Crew News May 2012
No dates confirmed yet for either The Babadook or The Fall. They are waiting for “the stars to align” and lock in remaining funding and the cast. Looks like at least July before pre production starts on either of them.
There are a few other projects that are hopeful of getting up in 2012 and I will bring you news as soon as I can on them.
Home & Away are leaving “Summer Bay” and coming to shoot for a week in May in our beautiful Flinders Ranges. Don’t know which cast members will be travelling but we do have a few local crew locked in – Marcus Bossisto – Grip/Gaffer, Geoff Tarr – Standby props, Kelly Rivett – Buyer/Dresser, Tracy Phillpot – Makeup/Hair, Marie-Pier Labelle – Focus
Laurie Chlanda – Sound Recordist is in Europe where they are shooting the 5th series of “Who Do You Think You Are” for SBS. Laurie can’t tell us anything about who it is or where they are shooting except to say he is currently in London and it is very wet and cold. I doubt anyone of us back here will really sympathise with him!
Barbara Gibbs – has just finished as Line Producer on The Grandmothers, a French Australian coproduction starring Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville which was shot in Seal Rocks and Sydney with all post in France. She is now the Australian Line Producer/PM on The Railway Man, a UK Australian co production with a big name cast to be shot in Scotland, Thailand and the Gold Coast. Barbara unfortunately only gets to go to Thailand and the Gold Coast , and then hopefully will work again in South Australia.
Oriana Merullo is Wardrobe Standby on the new Shaun Micalleff show Mad As Hell which starts shooting in Melbourne from May – July. Oriana will combine work 3 days on the show and come back to Adelaide to run her vintage clothes store on Magill Road. Orry is moving to new premises soon and expanding and adding new services. More on that later.
Leeth Keough (Standby) and Sally Clarke (Production Coordinator) will be back mid May from location in the Victorian riverland where they have been working on Cliffie.
Marie-Lyne Morant – Makeup/Hair is also due back from New Zealand this month when she finishes on the Jane Campion directed miniseries Top of the Lake.
Some terrific new – and not so new – people to introduce this month, bringing an even more diverse range of skills and experience to the Adelaide Crew list.
Ellen Hiesley-Smith – Assistant Director/Production Assistant. Ellen has recently moved back to Adelaide after spending a few years overseas and then Queensland where she worked as Directors Assistant on Terra Nova, and 3rd AD on the Fox 8 production Slide and TV series Excess Baggage and X Factor Auditions
Rebecca Elliott- Production Assistant. Rebecca has worked on loads of short films including Two Sides which was shot by cinematographer Ian Jones. Her roles have included production management, producer, sponsorship manager and marketing. Rebecca has studied in Japan and can speak, read and write in Japanese. You can hear Rebecca every Saturday at 11am on Radio Adelaide 101.5fm when she co-produces and presents the filmmaking themed Behind the Screens. This year she is also participating in the the GreenRoom Advocacy Program, an arts marketing and events internship at the Adelaide Festival Centre.
Olivia Iacobelli – Costume Designer/Maker/Supervisor/Standby. Olivia has an impressive variety of experience with Costume across many areas of Film, TVC’s, Fashion & Events and Theatre. Olivia was Supervisor/Standby on the recent Rolf de Heer feature The King is Dead, TVC’s including the series of Stratco Outback for Piper Films, Fashion photo shoots for George Gross & Harry Who and Theatre productions with a variety of companies including Australian Dance Theatre, SA Opera and State Theatre. Olivia is currently working on Brink Productions Land and Sea and will then return to designing for Epic Films Wastelander Panda. Photos below are Olivia at work with the panda costume during shooting of the prologue for the proposed TV series.
Craig ‘Rags’ Phillpot – Camera Operator/Focus Puller. After a spell with Kojo as Crew & Equipment Coordinator Rags is rejoining the freelance world and putting his vast experience and camera knowledge back in to action. As well as 7 years on McLeod’s Daughter’s as Camera Focus and B Camera Operator, Rags has credits for Camera Operator on Marriage of Figaro, Focus on features and series South Pacific, Disappearance as well as numerous TV commercials. Rags is the Adelaide representative for Cameraquip rentals. (approved)
Caitlin Hall – Script Supervisor/Continuity & Assistant Director. Caitlin has experience as Script Supervisor on many shorts and has just completed a Continuity Attachment on the feature 100 Bloody Acres. She has produced many shorts and worked as Assistant Director. Caitlin spent some time in London and worked on the Tim Burton directed film Frankenweenie and a British-American co-production called Austenland.
Nick Steele- Sound Recordist/Audio Engineer. Nick completed his diploma at MAPS in 2011 majoring in Audio and gained experience on many student/independent films as a sound recordist/boom operator and post production mixer. Since then Nick has been working as a freelance sound engineer on a variety of film and musical projects as well as providing post audio services from his home studio to various Adelaide production houses. Photo of Nick with Christian Ruiz & Paulo Nacianceno on the set of “Newlyweds” MAPS film
Mira Soulio – Camera Assistant. Mira completed MAPS Advanced Diploma mainly focusing on camera operation and has since worked freelance as camera assistant on independent music clips, TVC’s and small projects. She has worked with a variety of cameras and equipment and has also started purchasing equipment. Mira has a visual art background and is experienced with stills photography. She has an upcoming exhibition in Melbourne during June and is showing film art as part of SALA this year.
