‘Each animator stood alone in the Darwin Community Arts theatre, walls cloaked in black velvet, and recited their dream through a circular black pop filter and into a large diaphragm condenser microphone. Together, we listened back to the crispy voice, imagining the vivid images, edited the words and sound effects, and retook voices as required.’ […]
‘Save a Sawfish’ shows how sawfish should be released after being accidentally caught on a line or in a net. It uses an animated sawfish decorated with artwork from a painting commissioned from Norman Wilfred, and explains safe handling, hook removal, removal from a throw net, and safe return to the water. Creating a musical […]
Jack worked with Nakara Primary School students to record the history of the school as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations. The kids developed the interview questions and did all the filming. Under Jack’s guidance, they storyboarded the script and even wrote and performed their own school song for the soundtrack. Renowned artist Levin A. Diatschenko lend a hand […]
Here is a fun one: Powerfunk produced a short educational video for Charles Darwin University’s Innovative Media Production Studio (IMPS) on memorising information as part of Charles Darwin University’s MOOC: The Art and Science of Memory project. Writing a song or lyrics to a tune you already know is a great technique for memorising information. Powerfunk […]
Cane Toad Muster – a solution to an environmental disaster in Australia. The backdropped was filmed on a go-pro filmed while strapped to the front of a Troop Carrier (lovingly called Troopie), on its way to the Gurruwiling Eclipse Festival, back in 2012. The song was recorded and filmed by students studying multi media in 2013 […]