Monash University ~ Research Accelerator 2024 EventMonash University's 2024 Research Accelerator highlights kick off video.Shot, produced, and edited by Michael J. Lutman
The Litter Hotspots Program - Catchment ConnectionsBetween 2013 - 2017, the Litter Hotspots Program funded 35 litter prevention projects, and collected an astounding 179 tonnes of litter from across the Port Phillip Bay Catchment. The Litter Hotspots Program was funded through the Victorian Government Sustainability Fund and managed by the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group.
PLASTICIZED ~ Documentary TrailerPLASTICIZED is an intimate account of a first-hand journey aboard the Sea Dragon with the 5 Gyres Institute on the very first scientific expedition, focused on plastic waste, through the centre of the South Atlantic Ocean. An eye-opening story about the institute's global mission to study the effects, reality, and scale of plastic pollution around the world.To find out more about the film, head to: www.plasticizedthemovie.comGo to 5gyres.org to learn more about the topic of oceanic plastic pollution where you can also become part of the solution.Shot, Directed and Produced by Michael J. LutmanTeaser Edited by Michael J. Lutman
BAYKEEPERS ~ Documentary TrailerBest Short Documentary:Oceanside International Film FestivalOfficial Selection:Cleveland International Film Festival USATransitions Film Festival AUSGreenpoint Film Festival NYCAustralian Environmental Film FestivalSustainable Living Festival AUSAfter hearing about expansive amounts of plastic waste in every ocean, Port Phillip bay-keeper Neil Blake discovers the sands of his local beaches are also insidiously turning into a kind of micro-plastic confetti. In his journey to measure just how far plastics have invaded the bay, Blake finds his community is eager to help before its diverse ecology is lost. Similarly to the infamous midway albatross, 100% of the mutton birds off the eastern coast of Australia have now been found to contain plastic remnants within their stomachs. By studying the birds' crucial breading ground, biologist Jennifer Lavers' research into the digestive blockage, and severe toxicological effects, helps to strengthen the bay-keeper's concern to keep the plastic pollution from ever reaching the Port Phillip Bay shore. Despite local prevention systems in place, plastic rubbish continues to cover beaches, sometime leading to entanglement, ingestion, and possible death of endemic species. Teams of scientist, and locals alike, work tirelessly clear beaches and waterways. In the face of this daunting task, Neil Blake is driven by his passion to follow aboriginal traditions looking after land and its bay. With his grandchildren near and their future in mind, he knows inaction is not an option.With generous help and support from:Boon Wurrung Foundation, Ricketts Point Marine CareIncluding:Take 3 (Clean Beach), 2 Hands Project, Melbourne Zoo, Polperro Dolphin Swims, EPA marine specialist Randall Lee, Dr. Jennifer Lavers, Dr. Kate Charlton, Gio Fitzpatrick and Neil Blake.Music by Beautiful ChangeShot, Directed & Produced by Michael J. LutmanExecutive Producer Neil BlakeProduced by Patricia AcunaEdited by Manuel Mejia PerezSound Design Craig JanssonColourist Kali Bateman
Quit ~ The Con That KillsClient: Cancer Council VictoriaAgency: Three Wise MenCreative: Nigel DawsonAgency Producer: Randal GlennonDirector: Michael J. LutmanProducer: Rohan TimlockDOP: Anna HowardEditor: Tim ParringtonColourist: Martin Greer
VicGov ~ our Vaccination Is Your TicketClient: DHHS / VicGovAgency: M&C SaatchiECD: Emma RobbinsCreative: Sara VincenziniDirector: Michael J. LutmanProducer: Jason ByrneDOP: Benjamin BryanEditor: Chris HockingColourist: Martin Greer
TAC ~ Shani "left unfinished"Client - TACAgency - The Taboo GroupECD - Nick JamiesonArt Director - Max KennedyProducer - Sim GreentreeDirector - Michael J. LutmanEP - Jason ByrneDOP - Mathew JenkinsProduction Manager - Jordy PertSound/PA - Jake CoombesEditor - Rich HamerColourist - Martin GreerMix - Colin Simpkin @ Gusto Sound
POWER PLAY - A Greenpeace Documentary (Trailer)'POWER PLAY' is a story about hope. It's a story about collaboration. And it's about how Greenpeace, together with a diverse group of people and organisations, took on Australia's biggest climate polluter - and won. Come behind the scenes of the strategic campaign against AGL and its leadership team; challenging the company’s false clean and green image, turning away its customers, threatening its funding sources, and convincing its shareholders to take action, in the most dramatic transformation in Australian corporate history.