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!

CHROMA @ SUMMER FILM SCHOOL

This years Summer Film School will be the fifth year we have been involved in this great initiative.

Aimed at inspiring and educating the next wave of Australian film makers, the course covers the full range of production from pre to post and our component brings an intensive VFX and digital production design overview that gives essential insight into these powerful production tools.

If you want to find out more or make a booking, check this link.

MISS FISHER RETURNS FOR THIRD SERIES

Following on huge ratings and massive audience response, ABC have just announced that Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries will return to screens in 2015.

Miss Fisher has always been great fun to work on due to the visual variety across the series and the awesome cast and crew that make it come to life. Last years series featured over 1,200 VFX shots to create the unique and lush 1920's world and series 3 looks to be the best yet, with even more stylish set pieces and old school action!

The team at Chroma return to provide digital effects and production design support for series 3, with the usual blend of augmentation, CG integration and digital removals.

Miss Fisher comes to the ABC in 2015, don't miss it!

UPDATE: Miss Fisher Series Two was just nominated Best Visual Effects at this years APDG Awards! Go Phryne!

DR BLAKE SERIES 3

Doctor Blake will be returning to Australian screens again next year, with a third season in production. We will be reprising out role too, with digital effects and production design support throughout the series.

Keep an eye out for Dr. Blake in 2015.

PARTY TRICKS (Series)

From the team that brought you Offspring comes Ten's Party Tricks.

Starring Asher Keddie and Rodger Corser, Party Tricks shows the secret games played behind the scenes of state politics. We are helping out with a range of digital effects solutions throughout the series.

Party Tricks airs on Ten later this year.

PLEASE LIKE ME RETURNS (Series)

Josh Thomas returns with a second series of the popular Please Like Me on ABC.

We are back to refresh our opening titles from series one as well as providing an eclectic range of VFX work across the 6 episodes.

CHROMA @ VCA (live)

Following on from our work with University of Melbourne over the years, Chroma are lecturing at VCA this month on the power of digital design for film and television with a focus on tools for production designers.

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.

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.

INXS: NEVER TEAR US APART (Telemovie)

INXS: Never Tear Us Apart hit Australian screens recently, pulling in an impressive audience and rave reviews from the press. Produced by Shine and Directed by Daina Reid, it's a bitter sweet and faithful retelling of the fame and tragedy surrounding the band.

We produced over a hundred shots for the two-part telemovie, including CG vehicles, aircraft, extras duplication, TV burn-ins, exterior digimattes, archival repair, technical fixes and countless augments and removals throughout. We even recreated the Suicide Blonde music video in all its 'tape suite' glory. With our team on call throughout production, many departments had access to our time and resource saving techniques, resulting in quick solutions to traditional limitations in locations, extras, vehicles, production design and much more.

Keep an eye out for INXS on retail shelves soon!

DR BLAKE MYSTERIES SECOND SEASON (Series)

December Productions 2013 hit, Dr.Blake Mysteries is coming back for a well deserved second season. Set in 1950's Victoria, Blake features a range of period locations and action sequences that require some complicated digital trickery, continuing on from our work on the first series.

Over 350 shots were created for this season, mainly removal of modern elements from locations but also lots of extras duplication, stunt augmentation, digimattes, ants, bees and heaps more.

For a breakdown of some of the work we have done on Series 2, check out the behind the scenes here.

Keep an eye out for Dr.Blake coming to ABC soon!

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!

RAKE (TV Series)

ABC's much loved Rake returns for a second series this year.
We produced a few effects shots and removals for the show, including a sequence for the final episode.

Check it out on ABC later this year.

MISS FISHER SECOND SERIES (TV Series)

With even more lavish locations and set pieces that earned the show incredible ratings both here and overseas, Australia's favourite 'lady detective', Miss Fisher, returns to screens.

Continuing from our work on the original series, we are also returning to produce an incredible range of digital effects, set extensions, location augmentations, clean ups, CG integration, stunt and production design solutions across the entire show.

With every episode featuring a diverse theme and setting, the sheer variety of what we need to create each week is both a pleasure and a challenge. Chroma's unique approach to digital effects as an embedded part of the production sees us working closely with multiple departments, providing time and cost saving solutions across the whole series.

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries returns to ABC soon!

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!

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.

BETTER MAN (TV Series)

Better Man is a powerful retelling of the plight of Van Nguyen, a 25 year old Vietnamese-Australian who was jailed and executed in Singapore for drug trafficking. Directed by Khoa Do and produced by Fremantle Media, Better Man is a beautifully shot 2-part series that comes to SBS this year.

We provided VFX for the series with video treatments, surreal light effects, compositing and technical corrections.

Check out the trailer here

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.

SUMMER FILM SCHOOL 2013 (LIVE)

Chroma returned to the Filmmaking Summer School at Melbourne University for a third year of our VFX Masterclass. The session covers the entire spectrum of digital effects and their emerging implementation in television drama and long-form production.

Find out more about this great initiative here and maybe we'll see you in 2014!

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.

THE KINGDOM OF DOUG (Short)

Cloudberry films latest short The Kingdom of Doug, directed by Victoria Thaine, has just completed post production.

The Pozible funded short tells the story of a suicide cult and one member who decides not to come along for the ride. We pitched in with some digital composites and cleanups.

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