Wind & Sky ProductionsVisualising Victoria’s Groundwater (VVG)
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Client: Federation University Australia
Produced: 2014
Length: 10.36 minutes
Visualising Victoria’s Groundwater (VVG) is a web-based system which collates scientific data on Victoria’s groundwater from many sources in real time and represents it visually on a map. Developed by the Geology department and the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) at Federation University Australia, the VVG project is not only a revolutionary way to explore groundwater data, it is an innovative and collaborative approach to public data sharing which responds to user needs yet respects the custodians of data. In an era where big data, open public data and high-speed broadband is transforming the way we use and access information, this project has inspired a rethink in policy and research circles on what is possible and provides a practical model of how data custodians can work together. The simple act of representing complex data on a map has sparked spin-off projects in many different disciplines, from history to fire management, and has led to new uses and applications the original planners did not think possible. The project proves that people with passion for their science and its data can work together to achieve great things.
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Credits
- Produced by:
- Jary Nemo and Lucinda Horrocks
- Production Company:
- Wind & Sky Productions
- Directed and edited by:
- Jary Nemo
- Executive Producer:
- Helen Thompson
- Featuring:
- Peter Dahlhaus, Helen Thompson, Andrew MacLeod, Brett Miller, Brendan Cossens, Matthew Currell and Kirsten McKenna
- Camera and Sound:
- Jary Nemo
- Research and Interviews:
- Lucinda Horrocks
- With thanks to:
- The Department of Environment and Primary Industries Victoria, Goulburn-Murray Water, Norm Suckling, Kirsten McKenna, Hayley Collins and the staff at the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation, Federation University Australia.
- VVG would not be possible without the support of:
- The Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation and the School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering at Federation University Australia, the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation, the Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management Centre at Australian National University, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria, the Geological Survey of Canada at Natural Resources Canada, the National Geoscience Information Infrastructure – Minerals Down Under Flagship at CSIRO, the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative, Goulburn-Murray Water, Thiess Services Pty Ltd, Senversa Pty Ltd, the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information, the Groundwater Systems Research Group at the Queensland University of Technology and the Victorian Mineral Water Committee.
- Commissioned by:
- Federation University Australia.
- Distribution License:
- Free to distribute online under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 conditions, all other use requires permission.
- Copyright with:
- © Federation University Australia and Wind & Sky Productions Pty Ltd 2014.
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Community Chef Case Study
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These two films tell of the challenges, risks and benefits in taking a collaborative approach to community service delivery using the example of innovative delivered meals facility Community Chef.
Local Government Managers Australia (LGMA), in their role as part of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) commissioned us to create a series of films which would bring their written case study of the Community Chef facility to life. Our challenge was to take the sometimes dry material and to transform it into a story. We wanted also to show the challenges and hurdles the project faced in a truthful light, without diminishing the innovation and true achievement it represented.
Film 1: The Community Chef Story
Founding CEO of Community Chef Hayden Raysmith and case study researcher Mark McKenzie-McHarg (background) during the filming of our interview.
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Client: LGMA and ACELG
Produced: 2013
Length: 4.30 minutes
Community Chef is an innovative food production facility in Altona, Victoria. Jointly owned by 21 local councils, Community Chef makes low-cost, high-quality and nutritious food for elderly, vulnerable and disadvantaged members of the community. Run as a social enterprise with the goal of supporting its workforce and helping the community, and built to a radical new design which is ultra-efficient and more sustainable, the facility could easily have never been built. This short film explains what Community Chef is and the unique factors which led to its development.
Credits
- Produced by:
- Jary Nemo and Lucinda Horrocks
- Production Company:
- Wind & Sky Productions
- Directed and edited by:
- Jary Nemo
- Executive Producer:
- Angela Zivkovic
- Featuring:
- Joe Ciccarone, Bill Jaboor, Hayden Raysmith
- Food Facility Production Staff Featured:
- Akot Bol Akot, Zora Dimovska, Ha Huynh, Thuong Huynh, Khames Jumma, Kuan Kuan, Leigh Mattsson, Craig Menezes, Prakash Patel, Anna May Roque, Gurmeet Singh, Kartik Subramanian, Marlynz Tiamzon, Paul Valencia, Thuy Vo
- Camera and Sound:
- Jary Nemo
- Interviewer:
- Lucinda Horrocks
- With thanks to:
- Jo Bomm, Mai Ling Wong, Emma Populin, Sumith Fernando and all the staff at Community Chef, Kerry Hewson, Brimbank City Council, Mark McKenzie-McHarg, and John Ravlic, Local Government Managers Australia
- Commissioned by and produced for
- Local Government Managers Australia on behalf of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government
- Distribution License:
- Free to distribute online under Creative Commons BY-ND-NC conditions, all other use requires permission
- Copyright with:
- © ACELG/LGMA and Wind & Sky Productions Pty Ltd Pty Ltd 2013.
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