#BesideNotBehind - An independent advert for International Women’s Day

A public service announcement made by female crew in the Australian Film and TV industry for International Women’s Day, March 8th 2018. Written, shot, edited and released in a 3-week time span, #BesideNotBehind plays on the old saying that “Behind every great man is a great woman” and promotes the message that support can, and should, go both ways. The conversation around gender equality and feminism needs to change from divisive messages of “women vs men“ and “us and them” but how we need to work together in the gender debate to make positive change happen. CREDITS Written by Cassie De Colling & Olivia Cheung Directed by Cassie De Colling Produced by Olivia Cheung TALENT Mum: Rebecca Bastiaensz Dad: Carey Carter Daughter: Lara Darwish Female AFL Player: Siobhan Barnes Male AFL Player: Chad O’Brien Physio: Madeleine French Politician: Sally Cheng Male Secretary: Jamie Hansen Girlfriend: Heather Burridge Boyfriend: Andrew Eggleton P-Plater: Dean Smyth Director: Cassie De Colling Producer: Olivia Cheung Director of Photography: Ashley Barron Production Managers: Olivia Cheung, Justine Pitcher, Ema Thornell Associate Producer: Michelle Joy Location Scout: Francesca D’Orazio and Michelle Jones Location Manager (Melb Water): Peter Kissonergis Casting Agency: 2 Divas Casting & Prod. Coordinator: Jessica To Casting Support: Lauren Bailey & Jenna Eriksen 1st Assistant Director: Astrid Dominguez 1st Assistant Camera (Day 1): Karina Davies 1st Assistant Camera (Day 2): Vanessa Cox 2nd Assistant Camera: Felicia Smith Gaffer: Daniel Carr Best Boy: Tommi Hacker Electrics: Markus Hilgert Production Designer: Oosah Kerr Art Dept Assistant: Lauren Bailey Art Dept Assistant: Kerri Mould Wardrobe: Lenna Boord MUA (Day 1): Eve Flight MUA (Day 2): Kate Radford Production Assistant: Kean Szczur Production Assistant: Lauren Merritt BTS Videographer: Amelia Mullooly BTS Stills Photographer (Day 1): Jackson Gallagher BTS Stills Photographer (Day 2): Dijana Risteska Catering: Gail Bailey PR & Marketing: Michelle Lloyd and Andrea Sophocleous Post Production Offline Editors: Grace Eyre and Max Miller Online Editors: Wilfred Patriarca Colour Grade: Edel Rafferty Sound Design: Kathleen Burros Music Composer: Ned Beckley Voice Over: Natalie Bond Recording Studio: Gusto Studio Content Producer: Hossein Khodabandehloo WITH SUPPORT FROM The Royals The Otto Empire Panavision 2 Divas The Editors The Refinery Studio Pancho Equate Studios Noise International Australian Cinematographers Society Melbourne Water Film Victoria SPECIAL THANKS TO Nic Godoy and Greg Lloyd at Panavision Steve O’Farrell, Andrew Siwka and Dave King at The Royals Jo Jo De Fina at Otto Empire Peter Kissonergis at Melbourne Water AND THANK YOU ALSO TO Gareth Sweet, Stuart Nightingale, Haley Kriksic, Andrea Sophocleous Justine Pitcher, Kate Merrin, Alice Grant, Francesca D’Orazio, Ema Thornell, Amy Fong, Qiao Li, Hossein Khodabandehloo, Antuong Nguyen, Paul Bloomfield, Daniel Kim, Colin Simkins, Sean Calleja, Daniel Kim, Ben Bickford, Leon the builder, Ben Tumney, Joe Loh Warwick Field, Gail Bailey To see the rest of the videos and Behind-The-Scenes making of: