An international consortium led by TRUE BLUE PRODUCTION delivered the P4L, the mascot of Singapore Comicon in 2023 & 2024 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
Utilising the latest XR technology our booths were situated next to Tik Tok and Magic the Gathering showcasing Australian XR production capability to the world.
Invited to return in 2024 TRUE BLUE PRODUCTION is currently exploring further international partnerships.
"The Darwin Digger" comic book was created by Gareth Benson to share the story of Australia's first two World War II SuperHero, otherwise known as "ADFA MAN"
The comic celebrates the stories of service and sacrifice of Hudson Hawk who during the Bombing of Darwin raids becomes fused as part man, part machine combining the special armed forces of the Army, Airforce and Navy.
The comic book launched at Darwin's own Tropicon before its international release at Singapore Comicon 2024.
You can purchase a copy of the "Darwin Digger" at the WWII Tunnels in Darwin, Kitchener Drive, Darwin Waterfront.
The AADFA man experience furthers the 3D immersive Education and Tourism projects produced by True Blue Production over past two years.
Rob Marchant, owner and operator of the World War II Tunnels privately commissioned the piece which exists as a 3D installation of AADFA man, which is an existing installation representing the Army, Airforce and Navy.
The iconic Digger welcomes visitors to the Tunnels to reveal Darwin’s own 3D storytelling, displayed through a Smart Phone via a QR code device.
As featured in the NT News, ABC and Mix 104.4/Hot 100 this is a tourism and education experience designed to share stories of Darwin’s unique wartime identity.
Funded by CFAT and Northern Territory Government.
Charles Darwin University’s International House offers premium accomodation at one of Australia’s leading universities.
Produced in 3.5 weeks in conjunction with PictoryTale Studios in Oslo Norway this international co production features 3 bespoke Immersive Augmented Reality place-making projects connecting the Darwin Waterfront, with the Deck Chair Cinema and Anzac Oval.
Featuring “Australian Film Crawl” which traces the history of Australian Cinema reviewing iconic Australia films including:
Australia
Crocodile Dundee
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Ten Canoes
Samson & Deliah
BMX Bandits
And a special tribute to David Gulpil.
The films featured along Jevois park and the project was launched as part of the Darwin International Film Festival 2021 which included a Q&A with disney director Hawk Gundersen.
"I worked with Gareth over an 18 month period to develop a strategy around using video to introduce the newly formed Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions company and its Together Commerce message to Australia and New Zealand.
The videos were very well received and did a fantastic job of building the new brand within our market. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Gareth and was delighted by his creativity and ideas, combined with really getting to understand what I was trying to achieve."
Carol Benton General Manager, Australia and New Zealand. Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions
I helped Toshiba Australian and New Zealand corporate division to produce a communication strategy, which included two videos one in animated style which demonstrated the vision of a new product and service of a new point of sale technology. We adopted a storytelling technique that described a 'love story' between Aaron (the retailer) and Amy (the customer of the future). This story device enabled ease of explanation of the new technology that was shown at conferences, events and trade shows and produced compelling evergreen content for one of information technologies biggest international brands.
Recorded at 15,000 ft in collaboration with fellow entrepreneur Ossie Kahn who on a Sunny Sumer Melbourne trains me to fall from Green to Gold. Recorded with thanks to Melbourne Skydive Centre.
Green & Gold Education Pty Ltd proud to collaborate with Ossie Kahn who teaches people to conquer their fears and trust themselves to make the right decisions. At 15,000 ft. Golden Work.
Photography portfolio for Mercedes Benz Melbourne featuring international models Yalda Ghaffar, Arzum Caglayancay (Miss Turkey 2019) and Victoria Vezzano (Fashion Designer and winner of 2018 Fashions on the Field)
True Blue invited as the photographer for the VIP Opening of Ticket to Bollywood November 2019.
Featuring Lucia Hou 2018 Woman of the Year & Ms Oceania WCBQ. Recently featured in the Channel 10 show Behind the Sash.
Photos feature also Fashion Designer Jason Grech, Kristy Vendy and Chanel Steenkamp.
True Blue Production accredited media for Melbourne’s biggest nights the NGV Gala. Featuring international and local celebrities including Salt n Pepper, Jossie Jagger Rachel Griffiths, Bella Heathcote, Phoebe Tompkin, Sam Harris, NGV Director Tony Mitchell, Lindsay & Babra Fox, Radek & Helen Sali and the entire editorial team of Vogue.
A proud media partner of TEDxMelbourne producing over five videos, to promote their satellite event, and conference coverage of the main event in Melbourne including seven speakers, and 2000 guests at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition centre.
Made in conjunction with NASA Astronauts this story tells the Story of Bella a 5 year old whoose dream is to become an astronaut.
Dr Jocelyn Dunn the face of the NASA program is likely the next Neil Armstrong for NASAs revived Space Race. We look forward to celebrating her success including a new trip to the moon scheduled to take place by 2025.
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing our ongoing Educational Series celebrating the new faces of NASAs Space Race including a story of when Dr Marissa Rosenberg first new she was to become an Astronaut.
Please Enjoy!
Made on behalf of Gold Stars Enterprise a leading Co working space in Melbourne in September 2019.
Staples commissioned the production of two videos as part of the launch of their new product range at Melbourne Design Week in 2014.
TrueBlue Digital Production has been a proud media partner of the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival since 2011. Please find some of our photographic coverage of Australia’s most famous race including the celebrated Myer’s Fashion on the Field and Birdcage Marquees.
For over five years Gareth has been celebrating the stories of diverse business, community and innovation events across Melbourne, and Australia.
In 2014 I curated an exhibition of photographs in Warburton, and selective prints were also submitted as part of the Mornington Art Show in January 2015.
The exhibition was entitled "True Meditteranean Blue" from a trip to the Cannes Lions festival of creativity and beyond in 2014. It includes signature pieces from France, the Cost de Azure, Nice, Cannes, and Monaco, Greece and the Greek Islands.
A runner up of best picture at the Mornington Art Show in 2014, the exhibition has limited prints for sale.
A client since 2017 we have extended our brand protection and licensing services to Jacquie to help elevate her business since the early days of our engagement. We were delighted to produce a Speaker Sizzle Reel for her in August 2019.
In 2014 we produced a series of safety videos, and complete 14 minute program for the SkyBusTV service, scheduled to broadcast to 3 million people over a year on the transit services between Southern Cross Station and Melbourne Airport.
"Gareth completed a comprehensive digital strategy for our business in 2013, which we still talk about today. The strategy revitalised our business in the new digital age, including building key digital platforms across LinkedIN, Twitter, Facebook. It included the delivery of key content deliverables across photography and an animated video as part of a new branding campaign that brought our business to life, in full living colour. We were so happy with the results. Gareth has become a great family friend after working so closely with him on this project."
Michael Sfetkidis,General Manager at Charters Paper
The delivery of digital strategy and content deliverables was part of a six month content and social campaign including the devision of the unique brand: Charters Paper - Still on a Roll.
Produced on behalf of Eureka Skydeck, the City of Melbourne and the World Trade Centre, the mini documentary "Flight of the Docklands Dragon" shows the inspiration and incentive towards the flight of an 150 foot long Dragon build to celebrate Chinese New Year.
One of our first,and most valued clients Sayers Art & Design allowed for us to consistently improve our storytelling techniques to add value using the latest film and innovation technology shwoing the transformative power of Bill's art work, in full living colour!
Included here:
The Art of Circles , 6 minutes : Filmed entirely on location, in Lorne Australia, in Backyard Blitz style a holiday house is transformed much to the delight of a client.
East West, 5 minutes: Produced on behalf of Bejings Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 Bill Sayers and his team transform a Brighton Home in an exploration of east and western culture.
Genesis to Revelation, 8 minutes: Produce as a commission client piece for the opening of a film exhibition Genesis to Revelation played to a full house of supporters at the Australian Centre of the Moving Image, on the cinema screen and remains a favourite nearly five years on by Sayers Art & Design.
On behalf of MMM Digital we were hired as exclusive event photographer by the Austrereo Network to cover both the Big Day Out and Soundwave providing event photography of major international acts including Metalicaa, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Offspring, Garbage, Cyprus Hill, Gary Clark Junior, and many more artists.
MMM Digital: The Photos achieved national syndication through the Austereo Network for Soundwave: and The Big Day Out:
We were pleased to create a training series aimed at the increasing the health and nutrition of Australians, including a series of videos filmed with five nutritionists to Eat Well, with Nutrition.
Filmed and delivered in under two weeks, we scripted, produced and delivered an entire educational training series including rehearsals, production and delivery.
Covering one of Australia's most historic sporting events, this year we covered the Kooyong Young Members courtside including interviews with Juan Monnaco and local celebrities.
In addition to a professional refresh of their promotional video, I conducted six months of filming as a training and communications assignment, to increase the training and occupational health and safety of one of Melbourne's largest excavation companies: Earthlift Excavations.
"Fantastic work for Modern Risk Solutions as a Videographer and Digital Media specialist."
Geoff Stooke , Insurance Professional; Entrepreneur
Working with the financial services industry was a new challenge, and embracing the future of business Modern Risk Solutions, an insurance broking house became a regular client. We produced several films, over a number of events around the innovation economy, and in this case the launch of a New App for risk reporting.
Produced as part of a pitch to Tourism Victoria, representing one of Melbourne's oldest shopping strip, Smith Street Destination 86 was a tourism marketing push, which led to the engagement by the Smith Street Business Association to draft the 5 year marketing plan for the revitalisation of the strip. The concept was so well received that Tourism Victoria Uli Mass described it as "one of the best we've seen".
This pilot was produced on behalf of the City of Yarra, and the process and method explored assisted secure significant funding to create a documentary approach to promote retailers in Melbourne as part of a major Streetlife project funding grant.
As part of Sydney's historic APEC conference in 2007, I was an associate producer for this important educational series which included interviews with APEC prime ministers and presidents including John Howard, George Bush, Donald Cheng, and Helen Clarke.
I earned my first broadcast credit with Foxtel's History Channel for a two hour commemorative documentary filmed for the APEC World leaders conference. This involved interviews with 12 out of 24 world leaders who attended the conference including President George Bush, Prime Minister John Howard, and Helen Clarke.
This culminated in assisting to produce a 12 part online interview series with IOC president Jaques Rogge, screening to over 6 million people during the Beijing Olympics.
A media accredited partner of the Spring Racing Carnival 2011 - 2019.
Featuring AFT Champion Anthony Koutoufides, Australian Gold Medalist Shane Kelly and Stoufa on behalf of Mr Bedri Sainovski and Marsh General Insurance. Think Insurance.
Working with leading Melbourne Skydiver Ossie Khan we tell the story of the importance of securing your valuable Intellectual Property is like securing a parachute. Produced in June 2019. Website: www.ipassist.com.au
RMIT hosted World IP Day presented by Gareth Benson Lawyers and Associates filmed at the iconic design building in Melbourne.
Volare
Celebrating the work of Mr Bil Sayers from Sayers Art and Design featuring the home of Beijing Entrepreneur of the Year Lucy Lui.
Filmed on location in Delphi, Greece we retrace the steps of the founding father of storytelling Aristolte to discover the 7 secrets of online storytelling.
An Animation produced on behalf of Amway one of the world’s largest network marketing companies.
An overview of IP Assists services in innovation with Intellectual Property. Strategy is Vital.
Filmed entirely on location in Athens Greece, two friends of 25 years follow in the footsteps of Socractes to discover “Why” Socrates Died?
Filmed in conjunction with Green & Gold Education Pty Ltd.
James Southwell and band cover of Rolling Stones "Beast of Burden", recorded live @ Melbourne's own Pony Records February 2012 in support of raising awareness of Freidreich Ataxia.
