A scene from ‘Storm Boy’ – DOP Bruce Young ACS, PHOTO Matt Nettheim “ It took a long time to get the geography to work for the film, but we found the main location at Godfreys Landing then tweaked the story to fit that location,” explains Evans. From March 2017, once the film was in pre-production, Evans travelled up and down the Coorong and as far north as Goolwa and as far south as Robe and Beachport, exploring every facet of the Coorong National Park and adjacent areas, to enable hero locations to be selected.īefore setting out, Evans spoke with Seet by phone and by Skype, to understand what the director was seeing in his mind and to understand how he wanted to highlight the region. In November 2016, Michael Boughen contacted South Australia-based location manager Mark Evans to begin conversations about Storm Boy, and discuss the need to conduct extensive site surveys once the film was financed. “ Both organisations were incredibly supportive, both financially and in our early days of working through the difficulties of financing the film,” says Boughen. The team wanted to shoot the film in South Australia, which would require support from the South Australian Government through the South Australian Film Corporation, as well as from Screen Australia. “If you look at Seet’s work he has great range as a director.” Although Young had not previously worked with producers Michael Boughen and Mathew Street, the pair very much wanted Seet to have his choice of cinematographer and fully backed the decision to bring Young on board. “ This film, I feel, is part of a great creative journey and friendship,” explains Young. Bruce Young ACS behind the camera, on location with ‘Storm Boy’ – PHOTO Matt Nettheimĭirector Shawn Seet ( The Code) and acclaimed cinematographer Bruce Young ACS ( The Secret River) had been working together for years before their collaboration on Storm Boy. As such, Boughen and Street decided to remain true to Thiele’s original setting of the book the late 1950s. In 2019, however, Storm Boy would not be a remake of the 1976 film. “ I was probably the age of Storm Boy at the time, maybe a little younger,” says Street, “ and the film was dealing with life issues that were relatable to me as a kid, but to adults as well.” The producers recognised that the themes of Thiele’s 1963 book are just as relevant, and in some ways more so, today. Producers Matthew Street and Michael Boughen had both seen the iconic 1976 film adaptation – directed by Henri Safran and shot by cinematographer Geoff Burton ACS – and strongly recalled an emotional connection they had with it. A beautiful and contemporary re-telling of Colin Thiele’s classic Australian tale, Storm Boy sees award-winning cinematographer Bruce Young ACS behind the lens.Ĭolin Thiele’s novella Storm Boy, which tells the story of a young boy and his extraordinary friendship with an orphaned pelican on South Australia’s remote Coorong National Park, has enchanted and moved Australians for over half a century.
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