Lexus if Awards

The ‘Lexus if Awards’ was ‘created and produced’ by That’s-A-Wrap Productions in conjunction with SBS Television and hosted by Libbi Gore and the cream of Australia’s Film & Television industry.

The Lexus if Awards is Australia’s first ever 1 hour televised awards programme, a format originating from Producer Andrew Dillon. Over four days, That’s-A-Wrap Productions co-ordinated a team of several hundred event & production professionals to prepare for the 1 hour extravaganza.

Described (by Sunday telegraph) as a ‘schmick and stylised event’, the Lexus if awards event & party attracts Australian & international celebrities, including Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Lawrence Fichburne and Toni Collette.

BioWarriors

Created by Gabriel Shaoolian, BIOWARRIORS has been developed for television by That’s-A-Wrap Productions for delivery to the US based ITV.

BIOWARRIORS is a merchandise driven series targeting the lucrative US Market, adopting a 3D feature film look. That’s-A-Wrap produced BIOWARRIORS using MAYA animation as the interface and AFTER EFFECTS for composting.

A lot of love and hard work went into the development of BIOWARRIORS and this is reflected in the end result.

OZ Short Films - The Kiss

Oz Short Films is an in-house series produced & distributed by That’s-A-Wrap Productions with a view to offering broadcasters top of the hour interstitial programming.

The series was originally conceived back in 1999 as a vehicle for That’s-A-Wrap to showcase its facilities to international broadcasters and distributors. We just couldn’t attend the markets without having something to show.

The format showcases classic international awarding winning Australian short films and has been package in fast and informative format by Australia’s Rozz Switzer. Stars who appear include ‘Hugo Weaving’, ‘Kate Blanchett’, ‘Rachel Hunter’ and Anthony La Paglia.

Produced for two seasons and has been sold to over 16 countries including the ‘Sundance Network’, the ‘Arts Channel’.

Jamie West

That’s-A-Wrap Productions was contracted to deliver for ‘Kreel Records’ this film clip for ‘Jamie West’s first single “Ride A White Swan”. The song is a cover of an obscure ‘T-Rex track’ and was released in the UK to mark the anniversary of his death.

The Clip was produced using Super 16mm film at the former Zap Studios in Sydney. Production travelled at a fast pace, with our team completed 32 set-ups in just under 32 hours. The shoot also included production of the ‘Jamie West’ swimsuit calendar which was to be released simultaneously with the single.

In the UK, this single made it into the top forty!

Yowie Power

Yowie Power has been ‘developed for television’ by That’s-A-Wrap Productions on behalf of Kidcorp. Here in Australia we all know the successful ‘Yowie’ chocolate range, but it’s not a well known fact that there is entire mythology behind the ‘Yowie Philiosopy’.

That’s-A-Wrap Productions was invited by Kidcorp to develop the ‘Yowie’ brand into a children’s television series and find a home for the show. To attract interest That’s-A-Wrap developed a series bible and re-branded the series ‘Yowie Power’ and producing the necessary marketing tools in order to pitch to the various International distributors and broadcasters.

The clip(s) you see are an example of the visual aids produced by That’s-A-Wrap to successfully secure a US home for the show. We brokered on behalf of KIDCORP, a ‘Merchandise & Distribution Agreement’ with US based TMG Total Media Group, a deal consisting of a ‘merchandise’ commitment & production of ‘26 half hour episodes’.

Biowars

If look at our website in further detail you will see a series called BIOWARRIORS, Biowars was created by Gabriel Shaoolian and was originally pitched as a live-action/animated format.

But at the time most distributors/broadcasters wanted full blown 3D Animation in the vein of ‘Final Fantasy’. So BIOWARS basically became a selling tool and animation test as BIOWARRIORS was conceived.

Sadly the ‘live action’ concept was scrapped but it’s still pretty good viewing and also allowed our production team the opportunity to get their hands dirty. That’s-A-Wrap would like to thank ‘Dale Duigood’ from ‘Photon Stockman’ who was kind enough to invest resources into BIOWARS in their down-time.

Even though we never used the footage beyond the promo, producing BIOWARS and getting our hands dirty with the 35mm Milo Motion Control Rig, was a lot of fun.

if Awards

The very first 'if Magazine Awards' was a very low key event at the Rocks in Sydney, with a handful of awards the event was more of a networking season with unusual amount alcohol. Andrew Dillon and Rick Ennis from That's-A-Wrap had been invited through Stephen Jenner to attend, by the end of the night they could see the events potential. The following day they negotiated the rights to the if Awards and began the process of transforming an 'ad-hoc awards format' into a 'televised one-hour program'.

That's-A-Wrap began the process of procurement of broadcast sponsorship, network placement and delivery of the multi camera event. That's-A-Wrap introduced and brokered 'Lexus' as a broadcast sponsor and negotiated a broadcast pick up with the 'ABC', but ultimately placing the series with SBS.

That's-A-Wrap is proud of its history with the if Awards event and takes great satisfaction in nurturing an idea from a simple invitation into a 'ratings winner'. In its first televised year the 'if Awards' out rated its predecessor the 'AFI Awards' - a record that is still held today - the if Awards is now in its tenth year on the airways!