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| July 2004 |
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Yes we do the uncommon! We were asked by Hamburger Films if we could fly a Hanglider off a crane for a Korean car television commercial. Adrian, Tiny and Pauly battled the wind at Essendon Airport to achieve the clients desired results. We used a 28T mobile crane, which Tiny drove and operated, the crew Adrian and Pauly were on the ground with the pilot.
 Showtech recently spent three short weeks in the Philippines training the local technicians on counterweight flying techniques, along with wire work aerial flying training with the performers for their upcoming production of "A Midsummer Nights Dream" by the Metropolitan Theatre Guild. Usually we would spend alot more time doing this however the negotiations were delayed for several reasons, hence the short amount of time to achieve the results. We ended up doing very simple aerial flying wire work with the actors(10 of), and counterweight training for the local technicians(10 of). You can imagine the task was one of a challenge, when you are competing with technicians and performers who have never worked with aerial stunts before, safety standards that need to be taught, (tie wire was the solution to any rigging needs), exhaustive heat each day of over 30 degrees celsius, or torrent rain ( we were there in Typhoon season) and a theatre that since its completion 3 years ago hadn't seen a maintenance or clean, but as usual this challenge Showtech were eager and happy to undertake. Normally we would say for the length of the production but unfortuatly the local budget did not enable this. The local actors and crew were very receptive and undertook intensive training up to 10 hours a day both in the rehearsal studio along with the theatre. All the equipment was supplied by Showtech out of Australia to ensure that the safety measures we work by in Australia were met and undertaken within the company and working environment. This was the main reason why we were engaged, the producers wanted to ensure the safety of their performers and technicians and to raise the bar for any show seen in the Philippines. The aerial flying result was fantastic, undertaken by the local technicians and performers, and from all reports both from the media and production crew, has never been seen before in the Philippines. The best result was a very happy client. The safety standards that were enforced within the rehearsal space and theatre are now seen to be benchmarks set for future works and productions. Showtech are looking forward to returning to the Philippines shortly to undertake formal technician training along with working on many future productions. We enjoyed every moment of this challenge and met some wonderfully talented performers and production staff, we look forward to returning very soon More images in the gallery
Tania, Adrian and the team recently did a Korean TVC for Tony Choi at Compass productions, for Samsung, on various locations around Melbourne which involved wire work and rigging structures and cranes.
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