Trajectory: get to know your gurus.
Ever wanted to know how industry gurus got to where they are? Trajectory features interviews with digital content industry legends about their careers: where they started out, where they are at and the bits in between. These are career cheat-sheets for emerging creatives.
On with the show:
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Gotye
Friday 08 Aug, 08
Wally De Backer is Gotye, the infinitely modest and ridiculously talented musician behind such hits as "Heart's a Mess." In this interview read about Gotye's quest to balance his time between creativity and business, and find out about his much overlooked skills in billy-carting.
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Dan Tonkin
Interactive Media
Monday 02 Jun, 08
Dan is art director for gaming company Iron Monkey. He attributes a lot of his success to his work ethic and his determination to become the best of the best. Read his interview to find out how to make it in the games industry, where atari and comic-book fans come into their element.
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Brad Giblin
Interactive Media
Monday 02 Jun, 08
Brad is the young man behind Film Victoria's digital media initiatives. In this interview he explains how important it is to merge technical and creative skills, and why he is so much more than the go-to-guy for router problems.
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Melanie Coombs
Film & Video
Tuesday 27 May, 08
Yes, that Melanie Coombs, the illustrious producer of the Academy Award winning Harvie Crumpet. Find out how she went from envelope-stuffer to international success story.
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Andrew Apostola
Film & Video
Tuesday 27 May, 08
Andrew Apostola is half the brains behind Portable Content and the Portable Film Festival. Find out about his career in this interview, and enjoy his charming backpacking analogies.
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Tim Parrington
Film & Video
Tuesday 27 May, 08
The wonderful Mr Tim Parrington of post production house MRPPP joined us across cyberspace for this interview. Check out his succinct and slightly off-beat responses, and get an idea how you too can find yourself a nice dark editing suite in which to create your masterpieces.
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Rubidium Wu
Film & Video
Tuesday 27 May, 08
Rubidium is an up-and-coming director with a flair for visual effects and energy to burn. In this interview you can find out how he got to where he is, and why he has a peculiar affection for giant earth-conquering robots.
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Woody (Simon Wood)
Design
Tuesday 27 May, 08
Woody is the indomitable force behind footwear publication Sneaker Freaker magazine and its online counterpart. In this interview he talks about how he grew the magazine into the international success it is today, and why he will still be talking sneakers as an old man in a retirement home.