by Screen Editors | Mar 10, 2012 | Interviews Articles
The Great Mint Swindle tells the true story of the Mickelberg brothers who were wrongfully convicted of stealing gold from the Perth Mint. What issues did you encounter in creating a dramatic narrative based on recent events? We only had 95 minutes to tell a story...
by Screen Editors | Feb 2, 2012 | Interviews Articles
Shut Up Little Man! started with the cassette recordings of Peter Haskett and Raymond Huffman arguments. How did you structure the pictures around the audio core of the documentary? Matthew Bate (director) wanted to use the raw audio from which this phenomenon grew,...
by Screen Editors | Jan 28, 2012 | Interviews Articles
Mrs Carey’s Concert uses a school’s music department to show the dynamics of the music staff and students working towards a concert, how did you strike the balance? Mrs Carey’s Concert documents MLC’s preparations for their biennial concert at the Sydney Opera House....
by Screen Editors | Jan 12, 2012 | Interviews Articles
The Tall Man reveals the circumstances of Cameron Doomadgee’s arrest, death and police cover up and the judicial proceedings. How did the edit approach the structure and achieve its cyclical nature? The Tall Man is based on Chloe Hooper's book of the same name. Chloe...
by Screen Editors | Jan 11, 2012 | Interviews Articles
Oranges and Sunshine is based on a true story as Margaret Humphreys tries to find justice for the British child migrants who were used as slave labour in remote Australia. How did you approach this story in the edit considering it is an ongoing experience for many?...
by Screen Editors | Jan 10, 2012 | Interviews Articles
Leaky Boat focuses on the ten-week period in 2001 beginning with the Tampa crisis and ending with the Howard government voted back into office. It tells the story of how Australia “stopped the boats”. How was the story knitted together in the edit? Leaky Boat is...