SUB CATEGORY :

CASTING

COMPANY ENTERING :

FINCH, SYDNEY

TITLE :

RAT'S TALE

BRAND :

NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY

ADVERTISER :

NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY

AGENCY :

CLEMENGER BBDO | TOUCHCAST, WELLINGTON

MANAGING PARTNER :

LINDA MAJOR

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

BRIGID ALKEMA

CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

EMILY BEAUTRAIS/FRANCES COOKE/JOSH STUART

BUSINESS MANAGER :

MATT BARNES

STRATEGIC PLANNING DIRECTOR :

BETHANY OMERI

DESIGN RESEARCHER :

URSULA NICHOLS

PROJECT MANAGER :

ROBBIE ALLEN

AGENCY PRODUCER :

CHRISTINA HAZARD

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY :

FINCH, SYDNEY

DIRECTOR :

NICK BALL

CINEMATOGRAPHER :

LACHLAN MILNE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

KAREN BYRSON

FILM PRODUCER :

CAMILLA MAZZAFERRO

PRODUCTION DESIGNER :

NEVILLE STEVENSON

CASTING :

CATCH CASTING

COSTUME DESIGNER :

KYLEE STRATHDEE

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY :

THE BUTCHERY, SYDNEY

EDITOR :

JO SCOTT

COLORIST :

TRISH CAHILL

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY :

BLOCKHEAD VFX, SYDNEY

SOUND PRODUCTION COMPANY :

THE COOPERS SOUND DESIGN, AUCKLAND

AGENCY SOUND MIX :

PAUL STENT

ORIGINAL MUSIC 'HARMONICA JAM' :

JUZZIE/SMITH

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

ENTIRELY CAST THROUGH FACEBOOK IN ORDER TO FIND THE ‘REAL DEAL’, THE NARRATIVE FOR OUR STORY DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT OUR CASTING SESSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE OVER A WEEKLONG ROAD TRIP ACROSS NEW ZEALAND’S ROUGHEST AREAS. OUR BONAFIDE BOGAN IS A DRAIN LAYER BY PROFESSION, BUT A LARGER-THAN-LIFE AND GREGARIOUS CHARACTER WHO THREW HIMSELF HEAD FIRST INTO THE EXPERIENCE.