Bondi Tsunami - Behind the scenes

Bondi Tsunami at The Australian National Film and Sound Archive

smithy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:54:19 +0000

Original costumes, props, photographs, artefacts and hard drives (yes… a vintage 2002 Mac tower…rather than reels of film) from the Bondi Tsunami movie were recently obtained by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. The collection will offer future generations an insight into the new wave of 00’s Australian guerrilla filmmaking (enabled by digital cameras, editing software and domestic technology). The Bondi Tsunami movie collection also includes favourite op-shop pieces from Kimiko’s spectacular wardrobe and drag queen shoe collection, Gunja Man’s dreadlocks, Shark’s sunglasses, hat and jacket and Yuto’s famous `Strewth’,'You Little Ripper’ and ‘Sen-Bloody-Sational” -t-shirts, plus the much beloved sheep, kangaroo, wombat on ski’s, zebra and majenta carseat covers, to original drawings and heaps of other making of memorbilia. We are still in negotiations on the final resting place of the movie car (it still runs perfectly)- so if there are any 1961 EK Holden buffs out there, Sushi Bar designers, movie collectors, or rock n’ roll Japanese entrpreneurs looking for a little piece of Australian that never ceases to draw attention history- now is your chance to make us an offer we can’t refuse!!

Rachael Lucas features in first LUMINA Journal

smithy — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:01:39 +0000

As recipient of the Myer Fellowship 2008 (Australian Film Televsion and Radio School), Rachael Lucas recently finished an extensive written report entitled The Ego’s Journey Model: A critical pathway in the conceptual development of new media and virtual worlds. In the report Lucas argues that online interactivity is about interacting with the users ego. Where as old film media follows the course of the hero’s journey, (constructed plots points of drama, suspense and outcome edited into a polished format), new media is guided more by the users ego, it is an unfolding, livetime improvised `experience’ that can’t really be edited or constructed. A summary of the The Ego’s Journey Model, (as distilled by film journalist Rachael Turk) can be found in the first edition of the new bi-annual AFTRS published screen journal. Issue 1 of LUMINA: Journal of Screen Arts and Business features also chapters by Baz Luhrmann, Warick Thornton, David Stratton and Jan Chapman and can now be ordered from quality Australian bookstores (ISBN 978-0-9806550-0-1).

Also, in celebration of `10 years’ of Burlesque Productions (2000-2010), a new youtube channel has been set up where you can now check out some of Rachael’s other film and music video work www.youtube.com/videoburlesque

Live in the US or Canada?

dennis — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:13:48 +0000

Bondi Tsunami, is now available in the USA and Canada via MVD Entertainment Group http://mvdb2b.com

Ask your local Wallmart, Infinity Records, Fry’s Electrics, your local DVD store, music store, or buy it directly from us here or from MVD Entertainment group. Download the American Media Release for more information here.

You can now buy the NTSC (America/Japan) & PAL (Australia/England) version of the Bondi Tsunami DVD on this website - click on our eshop above

CHECK OUT BONDI TSUNAMI ON NETFLIX!http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Bondi_Tsunami/70076336

Some Scenes from Bondi Tsunami

dennis — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:11:36 +0000

Media Mania in Australia
Internet Dub (Gunja Man Ahead) ・Jeff Dread
Beloved Emma ・Penny Ikinger (Remixed by Nic Kennedy)
Uptown Blind ・The Exotics
When I Find My Lover ・Rachael Lucas

Shark makes Newsweek Top 100 Japanese

dennis — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:11:10 +0000

Bondi Tsunami character Shark makes Newsweek Japan’s “100 Japanese the world respects” magazine feature in a full page story!

Check it out here, here and here

Can’t get enough of Taki Abe? …. click here to see Taki working up a tan in Utenji Tokyo!

BONDI TSUNAMI AVAILABLE IN JAPAN THROUGH AVEX TRAX!http://www.avexmovie.jp/english/lineup/bondi.html

The “Bondi Tsunami Rock n’ Roll Guide to Guerrilla Filmmaking” DIY Filmmaking Book….$19.95 (AUS)

dennis — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:24:50 +0000

Featured on Triple J, Filmink Magazine, Screenhub, at SPAA Fringe and Revelation Fest, this book is packed with tips and tactics for creating no-low budget guerrilla films with impact. Learn to identify a marketable concept and create an intelligent destiny for your film, before you begin by uniquely positioning and branding your film for today’s market. Features a bonus section on making no-budget music videos!!
How can I get a copy? The fastest and easiest way to own your very own copy of the “is to order one from our online store. For the best deal, pick up a copy of the Bondi Tsunami DVD or Soundtrack while your there and save on the postage!
Available NOW for the exclusive Bondi Tsunami E-shop price $19.95

Click on our Eshop link.
Book Launch Media Release (click here)

At present the book is only available from our E-shop website. Book retailers or educational institutions interested in purchasing multiple copies of the book at a wholesale price can contact us at asmithy@bonditsunami.com.au with enquires/ orders.
PressKit available

For all magazine editors and journalists we compiled a package featuring high-resolution pictures and a recent press release.
Click here to download