Highlights from our recent time-lapse projects.

Stills from across a range of our recent projects.

CPB Contractors commissioned Mighy Films to shoot long-term time-lapse footage of the Citylink Tulla Widening project. This camera at ALT Tower, Travancore provided a particularly good angle of the works – and the Melbourne skyline too!

As well as capturing great time-lapse footage, we were able to produce high-quality, high-resolution stills for the project team, which even looked good when blown up to A0 size prints.

This job saw Mighty Films shooting dynamic time lapse footage of construction works on the $350 million Springvale Road Level Crossing Removal project.

Shooting over three nights in some of the worst conditions we've every worked in, Mighty Films captured some brilliant shots with our multi-camera, motion controlled setup, and got very wet in the process!

A challenging shoot that resulted in some great-looking footage. Check out that rain!

Mighty Films was commissioned by Transurban to shoot time-lapse of key project milestones on the Monash Freeway Upgrade, part of the Western Distributor Project.

RMIT commissioned Mighty Films to capture installation of their rooftop co-generation power plant over two weeks as part of the Sustainable Urban Precincts Program. 

The project aims to make RMIT less reliant on electricity sourced from the grid by producing power from a variety of other sources, including natural gas. It recently won the 'Best "Smart Energy" Project' award from the National Energy Efficiency Council. 

The Centre for Ethical Leadership commissioned Mighty Films to make a short promo for their Vincent Fairfax Fellowship™ – a program that equips senior executive leaders with the tools they need to make ethical decisions in business. A combination of atmospheric overlay, smooth dolly shots and personal narrative results in a slick-looking piece that speaks to the high-end market this promo is aimed at.

BAE Systems Australia hired Mighty Films to shoot this time-lapse of their commercial aircraft maintenance team working at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne, Australia. The footage captures some of the work done every night to ensure commercial aircraft get us where we're going safely.

The shoot used one static camera installed for five days, combined with a one-night attended shoot to capture close-ups and alternate angles with two mobile cameras – one on a motion control system. This combination of long-term and attended time-lapse capture makes for dynamic footage that is more detailed, more flexible and more engaging than a simple unattended long-term installation, for only a small increase in budget.

Check out the clip. I think it speaks for itself.

Forest Fire Management Victoria hired Mighty Films to document its work to incorporate traditional indigenous knowledge of fire and land management into the day-to-day practices of the organisation for the first time.

Adopting a participant-led approach to film-making, we shot a suite of films over three months in the Central and Malley regions of Victoria, met some great people and learned a lot about indigenous history and  caring for country in the process.

Mighty Films was commissioned by the University of Melbourne to produce a series of films as part of W-DARE, an Australian Government and UNFPA funded research project which aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health of women with disability in the Philippines

The films highlight the capacities and unique perspectives of three women with disability who were part of the W-DARE project, and have been widely used for advocacy and education around issues affecting people with disability in the Philippines.

W-DARE – Rochele: Rochele is Erchen's mum and most passionate advocate.

W-DARE – Sarah: Sarah is a 21 year-old fourth grade class president and future leader. 

W-DARE – Weng: Weng is a mother of three and a massage therapist in Quezon City, Philippines. 

Mighty Films was lucky enough to travel to Kenya (again!) in mid-2014 for the Nossal Institute for Global Health at the University of Melbourne. The film we produced this time illustrates some of the key issues around maternal and child health care in pastoralist communities in Laikipia and Samburu Counties.

Shot over two weeks in 2014, we visited Maasai and Samburu communities and spoke to traditional birth attendants, and the doctors and nurses who are taking over from them as the primary carers of women having babies in these areas.

Both traditional and skilled (trained) birth attendants describe barriers to accessing health care (ranging from issues of distance and lack of transport, to the problem of elephants and other wild animals preventing travel at night!), as well as highlighting the positive outcomes they have experienced during this important transition.

The film was delivered in Kenya in Maa and Swahili with English subtitles for maximum accessibility in relevant communities – this is the English narrated version.

Baulderstone (now owned by Lend Lease), one of the largest construction companies in Australia, asked Mighty Films to make a series of films profiling staff members, to build staff engagement and to inspire.

The brief was to go beyond a professional portrait and show a glimpse of the subject's personal story, giving us an insight into what drives their passion for their job.

The films broke the mould on what in-house videos should look like and were eventually re-purposed as external comms.

BAE hired us to shoot time-lapse of some big new toys they were building for the ADF. Shot over several months using multiple cameras both fixed and mobile, we captured footage of bits of aircraft carrier in some very tight spots.

Mighty Films was commissioned to produce a series of films profiling young Australians who have received funding from the General Sir John Monash Foundation to study at some of the world's top universities.

The films aim to portray these highly accomplished individuals as ordinary Australians doing extraordinary things. 

Teach Learn Share is a series of films on innovative programs in education. Commissioned by Education Services Australia and the Federal Education Department, the project saw Mighty Films travelling across three states visiting some very different schools.

Books in Homes: Nowa Nowa Primary School is a 27-student country school in eastern Victoria, but it feels more like an extended family. Nowa Nowa was the only school we visited that had a lizard on staff. Keep an eye out for him helping the kids with their reading.

YuMi Deadly Maths: The YuMi Deadly Maths program at Spinifex State College in the Queensland mining town of Mt Isa, keeps students in maths class by relating learning to the world around them. The class includes indigenous and non-indigenous kids and looks like a lot of fun! And no, Cottee's did not pay for the product placement.

Accelerated Literacy: Mayfield East Public School, one of the oldest primary schools in Newcastle, does accelerated literacy with a twist.  It's a great little school with some big ideas and super-dedicated staff.

The University of Melbourne’s Nossal Institute for Global Health approached Mighty Films to produce a film promoting their Gender Equality Study, an international research initiative in partnership with World Vision Australia.

Mighty Films accompanied researchers to the Rift Valley in western Kenya, where they travelled to evaluate gender equity outcomes in the Marigat Girl-child Promotion Project, which seeks to lift the status of women and girls in rural Kenyan communities through improving access to education and offering alternatives to harmful cultural practices.

Before leaving Australia, Mighty Films worked closely with the research team to identify cultural sensitivities and develop a rigorous ethical framework for the production of the film.

Places You Love, Australia’s biggest ever alliance of environment groups, commissioned Mighty Films to produce a series of films on everyday Australians looking after the places they love.

Shot around Australia, the films capture the personal stories of five environmental champions working to better the world in very different ways.

placesyoulove.org

Places You Love, Australia’s biggest ever alliance of environment groups, commissioned Mighty Films to produce a series of films on everyday Australians looking after the places they love.

Shot around Australia, the films capture the personal stories of five environmental champions working to better the world in very different ways.

placesyoulove.org

Teach Learn Share is a series of films on innovative programs in education. Commissioned by Education Services Australia and the Federal Education Department, the project saw Mighty Films travelling across three states visiting some very different schools.

YuMi Deadly Maths: The YuMi Deadly Maths program at Spinifex State College in the Queensland mining town of Mt Isa, keeps students in maths class by relating learning to the world around them. The class includes indigenous and non-indigenous kids and looks like a lot of fun! And no, Cottee's did not pay for the product placement.

Accelerated Literacy: Mayfield East Public School, one of the oldest primary schools in Newcastle, does accelerated literacy with a twist.  It's a great little school with some big ideas and super-dedicated staff.

Books in Homes: Nowa Nowa Primary School is a 27-student country school in eastern Victoria, but it feels more like an extended family. Nowa Nowa was the only school we visited that had a lizard on staff. Keep an eye out for him helping the kids with their reading.

Mighty Films was commissioned to produce a series of films profiling young Australians who have received funding from the General Sir John Monash Foundation to study at some of the world's top universities. The films aim to portray these highly accomplished individuals as ordinary Australians doing extraordinary things. Kate Griffiths is a taxonomist, which means she knows next to nothing about stuffed animals.

Mighty Films shot this sweet little time-lapse film for the nice guys at TCK Solar. Thanks to some nice weather and a couple of very accommodating home-owners, we ended up with a great little promo piece.

Mighty Films shot this film in the mountainous highlands of Papua New Guinea. Telling the story of the Tok Piksa PNG Youth Photovoice project, the film features young people telling their own stories about life in one of the most beautiful and underprivileged countries in the world. This shoot was one wild ride - from passing the best part of a day baking in the tray of a speeding 4x4 to spending the night in a hotel that was very…interesting, this was a shoot to remember.