PART TIME PRIVATE EYES (Pilot)

Part Time Private Eyes was the big winner of Channel 10's recent 'Pilot Week', getting great responses from audiences and strong ratings. The half hour comedy pilot was produced by CJZ with Chroma producing visual effects and titles for the show.

Fingers crossed we see Part Time Private Eyes return as a series in 2020!

MY LIFE IS MURDER (Series)

CJZ's new crime drama series, My Life Is Murder comes to the Ten network this year.

Staring Lucy Lawless, Bernard Curry and Ebony Vagulans, the show follows Alexa Crowe as she juggles the frustrations of own life while solving a series of vicious and baffling crimes.

With a focus on technology and social media to help provide the clues, this 10-part series provides a good dose of light hearted yet dramatic entertainment.

The team at Chroma produced several hundred VFX shots across series providing solutions for stunts, location and production design, including unique opening titles for each episode.

My Life is Murder comes to Network Ten in July.

TRUE STORY S2 (Series)

Hamish and Andy's True Story returns for a second series and even taller tales.

The team at Chroma return to provide an eclectic mix of visual gags for the show, including CG integration, location augmentation, stunt enhancement, animation and dozens of production design solutions.

Keep an eye out for True Story S2 coming soon!

GLITCH S2 (Series)

Following up on the award winning first series, Glitch returns with a second season in 2017.

Now a Netflix Original, season two was entirely produced in 4K and continues the intriguing story of the 'risen' with all the twists and turns fans of the show expect.

Having produced the VFX for the original series, Chroma's team return once again to deliver a huge range of visual effects for series two with over 400 shots delivered ranging from location augmentation and production enhancement, right through to stunts and surreal CG elements.

The Matchbox production is directed by director Emma Freeman and Tony Kravitz and produced by Julie Eckersley. Glitch S2 heads to the ABC this year and is certainly not to be missed!

DEADLOCK (Series)

Everycloud productions latest drama, Deadlock has just completed post production.

This 5x12 short-form youth oriented series was written and directed by Bille Pfeiffer and produced by Belinda Mravavic. The limits of friends and family are tested when a mysterious car crash unearths a darker side to a seemingly idyllic community.

Chroma produced over 100 shots for the 5 part series in addition to opening titles and investment support.

Look out for Deadlock in 2018.

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (MiniSeries)

Another Australian music icon has had their story brought to life in 'Olivia Newton-John' from Fremantle Media, starring Delta Goodrem, directed by Shawn Seet (Peter Allen / The Code) and produced by Margot McDonald (Dead Gorgeous / Mystery of a Hansom Cab)

Following on from the success of similar bio-dramas such as INXS, Molly and most recently Peter Allen, 'Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly devoted to you' chronicles her rise through the 60's and 70's from her early beginnings in Australia and the UK, to her 1980's breakthrough into the US with Grease, Xanadu and more.

Chroma have produced a huge range of VFX for the two part series, providing production design solutions across the many locations and eras and including complex archival integration, CG set extension, extras duplication, technical correction, motion graphics, opening titles and much more.

'Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted To You' comes to the Seven Network this year.

WATER (Short)

Chroma have completed work on a fascinating new short from Director John Harvey.

'Water' is set in a sparse post-apocalyptic landscape where we follow pregnant traveller, Layla as she wanders a bleak wasteland in search of water, only to find she's not alone. The 16 minute film features a wide variety of visual effects and CG integration to tell it's simple but powerful tale. The team at Chroma provided VFX and broadcast design for the project.

Keep a look out for WATER at festivals this year.

TRUE STORY (Series)

Well travelled radio duo, Hamish and Andy are returning to screens once again after their long running 'Gap Year' series with a brand new show, True Story.

Each week, the boys discuss a real life tall tale with their studio guest, then brought to life in hilarious recreations featuring dozens of cameos from some of Australia best known actors and comedians.

The attention to detail that goes into the 10 episode series has kept us busy too with a huge range of locations, stunts, visual gags and other production solutions requiring the team at Chroma to use every trick in the book, from advanced compositing and live action augmentation to CG animation and integration, opening titles and more.

True Story with Hamish and Andy comes to NINE in June.

NEWTONS LAW (Series)

The team at Every Cloud (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries) is returning with an all new show for 2016.

With an impressive cast, Newton's law stars Claudia Karvan as Josephine Newton, a suburban solicitor who's over developed sense of responsibility forces her back toward her glorious stint at the Bar.

Every Cloud are adept at making digital augmentation part of there daily production toolkit, reducing shooting schedules and logistics while delivering unique locations, action and enhancements to production design across the show. Chroma provided VFX supervision and visual effects production across the 6 episode series, in addition to design and production the opening titles.

Newtons Law comes to the ABC in 2017.

HYDE & SEEK (Series)

Matchbox's new crime drama, Hyde and Seek comes to Nine this year.
Matt Nable stars as a police detective on the trail of a killer who is stalking his friends and family, drawing him ever deeper into a world of unbridled crime where everyone has something to hide.

The team at Chroma produced the visual effects for the series, including complex location augmentation, day for night sequences, stunt fixes and production design enhancement.
Chroma also designed the opening titles for the show.

Hyde and Seek comes to Nine later this year.

THE SECRET RIVER (TeleMovie)

Australia's colonial beginnings are brought to life in ABC's new miniseries, The Secret River.

Based on the book by Kate Grenville and directed by Daina Reid, Secret River follows the life of an English conscript arriving at Botany Bay with his wife and children. The Secret River shows a part of Australia's history that has never been brought to the small screen with such scale and emotion, and is an amazing opportunity to show the beauty and brutality of our first steps.

Our team will be creating the many unique views of these early settlements and a huge range of production design and visual effect enhancements across the two episodes.

The Secret River hits ABC on June 14. Check out the trailer!

WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE, AGAIN

Worst Year of My Life, Again is a fun 13-part kids series about destiny and second chances. This slapstick comedy is coming to ABC3 in 2014 and is a great reason for some fun family viewing!

Chroma designed and produced the opening titles and branding for the series.

FAT TONY & CO (TV Series)

The latest crime saga from Screentime, Fat Tony and Co is due to hit screens soon.

We designed and produced the shows opening titles, styled in the spirit of 1960's animation and the cool title track. A nice change of pace from the footage-based Underbelly titles over the years. In addition to the titles, we also produced a several CG vehicle effects for the show.

Check it out on Nine!

THE GODS OF WHEAT STREET (TV Series)

The Gods of Wheat Street is the latest drama from Every Cloud productions, produced by Lois Randall and set to show on ABC later this year.

This contemporary indigenous drama focuses around the small-town Freeburn family as they become pulled in all directions at once, and the matriarch spirit who is working behind the scenes to keep it all together.

We produced a wide range of surreal visual effects, continuity and technical fixes across the 6 episodes in addition to design of the opening titles.

MAD AS HELL RETURNS (TV Series)

As many people are excited to hear, Shaun Micallef's excellent Mad As Hell will return to screens in 2013. Our opening titles from series one remain as we continue to assist with various VFX and animated gags for the show.

UPDATE: Mad As Hell was nominated 'Best Comedy' award at this years AACTA Awards. Nice!

Check out the latest episodes on iView...

WINTER OF THE DEAD (Feature)

Due to hit cinemas this year, Winter of the Dead (METELESTA) is the first big-production zombie feature to come out of Russia. Directed by Nikolai Pigarev and produced by Red Spy, it follows a small group caught in a mid-summer snowstorm that causes the dead to rise and terrorise the city!

In addition to providing mixing facilities and sound design for the film, we were also commissioned to design and produce the 60 second opening titles in both English and Russian, taking the form of an animated sequence which plays with the themes of snow, trees and veins all presented in an aggressive, deconstructive style.

In line with our sound design duties, we were also tasked with composing and producing the title track that accompanies the vision, creating a strong link between picture and sound, a unique approach to title production, resulting in a tightly syncopated sequence.

Check out the (English) title here!

UNDERBELLY:SQUIZZY (TV Series)

Chronicling the rise and fall of one of Australia's most notorious criminals, 'Squizzy' sees the Underbelly franchise make a welcome return to Melbourne, taking advantage of the cities unique period style locations and experienced crews.

We are also retuning to provide a huge range of digital VFX and production solutions across the series.

With many challenging period productions already in the can (Cloudstreet, Miss Fisher, Dangerous Remedy, Dr.Blake, Howzat and Hansom Cab), the team at Chroma were a perfect fit for the challenges and expectations required for Underbelly, bringing our production-streamlining post solutions to all departments. The production leaned heavily on green screen, CG integration and digital augmentation to create its expansive locations and set pieces while reducing cost and complexity across a range of departments.

As always, we are also producing the opening titles, now on it's ninth iteration, although a different approach this time around.

Underbelly: Squizzy hits the Nine Network in 2013.

PAPER GIANTS: MAGAZINE WARS (Telemovie)

Continuing on from their nostalgia-fuelled success with Puberty Blues and Howzat, Southern Star have just completed work on the sequel to the acclaimed Paper Giants, titled Magazine Wars.

We have worked closely with the production to deliver a range of digital effects solutions for several scenes across the two parts, including location augmentation, CG integration and advanced compositing. We were also tasked with design and production of the new opening titles, with slightly different iterations for the two episodes.

Paper Giants 2: Magazine Wars comes to ABC later this year.

MICALLEF RETURNS! (TV Series)

We have had the pleasure of working with Shaun on SBS's 'Newstopia', producing the opening titles, graphics and VFX for all three seasons, including the crazy Inspector Herring final episode. It's huge popularity and weekly format were both gruelling and exciting, but like all good things, it had to come to an end - UNTIL NOW!

Mr. Micallef returns to current affairs with a acidic twist with 'MAD AS HELL' for ABC, bringing intelligent news satire back to Australian screens every week.

We have been tasked with designing and producing the opening titles and graphics package, and we went a little nuts! Inspired by Fritz Lang, MC Echer and film noir, we set out to create a unique opener with an irate ABC viewer heading into orbit to vent his frustrations!

We also created the on air graphics package and are supporting the show with various visual effects gags throughout the series.

Check out the official site for the latest episode!

DANGEROUS REMEDY (Telemovie)

Set in 1960's Melbourne, Dangerous Remedy is a lavish and dark tele-feature from Eclipse, chronicling the true story of Dr. Bert Wainer's courageous struggle for womens rights and law reform.

In keeping with the style of the era, the opening and closing titles were designed to reflect an old-school optical look, driven by the amazing title track by Guy Gross.

Check out the opening titles here

We also produced over 130 VFX shots for the feature, ranging from the seamless digital removal of modern elements from locations and interiors, to incendiary effects, stunts and more.

Dangerous Remedy is a striking look at an era rarely covered on Australian screens.