Marton has recently joined the team and his first job was this stop motion piece for post it. Here’s the ‘making of’ - a labour of love but a great result! Well done Marton!

Click here to watch

Check out some pictures from our recent shoot for Electrolux featuring Alex Perry and high profile model Anneleise Seubert. After a big day of filming in Avalon we’re now heading into post, keep a look out for the 30 second TVC which breaks in October.

It’s been difficult to concentrate today, with the sound and sight of large rounded walls of water crashing down in view of Captiv8 Hq.

Our resident creative, ‘English Ed’, was in a particularly good mood today, and thought a few happy snaps of this extra-large swell would be in order.

For more info, head to Tamarama beach!

Twitter 101 for business explains how both businesses and consumers can benefit from Twitter, and what the whole world has been on about. Twitter might not be for everyone, however it can be a great tool in communicating with your customers and creating a win-win scenario for all parties…

Click here to view the guide

You may have thought that in the social networking sphere that numbers mean everything. However an interesting video has surfaced on Youtube, with Seth Godin (the social networking guru) commenting on the virtual interaction that businesses have with their ‘friends’ on social networks. If it doesn’t make sense in real life, then there’s a good chance it’s not going to make sense online. Watch below!

Captiv8 and partners CSM surprised a lot of people by winning an IAB Award for Optus Recharge & Always Win - Brand Loyalty & Retention. Thanks & congrats to all involved in the project including of course Optus and CSM teams.

Last Wednesday night, Captiv8 hosted the official screening of Wes Carr’s latest music video, Fearless.

After an intense few weeks of production, the official video came together superbly, with a fantastic end result!

Watch it here…

We would like to thank Sony,  Wes Carr & the rest of the amazing talent, as well as the following crew for their efforts in making this a success:

Director: Mike Corte, David Murrell
Producer: Danielle Colley
Creative: Ed Copestick

Tom Gleeson   DOP
Simon Lind   PROJECT MODA  CHOREOGRAPHY
Rupert Brown   Camera Assistant
Steve Schofield   Gaffer
Andrew Ward   Best Boy
Damian Heckendorf   Grip
Guille Guzzoni   BTS camera
Mark Barold   Art Direction
Lee Van Dam   Art department
Pia Anderson   Stylist
Krassi Toma   Hair and Make-up
Felicia Yong   Hair and Make-up
Kelly Bowman   Hair & Make-up Assistant
Jade New   Talent Management
Brandt  Beattie   Runner

Check out the behind the scenes here…

The Captiv8 crew are pretty stoked with the news of being nominated as Finalists in the 2009 IAB Awards. Nominated in the category of Brand Loyalty & Retention, the IAB awards recognise creativity and effectiveness in the Austrailan online marketing industry. Read more about them here….

Captiv8 is now into it’s fifth phase of production for Optus Recharge & Always Win, and is partnered with CSM Australasia in this huge bi-yearly campaign.

Wish us luck!

Another Captiv8 production that we produced for Sony was Jessica Mauboy’s latest video, ‘Because’.

Check out the official video, as well as the behind the scenes below.

We’d like to thank the following crew for making it all happen!

Director: Mike Corte, David Murrell
Producer: Danielle Colley
Creative: Mathieu Carlot

Tom Gleeson   DOP
Craig Deeker   Redlake camera
Steve Schofield   Gaffer
Andrew Ward   Best Boy
Damian Heckendorf   Grip
Guille Guzzoni   BTS camera
Mark Barold   Art Direction/Props
Tiana Wallace   Wardrobe Stylist
John  Paradoxfx   Special effects
Michael Brennan   Hair
Natasha Severino   Make-up
Brandt  Beattie   Runner

Captiv8 now has a facebook group click here to check it out. This is where you will find latest news and happenings from Captiv8. Party and project pics, our latest animations and plenty more.

If you know any cool links please post them along with any type of inspiration you come across.

Also if you want to track Twitter thoughts and ideas from Captiv8s Digital Director Ryan Bodger, just follow “arcsolo” on http://twitter.com/