UNWRITTEN REVIEWS

TitleUNWRITTEN REVIEWS
BrandMELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Product / ServiceMELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CategoryA01. Direction
EntrantAIRBAG Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Idea Creation McCANN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Production AIRBAG Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Will Horne AIRBAG Director
Nick Venn AIRBAG Producer
Martin Box AIRBAG Executive Producer
Adrian Bosich AIRBAG Managing Partner
Patrick Baron McCann Melbourne -
Nicole Mandile McCann Melbourne -
Andrew Woodhead McCann Melbourne Creative Director
Max Kennedy McCann Melbourne -
Tom Medalia McCann Melbourne -
Aaron Bethune McCann Melbourne -
Edward Stroud McCann Melbourne -
Melina Flood McCann Melbourne -
Oliver Knocker McCann Melbourne -
Charlie McDevitt McCann Melbourne -
Emma Van Den Berg McCann Melbourne -
Meg Andrews McCann Melbourne -
Leighton Howindt McCann Melbourne -

Brief Explanation

Six ‘Unwritten Reviews’ were created by six diverse artists, including a professional chef, a music producer, a master brewer, a contemporary aboriginal artist, a cocktail mixologist and a tattoo artist. Each were invited to a private MIFF film screening from the 2018 program. They were then tasked with crafting a piece in their individual mediums that’s inspired by their viewing experience. The process became short films themselves shared online, spread through the influencers channels, the festival website and experienced first-hand in locations around Melbourne during the lead-up to and during the festival. Instead of reading a review, visual, visceral, edible, audible and tactile pieces will communicate the film experience to our audience without a single word.

Execution

Unwritten reviews were all scouted as real artists, specialising in their fields. With no formal training, these artists needed to be put at ease in front of the camera for interviews, but also when documenting them working on their artworks. The director had to work with these real people, and unsure he created performances that were nuanced and captured their true selves.

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