Mystery Road Series 1 Time-lapse Reel. ABC and Bunya Productions. Shot on location in Kununurra, Wyndham and surrounds, this 3 week shoot was undertaken to produce title sequence for each episode. Unique to Mystery Road, the opening sequence interprets critical plot points conveying the narrative of each episode using time-lapse.

Working from storyboards at first then interpreting the script for laters episodes, a separate shoot was required for each episode in the series.

The brief was to capture transitions of day to night and night to day, moon rise and set and the Milky Way rising and setting over the landscape and props. The desert skies and landscapes were treated as a character in the series.

The team used motion control extensively. The sequences were shot on DSLRs and the Camblock system using tilt, pan, dolly and focus pull typically with 3 cameras and rigs running simultaneously.

Time-lapse Reel Credits
Time-lapse Specialist Murray Fredericks
Assistant Ben Broady
Editor Audrey Svoboda

Time-lapse reel comprising of sequences created for the production ‘Wentworth’. The footage is used in the title sequences, transitions and interstitials. The 2-3 days brief, filmed on set in Melbourne, was to convey the drab, cold and repetitive life of the prisoners in the yard with the passing of time shown through shadow movement and light transitions. Signage, surveillance and the industrial orange lighting was used to reinforce the oppressive nature life in of ‘H Block’. The footage was produced using numerous motion-control rigs, with tilt, pan, dolly and focus pulling automated over hours.

Showreel Credits
Time-lapse Specialist Murray Fredericks
Assistant Nick Bannehr
Editor Lindi Harrison
Composer Tom Schutzinger

Mystery Road Series 2, Episode 1 Time-lapse Reel & Title Sequence ( ABC and Bunya Productions). Shot on location around Lombadina North of Broome, this shoot was undertaken to produce title sequences for each episode. Unique to Mystery Road, the opening sequence interprets critical plot points conveying the narrative of each episode using time-lapse.

The brief was to capture the murdered body floating in the mangroves over transitions of day to night, night to day, moon rise and moonset. The landscape was treated as a character in the series.

The team used water housings for the tide imagery and motion control extensively. The sequences were shot on DSLRs and the Camblock system using tilt, pan, dolly and focus pull typically with 3 cameras and rigs running simultaneously.

Time-lapse Reel Credits
Time-lapse Specialist Murray Fredericks
Assistant Nick Bannehr
Editor Lindi Harrison

Mystery Road Series 2, Episode 1 Time-lapse Reel & Title Sequence ( ABC and Bunya Productions).

Shot on location Broome and the Roeburn Roadhouse. This shoot was undertaken to produce title sequences for each episode. Unique to Mystery Road, the opening sequence interprets critical plot points conveying the narrative of each episode using time-lapse.

The brief was to capture the drama of the road-trains swapping rigs on the hard-stand and stopping for the night at the outback roadhouse.

The team used and motion control and static setups. The sequences were shot on DSLRs and the Camblock system using tilt, pan, dolly typically with 3 cameras and rigs running simultaneously.

Time-lapse Reel Credits
Time-lapse Specialist Murray Fredericks
Assistant Nick Bannehr
Editor Lindi Harrison

Mystery Road Series 2, Episode 3 Time-lapse Reel & Title Sequence ( ABC and Bunya Productions).

Unique to Mystery Road, the opening sequence interprets critical plot points conveying the narrative of each episode using time-lapse.

The brief was to capture the burnt out car, transitions of day to night and and the general passing of time with the car lit by moonlight and some additional lighting.

The team used motion control and extensively with the sequences shot on DSLRs. Motion control was shot using the Camblock system with tilt, pan, dolly and focus pull. There were up to 3 cameras and rigs running simultaneously over many hours.

Time-lapse Reel Credits
Time-lapse Specialist Murray Fredericks
Assistant Nick Bannehr
Editor Lindi Harrison

Mystery Road ‘Burnt Roo and Dig-site’ S2 Ep4 Title Sequence

Unique to Mystery Road, the opening sequence interprets critical plot points conveying the narrative of each episode using time-lapse.

The brief was to capture the ‘dig-site’ and the ‘burnt roo’ in a theme of ‘tropical gothic’, using the moon and other ambient light to convey the mood and the passing of time.

The team used motion control and extensively with the sequences shot on DSLRs. Motion control was shot using the Camblock system with tilt, pan, dolly and focus pull. There were up to 3 cameras and rigs running simultaneously over many hours.

Mystery Road ‘Trouble in Paradise’ S2 Ep5 Title Sequence

Unique to Mystery Road, the opening sequence interprets critical plot points conveying the narrative of each episode using time-lapse.

The brief was to capture the ‘idealic tropical setting’ in a theme of ‘tropical gothic’, using the moon and dark shadows to convey the mood and the passing of time.

The team used motion control and extensively with the sequences shot on DSLRs. Motion control was shot using the Camblock system with tilt, pan, dolly and focus pull. There were up to 3 cameras and rigs running simultaneously over many hours.

Mystery Road ‘Long Drive’ Series2 Episode6 Title Sequence

Unique to Mystery Road, the opening sequence interprets critical plot points conveying the narrative of each episode using time-lapse.

The brief was to capture a long driving sequence through the outback landscape around Broome WA, with light transitions from day to night then night to day.

The team used static cameras mounted to various internal and external positions on the car.