CHROMA MOVES TO BANK STREET

We have just finished moving into our groovy new building at Bank Street, giving us more space to work and play, improved client facilities and a chance to upgrade our systems before 2014 kicks really in.

After nearly 10 years at the old Sandilands office, we are delighted to be able to offer even more for our clients in a comfortable and central location, all just minutes from Melbourne's best post production facilities.

Chroma continues to provide producers with the most innovative, flexible and economic digital effects solutions in the country, and our new facilities and growing team emphasise our continued commitment and passion for the Australian industry.

Come and check us out at: 202 Bank Street, South Melbourne

CHROMA @ AFTRS (live)

The Australian Film, Television and Radio school's 'Friday on my mind' interview series returns in 2014 and Chroma have been invited to discuss the growing importance of digital effects in broadcast storytelling and our role in making it an affordable, everyday tool.

And it's FREE, so come and check it out on March 21st at ACMI, Federation Square.

CHROMA @ APDG (Live)

Chroma are proud to be affiliated with the Australian Production Designers Guild (APDG), a collective of industry professionals that focus attention on the evolution and protection of the Australian screen arts. With some fascinating lectures already undertaken covering both stage and screen crafts, we will also be sharing our knowledge with APDG members next month.

We will be discussing the evolving relationship between production design and visual effects in television and how to get the most out of these exciting new tools, with specific techniques and examples from dozens of productions. Come and join us on August 7th at Docklands Studios.

Check the APDG website for details!

CHROMA WELCOMES JACK NOLAN (News)

We are pleased to welcome Jack Nolan to the VFX team at Chroma.

Jack will be working as a CG and compositing artist for our drama and broadcast clients. You can reach Jack at the office or email: jack@chromamedia.com

CHROMA WELCOMES BRET KING (News)

Chroma Media continues to evolve it's services to meet the integrated needs of Australian production, with the addition of in-house sound designer, Bret King to the team.

Bret has already provided sound design and mixing for several features, shorts and TVC's at Chroma and has just begun work on Russian zombie film, METELESTA. Bret's expertise and experience brings even more value to Chroma, as he oversees our brand new, integrated mixing studio.

This boutique facility is ideal for short form and independent productions looking for something a little different in addition to TVC and radio production, featuring 5.1 mixing, ADR/VO facilities, foley, sound design and big screen, uncompressed HD playback. The rooms tight integration with our visual systems are especially beneficial to broadcast design, titles and TVC clients already working with Chroma.

You can reach Bret at the office or email at bret@chromamedia.com

CHROMA NOMINATED FOR 'BEST VISUAL EFFECTS'

We're proud to announce our nomination for Best Visual Effects at the upcoming AFI's for Showtime's Cloudstreet.

This highly visual production featured over 200 shots covering just about every technique in the book from CG aircraft, trains, kangaroos, jumping fish, talking pigs, flipping coins to surreal dream-like sequences like rowing through stars and fields of wheat. With such a wide range of effects and a tight schedule the team at Chroma worked tirelessly to deliver the level of work that a tale like Cloudstreet deserves - so a big shout out to compositor Stuart Elith and CG artists Harsh Borah and Rob Dowling.

It was an honour to be involved with such a great Australian story and a pleasure to see everyone's hard work across the production being recognised by audiences and industry alike.

Cloudstreet picked up 7 nominations all together including: Best MiniSeries, Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Young Actor and Best Visual Effects.

I'd like to personally thank Matt Saville and Screentime for their commitment, trust and support throughout the project and wish all nominees the best of luck next year!

Check out the trailer here and some VFX breakdowns here.

RUSH WINS BEST DRAMA SERIES FOR 2010 (News)

After three successful series, Rush has finally picked up an AFI for BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES for 2010!

This follows news of the show returning for a fourth series in 2011 with a more focused 13-episode series. It's great to see the show get some recognition for bringing high-end action to Aussie screens every week. We had a blast helping to put together many of the vehicle, stunt and action sequences and next years series looks to be the best yet!

RUSH returns to TEN mid-2011.

STUART JOINS THE TEAM

Chroma welcomes Stuart Elith to the team. Stuart will be working primarily with animation and VFX for our broadcast clients and has already produced work for NEWStopia S3 and Snake Tales. You can contact Stuart at the office or at: stuart@chromamedia.com

NEWSTOPIA RETURNS (TV Series)

By popular demand, Newstopia the SBS' comedy/news mash up returns to screens this year!
Last series Shaun and the team presented a special blend of hard hitting news satire and pythonesque humour.

We had a blast working on skits such as 'Inspektor Herring', Planet of the apes, Guilford Four and a request for a 'punnet of dead sparrows' for a Bunnings skit. This year is no different with a return of some viewer favorites and even more visual gags and SBS satire. We're back on board providing VFX and animation for series 2.

You can watch the latest episode here.

More as we have it...Jahasra and goodnight.

ANDY MONTAGUE JOINS THE TEAM

Forming like Voltron, Chroma is pleased to welcome Andy Montague to the team!

Andy will be assisting in content creation and animation for our broadcast clients in addition to training in a wide range of VFX techniques with yours truly. You can reach him at the office or email at: andy@chromamedia.com