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AUSTRALIAN PAVILION, WORLD EXPO 2010, Shanghai, China

 


Sound Design and mixing of multi-channel surround soundscapes for all video presentations and display spaces. This included 24-channel surround for the 1,000 seat main theatre, and various formats of surround for the other 5 display areas. It was seen and heard by more than 7 million people over the 6 months of EXPO




"LIONS ON THE EDGE" AND HIPPOS DISPLAY
WERRIBEE OPEN RANGE ZOO, MELBOURNE

Produced and directed interpretive Audio and Video for ‘Zoo of the Future' lion precinct and Hippos Display, major new initiatives for Werribee Open Range Zoo. Filmed and recorded sound in Botswana , Africa for use in video presentation and soundscape presentations within the precincts. Specified and supplied audio, video and PA equipment, installed and commissioned all systems.

 


"BACKYARD TO BUSH" - CHILDREN'S PRECINCT, TARONGA ZOO, SYDNEY

Design, Budgeting, Production, and Recording of all the Soundscapes and Video program for this major project. Consultation with Zoo interpretive and works staff, building company and 3-D Fabrication company, specification & supply of replay equipment, and installation and commissioning of all systems.

 


"WORLD OF BUGS & BUTTERFLIES" and "A STICK IN TIME"
at THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE, MELBOURNE ZOO

Design, Production, Recording, Installation and Commissioning of Rainforest Soundscape, and large-screen video production of butterfly life cycle. Supply of headset radio microphone PA system. Training of staff in operation of A/V equipment. Production and Direction of promotional video for Lord Howe Island Stick Insect breeding program.

 


"ECHOES OF HISTORY" HISTORIC & CULTURAL PRECINCT, BEECHWORTH

 

Design, Production, Recording, Installation and Commissioning of various Soundscapes, including an eight-channel surround soundtrack to a large-screen video presentation, two 12-channel surround soundscapes for the Courthouse and Street of Shops, and oral histories through telephone handsets.

 


"GALLERY OF LIFE" - UPPER WEST GALLERY, MUSEUM OF VICTORIA


 

Design, Production and Recording of Soundscapes for the new Museum, including a 4-channel special format Soundscape for the “Mapping The Human Body” Sound & Light Presentation, Soundscape for the “Future Gene Therapies – Biotech and Beyond” Sound Portal, sound for “The Visible Human” video and Acoustic and Technical Consultancy for numerous presentations throughout the Museum.

 


"WARBIRDS" DVD, TEMORA AVIATION MUSEUM
TEMORA, NSW

Location recording in digital 6-track full surround sound of various vintage war planes, then editing, lay-up and mixing in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround for this world-first DVD. All shots, including air-to-air, have specially recorded surround sound. Program has also been revised and mixed for individual aircraft videos and a 60-minute on-air program. Project has received enormous interest from aviation experts around the world.

 


YINGKO CERAMICS MUSEUM - TAIPEI, TAIWAN

 

Design, Production and Recording of Soundscapes for this large specialised Museum. Two areas incorporate full-surround 6-channel soundfields, reproducing actual locations at an archaeological dig and a peasant kitchen in Taiwan . Other soundscapes include a re-creation of the inside of a kiln, and a steam engine passing through the display area. Interactive video and computer displays are woven through these overall soundfields.

 


TRAPPED - SOVEREIGN HILL, BALLARAT

Design, Production and Mixing of a twenty-four channel special format surround soundtrack for this new experience deep within the underground mine. The presentation uses ghostly figures to present the Creswick Mine collapse. Featured are a mine tunnel explosion and a cave-in. An ambience of miners at work plays through hidden speakers to add realism and ambience to the surrounding tunnels

 


AUSTRALIAN PAVILION, WORLD EXPO 2005, AICHI, JAPAN

Sound Design and mixing of multi-channel surround soundscapes for all video presentations and display spaces. Act One was 16-channel surround, synchronized to a special effects video and live presentation, Act Two was a custom 6.1 format surround sound presentation with 60 video streams, and Act Three a 10-channel surround soundscape.

 




FLINDERS DINOSAUR CENTRE, HUGHENDEN,
Nth QUEENSLAND

 

A DVD presentation in 5.1 surround-sound interprets how the unique Porcupine Gorge formation reveals the Earth's formative layers. The video and sound take visitors back in time to the ‘Big Bang', showing how the Earth was formed and evolved through history. The area is rich in dinosaur era fossils.

 


WW2 GALLERY AND DISCOVERY ZONE GALLERY - AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, CANBERRA

Audio Consultancy on overall Design of Soundscapes, acoustic environment and equipment selection and configuration. Stereo and 6-track Location Recording of Sound Effects. Overall commissioning and alignment of all audio systems.

 


MELBOURNE AQUARIUM - MELBOURNE



Design, Production and Recording of various Experience soundscapes for the Aquarium. Seven different ‘theme' areas present aspects of undersea life. Soundscapes are designed to educate and entertain; adding unique feels to each giant display tank. The project involved design and recording of the Soundscapes, specification, supply and supervision of the installation of all areas.

 
 
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