SUB CATEGORY :

BEST USE OF MUSIC TRACK

COMPANY ENTERING :

PHOTOPLAY FILMS, SYDNEY

ENTRY TITLE :

MND - THE FADING SYMPHONY

BRAND :

MND AUSTRALIA

ADVERTISER :

MND AUSTRALIA

AGENCY :

THE WORKS, SYDNEY

CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER :

THE WORKS

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

DAMIAN PINCUS

CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

PAUL SWANN

ART DIRECTOR :

GUY PATRICK/NATHAN BILTON

STRATEGIC PLANNING MANAGER :

VANESSA HARTLEY

HEAD OF DIGITAL PRODUCTION :

DAVE FLANAGAN/PR POEM

CREATIVE PROJECT MANAGER :

ERICA WONG

AGENCY PRODUCER :

PATRICK MAZZOLO

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY :

PHOTOPLAY FILMS, SYDNEY

DIRECTOR :

HUSEIN ALICAJIC

D.O.P/CINEMATOGRAPHER :

SIMON CHAPMAN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

OLIVER LAWRANCE

FILM PRODUCER :

SUZANNE KIM

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY :

CUTTING EDGE, SYDNEY

EDITOR :

JOE MORRIS

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY :

CUTTING EDGE, SYDNEY

VISUAL EFFECTS :

JOE MORRIS

SOUND PRODUCTION COMPANY :

CUTTING EDGE, SYDNEY

AUDIO DIRECTOR :

TONY DAVID CRAY

MUSIC COMPOSER :

NIEL FINN

MUSIC ARRANGER :

TIM MINCHIN AND THE MUSICIAN OF THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

CREATED FOR MND AUSTRALIA AND DIRECTED BY HUSEIN ALICAJIC, ‘THE FADING SYMPHONY’ IS A POWERFUL AND INSPIRING CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DEBILITATING SYMPTOMS OF MOTOR NEURON DISEASE (MND). FEATURING AUSTRALIAN MUSICIAN, ACTOR AND COMEDIAN TIM MINCHIN WITH THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THIS INNOVATIVE RE-RECORDING AND VIDEO OF NEIL FINN’S TRACK ‘DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER’, HIGHLIGHTS THE PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF THE DISEASE METAPHORICALLY THROUGH THE ARTISTS’ DETERIORATING PERFORMANCES.