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Redgum Communications was commissioned by the City of Greater Geelong to produce a video promoting the benefits of, and options for active ways of getting to school; to be distributed on DVD to 15,000 families in the Geelong area. We proposed involving an entire school community in the production, and Drysdale Primary School proved to be the perfect choice. Our energetic client, Active Transport Officer Selma Tron-Nyikos embraced the concept wholeheartedly and helped us to make it happen on an extremely tight budget. Here’s what she said of the experience, and ‘The Journey to School’:
‘Working with Redgum Communications on the City of Greater Geelong’s ‘Journey to School’ DVD was an amazing experience.
The passion and professionalism of all members of their team was inspiring and helped create a DVD production that has gained interest from Victorian Government stakeholders statewide.
The Redgum team’s enthusiasm for their work was infectious and this is evident in the end product.
Thanks James and Peter for your patience and creative flare. The students and parents felt comfortable working with you and my job as Project Officer for the DVD was made so much easier.’
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Redgum Communications in partnership with Luke McDade’s LVM Enterprises is producing all the video coverage of this year’s Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, beginning 27th August with a huge launch party. Lucy McIntosh is the face of MSFW 2010, and Ruby Rose is the ambassador. This is the vignette we put together for the media launch. James Freemantle is the presenter, Luke McDade and Peter Reidy were cameramen, and Luke also cut the piece.
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Redgum Communications creates energetic change in:
- professional image and presence (‘personal branding’)
- presentation skills
- communicating with the media
Redgum Communications equips people and organisations to communicate strong, positive, clear messages and influence others.
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Our Correspondents Anastasia Churkina, Alexandra Kosharnitskaya, Svetlana Kurakina, Anna Parachkevova, Gayanne Chichakyan and Igor Ogorodnev have the latest.
News presenter James Freemantle at the Russia Today news desk.
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From Krasnoyarsk to Sheremyetyevo, Domodedovo to Petropavlosk-Chamkatsky, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Makhachkala and Nizhny-Novgorod, this is Russia Today
News presenter James Freemantle at the Russia Today news desk.
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‘This is how they treat their foreign journalists at Russia Today! Ha ha….’
Deputy Chief-of-staff Alexey Nikolov bids presenter James Freemantle dasvidaniya.
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The day my boss held a Kalashnikov to my head.
Russia Today – the unusual world of an expat newsreader in Moscow
By James Freemantle
Words: 3981
Reading the news on Russia Today – Moscow’s 24-hour English language TV news channel – gave James Freemantle a unique insight into the eccentric machinations of ‘Russia’s best propaganda machine for the outside world’.
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I’m in ‘hair and makeup’ with studio guest Afghanistan conflict veteran Evgeny Khrushchev, now Military Analyst at Russia Today, preparing to go live to air to discuss the assassination of Pakistani presidential candidate Benazir Bhutto. It’s December 27, 2007. No-one knows who killed her.
As our faces are powdered I quietly ask Evgeny whether he thinks President Pervez Musharraf - as early reports have speculated - might have been responsible. ‘Without a doubt’, he intones in his James Bond villain’s drawl, ‘and I can’t help admiring his Machiavellian pragmatism’.
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My latest story - about the growing popularity of Australian chilled beef in Russian steakhouses - for Meat and Livestock Australia, produced by Anvil Media for Feedback TV in 2010. Great to make the Russian connection again - made me miss Moscow friends and colleagues. And always a pleasure to spend time with farmers - one of life’s great joys!
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The first of my freelance stories for Feedback TV - an Anvil Media production for Meat & Livestock Australia. This one’s about breeding sheep for resistance to worms, and we shot most of it on Kangaroo Island. Great to be working with farmers in the fresh air!
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Fearless TV presenter James Freemantle has a go at everything from nose piercing to ear candling to riding a bucking bull. Most of it hurts.
