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.

GALLIPOLI (Miniseries)

We are just putting the final pieces in place for Endemol's upcoming epic 'Gallipoli'.

The team at Chroma have been hard at work creating hundreds of challenging shots for the sprawling saga that covers just about every trick in the book, from enhancing overall production design and locations to ballistics, stunts and much more.

Gallipoli is a shocking and powerful exploration of the sacrifice and bloodshed endured by Australians and other allied forces presented in a harsh yet intimate style.

Gallipoli is coming to the Nine Network in 2015 and is not to be missed.

Check out this article covering some of the VFX process.

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!