From a quick bedtime story for his son, Galvin Scott Davis has crafted Daisy Chain, a Burtonesque animation with an Oscar-winning narrator
When one of Australian writer-director Galvin Scott Davis’ little boys was bullied he wanted to comfort him by reading him a book about overcoming bullies. But when he searched the well-stocked bookshelf in his bedroom, he couldn’t find one. So he turned to his own imagination and made up a story.
“My middle boy was acting quiet and I found out that he’d been bullied. It wasn’t a bad case of bullying but it was enough to make him lose his confidence,” Davis told Guardian Australia from Los Angeles where he is on a promotional tour for his short film Daisy Chain.
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When one of Australian writer-director Galvin Scott Davis’ little boys was bullied he wanted to comfort him by reading him a book about overcoming bullies. But when he searched the well-stocked bookshelf in his bedroom, he couldn’t find one. So he turned to his own imagination and made up a story.
“My middle boy was acting quiet and I found out that he’d been bullied. It wasn’t a bad case of bullying but it was enough to make him lose his confidence,” Davis told Guardian Australia from Los Angeles where he is on a promotional tour for his short film Daisy Chain.
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- 10/16/2015
- by Amanda Meade
- The Guardian - Film News
Kate Winslett has put her voice to Australian-based writer and director Galvin Scott Davis' new anti-bullying film Daisy Chain.
Daisy Chain, which is being launched ahead of National Bullying Prevention Month, tackles the global issue of cyber-bullying by telling an original fable about a little girl named Buttercup Bree, who falls victim to nasty posts from cyberbullies.
The story is being released as a free animated film online, with the interactive App and Book available for purchase.
It follows the success of Dandelion, which was written by Davis after one of his sons was bullied and he could not find a creative story on the shelf to help him discuss the topic with this son..
The response that Dandelion had globally encouraged him to write Daisy Chain to tackle the subject of Cyber-bullying.
Dandelion had become the #1 Book App on the App Store, won the New York, London and...
Daisy Chain, which is being launched ahead of National Bullying Prevention Month, tackles the global issue of cyber-bullying by telling an original fable about a little girl named Buttercup Bree, who falls victim to nasty posts from cyberbullies.
The story is being released as a free animated film online, with the interactive App and Book available for purchase.
It follows the success of Dandelion, which was written by Davis after one of his sons was bullied and he could not find a creative story on the shelf to help him discuss the topic with this son..
The response that Dandelion had globally encouraged him to write Daisy Chain to tackle the subject of Cyber-bullying.
Dandelion had become the #1 Book App on the App Store, won the New York, London and...
- 10/6/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Four out of five people who download screen content illegally feel nervous or guilty about their behaviour and acknowledge they are doing the wrong thing.
Only 20% of pirates dismiss the legality or ethics of the practice and say they are determined to continue despite any attempted government interventions.
That.s according to a ground-breaking survey commissioned by ScreenFutures, a new association of producers, directors, distributors and researchers dedicated to researching and debating issues affecting the Australian screen industry.
Their report, Content You Love: reframing piracy for a sustainable creative industry, was launched at Aftrs on August 13.
Market researcher Screen Audience Research Australia (Sara) conducted the survey which found about 33% of people had illegally downloaded movies and TV shows.
Sara then interviewed more than 900 people across the age spectrum who acknowledged they had pirated content to gauge their attitudes and motivations.
The chief attraction was that .it.s free. (20 per cent...
Only 20% of pirates dismiss the legality or ethics of the practice and say they are determined to continue despite any attempted government interventions.
That.s according to a ground-breaking survey commissioned by ScreenFutures, a new association of producers, directors, distributors and researchers dedicated to researching and debating issues affecting the Australian screen industry.
Their report, Content You Love: reframing piracy for a sustainable creative industry, was launched at Aftrs on August 13.
Market researcher Screen Audience Research Australia (Sara) conducted the survey which found about 33% of people had illegally downloaded movies and TV shows.
Sara then interviewed more than 900 people across the age spectrum who acknowledged they had pirated content to gauge their attitudes and motivations.
The chief attraction was that .it.s free. (20 per cent...
- 8/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Multi-platform projects from Ludo Studio and Hoodlum were among nine to receive funding from Screen Australia this week.
Fresh from winning a Digital Emmy® for #7 Days Later, Ludo Studio is producing Doodles, an animated comedy series which takes drawings sourced via social media and turns them into micro-movies with a touch of insanity. Daley Pearson is the director and the producers are Nick Boshier and Charlie Aspinwall. Another digital Emmy winner, Hoodlum (Secrets & Lies, The Stranger Calls) is collaborating with filmmakers Michael Cox and Paul Mayze on Illusion Five Sweeper Squad, a sci-fi comedy series about a dysfunctional team of cleaners tasked with mopping up after the super heroes.
Multiplattform comedy series Four Quarters tells the fictional story of a group of footy fans during the current, real-time Afl season, produced by Wbmc.s Aidan O.Bryan and Janelle Landers.
Katering is a parody of popular cooking shows written and...
Fresh from winning a Digital Emmy® for #7 Days Later, Ludo Studio is producing Doodles, an animated comedy series which takes drawings sourced via social media and turns them into micro-movies with a touch of insanity. Daley Pearson is the director and the producers are Nick Boshier and Charlie Aspinwall. Another digital Emmy winner, Hoodlum (Secrets & Lies, The Stranger Calls) is collaborating with filmmakers Michael Cox and Paul Mayze on Illusion Five Sweeper Squad, a sci-fi comedy series about a dysfunctional team of cleaners tasked with mopping up after the super heroes.
Multiplattform comedy series Four Quarters tells the fictional story of a group of footy fans during the current, real-time Afl season, produced by Wbmc.s Aidan O.Bryan and Janelle Landers.
Katering is a parody of popular cooking shows written and...
- 5/29/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A Sydney-based digital agency has secured a corporate sponsor for a newly developed anti-bullying app.
Protein One, whose clients include Westpac, Optus and Amp, has developed the Dandelion app to help both children and parents deal with, and prevent bullying.
The project, which is on crowd-funding site kickstarter and due to launch in a couple of weeks, has secured pre-school company Bigfatsmile.com.au as its corporate sponsor.
Big Fat Smile specialises in teaching kids to embrace creativity.
The company’s CEO Bill Feld said: “Protein One did an amazing job developing our website and we’re thrilled to be supporters of the exciting Dandelion project. The story is captivating with a powerful message about overcoming life’s hurdles. Creativity and imagination are at the core of self expression. This message is central to the story, central to our beliefs and is alive in our pre-schools and in everything we do.
Protein One, whose clients include Westpac, Optus and Amp, has developed the Dandelion app to help both children and parents deal with, and prevent bullying.
The project, which is on crowd-funding site kickstarter and due to launch in a couple of weeks, has secured pre-school company Bigfatsmile.com.au as its corporate sponsor.
Big Fat Smile specialises in teaching kids to embrace creativity.
The company’s CEO Bill Feld said: “Protein One did an amazing job developing our website and we’re thrilled to be supporters of the exciting Dandelion project. The story is captivating with a powerful message about overcoming life’s hurdles. Creativity and imagination are at the core of self expression. This message is central to the story, central to our beliefs and is alive in our pre-schools and in everything we do.
- 7/13/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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