Deadbeat Dads wins Optus One80 Project
A trailer for a one-hour drama has won the One80 Project for 2012.
Deadbeat Dads, directed by Ben Mathews, co-written and co-produced by Kent Pearson and Shelley McLaren, swept the competition, winning all three major awards; Judges’ Choice, the Public Vote and Best Student Entry last night at Moonlight Cinema.
The competition, sponsored by Optus and MTV, now in its sixth year, invites entrants to submit a three-minute trailer with the winning film receiving $180,000 worth of production budget to produce a one-hour version of the story.
The festival also held the world premiere of the extended version of last year’s winner Sick, written and directed by brothers Connor and Christiaan Van Vuuren. Christiaan is also the Fully Sick Rapper and one half of The Bondi Hipsters.
Brillant – though I’d like to see the story evolve over a longer time frame than an hour. Someone give these guys a series !
Good premise. Hope the character dev is as good as the trailer. I’ll watch it. Well done!
Good premise. I hope the character dev is as good as the trailer. I’ll watch. Well done to the creators.
This looks great and I think would make a great series – a bit like The Slap
Very, very good. Characters look strong and convincing.
WOW – very good. Brilliant. I too want it to be longer than a 1 hour one off! SBS? ABC? Anyone want it? Maybe Ten could take it – no doubt it would do well.
My apologies for being so late to this.
Congratulations to the team behind Deadbeat Dads – it’s great. And congratulations to the jury of One80 – you’ve uncovered some real talent once again.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
I also wrote and directed SICK. This is the second article in which you’ve failed to acknowledge me. Being the oft-overlooked younger brother, this rankles my cankles. Please sort your shit out.
Connor,
From one oft-overlooked younger brother to another, I have amended the story and offer my apologies. The last thing I want to do is rankle cankles.
Cheers,
Colin – Mumbrella
Great! Thankyou. Sorry for being a dick about it.
Little brothers FTW!