Director - Jane Campion

This is an amazing film.
Based on the (short) life of romantic poet John Keats. I worked on many of the spot FX for this film.
Due for release in June 09. Go see it. It is a special film.

www.brightstarthemovie.com
www.imdb.com/title/tt0810784

SYNOPSIS

London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year-old English poet, John Keats (Ben Whishaw), and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), an out-spoken student of high fashion. This unlikely pair begin at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she was unimpressed not only by his poetry but also by literature in general.However, when Fanny heard that Keats was nursing his seriously ill younger brother, her efforts to help touched Keats and when she asked him to teach her about poetry he agreed. The poetry soon became a romantic remedy that worked not only to sort their differences, but also to fuel an impassioned love affair.

When Fanny’s alarmed mother and Keats’ best friend finally awoke to their attachment, the relationship hand an unstoppable momentum. Intensely and helplessly absorbed in each other, the young lovers were swept deeply into powerful new sensations, “I have the feeling as if we’re dissolving,” Keats wrote to her. Together they rode a wave of romantic obsession that only deepened as their troubles mounted.

When Keats fell ill a year later, the two young lovers faced no marriage but separation. In Keats’ own poignant words, “forever panting and forever young.”

NOMINATIONS FOR

Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design.
Sponsored by FAIRLIGHT

“The Square” Sam Petty, Yulia Akerholt, Michael McMenomy, Rosie Chase.

“Unfinished Sky” Annie Breslin, William Ward, Andrew Plain, Manel Lopez, John Simpson, Jason Hancock.

“Gabriel” Sean O’Reilly, Adrian Billinsky, Duncan McAllister, Les Fiddess, Dan Johnston.

“The Tenderhook” Liam Egan, Tony Murtagh, Jenny Ward, Alicia Slusarski, Sam Hayward, Les Fiddess, Martin Oswin, Fabrice Galli.

Director - Serhat Caradee

Very interesting gritty film.
I worked on all the cars for the film. Being pretty hot turbos, this was a chance to really make the cars come alive.
So, after talking to the producers we got hold of the actual cars from the film and headed out for a night of backstreet recording mayhem!!
Got the cars to redo plenty of moves.  This gave me plenty of source material to cut together both internally and externally.
Certainly gave the cars an edge in the film.

Due for release in the second half of 2009.

www.cedarboysthemovie.com
www.imdb.com/title/tt1229345

Project Outline:

Cedar Boys is an authentic, compelling and adrenaline charged ride into the lives of young men of Middle Eastern descent today in Sydney, Australia. It’s the real world - a side we haven’t seen.

Real and raw, coming directly from an insider’s perspective. Fueled by hot cars, music, racial tension, and sex drive. A poignant look at young men of Middle Eastern descent under pressure, seeking acceptance by a society they believe excludes them.

Director - Shane Abbess

Wow, what a journey.  I was responsible for all sound design and FX on this film. 
All the backgrounds and FX were completed over the course of about a year and was an enormous task.  Proabably would have been ideal to have additional editors on this film but budget restraints kept it lean and mean.
This film was later nominated for an ASSG award.  Pretty stoked about that!

For lots more info about this film and the upcoming releases please vist the below sites:

www.gabrielmovie.com
www.imdb.com/title/tt0857376/

Synopsis

The film Gabriel reveals the battle between good and evil and the fight for the human soul. Set in a dark, dreary purgatory, there is a struggle between Arc and Fallen angels for control over the city of vice, violence and cruelty, and its population of re-born souls. At present, darkness rules and Gabriel, the last of seven Arcs sent to return the light, must assume a human form for the first time to wrestle the midworld away from the hands of the lead fallen angel ‘Sammael’ and his task force of gun toting followers. Gabriel is young, strong an the mightiest warrior since Michael, his predecessor, who has disappeared. Sammael’s victory is assured throughout the film, as Gabriel plays into his hands, falling prey to human emotions, by tracking down and healing the broken Arc angels, including the lost angel “Jade” who has turned to drugs and vice to get by. All Arc’s before him have failed in their mission. Just when you think its getting good for Gabriel, Sammael has one last card to play: the secret of his own past, the knowledge of which could destroy Gabriel forever. In the darkest places of the human soul, this lone arc angel’s battle with his human feelings and emotions will prove as perilous as facing the Fallen.

Mixing Gabriel

Sean O'Reilly, Shane Abbess, Tony Vaccher, Brian Cachia behind the Harrison

• LOCATION | DESIGN | FX | ADR | FINAL MIX

GENRE - Thriller
DURATION - 30 min
SYNOPSIS - In 1973, 4 young men set out on a journey of a lifetime.
They find the real meaning of friendship, the true power of passion and the strength of one man’s craving for what he wants.
27 years later their story is finally told.

Directed by Shane Abbess
Written by Paul Forrest, Andrew White & Shane Abbess
Produced by Carly Benedet, Theo Stephens, Sean O’Reilly & Shane Abbess
Starring Andrew White, Jim Quinn, Michael Henry, Adrian Amato, Reggie Matson, Tom Dufficy & Sean O’Reilly