About us
Based
in Melbourne, Australia, Making
of Movies take assignments wherever the work is.
Our core staff, with its wide range of experience, can handle many projects on our own – particularly when we need to be inconspicuous. For larger jobs we call on our stable of specialists, who we work with as a tight-knit and efficient team.
Who we are…
David
Muir ACS BSC
The Making of Movies team is led by the father and daughter team of David and Rilke Muir
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David Muir is well-known and respected as a screen writer, a director and a
director of photography.
A cinematographer with extensive experience, David's prestigious accreditation
from both the Australian Cinematographers Society and the British
Society of Cinematographers, as well as his awards in Australia,
Spain, the UK and USA, ensures high visual quality in Making
of Movies productions.
He has worked in over
30 countries, shooting everything from seven feature
films such
as Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different,
as well as two British television series, many music clips, award-winning
TVCs and documentaries in out-of-the way and dangerous locations. |
David has written
and directed more than forty documentaries
and films on the arts, many
shown at film festivals throughout the world and on prime-time television
in Australia, Europe, the UK and USA.
His scriptwriting
skills have been commissioned by respected producers such as Film
Australia and RM Arts International (Munich), earning David an Australian
Film Institute nomination and an award at the New York Film Festival.
His interviewing skills
have won the respect of leading producers and dozens of interviewees
from arts and entertainment industries around the world.
David has directed
dozens of high-end corporate videos – clients include leading
manufacturers and property developers – and many top-flight
TVCs for big and small clients, winning Australian and international
awards in the process.
David's roles on professional bodies
such as the Australian Directors Guild and Australian Cinematographers Society keep him abreast
of current industry trends, while his popular guest lectures and
workshops at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and
Television and the Footscray City College Film School keep him in
touch with the next generation of filmmakers.
David brings to Making of Movies a
breadth and depth of experience which gives him the empathy and creative
skills a production team needs when working on a 'making of'. |
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Rilke
Muir
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Rilke's writing skills are much in demand, for film scripts and the print media. Lead articles in such magazines as Building Connection, Timber Design and Urban (planning magazine) show her ability to focus on pertinent issues in diverse areas of design, planning and construction.
Writing assignments for international clients include electrical, chemical, and manufacturing companies, as well as social justice, trade and industry peak organisations.
With a BA in Sociology, Rilke knows exactly how to suss out present and future audiences as well as wider potential markets – skills much appreciated by our clients in planning the audio-visual aspects of their overall campaigns. |
Long-term producer and production manager for The Write Direction in Sydney, Rilke established an enviable reputation for the smooth running of her shoots, whether corporate videos for developers, manufacturers and community groups, or top-end advertisers for TV and radio commercials. All her productions come in on time and under budget.
Organisational skills are applied widely – to conferences, road shows, Think Tanks, and, with creative flair – to marketing and advertising programs and planning.
Rilke is also a celebrant, using her scripting skills to help people tell their special stories at life’s milestones.
Our core team includes:
A long-term stalwart of our core team is Andrew Blogg, a filmmaker who has been a finalist in the ATOM awards Best Tertiary Education Resource category. Andrew mainly contributes his skills in video camerawork – a subject he also teaches at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television. |
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Peter Andrian is another up and coming filmmaker on our team whose background in aircraft engineering gives him a quick grasp of all technical matters – a great help when he is shooting and/or recording sound for us. He has spent the last few years working on doco-styled educational programs, music videos, training and promotional videos. |
Our outstanding young editor, Paul Sutherland, has a background in educational filmmaking and music videos, with a great and ever-developing eye for visual relationships and an acute ear for music. |
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When make-up is needed, Melissa Stasinowsky can be relied on to unobtrusively get everyone looking their best. |
Film music is the specialty of our team member Jonathon "Joff" Bush, who composed and performed music for many shorts and independent feature films as well as The Third Act for Making of Movies. Joff currently teaches composition and performance in Brisbane. He has the skill to understand the director's brief and the versatility to create just the right music to contribute fully to our productions. |
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With the great number of interviews we do – most to be archived for posterity – fast and accurate transcripts are a must. Kathy Kang has been doing these intelligently and reliably for us for several years. |
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Andrea Rassell is one of the talented camera operators on the Making of Movies team. A science graduate with a strong creative bent, she started writing film reviews at university and recently completed a one-year course at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and TV. Andrea has assisted camera departments on both short and feature length films in Australia, Germany and New Zealand. |
As well as our core team, we hand-pick experts specifically for your project, selected from seasoned professionals in all craft skills, together with (when appropriate) the brightest young up-and-coming graduate and post-graduate talent from the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television – Australia's leading school for screen story-telling skills – where David Muir's guest lectures are popular. We believe in giving the next generation of talent the chance to work with true professionals to experience more of the real world of screen production and, in return, they bring their fresh ideas to immortalising your project. |
