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trickatech

Simon Higgins

Director of photography - live action - stop motion -miniatures & trickatech
Projects, tests and outtakes

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"So good to see behind the curtains" was something we heard more than once at our recent Open Studio event.

We love showing our finished commercials but this event was about celebrating the detailed, tactile, human process behind them.

Some things only click when you can touch them.

We're planning another Open Studio soon but if you can't wait til then and you'd like us to bring our show-and-tell to your creative team, get in touch.

#StopMotion #OpenStudio #AnimationCraft #CreativeCommunity #StayNice #BeMighty


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3 weeks ago


It was a dark and stormy night, but a big thank you to everyone who braved the rain and made it to our Open Studio event!

It was an evening of great questions and passionate answers. It was lovely to see the magic happen for our guests as they clicked their first keyframes and made things move.

We're planning another Open Studio soon, hopefully without the rain. However if you can't wait til then and you'd like us to bring our show-and-tell to your creative team, get in touch.

#stopmotion #animationcraft #creativecommunity #staynice #bemighty


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1 months ago

An upcycled project shot with the @pixel.melbourne and @the.funktion team. Backgrounds and miniatures created by @jacqui_hudson and filmed at the #mademighty studios, foregrounds and real size people @pixel.melbourne conceived and posted by @the.funktion


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1 months ago

Scrapbooking @ the studio

#mademighty
#stopmotionset #cinematography


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2 months ago

Scrapbooking @ the studio

#mademighty
#stopmotionset #cinematography


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2 months ago

Scrapbooking @ the studio

#mademighty
#stopmotionset #cinematography


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2 months ago

Scrapbooking @ the studio

#mademighty
#stopmotionset #cinematography


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2 months ago

Scrapbooking @ the studio

#mademighty
#stopmotionset #cinematography


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2 months ago


Digging pulling apart all the shots we created in this multi media project.
@mirvac_group @finchcompany @mightynicesydney @knucklesanimation@jacqui_hudson


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2 months ago

Creative: The Hallway
Production Company: Collider
Director: Spencer Susser
Managing Director:Rachael Ford-Davies
Executive Producer: Tom Slater
Producer:Annie Schutt
DOP: Shelley Farthing-Dawe
Stop Motion DOP: Simon Higgins
Animators: Norman Yeend, Jonathan Chong, Clem Stamation, Susie Shapones
Production Designer: Mike Price
Miniature Sets: Warren Barnard
Editor: Tim Eddy
Post Production: Stage 23
Audio Production: Mosaic Music & Sound
Composer: Adam Moses
Sound Engineer: Michael Thomas
EP: Bill Doig
Voiceover Casting: Stevie Ray @ McGregor Casting


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3 months ago

One of four miniature sequences commissioned for Mirvac @mirvac_group shot at the Made Mighty studio with @mightynicesydney

Thanks for having us @finchcompany Director @tobypike Producer @bryce.lintern Model art director @jacqui_hudson
animator @knucklesanimation
@hecklerhq

A special thanks to Mighty NiceEP Tina Braham.


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3 months ago

One of four miniature sequences commissioned for Mirvac @mirvac_group shot at the Made Mighty studio with @mightynicesydney

Thanks for having us @finchcompany Director @tobypike Producer @bryce.lintern Model art director @jacqui_hudson
animator @knucklesanimation
@hecklerhq

A special thanks to Mighty NiceEP Tina Braham.


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6
3 months ago

One of four miniature sequences commissioned for Mirvac @mirvac_group shot at the Made Mighty studio with @mightynicesydney

Thanks for having us @finchcompany Director @tobypike Producer @bryce.lintern Model art director @jacqui_hudson
animator @knucklesanimation
@hecklerhq

A special thanks to Mighty NiceEP Tina Braham.


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6
3 months ago

One of four miniature sequences commissioned for Mirvac @mirvac_group shot at the Made Mighty studio with @mightynicesydney

Thanks for having us @finchcompany Director @tobypike Producer @bryce.lintern Model art director @jacqui_hudson
animator @knucklesanimation
@hecklerhq

A special thanks to Mighty NiceEP Tina Braham.


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6
3 months ago

Graded stills from the recent BMF Australia, helium.film and VANDAL, Peter Nizic directed this charming Back to School ad campaign for Tip Top Bakeries. Blending live-action and stop-motion animation, we created practical, in-camera visual effects and animated sequences to tell the whimsical story of Esme’s sensational sandwich creation. With a flick of the wrist, Mum solves each of Esme’s spontaneous whims with ease, kicking off the school day with joy and wonder.

Director : Peter Nizic @pee.niz
Ep: Anna Greensmith Producer:
Naomi Gurr Colorist: Phillip Muzzall
Art Director @jacqui_hudson
1st Ac @jonoheighesfilm
Gaffer Clay Eliot


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3 months ago


Everything on screen, built by hand.

Every flame, every flood, every wisp of smoke in No Place Like Home was captured in-camera — inside a hand-built globe that became both a set and a metaphor.

This Behind the Scenes takes you from the first sketches to 3D printing and painting the models, through to the three shoot days at Dropbear Studios where we brought it all to life.

At the heart of it was craft: the patience of miniature building, the precision of practical effects, and the artistry of cinematographer @trickatech , who shaped every frame with light and movement.

We built these films with Greenpeace and Photoplay to humanise NASA’s climate “vital signs.” A reminder that the planet isn’t an abstract idea — it’s our home. And there’s no place like home.

Music by: The Mollusk

#NoPlaceLikeHome #ClimateCrisis #Greenpeace #PracticalEffects #Miniatures #InCamera #HandcraftedFilm #DirectorsLife #BehindTheScenes #bts #makingof


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8 months ago

When the house is on fire, we don’t sit back and say “everything is fine.”

This final film in my No Place Like Home series for Greenpeace is about global temperature rise. Probably my favourite of the three — because for this one, we literally set the model on fire.

Inspired by the infamous meme of the dog calmly sipping coffee in a burning kitchen, we built our own miniature room inside a globe and let the flames take over.

All shot in-camera, using hand-crafted sets and practical effects, created in collaboration with @photoplayfilms and Greenpeace.

Client: @greenpeace
Director: @dropbear
Producer: @oli_photoplay
Cinematographer: @trickatech
Sound Design: @jacksonmicomilas
Sound Post: @sonarmusicofficial
Sound Producer: hpoppi
Voiceover: @katebeahan
Colour grade: @danielwitt.colour @moodlab.filmlooks
Editor: Jonathan Chong
Production Designer: Jonathan Chong
Online: Dropbear Digital
3D printer: @christopherlangton_art
Script editors: @tessachong and @pashjames

#NoPlaceLikeHome #ClimateCrisis #Greenpeace #StopMotion #HandcraftedFilm #EverythingIsNotFine #DirectorsLife #Dropbear


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8 months ago

Outtakes #untitled
Artefacts created by Greg Perano.

#stopmotionanimation #screencraft #trickatech #mademighty


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9 months ago

When the water rises in our homes, we fix the problem. So why not here?

We tackle sea level rise the second film in the “No Place Like Home” series.

For this to work we had a second breakaway set built the exact same dimensions as the room that was built into the globe. This was so we could pipe water into the miniature sink and toilet via tubes attached to syringes. For the final reveal shot we flooded the entire room that was in the globe.

More films and BTS coming this week.

Client: @greenpeace
Director: @dropbear
Producer: @oli_photoplay
Cinematographer: @trickatech
Sound Design: @jacksonmicomilas
Sound Post: @sonarmusicofficial
Sound Producer: hpoppi
Voiceover: @katebeahan
Colour grade: @danielwitt.colour @moodlab.filmlooks
Editor: Jonathan Chong
Production Designer: Jonathan Chong
Online: Dropbear Digital
3D printer: @christopherlangton_art
Script editors: @tessachong and @pashjames

#SeaLevelRise
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateChange
#EnvironmentalArt
#ClimateAction
#NoPlaceLikeHome
#MakeThemPay
#StopMotion
#MiniatureSet
#PracticalEffects
#FilmDirector
#Filmmaking
#HandcraftedFilm


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9 months ago

When the water rises in our homes, we fix the problem. So why not here?

We tackle sea level rise the second film in the “No Place Like Home” series.

For this to work we had a second breakaway set built the exact same dimensions as the room that was built into the globe. This was so we could pipe water into the miniature sink and toilet via tubes attached to syringes. For the final reveal shot we flooded the entire room that was in the globe.

More films and BTS coming this week.

Client: @greenpeace
Director: @dropbear
Producer: @oli_photoplay
Cinematographer: @trickatech
Sound Design: @jacksonmicomilas
Sound Post: @sonarmusicofficial
Sound Producer: hpoppi
Voiceover: @katebeahan
Colour grade: @danielwitt.colour @moodlab.filmlooks
Editor: Jonathan Chong
Production Designer: Jonathan Chong
Online: Dropbear Digital
3D printer: @christopherlangton_art
Script editors: @tessachong and @pashjames

#SeaLevelRise
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateChange
#EnvironmentalArt
#ClimateAction
#NoPlaceLikeHome
#MakeThemPay
#StopMotion
#MiniatureSet
#PracticalEffects
#FilmDirector
#Filmmaking
#HandcraftedFilm


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9 months ago

When the water rises in our homes, we fix the problem. So why not here?

We tackle sea level rise the second film in the “No Place Like Home” series.

For this to work we had a second breakaway set built the exact same dimensions as the room that was built into the globe. This was so we could pipe water into the miniature sink and toilet via tubes attached to syringes. For the final reveal shot we flooded the entire room that was in the globe.

More films and BTS coming this week.

Client: @greenpeace
Director: @dropbear
Producer: @oli_photoplay
Cinematographer: @trickatech
Sound Design: @jacksonmicomilas
Sound Post: @sonarmusicofficial
Sound Producer: hpoppi
Voiceover: @katebeahan
Colour grade: @danielwitt.colour @moodlab.filmlooks
Editor: Jonathan Chong
Production Designer: Jonathan Chong
Online: Dropbear Digital
3D printer: @christopherlangton_art
Script editors: @tessachong and @pashjames

#SeaLevelRise
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateChange
#EnvironmentalArt
#ClimateAction
#NoPlaceLikeHome
#MakeThemPay
#StopMotion
#MiniatureSet
#PracticalEffects
#FilmDirector
#Filmmaking
#HandcraftedFilm


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4
9 months ago

When the water rises in our homes, we fix the problem. So why not here?

We tackle sea level rise the second film in the “No Place Like Home” series.

For this to work we had a second breakaway set built the exact same dimensions as the room that was built into the globe. This was so we could pipe water into the miniature sink and toilet via tubes attached to syringes. For the final reveal shot we flooded the entire room that was in the globe.

More films and BTS coming this week.

Client: @greenpeace
Director: @dropbear
Producer: @oli_photoplay
Cinematographer: @trickatech
Sound Design: @jacksonmicomilas
Sound Post: @sonarmusicofficial
Sound Producer: hpoppi
Voiceover: @katebeahan
Colour grade: @danielwitt.colour @moodlab.filmlooks
Editor: Jonathan Chong
Production Designer: Jonathan Chong
Online: Dropbear Digital
3D printer: @christopherlangton_art
Script editors: @tessachong and @pashjames

#SeaLevelRise
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateChange
#EnvironmentalArt
#ClimateAction
#NoPlaceLikeHome
#MakeThemPay
#StopMotion
#MiniatureSet
#PracticalEffects
#FilmDirector
#Filmmaking
#HandcraftedFilm


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9 months ago


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