GLITCH WINS BIG IN 2016

Congratulations to Matchbox for their win at this years AACTA awards, with Glitch taking Best Television Drama for 2015!

Directed by Emma Freeman and produced by Louise Fox and Ewan Burnett, Glitch was well received by critics and audiences Australia-wide for it's sombre mood and intriguing mythology.

Chroma produced over 400 VFX shots for the 6-part series including the creepy Carlo disintegration sequence. This episode won the coveted Australian Directors Guild Awards for Emma Freeman's incredible work.

UPDATE: Glitch also takes home the 2016 Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Television Series

AACTA WIN FOR SECRET RIVER

Congratulations to Ruby Entertainment for taking home the 2015 AACTA award for Best Production Design in Television for The Secret River. Well done to Herbert Pinter, Michael Rumpf and the whole design and art team!

The Secret River was an ambitious vision for the small screen, featuring vast untouched landscapes and sprawling colonial settlements of early NSW. Chroma worked closely with production design and art department to help create hundreds of visual effects shots including set extensions, CG structures, location and landscape augmentations, watercraft and more.

The Secret River is a great example of striking the balance between practical and digital production design to deliver huge scale to the small screen.

Check out the trailer here!

DOCTOR BLAKE SERIES 4 (Series)

The good doctor returns once more for a forth series of The Doctor Blake Mysteries.

One of ABC's most popular franchises, Doctor Blake is back to solve another round of devious crimes. Since season one, the show has always lent heavily on digital aumentation to achieve it's unique 1950's environments and crime scene set pieces, and this years series is no different with every episode bringing even more variety for fans to enjoy.

The Doctor Blake Mysteries hits the ABC later this year.

SHAUN MICALLEF FOR PM

Mr. Micallef returns to the screen once again in The ExPM.

Directed by Sian Davies and produced by CJZ, The ExPM journals life of former fictional Prime Minister Andrew Dugdale as he attempts to return to normal life.

In a country were politics is already a joke, and featuring talents like John Clarke, you know it's going to be a treat. After working with Shaun on Newstopia and Mad As Hell, it's a joy to be bringing more comedy to Australian screens. The team at Chroma were on hand for several VFX sequences, some fun CG integration and the usual round of cleanups and augments.

The ExPM can be seen on televisions at some point... probably on ABC.

PETER ALLEN (Miniseries)

Peter Allen was one of Australia's best known musical exports during the 1980's and Shine's latest production, Peter Allen: Not the boy next door brings his tale to the small screen in 2015. The series features a wide range of visual effects from Chroma including numerous digital augments and CG enhancements throughout the 2-part production.

Peter Allen: Not the boy next door will broadcast on the Seven Network in September.

UPDATE! Peter Allen picks up the 2015 AACTA award for Best Direction in a Televison Drama!

MOLLY (Telemovie)

The journey of Australian music guru Molly Meldrum will be brought to the small screen this year in Seven's 'Molly'. This two-part series covers Molly's rise from country boy, to host of ABC's Countdown and beyond. Chroma produced over 600 shots for the show including CG location builds, simtrav, screen inserts and a host of production design enhancements both large and small.

Molly premiers on the Seven Network later this year.

JACK IRISH BACK FOR SERIES 3

Guy Pierce returns as Jack Irish in another set of telemovies for 2015.

Chroma return from our work on the first two seasons to provide a whole host of visual effects solutions including location, stunt and production design enhancements throughout.

Jack Irish airs in 2015.

THE BEAUTIFUL LIE (Series)

Endemol's latest drama is headed to screens this year, based the classic book Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, directed by Glendyn Ivin and Peter Salmon and produced by John Edwards and Imogen Banks. Chroma provided a host of VFX shots including CG integration, screen inserts, cleanups and augments throughout the series.

The Beautiful Lie comes to the ABC this year.

GLITCH (Series)

Glitch is the latest genre production to come out of Matchbox pictures.
Directed by Emma Freeman and produced by Ewan Burnett and Louise Fox, Glitch presents an intriguing story set in a sleepy country town with a shadowy past.

The team at Chroma produced over 350 shots for the 6 part series covering a wide range of VFX techniques and production solutions. One sequence in particular involves some very complex CG integration and dynamics simulation, but you'll have to watch the show to find out more ;)

Or you can just check out this behind the scenes clip to see some of the work that went in to it!

Glitch comes to ABC this year, don't miss it!

READY FOR THIS (Series)

Blackfella Films and ABC3 join forces for Ready For This, an indigenous drama charting the courses of five kids coming to the big city to explore their true potential. Chroma produced several landscape shots for the production in addition to a few cleanups and augments.

Ready for This comes to screens in 2015.

WINNER & LOSERS (Series)

Seven Network's popular rags to riches series, Winners & Losers is back for another season this year. We helped create an energetic tennis match where the ball was added digitally to make the it easier and safer to choreograph the sequence.

Check it out on the Seven Network soon.

THE PRINCIPAL (TV Series)

Alex Dimitriades stars in The Principal, a four part drama about the new head of Boxdale Boys school as he deals with a suspicious death on campus. Chroma produced several technical fixes for the show.

The Principal comes to SBS this year.