2003 – present
Client: Various individual clients
Role: Apple Mac Consultant
- Advice and technical assistance
- One-on-one training
- Troubleshooting
- System installations and upgrades
- Data recovery
Apple Mac Consulting
Video editing/titling/DVD
Client: Albert Falzon
Project: 50 minute DVD featurette bonus disc
Role: Digital Video Editing, Titles, DVD Authoring
The Point of Light is a selection of films/film excerpts compiled as a bonus disc for The Morning of The Earth Box Set.
The Box Set is distributed by TITLE : FUSE MUSIC GROUP
Band member/management
2004 – 2006
Client Lea Gillard’s Rock Chic
Project Seven-piece show band
Roles Band Manager, Musician, Performer
An autonomous role within the band as a performer and manager.
- Singer/songwriter/musician
- Liaise with agents and venues for bookings, invoicing and payment
- Posters, CD and DVD cover artwork
- Press releases and newspaper interviews
- Live radio interviews & performances (2BBB, 2NVR…)
- Produced Promotional DVD with videos and slideshows
Music Video
Client Lea Gillard’s Rock Chic
Project: Miss You – Live music video
Role: Director, Digital Video Editing, Cover art, Musician
Ultra-low budget film clip shot on miniDV and edited in iMovie and Final Cut Pro. Presented on promotional DVD for venues/entertainment agencies.
Short Film
Client: Verandah Post Films – Community film group
Project: Dear Old Dad
Role: Director, Digital Video Editing, Titles
This was my first directing project with VPF, made for Tropfest 2004. Three days shooting. Completed as a DVD with behind-the-scenes photos for sale in Bowraville Theatre.
Awards: Best First Film at the 2004 Northern Womens Film Festival, North Coast Camera, Lismore NSW
Screenings: Bowraville Theatre, Aurora TV
Director: Rosie Sutherland
Screenplay: Sue McKinley
Producer: Lea Gillard
Director of Photography: Alan SamuelsCast: Lisa Besmehn, Victoria Maggs, Andrew Maggs, Fred Smith, Mark Vereker, John Beilby
Duration: 7min
Shooting Guage: miniDV
Screening Format: DVD or miniDVThe Story:
Poor old Harry’s dead. His youngest daughter Lizzie will miss him a lot. Lizzie’s estranged siblings Margot and Roger return from the city for their Dad’s funeral.
They can barely hide their distaste for Harry’s small-town, beer and races lifestyle – so why did they bother to show up?
Watch an excerpt from Dear Old Dad:
Short Film
Client: Verandah Post Films – Community film group
Project: Outside the Square
Role: Co-Producer, First Assistant Director, Digital Video Editing, Titles
This was my first project with VPF. One day shoot on Betacam, transferred to miniDV for editing. Completed for as a DVD with behind-the-scenes photos for sale in Bowraville Theatre
Awards: Most Popular Local Film at the 2003 Cool Bananas Film Festival
Screenings: Bowraville Theatre, Cool Bananas Film Festival, Aurora Television
Director: Jacquelin Melilli
Screenplay: Carrolline Rhodes
Producers: Rosie Sutherland & Lisa Milner
Director of Photography: Alan SamuelsCast: Julie Fuad, Brian Fitzsimmons, Joanne Phythian, Chris Gooley, Frederick Millard, Jacquelin Melilli, Mark Bergin, Nathan Gooley
Duration: 8min 45sec
Shooting Guage: BetacamSP
Screening Format: DVD or miniDVThe Story:
It’s Council Cleanup Day. Mum Smith puts her ancient, but much-loved lounge out for collection.
What she isn’t expecting is the ingenuity of the browsers…
DVD design
Client: Regular Wildcat
Project: Litmus – A Surfing Odyssey DVD, The Val Dusty Experiment
Role: DVD Design & Authoring, DVD Extras production
- Designed DVD menus and navigation
- Produced, Directed & Edited music video Elizabeth
- Cover and Disc Art (first edition)
See more about this project at www.litmus.com.au
