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VCA Film and Television

Graduate Crewing Night Booklet

Thursday 11 May 2017

http://vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftv50

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http://vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftv50

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3RD Year Undergraduate Filmmakers

Bachelor of Fine Arts –

Film and TV

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VCA Student Director: Kii Belling

Title: Digital Rainforest

Synopsis:

After a relationship breakup, Sam discovers a virtual reality program that lets him

replay memories from his past. As he uses this technology to relive his past

relationship his real life starts to fall by the wayside.

Filming Dates: 09/08/2017 to 12/08/2017

Seeking Crew: Runners, 1st AD, 1st AC, Sound Designer, Sound Recorder, Boom

Operator, Production Designer, Producer, Stills Photographer, Gaffer, Grip

Contact: Kii Belling

Mob: 0437 552 426 Email: [email protected]

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VCA Student Director: Sophia Bender

Title: Behind Barres

Synopsis:

“Behind Barres” is an experimental dance film that follows the intriguing journey of a

young dancer's battle to overcome injury and the struggles she must face in order to

succeed in the grueling world of ballet.

Filming Dates: 06/07/2017 to 09/07/2017

Seeking Crew: Gaffer, Lighting Assistants, Sound Recordist/Team, Camera

Assistants, Stills Photographer, Make Up Artist, Costume Designer, Production

Designer, Producer and First AD

Contact: Sophia Bender


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VCA Student Director: Cal Croft

Title: A Place Safe From Home

Synopsis:

“A Place Safe From Home” follows ten-year-old boys, Jimmy and Tom, who meet in

a nearby forest and become friends. They continue to catch up at the same place to

play but Jimmy notices that each day Tom returns to the forest with new cuts and

bruises to his body. When asked what had happened, Tom avoids true explanation,

saying they're just accidents. Jimmy decides to follow him home where he learns that

Tom is the victim of domestic violence from his own father. With Tom too afraid to

report or even speak about the abuse to others, it is up to Jimmy to seek help, and

be the voice for his friend.

Filming Dates: 13/092017 to 16/09/2017

Seeking Crew: All

Contact: Cal Croft


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VCA Student Director: Gila Fisher

Title: Deep Six

Synopsis:

"Deep Six" is a dark comedy about dead bodies that suddenly awaken in a mortuary.

In order to move on into the afterlife, they need to find peace within themselves.

This is proven difficult for an elderly couple of 50 years who despise each other and

a military man who can't accept his death.

It is now up to peace loving man Laser, to help these lost souls move on. But will he

succeed?

Filming Dates: 16/08/2017 to 19/08/2017

Seeking Crew: Sound recorder, Boom operator, Gaffer, Grip, Production Designer,

Set Designer, Camera Assistant, Makeup Artist, Music Composer.

Contact: Gila Fisher


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VCA Student Director: Liam Fitzgibbon

Title: King Night

VCA Student Producer: Ellen Richardson and Claudia Holmes

Synopsis:

“King Night” is a psychological horror film that tells the story of Casey and Laura, a

lesbian couple living together. Suspicion arises when Laura's homophobic mother

comes to visit, bringing with her a mysterious gift that could have horrifying

consequences...

Filming Dates: 28/07/2017 to 31/07/2017

Seeking Crew: Make-Up Artist, Visual Effects Artist, Special Effects Artist, 1st

Assistant Director, Camera Assistant, Gaffers, Grip, Best Boy, Sound Recordist,

Boom Swinger, Continuity, Art Department, Stills Photographer, Unit Manager,

Contact: Ellen Richardson


Additional Info:

Director Contact Info.

Phone: 0411 476 702

Email: [email protected]

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VCA Student Director: Kerri Ann Foweraker

Title: Lieutenant-at-Arms

Synopsis:

“Lieutenant-at-Arms” is a Cold War political adventure which tells the story of a

young blind girl who becomes increasingly paranoid about the Communist threat.

When continual reminders of impending nuclear attack start filtering into her

militaristic everyday life, she enlists the help of a stranded RAF pilot to prepare for

the inevitable. But as she begins to understand more about her world, she starts to

question even those dearest to her and realises the real danger may be closer than

she first feared.

Filming Dates: 02/082017 to 05/08/2017

Seeking Crew: 1st / 2nd AD, Costume Designer, 1st/2nd AC, Art Dept/Propmakers,

Gaffer/Assistants, Grip/Assistants, Hair/MU, Production Runners (preferably with

own vehicle), Unit Manager, Stills Photographer, Sound Recordist/Boom,

Production/Marketing Manager

Contact: Kerri Ann Foweraker

Mob: 0466494665 Email: [email protected]

Additional Info:

Set in 1950s England. To be filmed within Greater Metropolitan Melbourne.

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VCA Student Director: Dylan Harris

Title: Whispey

Synopsis:

“Whispey” is a naturalistic family drama about idling twenty-something Theo.

Searching for purpose amidst his failing city life, he returns to his family's country

home and his twin sister, looking for a childhood cassette tape that is the final

remnant of a childhood that is almost out of his grasp.

Filming Dates: 12/07/2017 to 15/07/2017

Seeking Crew: Associate Producer, Camera Assistants, Gaffers, Sound Recordist +

Team, Production Designer, Hair/Makeup/Costume Designers, Stills Photographer,

Production Assistants

Contact: Dylan Harris


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VCA Student Director: Gabriel Hutchings

Title: Perisher

VCA Student Producer: Lachlan Pezet

Synopsis:

Charlotte dreams of owning her first car, Takeshi leaves his mining job to return to

Japan and a retired race horse escapes into the night. “Perisher” is a deadpan

comedy about facing uncertain futures in a forgotten town.

Filming Dates: 13/09/2017 to 16/09/2017

Seeking Crew: Production Designer, Gaffer, Best Boy, Sound Recordist, Boom

Operator, Stills Photographer, Horse Wrangler

Contact: Lachlan Pezet


Additional Info:

https://www.facebook.com/PerisherVCAFilm/

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VCA Student Director: Katia Mancuso

Title: Feast on the Young

Synopsis:

“Feast on the Young” is a fantasy horror that follows 16-year-old Mina, who goes on

a spontaneous family trip to a cabin in the Victorian rainforest. After her imaginative

little sister discovers mushroom rings outside, the two venture into the forest in the

hopes of finding a fairy. Mina soon discovers that what lies beyond the forest is more

sinister than she could have ever imagined.

Filming Dates: 04/08/2017 to 07/08/2017

Seeking Crew: Producer, Head Hair and Make-up Artist, Graphic Artist, Social

Media Manager, 1st AD, Gaffer, Sound Recordist, Stills Photographer, Production

Assistants

Contact: Katia Mancuso


Additional Info:

Looking for crew to fill all major and minor on-set crew roles other than what is listed

(except DOP). Also keen to speak to any VFX artists and Music Composers.

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VCA Student Director: David McRobbie Park

Title: The Bostrom Problem (Working Title)

Synopsis:

A computer scientist spends their days wallowing in a virtual world of their own

making. When an old friend goes missing he begins to doubt the reality of his

existence.

Filming Dates: 29/08/2017 to 01/09/2017

Seeking Crew: All crewing roles

Contact: David Park


Additional Info:

Filming at the VCA and inner Melbourne.

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VCA Student Director: Glenn Mounsey

Title: A Town Called Phoenix

Synopsis:

“A Town Called Phoenix” is a post-apocalyptic film set in the Victorian countryside.

To survive this harsh environment, Dural and Eddie must revert back to a simpler

life-style and constantly be on the look out for danger. Even among friendly faces.

Filming Dates: 05/09/2017 to 09/09/2017

Seeking Crew: 1st AD, 1st AC, Gaffer, Grip, Production Assistants.

Contact: Glenn Mounsey


Additional Info:

This film will be shooting in rural locations so crew will have the chance to stay

outside of Melbourne for five days.

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VCA Student Director: Charles Richardson

Title: Guppy

Synopsis:

“Guppy” is a romantic-drama short film, written and directed by Charles Richardson.

Guppy follows Lucas, a 23 year old middle-of-the-road graduate, who flees to Japan

after confessing his love to a childhood friend. He gives her a ticket, and a choice;

don't reply, don't call. Just show up, or don't... I'll be waiting. As he ventures through

rural Kyoto, Lucas considers all the ways his life is about to change...

Filming Dates: 29/09/2017 to 02/10/2017

Seeking Crew: Costume Designer, Actor, Artists, Concept Artists, Social Media

Manager

Contact: Charles Richardson


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VCA Student Director: Beth Roland

Title: Amber Flush

Synopsis:

“Amber Flush” is a dark comedy set in a quaint flower shop run by the dangerously

apathetic Felix . As he tries to grieve for his late wife, he is constantly plagued by

bizarre customers, financial strife and his own crippling ineptitude. Through the

chaos he'll soon realise it'll take something more than sarcasm to fill the hole left in

his heart.

Filming Dates: 06/09/2017 to 09/09/2017

Seeking Crew: Producer, Sound Recordist, Boom Operator, Animal Wrangler, Set

Designer, Production Designers, Grips, Runners, Gaffers, 1st AC, Best Boy

Contact: Beth Roland


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VCA Student Director: Romy Stubbings

Title: The Black Dog of Provence

Synopsis:

Xavier Jones, a London-based events manager, arrives in Provence to spend the

weekend with his French mother, Sylvie. Sylvie is a vivacious character, but

someone who struggles with emotional issues and a fondness for the bottle. What

ensues is a humorous story as the initially polite façade between mother and son

disintegrates over the course of the day. Home truths are revealed and suppressed

hurts bubble to the surface, leading to a climactic event under the glow of a full

moon... and to poor Xavier facing an impossible moral dilemma.

Filming Dates: 22/07/2017 to 25/07/2017

Seeking Crew: Camera Assistant, Gaffer, Gaffer Assistant, Sound Recordist, Boom

Operator, Hair and Makeup

Contact: Romy Stubbings


Additional Info:

Associate Producer: Annice Parteny.

www.facebook.com/theblackdogofprovence

www.australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/the-black-dog-of-provence

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VCA Student Director: Jeremy Teh

Title: The Return Trip

Synopsis:

A comedy-drama. Recently deceased teenager, Ry, arranges a day trip back to

Earth so he can hold a farewell dinner in his honour. Unfortunately, getting his

friends to attend proves to be harder than he thought. Ry eventually must learn that

perhaps his friends need each other more than they need him around.

Filming Dates: 20/09/2017 to 23/09/2017

Seeking Crew: Associate Producer, Production Designer, ACs, Gaffer/Gaffer's

Assistants, Sound Team, Production Assistants.

Contact: Jeremy Teh


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VCA Student Director: Tim Wilson

Title: Red & Blue

Synopsis:

A paramedic vanishes from town, escaping to the coast with his daughter after

accidentally causing the death of a young girl.

Filming Dates: 31/08/2017 to 03/09/2017

Seeking Crew: All crew role – especially interested in talking with Production

Designers, Location Sound Recorders and Assistant Directors.

Contact: Tim Wilson


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2nd Year Masters Narrative Filmmakers –

Film & TV

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VCA Student Director: Sebastian Bertoli

Title: Seed

Synopsis:

Lina is a shy florist, and aspiring vlogger, who starts receiving gifts from a secret

admirer. The gifts gets more and more intense until her admirer, Brandon, attacks

her one morning at the flower shop where she works. To the shock of both Brandon

and herself, she fights him off and blinds him in one eye in the process. The

consequences of this event are unexpected and drive both Lina and Brandon down

paths they cannot turn back from.

Filming Dates: 20/09/2017 to 26/09/2017

Seeking Crew: Production Designer, Set Dressers, Costume Designer/Supervisor,

Sound Recordist, 2nd AC/Grip, Continuity/Script Supervisor, BTS videographer,

Unit/Catering, Social Media Manager

Contact: Sebastian Bertoli


Additional Info:

This is a 15 minute short film about two socially isolated people who seek validation

and gratification online until their real life encounter changes everything.

Exploring the theme of how the influence of the Internet has changed our lives likes

nothing before.

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VCA Student Director: Catherine Bonny

Title: Colony

VCA Student Producer: Ryan O'Gorman

Synopsis:

“Colony” is a science-fiction film about a young woman who must find a way to

survive on a distant planet, or else perish along with her last remaining family and

dreams of a place to call home. In order to survive she must choose between

trusting their corrupt and exploitative Commander and the sinister creature lurking in

the ocean.

Filming Dates: 09/09/2017 to 16/09/2017

Seeking Crew: Director of Photography, Production Designer, Visual Effects, SFX

Make UP, Costume Designer, Production Manager, 1st Assistant Director, Sound

Recordist, Focus Puller, Slate, Gaffer, Grip

Contact: Ryan O'Gorman


Additional Info:

We are also interested in people with prior experience in science-fiction films,

creature creations and visual effects.

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VCA Student Director: Astrid Dominguez

Title: We Vanish (Working Title)

VCA Student Producer: Hayley Surgenor

Synopsis:

“We Vanish” is a political drama about Rocio, the protective young mother of Mia, a

naive teenage girl who falls in love with Juan. Juan works in organised crime, in the

State of Mexico where an epidemic of violence against women is rapidly raising. Mia

soon learns that loving a man in this world comes with a violent twist. Rocio believes

that the only way to protect her daughter is by teaching her to fight back, but in a

misogynistic world where mens’ only response to rejection is violence, empowering

her daughter will only end in her inevitable death.

Filming Dates: 27/09/2017 to 04/10/2017

Seeking Crew: Editor, Sound Designer, Music Composer. Crew in General.

Contact: Astrid Dominguez


Additional Info:

Will be shooting in Mexico.

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VCA Student Director: Neal Engelbrecht

Title: Milquetoast

Synopsis:

An anxious hypochondriac has to survive a day without his meds, after he is left

stranded when his family doctor commits suicide.

Filming Dates: 12/08/2017 to 18/08/2017

Seeking Crew: Producer, Associate Producer, Production Manager, Production

Designer, and various other crew.

Contact: Neal Engelbrecht


Additional Info:

“Milquetoast” is a fast paced psychological drama - mixing both reality and surreal

elements in an attempt to conceptualise extreme social anxiety in a tangible manner.

Filming will be in and around Melbourne.

Also need people with practical effects experience.

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VCA Student Director: Robert Frantzeskos

Title: The Looking Glass

Synopsis:

Inspired by true events, “The Looking Glass” (working title) tells the story of a young

runaway who arrives in a remote, coastal-town motel, where the eccentric owner

obsessively watches and documents the behaviour of the clientele from a secret

attic. Their lives become inevitably intertwined when a tragic accident takes place,

forcing both of them to reconcile the mistakes they've made.

“The Looking Glass” is a story that explores the nature of voyeurism, psychosexual

behaviour, and the loneliness of youth.

Filming Dates: 31/08/2017 to 06/09/2017

Seeking Crew: VCA Producer, Director of Photography, 1st AC, 2nd AC, Gaffer,

Grip, 1st AD, Production Manager, Production Assistants, Production Designer, Set

builders, Costume Designer, HMUA, Composer, Unit Managers

Contact: Robert Frantzeskos


Additional Info:

Shooting on Super 16mm film.

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VCA Student Director: John Gilmore

Title: Welcome To Hades

Synopsis:

“Welcome To Hades” is a road film inspired by various indigenous cultures rites of

passage into manhood that explores themes of loss, childhood, love and innocence.

14- year old Michael grieves the loss of his first love by taking a spiritual journey into

the woods with Treacle a precocious 11-year-old girl who is in fact a physical

manifestation of Michael's psyche. On this journey a part of him must address

whether he can truly develop into a man while Treacle is still such a significant cant

part of his life.

Filming Dates: 28/09/2017 to 04/10/2017

Seeking Crew: Grip, Best Boy, Sound Recordist, Custom Designer, Hair and

Makeup, General Crew.

Contact: John Gilmore


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VCA Student Director: Lara Gissing

Title: Tamworth (Working Title)

Synopsis:

“Tamworth” is a coming-of-age drama set within the Australian country music scene.

Single-mother Lena is a former country music child star trying to navigate her

comeback after a 15-year hiatus.

Re-entering the scene comes with its setbacks however- for one Lena lives in the

shadow of her former partner Rhett, father to her children and successful music

producer. Also, the scene has changed. Lena is old news and nothing makes this

clearer than the presence of nineteen-year-old rising star Katy Bradley.

Struggling with her present jealousy and past pain, how can Lena move forward if

she keeps on looking back?

Filming Dates: 21/08/2017 to 28/08/2017

Seeking Crew: Producer, Production Manager, Costume Designer, Production

Designer, Sound & Camera Crew, Composer.

Contact: Lara Gissing


Additional Info:

Director's note-

‘Tamworth’ reads like a melodrama but in terms of overall aesthetic think- realism,

hand-held camera etc. Andrea Arnold's short 'Wasp' and feature 'American Honey'

are good stylistic references for this film. Also, Elizabeth Wood's 'White’.

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VCA Student Director: Lucy Knox

Title: Lucy Knox Untitled Twins Project

VCA Student Producer: W.A.M (Bill) Bleakley

Synopsis:

May and June are identical twins who've shared an intensely close bond their entire

lives. As June is beginning to drift away from their shared sense of "oneness" and

define herself as a unique individual, May is tightening the reins on their relationship,

and growing more possessive of her sister.

A mole grows larger on June's cheek - an increasing symbol of their differences.

Filming Dates: 20/09/2017 to 25/09/2017

Seeking Crew: Production Manager, DP, Production Designer, Costume Designer,

Sound Recordists, Sound Designer, 1st AD / ADs, Hair & Makeup, Gaffer, Grips,

Continuity, Runners, Stills Photographer, VFX. *All crew should preferably be twins.

Contact: Lucy Knox


Additional Info:

Shooting on Super 16mm in Melbourne.

Co Producers are based in NZ and Sydney so would love a Melb-based Production

Manager.

Also, if you know any twins, of any age - email me!

Website: www.lucyknox.tv

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VCA Student Director: Bradley Murray

Title: Power Down

VCA Student Producer: Karl Walker

Synopsis:

A young man addicted to cyberspace, surrounded in fellow addicts, makes a brash

decision to leave the city. As he leaves everything behind he finds himself

surrounded in a golden and magical environment confronted with a part of himself

that fills him with fear.

Filming Dates: 24/07/2017 to 28/07//2017

Seeking Crew: Producer, Production Designer, DOP, AD and Sound

Contact: Bradley Murray


Additional Info:

I have twenty years experience in the film and television industry as a DOP in

London. I have won BAFTA'S for Sky and Emmy's for CBS. I am really interested in

making creative connections in Melbourne.

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VCA Student Director: Lachlan Pezet

Title: Water On The Brain

VCA Student Producer: Freeman Trebilcock

Synopsis:

Heartbroken Shane escapes to a seaside town hoping for a romantic weekend,

instead he finds a group of drunks pining for a mythical mermaid.

Filming Dates: 03/08/2017 to 09/08/2017

Seeking Crew: Production Manager/1st AD, HMU, Costume Designer, Editor,

Sound Recordist, Stills Photographer, Theatre Lighting Technician, Production

Assistants, Boat with Operator

Contact: Lachlan Pezet


Additional Info:

Contact the production team via email, mobile or follow us online at

facebook.com/wateronthebrainfilm

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VCA Student Director: Clement Soo

Title: Death by Bloom

Synopsis:

9 months ago a virus (that causes anyone who tells a lie to explode into a massive

firework) almost wiped out most of the human population.

Danny (30) who has always hated lying, feels at home in this new world. He is a

scavenger, living with his girlfriend Jane, who, as one of the last medical researchers

left, is tasked with developing a cure.

An opportunity arises for Jane to be transferred to the States, with access to a better

life, but she doesn't want to leave Danny behind because she loves him.

Danny feels that he is holding Jane back from doing what she wants to do so he has

no choice, but to lie to Jane in order for her to move on.

Filming Dates: 11/07/2017 to 17/07/2017

Seeking Crew: Producer/Associate Producer/Production Manager, VFX artist, and

all kind of Crew

Contact: Clement Soo


Additional Info:

‘Death by Bloom’ is a Sci-Fi/drama, set in an apocalyptic world, so we need an Art

Department to build this world together - on location, or building a set.

We also need VFX Artists.

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VCA Student Director: Phoebe Williams

Title: The Neon North: Sacrifice

Synopsis:

In a dystopian Australia, an ambitious teenage cadet is determined to rise through

the army ranks against her mother's wishes, to live a life of freedom and status. But

the work is brutal and the price for survival is other people's lives.

Filming Dates: 23/07/2017 to 29/07/2017

Seeking Crew: Producer, Editor, 1st AD, 2nd AD, Production Designer

Contact: Phoebe Williams


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