Gold
Production & Post-Production
Direction
| Entrant: | Exit Films Australia, Sydney |
| Brand: | Telstra |
| Title: | "This is Footy Country" |
| Corporate Name of Client: | Telstra |
| Client Company: | Telstra, Sydney |
| Chief Marketing Officer: | Brent Smart |
| Head of Global Brand Marketing: | Anna Jackson |
| Client Head of Brand Marketing: | Alita McMenamin |
| Senior Client Brand Manager: | Jon Hollett |
| Agency: | The Monkeys, Part of Accenture Song, Sydney |
| Agency Chief Executive Officer: | Mark Green |
| Chief Creative Officers: | Scott Nowell/Ant Keogh/Tara Ford |
| Creative Directors: | Cameron Bell/Sam Dickson |
| Senior Copywriter: | Jake Ausburn |
| Copywriter: | Seamus McAlary |
| Senior Art Director: | Alex Polglse |
| Art Director: | Emmalie Narathipakorn |
| Agency Head of Production: | Penny Brown |
| Agency Chief Strategy Officer: | Hugh Munro |
| Agency Business Directors: | Amanda Porritt/Samar Karim |
| Production Company: | Exit Films Australia, Sydney |
| Production Managing Director: | Declan Cahill |
| Director: | Mark Molloy |
| 1st AD: | Jeremy Fitzgerald |
| 2nd AD: | Hannah De Jorge |
| Executive Producer: | Leah Churchill Brown |
| Producer: | Mark Foster |
| Line Producer: | Rachel Argall |
| Director of Photography: | Jeremy Rouse |
| Production Designer: | Steven Jones Evans |
| Head of Production: | Jacquie Riley |
| Production Assistant: | Millie Lombardo |
| Gaffer: | Ruru Reedy |
| Grip: | Mick Leslie |
| Best Boy: | Massimo Luongo |
| Storyboard: | Maria Pena |
| Post-Production Company: | The Editors, Sydney |
| Executive Post-Producer: | Nicoletta Rousianos |
| Post-Producer: | Adrian Konarski |
| Edit Facility: | The Editors, Sydney |
| Editor: | Jack Hutchings |
| Colorist: | Ben Eagleton |
| Music Production Company: | Level Two Music |
| Music Supervisors: | Marcus Brooke-Smith/Mel Pantz/Hugh Owens/Karl Richter |
| Music Composers: | Jaakko Sakari Salovaara/Ville Virtanen |
| Music Performed By: | Whisky Shivers |
| Song Title: | Sandstorm |
Description:
This is Footy Country opens on a broken down bus on the side of a rural road.
The coach on the footy team travelling on the bus is on a call with the manager of the club, concerned they wont make it to the game in time. The club manager is not accepting defeat or a forfeit.
She grabs the keys to the old worn out team bus and hits the road. as she speeds around the small town she recruits any and everyone she can find. Young and old, past players and locals who have never touched a ball. All the new recruits trust in the club manager and are determined to support their local and beloved team.
Clothed in the uniforms from generations of teams in the past the rag tag team burst onto the field to face their opponents. The ref blows the whistle…