At The Fitzair Picture Company, we are at the cutting edge of quality and provide a cost effective result within your budget restraints. We can shoot 35mm, 16mm, Digital Video or High Definition whatever your needs. The Fitzair Picture Company provides the full production package from pre production, filming to post production, mastering and delivery. This facility has been set up to allow for full HDTV Broadcast quality at a competitive price for TVC, Aerial, Music and Corporate Productions. The Fitzair Picture Company use the very latest DIGITAL Video equipment. We can provide a full Production package or Hire cameras, audio equipment or lights separately, with or without operators.
RESOURCES
FITZAIR’s 250m2 production facility based in North Sydney is centrally located and close to all major transport links.
FITZAIR can also provide casting services, set construction and studio shooting. We work in a variety of formats from pro-DV formats up to cinema quality high definition.
FITZAIR also has a substantial network of contacts which provide equipment and services that we do not possess in-house. Whether it be autocue, large studio hire, aesthetic locations, professional sound recording and mixing or 3D modeling and animation; through this established network, FITZAIR can satisfy a wide range of timeframes and budgets. To tailor any production to suit the needs of both the project and the client.
CASTING
All casting and talent can be accessed and arranged via the excellent working relationship with The Fitzair Picture Company has with some of Sydney’s best casting agents.
CREWS
From production and unit managers to gaffers and grips, equipment and location searching especially for off shore production companies and agencies. The Fitzair Picture Company’s primary focus is to operate as an international Film and Television production group dedicated to the delivery of the client’s vision.
LIVE SHOWS
In April 2002 The McManus Group toured WWA (World Wrestling Alstars). Chris produced this main Event Pay Per View television boadcast of the WWA. This event filmed live at the Rod Lava Arena Melbourne with the main signal sent direct via Telstra fibre optic cable direct to North America USA.
POST PRODUCTION
At our North Sydney office The Fitzair Picture Company have two Digibeta HD ready editing suites that can be hired wet or dry. Allowing Professional Broadcast Quality productions to be cut seamlessly. We can provide the latest on-line digital edit facilities.
Online and off-line facilities including Non-Linear Digital edit Systems, 2D and 3D graphics system, and full Protools Digital Audio systems. Master to most video formats including – MPEG4, DVD, Digital Betacam, Beta SP, DVC Pro, DVCam, MiniDV, Hi 8, Video 8, Umatic, SVHS, VHS and Betamax.
Full film editing is available ranging from traditional flat bed editors, synchronisers and mix down facilities. Complete lock out is available for those more sensitive projects requiring high levels of security. Broadband data headend and Internet connectivity is also available.
IN PRODUCTION
This division develops motion pictures, documentaries and television properties for both a national and international audience.
Project: CHINA DOLL – Feature Film – 95 minutes
CHINA DOLL is a feature-length film, combining a humorous, character driven story with the energetic dance culture of tody. Utilising some of Sydney’s most popular nightclubs as locations, CHINA DOLL tells the story of two young guys attempting to put on a dance party. Best friends Charles and Steven, 24 hate their jobs. When they find and old, disused warehouse, they decide to turn it into a dance party as a way of making some much-needed money. With help from their friends and a tiny budget, then begin setting up for the big night, but with less than a week to go, their plans run-aground.
Unexpectedly, a mysterious Chinese nightclub-owner come to their rescue, providing the experience and equipment they need to make their night a huge success. A variety of dance-crazed party-goers show up, each with their own plans for the big night. But as the night draws to a close, the true intention of their mysterious benefactor become clear and mayhem ensues.
The Film will Combine the latest songs from top local artists with dance-music created specifically for the film. Following the example of recent hit like CAN’T HARDLY WAIT, GO and RISKY BUSINESS, CHINA DOLL mixes appealing year characters with and exciting story, that will attract teenagers and under-25s in particular.
Project: NOW OR NEVER – Feature Film – 110minutes
NOW OR NEVER tells the story of a 24 yearr-old comic book artist, Scott, and his comic book alter ego, jake Revill, and international thief-for-hire. When Scott’s comic book is selected for a competition held in New York City, Scott has a chance to launch his career. All he has to do is complete it by the deadline – in six weeks.
Facing a deadline, his comic book character begins taking on a life of their own, influencing Scott’s reality. When Scott meets the girl of his dreams, he begins losing his nerve… How will Scott choose between love and career, without sacrificing the opportunity of a lifetime?
A graphic designer by day, Scott spends nights immersed in his comic book world, creating characters and writing stories, which he hopes to sell. His favourite creation is Jake Revill, Whose exploits include stealing the most guarded treasures on earth and seducing the world’s most beautiful women. Charming, sophisticated and capable, Jake is Scott’s idea of someone he would like to be.
In reality, Scott shares an apartment with his best friend, Jason, 24, also a graphic designer. Confident and out going, Jason prefers to spend his spare time going out and partying as much as possible. When Scott gets the chance to go to New York, Jason feels that Scott needs a break from working all the time and introduces Scott to an attractive 21 year old, names Veronica, Just to see what happens…
Scott makes a strong impression on Veronica, but with only a few weeks to go before the competition deadline, he has more important things to focus on. As Scott rushes to complete the comic book, he is distracted by another young woman working in his favourite café. Helen is an aspiring photographer working as a waitress, but Scott isn’t sure how to make his interest known.
Immersed in his comic book once more, Scott begins fleshing out te characters in Jake’s work, using people in his daily life as inspiration. Jason becomes jakes trusted contact, Simon Cross, while Helen becomes an art dealer named Jennifer Cartwright, and Veronica becomes a sultry thief named Vivica Chase
Jakes assignment is simple: Steal a priceless artifact from a museum before his competitor, Vivica Chase, does. When Jake discovers the true purpose of the artefact he is mean to steal, he must win jennifer’s trust in order to obtain the prize and stop it falling into the wrong hands.
As the deadline draws closer, Scott must take a chance and make important decisions about his puture. He must become more like his alter ego, Jake. Alternativly, Jake Revill must learn to trust another in a race for the ultimate prize, against a once-trusted friend and his new accomplice, Vivica Chase. It’s…. NOW OR NEVER!
The Film will Combine the latest songs from top local artists with dance-music created specifically for the film. Following the example of recent hits like ‘True Lies’ meets ‘Chasing Amy’ , NOW OR NEVER mixes appealing year characters with and exciting story, that will attract teenagers and under-25s in particular.
Project: WHO TONIGHT – Variety TV Show – 30 minutes
“WHO TONIGHT” is not just another tonight show …
“WHO TONIGHT” is a fresh blend of variety, interviews, music, stand-up and sketch comedy… Complete entertainment!
Just like the title, you never know who’ll drop in to have a chat at Garry’s bar. From the A-list who’s who to the freshest undiscovered talent, “WHO TONIGHT” brings together faces you know with up and coming comedians, musicians and entertainers in a weekly hour that’s easy on the eye but guaranteed to tickle your fancy and funny bone. But most of all, it’s a bloody good night in. Yes that’s right, “WHO TONIGHT” is a shameless call to action.
Give us your money and we’ll spend it bring you the 25-45 male demographic audience the you need. Your customers have the spending power and we can help convert that into brand awareness by splattering our brand and set with your logo.
A full hour of national TV for the price of a couple of 30-second spots. So, come on, do the right thing. Help keep our streets clear of yet another desperate, sad, unemployed comedian and put him where he really belongs: on National TV.
Hosted by: Garry Who
The Band: Mark Lucas & the Seven Icons.
Directed By: Chris Fitz-Gibbon
Project: COWBOYS OF THE SKY – Six, 1 Hour Episodes – Documentary Series
“It’s not just about how you fly, it’s why”.
Cowboys of the sky is an action-driven social documentary over 1 commercial hour. For accomplished pilots meet together to drive an enormous herd of cattle across some of the most unfriendly terrain in the world. Like any mercenary group, each has his own reason for taking this job – money, pride, to forge a future, to forget a past, to carry on a family tradition dating back to the first fleet. This is a story of personal struggle and a fight against the harsh climatic elements of the Central Australian Desert. Cattle stations in Australia are so huge that the herds are impossible to round up on horseback. Some of these properties are bigger than a few European countries! They come equipped with their own runaways and total self-sufficiency in terms of food storage, medical supplied and communication technology. Without aircraft, these people would die in the ferocious weather conditions that make Australia what it is. Without helicopters, some of the most sought-after beef would not make it onto the dinner tables around the world. Farmers have been forced into the sky in order to survive.
And the men who move these massive cattle herds between meagre water-holes become cowboys but unlike anything seen in the American Wild west of the 1880’s. The story begins with an advertisement. Four chopper pilots answer the ad and prepare to muster cattle during a desert winter. Across the Red Centre.
