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Monster & Bear

Locality: Brunswick, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 8590 3052

Address: 13-19 Leslie Street Brunswick 3056 Brunswick, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.monsterandbear.com.au

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25.01.2022 Cinemagraphs are a fun way to stop people in their scrolling tracks. A fun little loop we made as a part of a content package for one of our fave clients Ecosa.

25.01.2022 Want to know more "ABOUT US"? Be careful what you wish for... For the full length video head to www.monsterandbear.com.au/about.

25.01.2022 While we're NOT loving seeing a lot of our narrative film industry pals out of work for the foreseeable future, we ARE loving the high spirits and iso creativity in pieces like this. Go stunties, go!

23.01.2022 A few sneaky snaps by AC and BTS-photog Taylan Ceylan behind the scenes of our latest spot for Bistro Blinds, directed by Carl J. Sørheim, featuring sass from Jessica Galea, intense focus from Shannyn Higgins and a brewing bromance from Josh Mitchell-Frey

23.01.2022 A little behind-the-scenes look at 'A Very Moreland Christmas' - the online carols extravaganza that we've been working on with Arts Moreland, going live tomorrow! Event link here if you feel like some fuzzy carol vibes tomorrow: https://www.facebook.com/events/381161016532342 Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals x

22.01.2022 Earlier this year - pre-lockdown - we flew over to Perth to film a heartwarming documentary on Coolbinia Primary School, a part of the Beyond Blue Be You series. It was the final episode in a series weve been working on over the last 12 or so months. A special thanks to our magical skeleton crew Jessica Galea (Producer), Sarah Hickey (Director) and David Franjic (Cinematographer) who captured this beautiful story so well. PSA: The best and most adorable advice youll ever... receive is from a child at the 1:52 mark... https://www.youtube.com/watch See more

22.01.2022 3D photos are weird. Tom Chapman.

20.01.2022 Was our pleasure to help out on this isolation project with M&B Director Juzzy Kane. Such huge props to the extended team of collaborators who came together to make such a beautiful piece for Lost Little One... If youve got a few minutes, feats your eyeballs. Special mad props for a stellar edit and colour grade by our very own Sam McCarthy :)

20.01.2022 For those of you who have been wondering if well be officially re-opening... The answer is yes! Keen to shoot in our space? Its possible. We just ask you to take the house rules seriously :)

20.01.2022 Gonna keep it loose-as-a-goose for now, but lets just say well be springing our little Melbourne-In-Iso doco soon. Very soon. Like, maybe tomorrow soon. But whos to say? What day is it even? What even is life? Or time? Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to our little movement. Weve loved getting to know you and hearing your stories #isocray

20.01.2022 Exciting stuff, the music video we produced for Glittertears has just gone live. So if youre having a cosy Saturday night, and want to escape 2020 for 3 and a half minutes, this clip will take you right back to 94. Directed by Sarah Hickey Key Talents: Anna Lux Lindner, Maisy Lester-Bryant Producers: Jessica Galea, Jessica Pearce... Production Manager / 1st AD: Madeline French Cinematographer: Josh Mitchell-Frey Production Designer: William Bobbie Stewart Art Dept: Sasha Dalton, Sarah Stella, Tess Dolan, Kristen Settinelli, Abramo Carl Peghini, Jamie Hill, Tim McCormick Gaffer: Charlie Moukbel Lighting Designer: Kayzar Bhathawalla Motion Control Experts: Robotface (Tom David, Cam Stewart, David Goldsmith, Andrew Dale) Camera Assistants: Ceylan Taylan, David McRobbie Park Hair & Makeup Artist: Amanda Lissant-Clayton Costume Design: Sally Cheng Editor: Ryan Bird VFX: FKD Studio (Ben Rappell, Benjamin Last) Colourist: Sam McCarthy Song written by Murray Pung, Sarah Hickey, George Carpenter Recorded at The Aviary Recording Studio

19.01.2022 NOTE: If easier, please feel free to send footage via WhatsApp to contact number: +61402661059. UPDATE: Were already commencing our little iso edit, but theres still time to send us your Stage 4 stories and footage. Doesnt matter if its just you going mad in your own loungeroom, or showing us your local park. Have you got a new habit of talking to yourself? Are the kids driving you mental? Are you an essential worker? Every story is as valid as the next. Still accepting... trickle through entries as we commence the edit this week. Some helpful prompts hopefully below! Send all footage to: [email protected].

19.01.2022 SEEKING VLOG-STYLE VIDEO DIARIES FOR A DOCO ABOUT STAGE 4. Let it all out Melbourne, tell us how youre feeling... Thanks so much to everyone whos submitted material for our documentary about Melbourne in Stage 4. We are still seeking material, but this has given us a huge leg up. Over the coming days and week, we may ask for some more specific ways to contribute and right now we have a shortage of vlog-style material. Our Senior Producer Jessica Pearce has been so kind as ...to let us post hers publicly so you can get a sense of how simple it is, the material we are after. While weve loved the more elaborate entries, we would love to know more about what youre all feeling. So, if youd like to contribute your feelings to a film piece were making - laughter, tears, slobbiness, happiness - whatever youre feeling, you have permission to go nuts on the feels. Tell us your story, its as simple as hitting record and seeing what comes out. SUBMISSIONS TO: [email protected]. Please note that if your material is used in the end product, we will be in touch with release forms and more information, so we wont just use without further permissions. Stay safe x

19.01.2022 We were filming these beautiful snippets for Deakin University ONE day before the 6-week lockdown took effect. Feeling very lucky and fortunate to have scraped this project across the line and big ups to the team for the most turbulent and constantly shifting pre-production process ever. You only have to look at the credits list below to get the picture. Agency: BMF Australia... Producer: Jessica Pearce Director: Sarah Hickey (standing in last-minute for Sarah-Jane Woulahan who was in a lockdown hotspot) Cinematographer: Tom Chapman (standing in for Josh Mitchell-Frey who was also in a hotspot) 1st AD: Maddy French 1st AC: Taylan Ceylan Gaffer: Andrew Lock Sound Recordist: Tim McCormick Editor/Colourist: Sam McCarthy Talent: Liz Watson See more

18.01.2022 A little while back, we had a blast churning out this cute video for health food co. KOJA. Also... these bars are ridiculously scrumptious. Everyone can attest to this, except director Jessica Galea - who is allergic to nuts. For those who arent however, get on it. Now at Coles. Agency: GDJ Advertising Producer/Director: Jessica Galea Creative Director: Sarah Hickey / Justin Nagorcka... 1st AD: Madeline French Cinematographer: Josh Mitchell-Frey 1st AC / Talent: Shawkat Husseini (lol, thanks for letting us rope you in to a cameo!) Gaffer: Charlie Gaffer Production Designer: Imo Walsh HMUA: Sky Isabella Edit by: Ryan Bird Colour: Sam McCarthy Special thanks to our neighbours at Wick Studios for the epic sound stage and rustic brick wall texture ;)

17.01.2022 We recently had the pleasure of working with the legends at Klook on an upcoming Australian campaign. It might be a little while until this fella hits your screens but here are some delicious graded stills in the meantime. Well be sure to share the LOLs when this one picks up again! Directed (and Creative Direction) by Luke Goodall and Sarah Hickey Senior Producer: Jessica Pearce Producer/1st AD: Jessica Galea... Cinematographer: Josh Mitchell-Frey Production Manager: Madeline Claire French Gaffer: Andrew Lock 1st AC: Taylan Ceylan 2ns AC: Austin Gilbert Production Designer: Imo Walsh Art Director: Sasha Dalton Hair & Makeup: Samantha Pearce Sound Recordist: Tim McCormick Production Assistant: Tim Williams Edit & Colour: Sam McCarthy Still Photographer: Shannyn Higgins Talent: Rohan Ganju, Marc Gallagher, Megan Brocco and Aaron Gocs #comingsoon

17.01.2022 HUGE NEWS! We are so proud to announce that a show weve been working on with our legends Goodall and Gallagher has just been selected to go into development with Ron Howards Imagine Impact program, alongside Film Vic and Screen Australia. Couldnt be prouder of these legends. Press Release & More Info here: ... https://www.if.com.au/creators-and-shapers-for-impact-austr See more

16.01.2022 Working on something exciting alongside M&B director Justin Kane, DP Joel Egan and the legends at Harpy Film to show your eyeballs soon. New piece for Lost Little One - coming soon!

16.01.2022 Overwhelmed by the many media outlets that seemed to have run with our little doco today, but here's some lovin' from The Guardian. PSA: Article not just about being single, just a quote taken from the piece and bigger picture. It's hard for all. https://www.theguardian.com//worst-time-to-be-single-melbu

16.01.2022 Very proud of the end result of this last-minute shoot during Stage 3 filming restrictions. Shot at Monster & Bear Studios Monster & Bear Studios it was a pleasure to work with @BMF Australia and interview Ezi Magbegor about the importance of feeling Ready For What Comes Next. CREDITS Director: Sarah-Jane Woulahan Producer: Jessica Pearce... Production Manager: Madeline French Cinematographer: Josh Mitchell-Frey Camera Assistant: Taylan Ceylan Sound Recordist: Abramo Carl Peghini Editor/Colourist: Sam McCarthy See more

16.01.2022 Demisexual music video by Glittertears dropping this Saturday!

15.01.2022 9 years ago we uploaded the OG Monster & Bear.

14.01.2022 URGENTLY SEEKING A DIVERSE ARRAY OF MELBOURNE STORIES IN LOCKDOWN 2.0. Hey guys. We're brewing up something pretty special and we'd love for YOU to be a part of it. Have you been documenting what lockdown looks like for you? We can't possibly grasp the magnitude of stories occurring around us right now, so this is your opportunity to show us what's going on in your world. We encourage you to be vulnerable. We encourage you to be authentic. We encourage you to be funny, to be... cute. But most of all, we encourage you to to be real. We're definitely not all in the same boat, but we can be in this together. We just... wanna see your boat. Send videos of all shapes, sizes, formats and content to: [email protected]. At this stage, cutoff will be 5pm Friday.

14.01.2022 We are just SO proud to have worked with our legend Sarah-Jane Woulahan on her short film Objects Of My Disaffection which will be premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival this year! Some gorgeous stills to pique your interest. Please check it out at the link below, and tune in online when the festival rolls around this year on the interwebs! https://2020.miff.com.au/film/objects-of-my-disaffection/

14.01.2022 It's not absolutely officially official until it's on the Screen Australia website. Good hustle team, good news is few and far between during a pandemic so we'll take it. Stay tuned for more on 'The Followers' as the project develops. https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au//2019-2020-online-devel

14.01.2022 Co-Founder and Creative Director Sarah Hickey puts it best when she says: Things are a little bit fucked right now... But we just thought wed let you know were still operating, even if its business as NOT-so-usual. But while this might be an incredibly hard time for everyone, we just wanted to let brands and agencies know that its more important than ever to keep communicating with their customers and consumers, and keeping their finger on the pulse. A film is such a pow...erful way to do that. While high-concept is where we love to live, we recognise our business needs to lean up, and refocus on whats most important right now; and the world is simply craving authenticity, transparency, empathy, kindness and vulnerability. To not address our current situation and pretend nothing is happening is the worst thing you can do. So, were here to say... we get it. But were also here to say... lets be proactive, not REactive. Lets remain flexible and lets tackle this asshole of a year one step at a time.

13.01.2022 We've been putting the finishing touches on a very special filmed version of the Arts Moreland's 'A Very Moreland Christmas'. Basically a super fun, can't-wipe-the-smile-off-your-face, journey through Moreland in a documentary-meets-music video format. There are some phenomenally talented musicians involved, and we are stoked with the outcome. So click attending to the event if you wanna check it out when it goes live!

13.01.2022 Another example of the power of storyboarding. This quick turnaround project - like, REAL quick - for MYER needed everyone to be on the same page with one week of preproduction, and we think its pretty safe to say that everyone nailed it . . . Agency: The Animals Storyboards by Matthew Holmes... Directed by Sarah Hickey Shot by Josh Mitchell-Frey Produced by Jessica Pearce 1st AD: Jessica Galea Gaffer: Andrew Lock AC: Shawkat Husseini Hair and makeup Amanda Lissant-Clayton Styled by William Bobbie Stewart Location sound Abramo Carl Peghini Sound Design Tim McCormick Edit: Ryan Bird Colour by Sam McCarthy Talent: Sally Cheng Project Stills Campaign: Kayzar Bhathawalla (Assist: Samantha Pearce) See more

13.01.2022 Did you know its not only R U OK Day, but also World Suicide Prevention Day? In keeping with the ongoing and very important conversations we all need to keep having around mental health at the moment, we worked with Beyond Blue on this remotely filmed project to speak about suicide prevention. Trigger warning: This post contains video content that might be distressing for some viewers. It features real peoples stories about suicide. ... Director/interviewer: Sarah-Jane Woulahan Producer: Jessica Galea Editor: Sam McCarthy More to come on these brave individuals stories.

13.01.2022 Live in the Moreland area? Want to contribute to a Christmas like no other? Get on board and have a bit of fun with your community

13.01.2022 Thanks for the 25K views yall Hope youre all embracing your #isocray this weekend x

13.01.2022 We're a little slow off the mark, but here's our 2020 Animation Showreel! With a higher demand for animated storytelling in the era of "working from home", we just thought we'd let you know that... yes... we do animation too.

12.01.2022 Some love from the legends at Concrete Playground Melbourne. https://concreteplayground.com//iso-cray-is-the-new-doco-p

12.01.2022 It’s been a long year, and somehow our team has GROWN. So, in the name of growth - personally and as a team - we’ll be trickling out some cute little ‘Meet The Team’ loops so you can get to know us... in 2D AND 3D, some old faces, some new. All wiser for having survived a pandemic together. First up: Josh Mitchell-Frey Josh Mitchell-Frey is an award-winning cinematographer, and shoots the majority of works at Monster & Bear. He's also one of three founders.... FUN FACT: Josh was known as ‘The Dinosaur Kid’ in primary school, and is one of many to have developed a cliche’d love of sourdough baking throughout 2020. WHAT JOSH HAS LEARNT ABOUT HIMSELF DURING 2020: I would make a good hermit, haha. But I also learned how important it is for me to catch up with people, get outside, and get back on set. WHY 2021 EXCITES HIM: I don’t want to jinx it, but going into next year being able to safely film on-location in Victoria is very exciting for me. I’m looking forward to a lot of new visually interesting projects next year!

11.01.2022 For those of you who have been wondering if we'll be officially re-opening... The answer is yes! Keen to shoot in our space? It's possible. We just ask you to take the house rules seriously :)

10.01.2022 Exciting stuff, the music video we produced for Glittertears has just gone live. So if you're having a cosy Saturday night, and want to escape 2020 for 3 and a half minutes, this clip will take you right back to '94. Directed by Sarah Hickey Key Talents: Anna Lux Lindner, Maisy Lester-Bryant Producers: Jessica Galea, Jessica Pearce... Production Manager / 1st AD: Madeline French Cinematographer: Josh Mitchell-Frey Production Designer: William Bobbie Stewart Art Dept: Sasha Dalton, Sarah Stella, Tess Dolan, Kristen Settinelli, Abramo Carl Peghini, Jamie Hill, Tim McCormick Gaffer: Charlie Moukbel Lighting Designer: Kayzar Bhathawalla Motion Control Experts: Robotface (Tom David, Cam Stewart, David Goldsmith, Andrew Dale) Camera Assistants: Ceylan Taylan, David McRobbie Park Hair & Makeup Artist: Amanda Lissant-Clayton Costume Design: Sally Cheng Editor: Ryan Bird VFX: FKD Studio (Ben Rappell, Benjamin Last) Colourist: Sam McCarthy Song written by Murray Pung, Sarah Hickey, George Carpenter Recorded at The Aviary Recording Studio

09.01.2022 Overwhelmed by the many media outlets that seemed to have run with our little doco today, but heres some lovin from The Guardian. PSA: Article not just about being single, just a quote taken from the piece and bigger picture. Its hard for all. https://www.theguardian.com//worst-time-to-be-single-melbu

08.01.2022 Some of the gorgeous graded stills from recent brand piece for Lost Little One, directed by M&B Director Juzzy Kane, and beautiful edit/colour work by Sam McCarthy. Great job to all involved!

08.01.2022 What does working from home look like for you and your teams right now? For us, WFH birthdays look a little like this, and SOUND a little bit like a thousands cats dying.

08.01.2022 Still pinching ourselves at the love and ongoing exposure for the Melburnian struggle right now. But theres light at the end of the tunnel. A great little snippet of our lil doco "Iso-Cray" from Sunrise. Dont forget, you can see the full doco here too: https://www.monsterandbear.com.au//iso-cray-a-story-of-me/

07.01.2022 New work for Movember. Guys, how's YOUR pair hangin'? Director/Editor: Ryan Bird Producer: Madeline French Prop Maker: The Props Lab... Stills Photography: Kayzar Bhathawalla Art Assistant: Szilvia Kaszaniczky Shot at: Monster & Bear Studios Special thanks to Movember’s in-house creative studio, Senior Copywriter Olivia Finlayson and the Programs Marketing Team.

07.01.2022 Earlier this year we had the pleasure of working with agency Hardhat on this campaign TVC for Victoria University, Melbourne Australia. A very quick turnaround on this one, so a very epic hustle all round. Director: SJ Woulahan Producer: Erinn Stevenson Director of Photography: Josh Mitchell-Frey... 1st AD: Madeline French 1st AC: Taylan Ceylan 2nd AC: Austin Gilbert Gaffer: Jared Fish Grip: Ryan Fish Best Boy: Brecan Mitchell HMU: Amanda Lissant-Clayton Wardrobe: Alicia Fernandez Sound Recordist: Tim McCormick Runner: Mahalia Brown VFX Supervisor: Ryan Bird COVID Safety Manager: Paul Rochford Talent: Charmaine Chu See more

07.01.2022 What was initially going to be a series of speaker-to-camera testimonials ended up having a touch more magic when we asked the team members of Everyday Independence to - instead - interview one another. A small COVID-safe shoot which we think perfectly captured the humble pride of this amazing team. Shot at Monster & Bear Studios... Directed by Ben Mcnamara Produced by Erinn Stevenson Shot by Josh Mitchell-Frey Edited by Sam McCarthy See more

07.01.2022 URGENTLY SEEKING A DIVERSE ARRAY OF MELBOURNE STORIES IN LOCKDOWN 2.0. Hey guys. Were brewing up something pretty special and wed love for YOU to be a part of it. Have you been documenting what lockdown looks like for you? We cant possibly grasp the magnitude of stories occurring around us right now, so this is your opportunity to show us whats going on in your world. We encourage you to be vulnerable. We encourage you to be authentic. We encourage you to be funny, to be... cute. But most of all, we encourage you to to be real. Were definitely not all in the same boat, but we can be in this together. We just... wanna see your boat. Send videos of all shapes, sizes, formats and content to: [email protected]. At this stage, cutoff will be 5pm Friday.

06.01.2022 Our team has been on the road for the last few weeks for an exciting tourism campaign. Poor things are absolutely wrecked, but the footage looks magical. Great work guys, you're all troopers and we can't wait to show you all. Pics courtesy of AC Taylan Ceylan.

06.01.2022 New doco Iso-Cray getting some love on ticker this morning. A nice little interview speaking with Director Sarah Hickey on the importance of normalising the crazy were all feeling right now in Victoria.

06.01.2022 While were NOT loving seeing a lot of our narrative film industry pals out of work for the foreseeable future, we ARE loving the high spirits and iso creativity in pieces like this. Go stunties, go!

05.01.2022 Were a little slow off the mark, but heres our 2020 Animation Showreel! With a higher demand for animated storytelling in the era of "working from home", we just thought wed let you know that... yes... we do animation too.

04.01.2022 SEEKING PAID HOME LOCATION FOR EXTERIOR SHOOT! G'day folks! We are on the hunt for a home location that has a patio, pergola, and a big grassy backyard. See the images attached for a reference. It is for a TVC which we will be looking to install and film a product within the beams of your pergola. The product is a transparent weather shield that we will need to install and that you can keep for free after the shoot if you wish!... Details: Installation Date = Nov 20th 2020 (TBC) Shoot Date = Nov 24th 2020 Location = within 25km of Melb CBD Payment = Yes (please confirm) Our film crew and client will need to recce your backyard before confirmation, as there are some technical specifications for the product to fit between the beams. If you have or know of anyone that has such a backyard, please tag them! All official interest should email [email protected] with a few pictures of the space attached.

04.01.2022 Its not absolutely officially official until its on the Screen Australia website. Good hustle team, good news is few and far between during a pandemic so well take it. Stay tuned for more on The Followers as the project develops. https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au//2019-2020-online-devel

03.01.2022 Loving this interactive world map by Genero which outlines live and current statuses of production around the the world. https://genero.com/covid-19-map

03.01.2022 WHAT ON EARTH IS #ISOCRAY? Iso-Cray (a.k.a. Resilientitis) is "a form of delirium, or coping mechanism, developed by the people of Melbourne in Stage 4 lockdown. Thanks to everyone who contributed their material to make this little snapshot of how were all feeling right now. If its getting a bit too much, we highly recommend giving Beyond Blue a call on 1300 22 4636. And special thanks to Australia Locked Down for sharing the love too.

03.01.2022 Gonna keep it loose-as-a-goose for now, but let's just say we'll be springing our little Melbourne-In-Iso doco soon. Very soon. Like, maybe tomorrow soon. But who's to say? What day is it even? What even is life? Or time? Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to our little movement. We've loved getting to know you and hearing your stories #isocray

02.01.2022 INTRODUCING... "THE HUF"! Due to the increased demand for animation during the period over lockdown - and the general time of the pandemic - weve actually hired someone. So we just wanted to give a warm and official welcome to Sam Huf who has joined the Monster & Bear team. Were very excited to have this incredible motion designer, character designer and 2D/3D animator join us. His work - as seen in his showreel below - speaks for itself! What do you think? A keeper? ... Note: Due to having two Sams in post, its officially okay to call this Sam The Huf! He loves it :P

02.01.2022 We blinked, and then it was April. How did that happen?! Anyone else feel the same? So we’re a little late to the party but we wanted to say thank you to all of the clients who still trusted us with all their projects throughout the year that was 2020. We did a lot of things we don’t usually do, but it was an adventure worth celebrating. We made a game (yes, a game!), edited together zoom documentaries, came up with concepts to execute under heavy restrictions and really expanded our animation offering. So this is just a little thank you to all the clients who trusted us with those projects in the year that was. And here’s to keeping the adventure going on 2021!

02.01.2022 2020 Carols are going to look a little different this year as Monster & Bear have teamed up with Moreland City Council to bring you Carols by Porchlight And we would love for YOU to be involved! We are seeking Moreland residents that are interested to be involved in our special community carols film. Whether just yourself, your school, family, neighbours, or choir, we want to hear from you :)... What are you required to do? As we are still organising the production we are looking for those who are keen to film themselves singing a particular song (which well inform you of) or those that are happy for our film crew to arrive at your door step to film random activities, singing, dancing, general Moreland community vibes as per social distancing requirements. And this can all be filmed from the comfort of your, well, porch! Share your biggest, boldest voice and your brightest and most colourful festive-attired self! Register your interest at https://bit.ly/2DJfiHg

01.01.2022 We are just SO proud to have worked with our legend Sarah-Jane Woulahan on her short film 'Objects Of My Disaffection' which will be premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival this year! Some gorgeous stills to pique your interest. Please check it out at the link below, and tune in online when the festival rolls around this year on the interwebs! https://2020.miff.com.au/film/objects-of-my-disaffection/

01.01.2022 Did you know it's not only R U OK Day, but also World Suicide Prevention Day? In keeping with the ongoing and very important conversations we all need to keep having around mental health at the moment, we worked with Beyond Blue on this remotely filmed project to speak about suicide prevention. Trigger warning: This post contains video content that might be distressing for some viewers. It features real people's stories about suicide. ... Director/interviewer: Sarah-Jane Woulahan Producer: Jessica Galea Editor: Sam McCarthy More to come on these brave individuals' stories.