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Production designers open bag of tricks

The Legend of Ben Hall production designer Das Patterson and property master Steph D’Alessi shared their secrets with students at Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts in August.

Showing cars in a good light

Docklands Studios Melbourne has cemented its reputation as THE place to shoot a car TVC – the latest is for Mazda.

Electronic eye candy takes centre stage

Check out this amazing time-lapse video of the talented crew at Mediatec and Resolution X – you won’t believe how fast they can transform a space.

Focus on Lisa Barnes

Visitors to Docklands Studios will be familiar with the friendly face of Lisa Barnes.

Size doesn’t matter at Docklands Studios

Staying true to its goal of supporting emerging filmmakers, Docklands Studios recently welcomed debut writer-director John Fraser and his independently financed Choir Girl.

Capturing the last days of Bali Nine prisoner

It’s a long way from a prison cell in Indonesia to Docklands Studios Melbourne.

Usain Bolt reaches the speed of a sound stage

It’s not every day The Fastest Man Alive appears in one of our sound stages.

Cardboard movie set ticks all the boxes

An Australian film found a unique way to save time and money while shooting at Docklands Studios Melbourne – making some of the sets from cardboard.

Why Melbourne trumped other cities to host The Leftovers series finale

“A little bit weird and a little bit different” is how showrunner Damon Lindelof describes Melbourne.