For the last number of years, I have worked closely with the team at Tourism Media to produce, edit and colour grade for the largest travel YouTube channel, Expedia. While editing these videos gives me all sorts of envious wanderlust, the team and I are always trying to push the level of quality to give our audience the most jaw-dropping beauty and informative experiences.
It was awesome to see that the agency threw some of our videos from the Travel Guide series into the ring for the 41st annual Telly Awards. It was even greater to see a number of them picked up bronze, silver and gold awards, including one for Best Editing for our energetic video on Barcelona.
The Telly Awards have been honoring excellence across all screen media since 1979. This year alone receiving 12,000 entries across 5 continents. The event works closely with NABshow, ProductionHUB and IFP, to name a few. Previous winners of the Telly Awards include CBS Interactive, HBO, Comcast, Conde Nast, Team Coco and many many others.
Tourism Media Takes Home Gold at the 2018 Communicator Awards
A little while ago Tourism Media received word from the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts that our Expedia documentary travel guides would be recognised in the 2018 Communicator Awards. The team at Tourism Media was behind the production each one of these awesome mini docos and i was privileged enough to be the editor for each one.
““The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. Founded over two decades ago, The Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. “”
Our travel guide series is a focus on unique destination around the world, highlighting all things travellers and locals alike love about the destination. We strive for high quality in each video, from the shooting, writing, editing, colour grading and even some touch up VFX to push the envelope of the travel genre.
Tourism Media took home the following awards in one of the best years we’ve had so far!
Gold - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Music - Long Island
Gold - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Online Travel Video - Seoul
Gold - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Online Travel Video - Long Island
Gold - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Online Travel Video - Cape Town
Silver - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Music - Cape Town
You can checkout some of the award winning videos below:
‘The Bus Knight’ Short Film Public Release
A couple of years ago I joined a tight knit crew of “The Bus Knight” as the editor and visual effects artist. After a few weeks in post-production the Brisbane based short film was complete and launched its way into national festivals.
The Bus Knight is a story based off one of Reddit’s most popular posts, written by a local comedian. It is a story about a sole bus passenger standing up and defending a racist attack on a bus driver and his passengers. The story revolves around the principles of Aikido, fighting without fighting.
The short film was selected to appear in 5 festivals including The ScreenIt Film Festival, Capricorn Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Backyard Film Festival and West End Film Festival. The film took home a total of 5 awards including Best Film and several Audience Choice Awards.
It was a pleasure to work closely with the director Tony Walsh from Stranger Films and cinematographer Brian Lowe to create such a well polished and popular short.
After a successful run the crew has decided to release it for all online to enjoy, so we present you The Bus Knight...