing on each other’s hands, they startle and separate, suggesting to Xanthia their intentions went further. Confronted and upset, Xanthia causes a scene, Delilah confronts her mother and Freddie watches on. Delilah explains her feelings, but afraid, Freddie throws Delilah under the bus exclaiming her feelings aren’t mutual. Later realising what she has done, Freddie paints a gesture for Delilah, and Xanthia concedes to mend her relationship with her daughter.
Director: Talia Newton
Producer: Olivia Lazarides
1st AD: Jessica Dale
Art Director: Lara Brigdale-Hall
Production Manager: Kate Brown
Casting Supervisor/BTS Stills: Jacquelynn Auger
Director of Photography: Ryan Jackson
Gaffer: Jasper Karolewski
1st Assistant Camera/ Dolly Grip Assist: Ramin Karimi
1st Assistant Camera: Dan Patterson
2nd Assistant Camera: Chloe Stanke
Key Grip: Rowan La Macchia
Lighting Assistants: Casey Wycherley, Rebecca Leong, Emily Reid and Elizabeth Hennessey
Production Designer: Harriett Williams
Costumes and Makeup: Laura Wilton
Production Design Assistants:  Miljana Miljevic and Talitha Debnam
Sound Recordist: Ryan Graham Toukatly
Sound Designer/Production Design Assistant: Tania Mangifesta
Sound Design Assistant: Zali Capel
Editor/Key Grip/ Key Dolly Grip: Aidan Manwaring
Colourist: Lachlan Knight
Boom Operators: Cameron Austin and Jaic Scott
Marketing/ Social Media Manager: Zaitoon Salman
Unit Manager/COVID Officer: Sophie Daulby
BTS Videographer: Jamie Findley
Runner/Dolly Grip: Riley Pollock
Cast: Cate Dening, Ella Hall, Janelle Bailey, Jina Venice, Ruby Gonzales-Judd and Tom Coyle
Guardians
Samantha, a spunky, energetic girl, finally decides to ask Jake out against her guardian angel’s will. Ari, her guardian angel, does everything in her power, from whispering thoughts into her head to causing a thunderstorm to destroy her outfit, to stop their first date from succeeding. Jake’s Casanova guardian angel, Finnian, on the other hand, tries his best to help Jake “get the girl”.
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However, his suave romantic advice turns out to be useless for the awkward and shy Jake. The two guardians buttheads, trying to bring the situation in their favour, while the date of the two mortals slowly spiral into chaos!
Director: Leonard Pang
Producer: Chloe Liu
1st AD: Mihir Chakrapani
2nd AD: Rhys Ward
Continuity: Ruben Cembrano Junior
Cinematographer: Damon Hamilton
Casting Supervisor: Rowan La Macchia
Gaffer: Natalie Simonov
1st Assistant Camera: Sarah Clearwater
2nd Assistant Camera: Abby Truman
Camera Assistant: Matthew Sutton
Grip: Jessica Nguyen
Production Designer: Aaron Griffiths
Costumes: Ezra Starr
Production Design Assistants: Makisha Broome and Anastasya Adair
Sound Recordist: Sharay Armfield
Sound Designer: Jaic Scott
Best Boy Electric: Jarryd McLucas
Best Boy Grip: Darcy Studte
Editor: Lachlan Altena
Data Wrangler/Assistant Editor: Kyle Coultas
Marketing Advisor: Michael Ashton
Boom Swinger: Jayden Waters
BTS Stills Photographer: Ryan Kovchenko
Assistant Location Manager: Duran Alexander Mojcec Boskovic
Assistant Unit: Matthew King
Assistant Unit/Runner: Grant Fuller
Safety Supervisor: John Walton and Darko Tuscan
Hair Stylist, Makeup and SFX : Anastasia Zatorsky
Stunt Driver: Angela Bend and Russell Ingram
Cast: Joshua Lunt, Ella Macrokanis, Michael Joaquin, Oz Bloxom, Greg Scurr, Grant Fuller, Makisha Broome, Rhys Ward, Katie Grace, Haoming Chen, Joseph Murray, Regina Buckley, Kyle Byrne, Natasha Green and Blake Hall
Hollowed Stone
Phil’s life sucks. When he got a job out of high school at the local police department, he thought he was destined for a life of high-speed car chases and fighting crime. Instead, he spends most of his nights tending to the drunk and disorderly and cleaning their piss off his uniform, but everything changes when he is mistaken for a co-worker by his overworked, underqualified police chief; finally, the high-stakes undercover mission he’s been waiting for.
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His task? Buy a whole lot of cocaine and take down the leader of the Chinese mafia, Dragon. Under the thumb of his badass wife Lucy, the real mafia boss, Dragon’s tasked to murder Phil. There’s just one problem; they fall in love.
Director/Writer: Nicholas Lin
Producer: Erin Huber
1st AD: Lachlan Macfarlane
2nd AD: William Heathwood
3rd AD: Lewis Junger
Script Supervisor/Continuity: Edward Beck
Production Manager: Eli Glastonbury
Location Manager: Sophie Daulby
Unit Managers: Madeline Abbott and Tahlia Miller
Supervising Casting Director: Peter Rasmussen
Casting Coordinator: Caleb Bowey
Casting Supervisor: Samuel Mackerras
Director of Photography: Hamish Williams
Gaffer: Casey Wycherley
1st Assistant Camera/Focus Puller: Chase Brockett
1st Assistant Camera (Alternate): Ramin Karimi
2nd Assistant Camera: Ryan Jackson
Key Grip: Lachlan Knight
Grip: Abby Truman
Best Boy: Zacch Wolfe
Lighting Assistants: Li Shiming, Rebecca Leong, Pranisha Manandhar, Jack Cassidy and Clyde Lequigan
Production Designer: Kacey-Joy Wood
Production Assistant: Sophie Daulby
Art Director: Sophie Patzel
Wardrobe: Aaron Griffiths
Art Department Assistants: Tara Turner, Bridget Smith, Maia Jorgensen, Jacquelynn Auger, Jamie Findley, Zac Emmerton, Sophie Ravanat, Connor Sharpe, Anya Suffolk and Riley Pollock
Hair and Makeup: Sara Firth, Phoebe Gray, Eden Mcgovern, Jake Pafumi, Jack Ritchie, Emily Hamill and Thea Wall
Sound Recordist: Jeanyoo Kang
Boom Operator: Miljana Miljevic
Additional Boom Operator: Oska Zervoudakis
Additional Recordings: Miljana Miljevic and Emily Hamill
Sound Designer: Emily Hamill
Post-Sound Assistant: Oska Zervoudakis
Editor: Sophie Patzel
Assistant Editor: Tyra Geddes
VFX Supervisor: Lachlan Macfarlane
VFX Artist: Stuart Macfarlane
Colourist: Sophie Patzel
Title Design: Sophie Patzel
Trailer Editor: Sophie Patzel
Data Wranglers: Tyra Geddes, Sophie Daulby and Sophie Patzel
Translations: Nicholas Lin
BTS Stills/Video: Amelia De Weger, Anna Fletcher, Sophie Patzel, Duy Phan and Lachlan Knight
Runners: Jacquelynn Auger, Amelia De Weger and Nils Terton
Safety Officer: Lana Williams
Armourer: Daniel Potts and The Rifleman’s Armourery
Social Media Marketing Manager: Sophie Patzel
Website Design and Management: Erin Huber
Graphics/Logos: Sophie Patzel
Music By: Raxfen
Cast: Lucas tranchitella, Sen Shao, J’ma, Corben Kemp, Greg Scurr, Claire Argente, Shelby Kohut, Rosslyn Baynes, Katie Dick, Anna Kucharski, Rebecca Smith, Andrew Woods, Damien Blewitt, Tom Delarney, Ella Du Preez, Kaleb Ell, Jenner Finglas-Watson, Blake Hall, Nils Terton, Scarlett Hilton, Rita Liu, Christopher Chelliah, Nils Terton, Winona Bray, Lizz Haddon, Chloe Lambert, Jonah Lindley, Holly Mazzola, Hannah Newton, Annie Reilly, Patrick Quinn, Jonathan Fang, Long Ly, Samual Mackerras, Tyler Mok, Lawrence Ting, Daniel Zhao, Alex Hong, Jaxson Lee, Johnny Pong and David Ratsamy

Love Club

Lucky Lucky

The Painter
Love Club
Exploring life after sexual assault, Love Club, follows twenty-two-year-old, Luce Jones, on a peculiar and heartfelt journey of acceptance. With a pattern of destroying the hearts of her partners, in particular, the intelligent and sweet Tim, the film finds Luce in “Love Club”, a unique group program for those struggling to find love after trauma.
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Following an uncomfortable first meeting, Luce is ready to give up on her attempts at help, when roommate, Sare Johnson, strikes a deal: she’ll quit smoking if Luce goes back for two more sessions. Through a tumultuous journey of meetings, Luce tries her best to explain that traditional talk therapy is not what she needs, but too focused on wanting Luce to get better and not what will, Sare and the others in Luce’s life struggle to understand her growing short temper and silence. Shortly after Luce finishes the agreed two sessions, she runs into Tim, who faces Luce with the truth of her assault. Sare had told him what happened, sending Luce into a downward spiral. Trust, the one thing she holds closest, broken. The ending of a life-long friendship and the growingly obvious impacts of her assault, push Luce to come face to face with her trauma.
Director/Writer: Anna McGuckin
Producer: Freya Brunning
Continuity: Caitie Lammie
Casting Supervisor: Brendan Garbutt
Director of Photography: Lachie Marshall
Gaffer: Hamish Williams
Production Designer: Miljana Miljevic
Sound Designer: Zali Capel
Editor: Joshua Fearn
Cast: Jade Prechelt, Ruby Gonzales-Judd, Davis Dingle and Al Gibson
Lucky Lucky
When Lucky, a foreign film translator starts another shift at a bootleg movie theatre performing a live dub to the Australian soap opera; “Heartbreak Hill”, nothing is out of the ordinary.  However things soon progress into a downward spiral as life imitates art literally.

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When Bobby the predatory theatre owner makes forceful advancements on Lucky, his underage employee. Reality is blurred as her fear, anxiety and panic are personified through the soap opera she is forced to perform under Bobby’s abusive thumb.
Director/Writer: Jonah Lindley
Producer: Nils Terton
DOP: Chase Brockett
1st AD: Elisabeth Hennessey
2nd AD: Adam Edwards
3rd AD: Hannah Brydon
Continuity: Elise Wensley
Associate Producer/Production Manager: Isabella Haack
Gaffer: Emily Reid
1st Assistant Camera: Djoy Roelfsema
2nd Assistant Camera: Elias Glastonbury and Riley Pullock
Key Grip/ Cam Assist: Lachlan Knight
Lighting Assistants: Jack Cassidy and Jacob Weston
Production Designer: Chloe Lambert
Costume Designer: Zoe Hilditch
Costume Assistant: Hannah Brydon
Makeup Artist: Natalie Silvestro
SFX Makeup: Rebecca Taplin
Art Director: Tania Mangifesta
Art Assistant: Harriet Williams
Sound Recordist: Emily Hamill
Sound Designer: Oska Zervoudakis
Sound Design Assistant: Adam Edwards
Editor: Anna Fletcher
VFX Editor: Lachlan Macfalane
Assistant Editor: Mikayla Maine
Unit Manager/Runner: Erin Huber
Unit Assist: Tim Terton
Art designer/ General Assist: Sophie Patzel
BTS Photography: Gabby Rafter
Stunt Coordinator: Darko Tuskan
Production Supervisor: Pricilla Cameron
Cast: Daphne Chen, Sen Shao, Jimmy Butterfield, Nikol Stachova, Deidre Grace, Nicholas Lin, Jaxson, Jonathan, Nic Tan, Nic Hur, Duy Phan, Long ly, Brendan Fu, Minh Nguyen, Nils Terton, Madeline Abbott, Isabella Haack, Tania Mangifesta Chloe Lambert, Zoe Hilditch, Jacob Weston, Hannah Brydon, Fletcher O’neill, Adam Edwards, Elise Wensley, Erin Huber, Jack Cassidy, Sophie Patzel, Lawrence Greene, Maia Jorgensen and Sophie Ravanat
The Painter
Burdened by her past, a young painter named Hannah mentally prepares herself as she sets her brushes and fills a large bowl with red paint. As the canvas fills with the colour red we see flashes of a dark and twisted world – one where Hannah represents her past traumas.
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The battle and struggles of accepting her trauma is represented between the two worlds when finally, she realises to overcome her trauma is to become one with it. To accept and to move on. That is her art.
Director: Duy Phan
Producer: Hannah Brydon
1st AD: Isabel Van Heeckeren
2nd AD: Nikki Pinter
Continuity: Jacquelyn Auger
Production Manager: Jamie Findley
Casting Supervisor: Elizabeth Hennessey
Director of Photography: Zoe Hilditch
Gaffer: Clyde Lequigan
1st Assistant Camera: Emily Reid
2nd Assistant Camera: Djoy Roelfsema
Grip: Ramin King
Lighting Assistants: Jacob Weston and Harrison Cable
Production Designer: Elise Wensley
Costume Design: Kiara Taylor
Production Design Assistants: Amelia De Weger, Chloe Lambert and Olivia Lazarides
Sound Recordist: Chelsea Finch
Sound Designer/Boom Swing: Michael Bui
Sound Assistant/Runner: Jack Ransley
Editor: Tyra Geddes
Data Wrangler/Editor Assistant: Anna Fletcher
Visual Effects Artists: Lisa Hasnul
Storyboard Artist: Toni Wedderburn
BTS Photographers: Layla Hutchins and Finnian Mullen
BTS Videographer: Jasper Karolewski
Cast: Michaela Shuttleworth

Silver Halide

2020 Graduate Slate
Silver Halide
94-year-old artist David Smith watches through a box of Super 8mm film canisters, which have lain dormant and unseen since their development almost 40 years ago, while reflecting on how life has changed since they were shot.
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Director: Adam Edwards
Producer: William Heathwood
DOP: Edward Beck
Sound Recordist/Designer: Jack Cassidy
Assistant Editor/Transcription: Amelia de Weger
Colourist: Djoy Roelfsema
2020 Graduate Slate
The Film and Screen Media class of 2020 documented their journey in developing their graduate productions during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Producer: Mihir Chakrapani
Editor: Kyle Coultas

2020 Animation productions

Without A Trace

Mr Snap

Guardians
Without A Trace
Format: 3D Animation
In the year 2135, a young hacker named Val considers herself to be a digital Robin Hood - stealing from the bank accounts of the rich and distributing their wealth to the poor citizens of Gridlock. With her hacking skills and her robot companion B01 by her side, she feels like she’s unstoppable.
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Until she’s tracked down by a cyber virus programmed to not only kill her computer, but to kill her as well. With Val in its clutches, B01 is the only one who can stop the cyber virus. And he knows just how to do it. But to save her life, is he willing to sacrifice his own?
Director:
Elliott Bourke
Production Manager:
Amanda Palmer
Script Writer:
Connor Bowman
Animators:
Jamie Palmer, Gerard Boynton, James Gun, Miyoko Leung and Connor Bowman
Modelers:
Jamie Palmer, Trent Riley and Yi Wei Song
Riggers:
Jamie Palmer, Jack Clark , Daniel Adams and James Huen
Environment and Lighting artist:
Sam Lee
Concept artist:
Josephine Stewart, Christy Ho, Jay Cole, Chantelle Sime and Amanda Palmer
Visual Effects:
Steven Hancock
Sound designer:
Michael Bui
Composer:
Gregory McLucas
Voice Actress:
Amanda Palmer
Mr Snap
Format: 2D Animation
Walter’s emotions come to a head when he meets face to face with the intimidating tom in the shadows of his private office. With mounting pressure from his feline supervisor Mr. Willis (Mikee Joaquin), and his young son Timmy (Lukas Linn) relying on him, Walter struggles to decide on an invention that could change the lives of mice everywhere.
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Director:
Laila Schmidinger
Producer:
Anna Nolan
Composer:
Jordan Maxwell
Sound Design:
Sarah Clearwater
Animation Crew:
Amanda Palmer, Ash Mayers, Caitlin Carroll, Chantelle Syme, Christy Ho, Gemma Marshall, Genevieve Tree, Jak Bindon, Jay Cole, Josephine Stewart, Sally Stephens, Shah Nawaaz Khan Mohammad, Yiwei Song and Ziyang Zhang
Voice Actors:
Punyaha Mukherjee, Mikee Joaquin, Lukas Linn, Mikee Joaquin, Danielle McKnight, Punyaha Mukherjee
Guardians
Format: 2D Animation – Live Action Film Collaboration
Samantha, a spunky, energetic girl, finally decides to ask Jake out against her guardian angel’s will. Ari, her guardian angel, does everything in her power, from whispering thoughts into her head to causing a thunderstorm to destroy her outfit, to stop their first date from succeeding.
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Jake’s Casanova guardian angel, Finnian, on the other hand, tries his best to help Jake “get the girl”. However, his suave romantic advice turns out to be useless for the awkward and shy Jake. The two guardians butt heads, trying to bring the situation in their favour, while the date of the two mortals slowly spirals into chaos!
Director/Co-Writer:
Leonard Pang
Producer/Co-Writer:
Chloe Liu
Animation Director:
Cass Evelyn Lippey
Concept Artists:
Tash Creevey, Cass Evelyn Lippey, Uma Moses, Miyoko Leung and Madi Marston
Storyboard Artists:
Cass Evelyn Lippey, Tash Creevey, James Huen and Miyoko Leung
Background Artists:
Nicole Lah-Youn, Janna Misa, Gemma Marshall and Uma Moses
Titles:
Jacinda van der Kreek
Animators:
Cass Evelyn Lippey, Chantelle Syme, Josephine Stewart, Genevieve Tree, Grayson Pedwell, Nick Massimissa, Meagan Shaw, Janna Misa, Maya Westbury, James Huen, Uma Moses, Carissa Sugiarto, Elijah Meredith and Max Gibson
Clean Ups:
Cass Evelyn Lippey, Chantelle Syme, Josephine Stewart, Grayson Pedwell, Meagan Shaw, Maya Westbury, Shahnawaaz Khan and Anna Nolan
Colourists:
Nick Massimissa, Nicole Lah-Youn, Cass Evelyn Lippey, Maya Westbury and Madi Marston
Editor:
Lachlan Altena
Sound Designer:
Jaic Scott
Sound Recordist:
Sharay Armfield
Composers:
Christy Bowden and other composers

Rockalypto

The Fish

The World We Made
Rockalypto
Format: 2D and Pixel Animation
When the frontman of a 1980s glam rock band breaks his instrument moments before their concert is set to begin, it seems as though the show is ruined. Until a mysterious and suspiciously wicked guitar calls to him. As the band plays their opening song, the borrowed guitar works perfectly, aside from the fact that playing it summons a terrifying demon like nothing the band has ever seen before.
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Armed with little more than duct tape and pure ROCK, the band must come together to defeat the demon, and ensure that the show can go on.
Director/Story:
Kain Mattiske
Producer:
J Karawana-Beacham
Script:
Connor Bowman
Music Composition:
Alex Wilton
Sound Design:
Emily Hamill, Erin Huber, Miljana Miljevic
Voice Actor:
Nikita Khromykh
Art Direction:
Kain Mattiske and Jamie Palmer
Backgrounds:
Yi Wei Song, Regan Lack, Gemma Marshall and Uma Moses
2D Animators:
Kain Mattiske, J Karawana-Beacham, Jamie Palmer, Ash Mayers, Oliver Baker-Karaka, Connor Bowman, Amanda Palmer and Laura Adams
Pixel Animators:
J Karawana-Beacham, Connor Bowman, Oliver Baker-Karaka and Sophie Bedborough
Clean up and Colouring:
Kain Mattiske, J Karawana-Beacham, Jamie Palmer, Ash Mayers, Oliver Baker-Karaka, Janna Misa, Regan Lack and Meagan Shaw
Lead Supervisor:
Leila Honari
The Fish
Format: 2D Animation
The Fish is a vignette into the lives of a mother and child visiting the sea. Beaches covered in trash and debris is the new normal, with shores completely devoid of life. When they discover a lost treasure, it triggers a memory that generates nostalgia, loss, and reflection on our complicated relationship with nature.
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Director:
​Ashleigh Djokic
Producer:
​Regan Lack
Concept Artists:
Ashleigh Djokic, Janna Misa, Madi Marston, Meagan Shaw, Nicole Lah-Youn and Uma Moses
Background Artists:
Nicole Lah-Youn and Ziyang Zhang
Animation Tests:
Genevieve Tree, Grace Burden and Max Gibson
Animators:
Ashleigh Djokic, Genevieve Tree, Grace Burden, Janna Misa, Maya Westbury, Meagan Shaw and Uma Moses
Ocean Animation:
Sally Stephens
Clean Up & Colour:
Ashleigh Djokic, Genevieve Tree, Madi Marston, Meagan Shaw, Nicole Lah-Youn and Regan Lack
Sound and Music:
Ashleigh Finlay and Matt Hsu
Compositing:
Ashleigh Djokic
Editing:
​Ashleigh Djokic
The World We Made
Format: 3D Animation for VR
You are the first creation of a god, brought forth from the void to witness the birth of a beautiful new world at your creator’s side. You observe the rise of mountains and the first floating islands taking flight, the formation of mighty rivers, and the sprouting of the first plants. In turn, the demiurge of this world creates sentient life in your image.
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Born into a utopia, these people rapidly spread and turn to learning, creating villages and an agrarian culture. Before long these hamlets become towns and cities, with factories and the fires of industry. The question remains: what consequences will this industrialisation have for the world around it, and for you and your creator?
Art Director:
Maya Westbury
Technical Director:
Logan Pitcher
Producer:
Stephen Hancock
Concept Artists:
Sophie Bedborough, Madison Marston, Regan Lack and Caitlin Carroll
2D FX Animators:
Nicholas Massimissa and Sophie Bedborough
3D Modellers:
Daniel Adams, Jack Clark, Trent Riley, Logan Pitcher, Stephen Hancock and Maya Westbury
Texture Artists:
Jack Clark, Trent Riley, Regan Lack, Logan Pitcher, Stephen Hancock and Maya Westbury
3D Animators:
James Huen, Caitlin Carroll, Maya Westbury and Logan Pitcher
Voice Talent:
Triona Giles and Josh Bull
Sound Design:
Sharay Armfield
Composer:
Christina Bowden
String Instrumentalists:
Julia Hill, Emily Ampt, Milly Jarvela, Robert Smith, Joshua Smith, Kristelle Jaimes, Rosie Breedt, Kaz Ninness, Harrison Brown, Dan Shearer, Ariana Dedecius, Mya Whatson and Amelia Cherry
Woodwind Instrumentalists:
Eleanor Hillock, Shana Hoshino, An Nguyen, Amy Kuskopf, Drew Gilchrist, Dale Schlaphoff, Andre Obeleuter, Amelia Cody-Byfield and Milly Yip
Brass Instrumentalists:
Prue Russell, Alexander Hogan, Bella Grace, Ruby Daly, Samuel West, Matthew Eisenmenger, Adam Haks, Rhys Keane and Sophie Ainsworth
Choir:
Louisa Nelson, Hanuel Kim, Imogen-Kate Bye, Eboni Burrows, Luke Mears, Dallas Tippet, David Upcher and Jeremy Herron
Percussion Instrumentalists:
Steven Bryer, Cara Daily and Skylar Sansome

Game Over

Bone Meal
Game Over
Format: 2D/3D Hybrid Animation
A self-assured gamer named Christy is exploring the world of an online video game when she encounters a terrible and fearsome creature. Getting ready to leap into action, she is interrupted by another player and witnesses the beast's power firsthand.
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Distracted by the other player's sudden and amusing death, Christy is caught off guard and is suddenly killed, casting the blame onto the other player and challenging him to a duel to defeat the monster. As the challenge of the monster mounts up, they must find a motivation to come together and defeat it.
Director/Writer:
Max Gibson
Producer:
Grace Burden
Preproduction:
Jak Bindon, Grace Burden, Jack Clark, Max Gibson, Cassandra Lippey, Uma Moses, Amanda Palmer, Jaime Palmer and Grayson Pedwell
2D Background Artists:
Jak Bindon, Grace Burden, Max Gibson, Nicole Lah-Youn and Grayson Pedwell
2D Assets:
Tash Creevey, Max Gibson and Nicole Lah-Youn
3D Background Artist:
Jack Clark
Animators::
Jak Bindon, Grace Burden, Max Gibson, James Gunn, Jacinda van der Kreek, Uma Moses, Grayson Pedwell, Chantelle Syme and Genevieve Tree
Clean Up & Colour:
Grace Burden, Max Gibson, Jacinda van der Kreek, Nicole Lah-Youn, Grayson Pedwell, Chantelle Syme, Genevieve Tree and Ziyang Zhang
Editing:
Grace Burden, Max Gibson and Grayson Pedwell
Sound Editor:
Michael Bui
Music:
Alex Mison
Voice Acting:
Grace Burden and Max Gibson
Bone Meal
Format: Stop-Motion Animation
Gordon the skeleton chef discovers it is his last day before being ground into bone meal. He resorts to creating the infamous Dragon’s Puke Ghouslash, a dish that would restore his human flesh and help him escape The Underworld and return to Earth.
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Luckily, he has his pet dragon to provide the critical ingredient - Disgusting Dragon Puke. Once the dreaded Bone Meal Day arrives, Gordon will either fall into the meat grinder, or rise up from the grave.
Director/Writer:
Liam Walpole
Production Manager:
Tash Creevey
Concept Artists:
Genevieve Tree, Madison Marston, Shah, Christy Ho and Tash Creevey
Storybaord Artists:
Liam Walpole, Jak Bindon, Christy Ho, Madison Marston, Tash Creevey and Shah
Fabricators:
Liam Walpole, Logan Pitcher, Maya Westbury, Laura Wilton, Madi Marston, Tash Creevey and Jacinda Van Der Kreek
Animators:
Liam Walpole, Madi Marston, Laura Wilton, Jacinda Van Der Kreek, Tash Creevey and Ziyang Zhang
Composer:
Christina Bowden
Sound Effects:
Eryn Fletcher, Conner Evans and Jacinda Ford
Voice Actors:
Nikita Khromykh and Josh Bull

2020 Games Design productions

Birdie

Chronicle

Heart Core
Birdie
Birdie is an explorative, stealth, horror puzzle platformer in which Pip must navigate her escape from the egocentric Weir family. Through distinctive visuals and thought-provoking game play, the flight impaired bird must seek vengeance against the family whilst salvaging her ability to fly.
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Project Director
Alysha Chapman
Artists
Alysha Chapman, Amy Hargreaves and Toby Jeynes
Animation
Aaron Park
Lighting
Aaron Park
Audio
Aaron Park
Technical
Marcus Allen
Chronicle
Chronicle is a 2D side-scrolling game with a time travelling narrative. Max, a volunteer and ex-soldier, is given a mission to retrieve the stolen time device in order to return to the original timeline.
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Programmer
Johnny La
Audio Designer and Technical Artist
Johnny La
Artist and Technical Artist
Jenny Cheon
Artist
Nathaniel Saddam
Main Menu Music
Jason Cheon
Heart-Core
Heart-Core is a 3D action parkour game set in a dystopian sci-fi world. A returning bounty hunter, you must delve deep into the bowels of the complex you called home and uncover the mystery within.
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Andy Xiang
Level Designer
Andy Xiang
3D Artists
Andy Xiang and Daisy Quodling
Programming
Daisy Quodling
Visual Effects
Daisy Quodling

Pestilence

SurpentStone
Pestilence
Pestilence is a procedural, click-to-move exploration game where the player must traverse a sinister forest fighting the manifestation of plague by using special abilities and various weapons.
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Project Lead/Lead Artist
Ethan Dempsey
Lead Programmer/Systems Programmer
Micah Wilder
Gameplay Programmer
Janine Ibali
Concept Art/UI
Benjamin Corrie
SerpentStone
A security guard finds themselves working the nightshift at a museum when a thief steals a valuable totem and escapes into the sewers below. Using horror elements with some lighthearted elements, our hero must reclaim this artefact and escape the monsters lurking in the dark before they become petrified.
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Project Lead
Matt Kummerehl
Organisational Lead
Tarryn Daly
Programmers
Lewis Rush and Matt Kummerehl
3D Modelling
Tarryn Daly, William Sevens and Matt Kummerehl
2D Assets and Concepts
Matt Kummerehl
Additional Art
Meagan Shaw
Lighting and PostFX
William Sevens
Sound Design and Foley
Tarryn Daly and Matt Kummerehl
Narrative and Cutscenes
Matt Kummerehl

2020 Honours productions

A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

Iranian Turquoise – Episode 2 – Nasim Amiralian
A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
Format: 2D Animatic
A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing is set to be a 2D animated comedy chronicling the lawsuit of the first sheep attorney in an intense rap battle. The defendant, Linus Faire, seeks to withstand accusations of agricultural violations upon the acquisitions of the Flores farmland, all at the reprimand of former resident Wilford the Sheep. Wilford is determined to save his farm, but to do so, he must go toe-toe with Harvey Prince, the best lawyer money can buy, in a case determined by law, eloquence, and verse.
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Writer/Director/Producer
Yoel Hil
Composer and Audio Engineer
Matt England
Voice Acting Casting Director
Nikita Khromykh
Voice Talent
Annelise Hall, Nikita Khromykh, Thomas Currie, Matt England and Yoel Hill
Character Designs/Storyboards/Animatic
Yoel Hill
3D Reference Modelling
Yoel Hill
Iranian Turquoise – Episode 2 – Nasim Amiralian
Iranian Turquoise is a 3-part series of online broadcast interviews, showcasing three Iranians living in Australia, focusing on their success in academia. Episode 2, for streaming here, is an indicative sample. Two other episodes and a behind the scenes video shows how a sole operator filmmaker can work with limited resources and Covid restrictions are also available upon application.
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Creator
Vahid Fazel

2020 Masters productions

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