MAY 2012
Still Gardening commissions two more videos
Post Production of webmovies for Save Our Sealife
Teacher Training for Cineclub with Eleanor Bucchar at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Post Production continues on feature documentary Backlash with philanthropic support
through the Documentary Australia Foundation
Production and Post Production of digital art installation
The Building Breathes, Sydney & Hobart
Development for short drama Little Lamb, Hobart & Sydney
Cursing the Sea Going to Ground performance art DVD in post production
APRIL 2012
Production of video with Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke in the Tarkine,
for Getup!
Feature documentary SLAPPed renamed Backlash -
Post Production continues
Production and Post Production of digital art installation
The Building Breathes, Sydney & Hobart
Development for short drama Little Lamb, Hobart & Sydney
MARCH 2012
Post Production of feature documentary SLAPPed, Hobart & Sydney
Development for short drama Little Lamb, Hobart & Sydney
DVD Mastering of Still Gardening, Sydney
Post Production of The Building Breathes, Sydney
MARCH 2012
Production of video of Tarkine trip for Getup!
Development for short drama Little Lamb, Hobart & Sydney
Post Production of feature documentary SLAPPed, Hobart & Sydney
Tasmania’s Unique Underwater Environment to screen in the
2012 Beneath the Waves Film Festival, USA;
and tour US, Canada, Africa and Australia in the “Shore Dive Series”
Heidi Douglas featured filmmaker at EngageMedia
Post Production of video for Still Gardening, Sydney
Production of The Building Breathes, Hobart
Post Production of The Building Breathes, Sydney
Post Production of promotional film for Innova, Sydney
Ninna Millikin’s documentary Piercing Silence screens at Byron Bay International Film Festival and World of Womens’ Film Festival, Sydney before touring Australia with
the World of Women’s touring Film Festival
FEBRUARY 2012
Ninna Millikin’s film Piercing Silence nominated for Best Experimental Documentary,
Byron Bay International Film Festival
Heidi Douglas wins Best Script, 10 by 10 Script Challenge
Stranger with My Face Film Festival, Tasmania
Stories from the Sea, Production Partner
Dark Lake Productions National Office established, Sydney
CineClub training, Sydney
Production for Gone to Ground - a theatre of unfixed form, Hobart
Production for Virtual Visits with director Bernard LLoyd, Hobart
Post Production of promotional film for Innova, Sydney
JANUARY 2012
Production of The Building Breathes
DECEMBER 2011
Post Production of two training videos in Tok Pisin and a promotional video for
Monpi Sustainable Services, Papua New Guinea
Production of promotional film for Innova, Los Angeles
Final Cut Pro Editing Course at Wide Angle Tasmania
Production of video for Still Gardening, Hobart
Pre-production of interview with Bill Mollison for the feature documentary
Heal Our Land by Awakening Soul, Costa Rica
Production of The Building Breathes
NOVEMBER 2011
Map of a Dream of the Future Leadership Program 2011 Exhibition and Performance
Post Production of two training videos in Tok Pisin for Monpi Sustainable Services,
Papua New Guinea
Production begins on videos for Still Gardening, Hobart
Map of a Dream of the Future Leadership Program 2011 continues
Ninna Millikin’s Raw Nerve documentary film launch
Production of The Building Breathes
OCTOBER 2011
Dark Lake Productions National Director Heidi Lee Douglas to open
Sydney office in 2012 and welcomes Ninna Millikin as Tasmanian Director
Dark Lake produces national TVC for Essential Media Communications
and The Wilderness Society
Map of a Dream of the Future Leadership Program 2011 continues
Production of two projects for Monpi Sustainable Services, Papua New Guinea
Pre-production continues on videos for Still Gardening
SEPTEMBER 2011
Just Say Yes national TVC launched
Two video production workshops for Won Smal Bag, Vanuata
Map of a Dream of the Future Leadership Program 2011 begins
Pre-production continues on two projects for Monpi Sustainable Services,
Papua New Guinea
Pre-production continues on videos for Still Gardening
AUGUST 2011
Pre-production on videos for Still Gardening
Pre-production on two video production workshops for Won Smal Bag, Vanuata
Pre-production on two projects for Monpi Sustainable Services, Papua New Guinea
Big hART’s Smashed Premiere
Map of a Dream of the Future Artists in Schools program development continues
JULY 2011
Dark Lake Productions promotes Ella Millard to Editor and Production Assistant
No Harvey No video gets 100, 000 hits in first 24 hours and “Trends” on youtube
No Harvey No campaign launched by Getup! and Markets for Change
Production and Post Production of quick response
national Television Commercial for Getup!
Eat Well Grow Well Southern Tasmanian Launch
Post Production of campaign video for the
Every Australian Counts campaign for Essential Media Communications
Post production of Big hART’s Smashed short films
Production and Post Production of quick response national
Television Commercial for GetUp!
Map of a Dream of the Future Artists in Schools
program development commences
Sad, Silent Secret in production
SLAPPED in development
JUNE 2011
Production and Post Production of national TVC for GetUp!
Production and Post Production of national TVC for
Essential Media Communications and the Australian Greens
Production of campaign video for the
Every Australian Counts campaign for Essential Media Communications
Dark Lake Productions hires Ella Millard as Assistant Editor
Consultant for Bookend Trust video productions
Post production of Big hART’s Smashed short films
MAY 2011
Consultant for Bookend Trust video productions
Post Production of cinema advertisement for Ocean Planet
Post Production of webmovie of Bern Cuthbertson for Ocean Planet Tasmania
Post Production of video for new Australian NGO Markets for Change
Post Production of webmovie and Video News Release
for Pew Australia and Essential Media Communications
Big hART’s Smashed videos in production and post production
Production and Post Production of two music videos for The Family Clan
APRIL 2011
Filming for Pew Environment Group
Editing for Roar Educate’s Budd:e national cyber-safety project
Guiding North West Tasmanian High School students
through script development for short films
and how to shoot Vox Pops at the Youth Expo Devonport
for Big hART’s Smashed Project
Post Production of video for new Australian NGO Markets for Change
MARCH 2011
Teaching Camera/Lighting/Sound and interview techniques
to North West Tasmanian High School students for Big hART’s Smashed Project
Teaching Final Cut Pro Basic Video Editing for WideAngle Tasmania
Filming for Ocean Planet Tasmania
Post Production of footage for Environment Tasmania
Production and Post Production of video for new Australian NGO Markets for Change
FEBRUARY 2011
Premiere of Ocean Planet marine video at the Wooden Boat Festival,
Hobart 11th February
Launch of Eat Well Grow Well DVD at the ‘Seed to Plate’ Workshop in Launceston
Post Production and DVD Mastering of Two Strong Hearts Musical for Big hART
Technical Assistance and story editing for The Bookend Trust
production Caring for Bruny, directed by Ninna Millikan
Development of video scripts for new Australian NGO Markets for Change
SLAPPED in development
JANUARY 2011
Post Production of Two Strong Hearts Musical for Big hART
Post production of marine video for Ocean Planet Tasmania
Development of video scripts for new Australian NGO Markets for Change
DECEMBER 2010
Dark Lake Production’s Director Heidi Douglas and her husband Paul Oosting
celebrate the birth of their son, Remi Douglas Oosting
Dark Lake Production’s Director/Cinematographer Heidi Douglas awarded
the Australian Cinematographer’s Society (Victoria/Tasmania)
Bronze Award in the Corporate and Educational Sector for Eat Well Grow Well
NOVEMBER 2010
Filming Two Strong Hearts Musical for Big hART
Editing Two Strong Hearts Musical for Big hART
Eight short films in post-production for Big hART’S Smashed!
The Building Breathes in production
Production and post production of marine video for Ocean Planet Tasmania
Video editing tutoring for The Bookend Trust
OCTOBER 2010
Eight short films in production with BIG hART’s Smashed!
Northern Kaanju Ngaachi linking cultural and biological diversity
to begin broadcasting on NITV
The Building Breathes in production
Eat Well Grow Well community and schools garden program DVD duplicated
SEPTEMBER 2010
SLAPPED in development
A Year in a Bottle in development
The Building Breathes Stage 1 in production
Pre-production continues on marine video for Ocean Planet Tasmania
Eat Well Grow Well community and schools garden program DVD mastered
Northern Kaanju Ngaachi linking cultural and biological diversity
mastered for broadcast television on NITV
AUGUST 2010
Eat Well Grow Well community and schools garden program final post-production
Dark Lake Productions trailer of recent work in post-production
Video production workshops for BIG hART’s
The Building Breathes in development
JULY 2010
Teaching video production to Martu women in Punmu, Pilbara (Western Australia)
thanks to Martu Media
Teaching Creative Writing about Climate Change to Grade 4/5/6
in Woodbridge and Bicheno (Tasmania) for Map of a Dream of the Future
thanks to Tasmanian Regional Arts
Pre-production begins on marine video for Ocean Planet Tasmania
JUNE 2010
Teaching video production to Martu women in Punmu, Pilbara (Western Australia)
thanks to Martu Media
From StoneCountry to Saltwater documentary in post-production
SLAPPED registered by the Documentary Australia Foundation
Eat Well Grow Well community and schools garden program in post-production
Editing for Roar Educate
MAY 2010
From StoneCountry to Saltwater documentary in post-production
Eat Well Grow Well community and schools garden program in post-production
Development of Map of a Dream of the Future creative workshops
for Tasmanian Primary Schools with Nadine Kessler
The Building Breathes media art project in development
Telling Places in Country documentary in development
Editing for Roar Educate
APRIL 2010
Consultation and research begins for The Building Breathes
Footage for Pew Charitable Trust
Development of Map of a Dream of the Future creative workshops
for Tasmanian Primary Schools with Nadine Kessler
Editing for Roar Educate
Eat Well Grow Well to be previewed at
Growing Communities Conference Gathering
17 - 18 April 2010 Devonport
Eat Well Grow Well in post-production
MARCH 2010
Dark Lake Productions recipient of Corporate Art Scheme Public Arts Project
for Mount Nelson Sustainable Learning Centre for The Building Breathes
Filming and editing for GetUp!
for the Tasmanian Elections
Filming and editing Eat Well Grow Well
Editing Antarctic Rock Musical for Roar Film
Editing Budd:e v2 for Roar Educate
Editing web movies for Environment Tasmania
FEBRUARY 2010
Rewriting Map of a Dream of the Future Education Kit narrative
with Nic Lowe
Provide footage to Global Environment Forum
for a film about responsible timber harvesting for Japanese schools
Editing documentary trailer for From StoneCountry to Saltwater
Antarctic - Rock Musical shooting and editing with Roar Film
Writing for New Matilda
Further work on Black Carrie music video project
Celebrating the end of the Gunns20 case, including filming celebrations
in Hobart and Melbourne
Short Gunns20 film edited for Huon Valley Environment Centre
Screening of Gunns20 short film at the State Cinema
Australian International Documentary Conference, Adelaide
JANUARY 2010
Dark Lake Productions “goes Solar” with installation of Solar Panels
at 471 Huon Rd
Development of documentary series with Sally Wise
Penelope Swales’s music video Black Carrie DVD extras in Post Production
plus fine cut editing of music video
Shooting interviews with cinematographer Matt Newton
of Gunns20 defendants Adam Burling and Lu Geraghty
Contracted to rewrite the narrative for
education kit for A Map of a Dream of the Future
From StoneCountry to Saltwater
documentary trailer in post production, supported by Greening Australia NT
Testing education kit for A Map of a Dream of the Future
Director’ attachment for The Mission complete
Tasmanian footage compile for Environment Tasmania in post production
DECEMBER 2009
Development of creative writing workshops for
A Map of a Dream of the Future
Gunns20 5 year Anniversary film launch
Walk Against Warming 2009 in the Florentine Valley
Attending the
World Congress of Science and Factual Documentary Producers,
Melbourne
NOVEMBER 2009
Contracted for creative writing workshops for
A Map of a Dream of the Future project in 2010
Post Production of English and Spanish version of Make Forests Count
DVD for United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
commissioned by The Wilderness Society Inc.
Filming for Environment Tasmania
Penelope Swales’s music video Black Carrie in Post Production
Eat Well Grow Well DVD in Production
Post production of TV ad about the Western Australian Oil Spill
for The Wilderness Society (WA) Inc.
Post Production for TV AD for Walk Against Warming
for The Wilderness Society (Tas) Inc.
Post Production for webmovie for Avaaz.org
Post Production of webmovie about possible investors in Gunns’ proposed pulp mill.
Made for European distribution, commissioned by The Wilderness Society (Tas) Inc.
OCTOBER 2009
Production and Post Production of 350.org webmovie for
The Wilderness Society (Tas) Inc.
The Ditch (16 minute documentary)
scheduled to screen at Kendal Mountain Festival 2009 in Cumbria, United Kingdom
Save Our Marine Life roadshow webmovie goes live
Production begins for Penelope Swale’s music video Black Carrie
Pre-Production continues for Eat Well, Grow Well
Tasmanian Schools Gardens DVD and web videos
Roar Films launches Taroona Daily Fitness: A daily fitness program for schools DVD
Varcha Sidwell and Roar Films’ documentary series The Mission delivered to ABC
Northern Kaanju Ngaachi linking cultural and biological diversity DVD
now being duplicated and distributed
SEPTEMBER 2009
Web movie for Tarkine Trails released
Taroona Daily Fitness: A daily fitness program for schools,
DVD and website complete
Online edit and DVD master complete for
Northern Kaanju Ngaachi linking cultural and biological diversity DVD
AUGUST 2009
Editing complete for
Northern Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers Indigenous Protected Area
Roar Film’s DIY Doco wins Best Secondary Educational Website
at the Australian Educational Publishing Awards 2009.
http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/learning/diydoco/
Voices in the Dark to screen
on the ABC 2 on Sunday August 2 at 9.30 pm
on the ABC 1 on Sunday August 9 at 4.05 pm
JULY 2009
Dark Lake Productions website Production Diary begun
Post Production of Save Our Marine Life webmovie
Graphics, sound mix, and colour grading for online editing of
Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation’s documentary
Northern Kaanju Ngaachi - linking cultural and biological values
JUNE 2009
Dark Lake Productions website launched
Offline Editing complete for Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation’s documentary
Northern Kaanju Ngaachi - linking cultural and biological values
Editing E-security educational videos
with Roar Films’ producer Steve Thomas
Aurora’s Gaze documentary trailer edited with Roar Films’ producer Steve Thomas
MAY 2009
Offline Editing complete for Matthew Newton’s documentary The Ditch
Voices in the Dark is bought by ABC Sunday Arts.
Voices in the Dark opening sequence can be found at
The Vale of Belvoir for the Tasmanian Land Conservancy
nominated for the Best Short Documentary at the Aoteaora Environmental Film Festival
and received an Honorable Mention for Educational Value at the
32nd International Wildlife Film Festival in Montana.
The Vale of Belvoir trailer
http://www.tasland.org.au/permanent/valeofbelvoir/