Inspired by the film Baraka, I am embarking on a nature documentary and taking the town of Peterborough along for the ride. The wild ocean, winter surf, storms, rain, underwater wonderland, shipwrecks, local flora and fauna, will be all captured and celebrated on film. ‘Snapshots’ is the name of the film project that will involve the small and beautiful community of Peterborough, Victoria, creating a collaborative film project. I have teamed up with the Peterborough Residents Group to invite the […]
Storms hit Warrnambool on Tuesday, June 24th, and I was there with my gopro at the right time in the right place to witness the sea at its wildest. I didn’t intentionally go out to get wind blown and soaked by the giant waves but sitting at my desk doing work when I knew there was some crazy action going on just five minutes down the road from my home was way too tempting. So I grabbed the gopro and […]
What does ‘keeping the ball in the air” mean to you? This is the theme explored by Warrnambool filmmakers in 2014 for the inaugural Silver Ball Film Festival. For those who are reading this and are not local to Warrnambool, the Silver Ball is an iconic large steel silver ball that stands 40 metres tall and can be seen on the Warrnambool skyline. It once operated as a water tower for the Fletcher Jones Factory. Want to know more? Here […]
Warrnambool Artist David Higgins asked me to put together a video piece on how he creates his silk paintings. The audience for this video is the fashion industry in Japan. He is selling his silks to create beautiful kimonos. He projected this video at a Textile Exhibition he had in Tokyo Dec 15th, 2013. I filmed this project over a few weeks and used time lapse to capture the long process of creating one of David’s beautiful silks.
I have wanted to visit Lake Condah in south west Victoria for quite a few years now and this year I had the chance to both film it and learn about the landscape first-hand from Ben Church, Gunditj Mirring Partnership Project Field Officer. Ben Church, Micko Bell (Gunditj Mirring Partnership Project Admin) and Lenny Cooper (Glenelg Hopkins CMA Indigenous Community Coordinator) are three local men that were interviewed for the Gunditj Mirring Partnership Project video. This video explores the importance of […]
Kuuyang Maar is the name of a short documentary that I made for the Aboriginal Gambling Working Party in south west Victoria. Kuuyang (Eel/Fish) Maar (Group) In May, I was invited out to Framlingham Aboriginal Mission in south west Victoria, to document a fishing competition that was organised by the Aboriginal Gambling Working Party. The fishing competition was held as a Responsible Gambling Week event and the idea was to get the mob together to do something socially and culturally […]
You’re invited to a public screening of the Mortlake Shines Filmmaking Project! Between April – June 2013, I worked with 10 primary school aged students to create short documentaries on people in the Mortlake community. I mentored the students through the process of creating a short documentary film using their iPads to film and edit their stories. The films can now be viewed on the Mortlake Shines Weebly. Or, to meet the young filmmakers and get an idea of the […]
Hey there, my name is Colleen Hughson and I am a filmmaker from Warrnambool. I have a video production company called First Ladies Productions. I am presently working as an ‘Artist in School’ at St.Colman’s Primary School. We are creating films from go to woe, using IPads. I have only recently stopped working as an ABC Open Producer for south west Victoria. So if you want to see what I have been doing recently, you can read my blog on […]
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