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
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 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
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
Can of Worms 2012
New host, new titles for 2012. Focussing on the curly questions we created a highly colourful graphic rich title sequence that ends to reveal a map of Australia full of questions... 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
Bindis Bootcamp
Treasured Aussie Icon Bindi Irwin enters a new stage in her rising career as a wildlife tv game show host! Bindi’s Bootcamp offers young adventurers the chance to get up... 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
Off Their Rockers
Look out Australia the oldies are kicking ass! Granada Media asked us to create a title sequence for this comedy candid camera style show. Hackett Films shot the title sequence at the... 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
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
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
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
Moon Week
The Monkeys came to us with a great script and creative and we worked with them to bring to life this 1960’s style animation. The audio, voiced by Ted Maynard,... 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
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
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
ABC Open
Hackett Films was given the task of capturing the diversity of the ABC Open project and creating a 'call to action' to invite all those in regional Australia with a... 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 Penny Chapman from Matchbox Pictures. Their six part factual series exploring the unnatural history of sex in Australia, required branding, titles and explanatory program graphics from Hackett Films. Disguising 3D animation as vector art, we were able to walk a caricature of host Julia Zemiro through a timeline of changing attitudes; from procreation, love, society, Christianity, fashion to sex in the future.
Client
Matchbox Pictures
The Team
Directors James Hackett, Mary Benn
Producer Peter Kearney
Animation Mary Benn, Ben Wright,
Jean Camden, Rob Moffett,
Daniel Shnitzer, Anna Fraser
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