In a sign of confidence in the economically challenged post industry, sound post production facility Music and Effects has hired Julianne Deeb as Business Development Manager.
“It is no secret that the post production sector has been experiencing difficult times of late but we are confident of the future and are busier than we have been for some time,” said Doron Kipen, founder of Music and Effects.
The Melbourne-based studio is handling the compilation mastering of all 17 chapters of producer Robert Connolly’s omnibus film The Turning and sound mixing two chapters.
Among other projects are The Boy Castaways, Michael Kantor’s rock musical feature for the ABC featuring You am I’s Tim Rogers, cabaret star Paul Capsis and ARIA Award-winner Megan Washington; Jar Dwellers SOS, a 52-part animated series co-produced by Viskatoons Animation with Canadian partners for ABC3; and Big Name No Blanket, Steven McGregor's feature documentary for Foxtel on the late frontman of the Warumpi Band, George Rrurrambu Burarrawanga, which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival.
Deeb has worked as a writer/director specialising in documentaries and a freelance researcher and production manager since graduating from the VCA Documentary course in 2005.
Most recently she served in the Industry Programs area at Film Victoria where she managed funding programs including travel for international markets and festivals, internships and Indigenous placements and other industry activities and events.
She acknowledges she is on a fast learning curve in immersing herself in audio post, working with Kipen, who is President of the Australian Screen Sound Guild, and Brendan Croxon. “It is a cyclical business but we’re busy and getting busier,” she said.
In addition to her part-time role with Music and Effects, she is developing a number of documentary projects.