iView
Di Costantini and Hackett Films created the loveable nerd Stuart, who proudly illustrates the wonderful ability of iView to catch up on TV over a number of devices. We developed... more
SOH Kids at The House
How could we resist bringing these seriously cute illustrations to life for Sydney Opera House? Based on illustrations created by Paul Clark from Alphabet and the brochure developed by the... more
NIB
Working with the great team at BWM, Hackett Films took this trusted brand into a bold new textured world. With NIB’s existing strong brand elements, they wanted Hackett Films to... more
Royal Easter Show
What would the Royal Easter Show be without Bluey, Smokey and Milky? These three very excited little critters, created by Hackett Films, helped energise the campaign for the Royal Agricultural... more
UWS Bachelor of Business
A cute brain! Who would have thought it was possible. Our hero character bursts onto screen with energy and curiosity, bounding his way through this charming, and friendly cinema commercial.... more
The Burning Season
Like an indonesian forest on fire, Director Cathy Henkel and Mary Benn sparked captivating visuals that explained the complex sections of Cathy's eco-active documentary "The Burning Season". We combined chainsaw... more
Gruen Planet
Look out the Gruen team are taking on the planet! The latest show from Zapruder’s Other Films is taking on a broader range of topics including image control, spin, branding... more
IF Awards
Cubes of light come together to make up a large screen like wall in this striking awards title sequence and broadcast package by Hackett Films for the 2011 Jameson IF... more
Joy of Sets
Hackett Films and Andrew Denton’s company, Zapruder’s Other Films, teamed up again for The Joy Of Sets for Channel 9. The series takes a journey through the world of television,... more
My Family Feast
James Hackett and Justin Drape from the The Monkeys joined forces again for this fun titles sequence. Justin brought in Dan Eldon's Africa journal which was great inspiration for the... more
News Exchange
Hackett Films was given the opportunity by Andrew George, at ABC News 24, to develop the broadcast package and titles for their new program — News Exchange. The program aims... more
Sex: An Unnatural History
Naked wobbly bits! There was too much fun to be had and too many inappropriate office jokes made for us not to enjoy working with Luke Eve, Michaela Perske and... more
ABC3 Studio 3 2011
Hackett Films worked alongside ABC children’s producer Jan Stradling on this broadcast package for ABC3's cornerstone show Studio 3. We wrote the scripts for the titles and breakers and developed... more
The Late Session
A sophisticated evening show with some fine dinning table discussion was the brief for Waleed Aly’s ‘The Late Session’. Taking into account Waleed’s extensive knowledge of current affairs and his... more
BluBlocks
BluBlocks is a tool that improves your social media via your brand; but how does this all work? Hackett Films was presented with the challenge to ‘edumate’ potential Blu Blocks... more
Broken Hill Studios
Hackett Films worked with Frost Design to develop a 3D logo resolve for Broken Hill Studios. We modeled, rigged and animated a matching character to seamlessly bring their brand to... more
School A to Z
The Department of Education and Training's (DET) exciting 'School A to Z' project provides a multi-platform demystifier for parents and children engaged in the NSW public school system. Mary and Jean... more
University of Sydney — Shanghai World Expo
Hackett Films created three sequences for the Shanghai Expo showcasing the work and research of the University of Sydney and its ongoing ties with China. Students and professors were rounded... more
Virgin Australia — In Flight Safety Information
Wanting to steer clear of the usual dry airline safety demonstration video fodder, Interact approached James at Hackettfilms to create an engaging character driven 3D animation, more aligned to the humor... more
Bauer Media Group — Go to Market
Bauer Media Group asked Hackett Films to update their 'Go To Market' presentation, with a new look and feel. Keeping it all highly energetic and super shiny, we combined snappy... more
Cold Chisel — All For You
This was our first remote video, we worked with files sent to us from Chisel’s manager John O’Donnell. Even the live-action was sent to us via FTP after Robert Hambling... more
The Dissociatives
Daniel Johns and Paul Mac were feeling like a change of look and we were happy to give them a complete overhaul with this photo-montage toon-ification. James and the team... more
John Butler Trio — Good Excuse
What a pleasure it was to meet and work with the talented Mr. John Butler and his band members, Shannon Birchall (on up-right bass) and Michael Barker (on drums). After... more
Bundaberg Rum Club Visuals
From mustache skipping to Queen Victoria getting her groove on, the team created a series of VJ Projections for the Bundaberg Rum team at Leo Burnett. Top DJs from around... more
Private: Diageo Hype Reel 2011
After working with Leo Burnett on the Bundaburg Rum club VJ visuals, Hackett Films had the opportunity to create the internal hype video for Diageo’s the end of financial year... more
Mi9
Ninemsn and Microsoft recently launched their new service Mi9 that will propel them as the bigger player in Australia for digital media. This is Blow comissioned Hackett Films to bring... more
Graphic Festival
For the second year running, Hackett Films was proud to be involved in the Graphic Animation Festival, producing the hero concept and show graphics. For 2011, we created an ethereal... more
Grinspoon — Bleed You Dry
No edits and a make up girl that was too scared to approach Phil Jamison make this a gritty and exciting music video. The song was written in about 4... more
Deutsche Bank
No more boring presentations! Working with Vince Frost, we created this dynamic presentation to inform the international Deutsche Bank team about opportunities in new markets. Using the paper pop up... more
Australia Day 2012
With the emphasis on having a fun family Australia Day, Hackett Films has produced this satirical commentary on the lengths people will go to, in order to fully enjoy the... more
CBA Pitch
“Help, we need a 60 second commercial for a pitch in 48 hours...”. That was the call from Brendan at DDB. In a frenzy of activity where the nights became... more
Graphic Festival 2011 — Godzilla
As part of Graphic Animation Festival competition, Hackett Films created a few example animations to get everyone’s creative juices flowing. With this one, we went for a godzilla esque stop... more
Graphic Festival 2011 — Pirate
As part of Graphic Animation Festival competition, Hackett Films created a few example animations to get everyone’s creative juices flowing. Using some left overs from the hero animation, along with... more
Australia Day 2012 Illustrations
With the emphasis on having a fun family Australia Day, Hackett Films has produced this satirical commentary on the lengths people will go to, in order to fully enjoy the... more
School A to Z Illustrations
The Department of Education and Training’s (DET) exciting 'School A to Z' project provides a multi-platform demystifier for parents and children engaged in the NSW public school system. Mary and Jean... more
Graphic Festival Illustrations
For the second year running, Hackett Films was proud to be involved in the Graphic Animation Festival, producing the hero concept and show graphics. For 2011, we created an ethereal... more
Royal Easter Show Illustrations
What would the Royal Easter Show be without Bluey, Smokey and Milky? These three very excited little critters, created by Hackett Films, helped energised the campaign for the Royal Agricultural... more
Can Of Worms 2011
This title sequence gets across some of the game mechanics in the show, introduces the host and evokes new and old forms of media all in under 25 seconds. We... more
dirtgirlworld
Cate McQuillen and Hewey Eustace from Mememe Productions approached Hackett Films with an idea for a children's television series. Together we worked on the visual concept for the show, and... more
Commbank ‘Kaching’
Throw a party and shoot it! The team at M&C Saatchi led by Shane Gibson threw down the challenge and we keenly accepted. To demonstrate how CommBank’s new mobile payment... more
Gruen Sweat
Let the gains begin! Covering the world's biggest sporting event, Zapruder's Other Films brings you Gruen Sweat. The team will expose and dissect the marketing bubble that hovers around the Olympic Games.... more
Tractor Monkeys
The ABC archive is full of weird and wonderful things so why not make a show around it? Jennifer Collins at the ABC asked us to create a broadcast package... more
ABC3 Studio 3 2012
Following on from our 2011 idents starring the cute, chaotic, chameleon character 3; ABC3 asked us to create a few more back stage situations for 3 to get involved in... more
ABC3 Idents 2012
Di Constantini from the ABC asked us to come up with 3 new idents based on kids stories. The result is a dragon that can't breathe fire, a world made... more
Pet Superstars
Do you think your pet is a superstar? This series for ABC Children’s is all about fabulous fluffy bunnies and super slobbering dogs. We created a broadcast package of awesome... more
Maritime Museum ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ TVC
For the summer of 2013, the Maritime Museum have launched three fun, family friendly exhibitions. The team at the brand new agency Bloke asked us to create the adventurous tomboy... more
Ahoy there!
You may have missed her... but she's everywhere... on bus shelters, airport billboards even the monorail. She's also graced your TVC screen touting action packed fun for the Maritime Museum.... more
Monkeying around with tractors
Our latest broadcast package has just gone to air on ABC1. As you will see we had lots of fun doodling around in seriously bright colours. See more more
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