GMi is working on a documentary about the creation of the Wardandi Memorial Park. The documentary will cover the construction of the park by the work teams, the preparation and burial of Noongar remains returned to the South West from a number of museums across Australia, interviews showing the cultural significance and steps taken over 25 years to make the park a reality.
The team here at GMi have been working closely with Fulton Hogan to document the work on the second stage of the Bunbury Port Access Project (stage 2). GMi have been providing both video and photography services for historical and glossy presentation. With the completion of Stage 2 of the project GMi will then produce a video showcasing the construction for use both here and abroad by Fulton Hogan.
The crew at GMi have stayed in touch with the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) scientists working on the Fire Mosaic research project near Walpole in the South West of WA. Our youngest team member, Carl‘s daughter Clare, was invited to take part in the catching and classification of the bugs and became DEC’s youngest volunteer entomologist.
After spending a few days with the crew of science division Clare can boast finding 6, so far, unclassified species of moth, 1 new beetle and an all new wasp!
GMi have joined the legions of Bokeh fans with their purchase of a new canon 7D. When coupled with GMi’s ever increasing collection of fast glass the images we have been getting are impressive to say the least. Whilst some of us are sad to see ‘old faithful’ (40D) put out to pasture we are more excited about the 7d’s capability to capture Full HD video.
This allows us to have our lightest and most compact HD camera setup yet, which is great for getting to those shoots where the gear allotment is severely restricted. Shoots such as trips to remote mine sites where access is light plane FIFO, or for wildlife shoots where long treks on foot and fast setup are essential.
GMi will soon begin work to produce a series of videos for a social media campaign about prescribed burning by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). The videos will talk about the science behind prescribed burning and demystify the process as a whole.
We here at GMi cant wait to get back down into our states southern forests to film the DEC crews, the previous video we did with them Walpole Fire Mosaic is one of our favourite videos. Click here to see it now: Walpole Fire Mosaic
GMi has been working closely with the Water Corporation of Western Australia recently to produce a series of videos for use by their training department. The videos are for a range of internal and external departments and are fully integrated into the Watercorps SCORM workflow. If you would like to know more about how GMi can help you with developing SCORM based, or any other training packages just drop us a line.
2013 has got off to a bang with Mark M getting married.
Mark and his lovely bride Jessica chose Harvey Dam to be the venue and the weather was perfect. Of course, the bride was looking radiant in a white dress with blue sash and the groom was spotted in a shirt, tie and suit. Probably the first time Mark has been spotted out with an ironed shirt and we have the photographic proof. We are sure that his lovely bride will bring many changes to Mark – appearance, tidyness and an ability to listen – all for the better!
And no GMi wedding event would be complete without and appearance from “Best Lamb” Lamby who watched over the whole event. Luckily for Lamby, the weather wasn’t roastingly hot or he might have got the chop…
A big congratulations and best wishes from us all to Mark and his beautiful wife.
Happy 2013 from everyone here at GMi! 2012 was an interesting year for us which saw new clients, new modes of delivery and new gear, we had some great times in 2012 with our fantastic clients and each other, and we hope to continue this in 2013.
Things we are particularly looking forward to include the projects on Dirk Hartog Island and in our states southern forests, the completion of the project based in the Little Sandy, further uptake of our SCORM based corporate video and training packages (which has seen some fantastic interest of late), more adventures for Lamby and a whole host of projects we cant even talk about yet… But watch this space.
So a massive thank you to all of those who made our 2012 so memorable and here’s to the many new and exciting things that 2013 brings.
The fifth and final in our series of stories introducing the crew here at GEO Media interactive, today we meet GMi’s Mascot, Lamby.
So just who is that masked lamb, this international lamb of mystery?
Lamby is a seldom mentioned member of GMi’s away crew, is a part-time camera assistant and 1st AD and full time indie hipster. Originally employed in 2006 by Carl’s daughter, he was sent with Mark and Carl to make sure that all the work got done during a shoot in the north of the state. Well, he returned safe bringing photos of his work and now accompanies us on all extended shoots.
He is now the most travelled member of the team here at GMi with trips not only around our great state but throughout Europe as well. A regular on the GMi photo wall at our office and now adopted as our filming mascot, look out for him in our photo gallery as he continues his adventures!
The fourth in our series of stories introducing the crew here at GEO Media interactive, today we meet Mark Whittle, GMi’s resident Mac apologist.
Mark began his career at the Film & Television Institute in 1984 working on corporate projects then moved to Bunbury a year later to join GWN.
Over 14 years valuable experience was gained in the areas of camera, audio, lighting, directing live programs and outside broadcasts, but his favourite is still editing. In 1989, Mark won GWN’s Crew Member of the Year Award and in 1994/95 received a cinematography award (editing & lighting) from the Australasian Retail Results Awards.
Mark started his own business in 2000, handling everything from TV commercials to weddings. In 2009 Mark & Supernova attained accreditation in corporate video with the Australian Video Producers Association (AVPA). In 2010 he decided to specialize in weddings with Supernova Video Production and bring his corporate clients to GMi.
Says Mark, “Working with three staunch Wintel tragics, I have an uphill battle as the solitary Mac user in the facility. They refuse to drool over my shiny MacBook Pro. “