Death Defying Acts
Last night was the Sydney premiere of Death Defying Acts – a film by Sydney-based director Gillian Armstrong. Although shot in London, all the post-production was completed here (Sydney).
It is unusual for a Director at a premiere to single out crew – especially those in post-production – but we all got mentioned by name in her speech, which was unexpected, but quite touching (I was the visual effects supervisor, effects by Postmodern Sydney). Her point was even though this film was shot in Britain, and despite all the talk of being in the doldrums, the local industry is still alive and productive, and quite capable.
For me, it was one of those surreal experiences, where you are working with someone whose film you studied at college. Except this time, I learnt more.