Our Work
Our sketches range anywhere from 1 minutes to 6 minutes of various format and topic but all with a comedic theme. Our latest sketch, Undercover Worker was chosen as an Official Selection in Australia's Funniest Shorts Festival that is screening in Bunbury, Western Australia as a part of CinefestOZ this August 25.
Meet the Team
PRODUCER - Quin Ooi
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From a young age, you can often find Quin glued to a screen watching films, TV shows, documentaries, and videos. She loves the ability to convey stories while challenging common communication barriers and dreams of producing content that can affect the lives of its audience in any positive way. After graduating from a degree in Broadcasting and Film Production, she continued to pursue various opportunities and now has experience in the camera, editing, and producing department. She has produced for an independent community TV station as a Production Coordinator, crewed for productions (most recently a fan-made short film, Batgirl Returns), covered sports events such as the Western Australia Football League (WAFL) and promotional videos for businesses.
DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER & EDITOR - Oliver Dear
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Oliver has been creating videos at an early age. He loves both production and post-production roles; and takes on a variety of roles in both departments. Although recently graduated, he has already worked on a list of films such as Go Karts in the camera department, They Are Waiting as Script Supervisor, In The Clouds as Script Supervisor, Dollhouse as Data Wrangler and Editor, and ABC's TV Series, The Heights as a one-day camera attachment. His post-production work includes corporate videos, documentaries and many of our very own sketches.
SOUND RECORDIST & DESIGNER - Diego Espinoza
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Diego loves music and was a drummer in his teenage years. His involvement in film began when he was approached to help on productions by friends while studying Sound Production in Murdoch University. Since then, he never looked back and has been involved in various projects. In 2017, he was nominated for best sound design at NexGen Film Festival. He has worked on various short films, corporate shoots for Transperth, Water Corporation and Perth Film School, and recently on the Behind-The-Scenes of Michael Bolton's album recording in Perth.
WRITERS (from left to right)
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Todd Saunders
Todd was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. He currently is a university student in his final year pursuing Creative and Professional Writing and thinking about going on to do his PhD. Dean has always had an interest in comedy shows growing up watching shows such as F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and Seinfeld. He hopes to write children’s books in the future.
Dean Lovatt
Dean Lovatt is a highly versatile actor with extensive theatrical experience. Dean has been working professionally since 2008 and in that time has found himself in a wide variety of roles both on and off stage. Dean has created Bogan Shakespeare for Perth's annual Fringe Festival, hosted improv shows and appeared in TV commercials. Dean is a charismatic, career-minded, driven performer and a genuine asset to any project he is involved in.
Stephen Fletcher
Stephen is a recently graduated university student, aspiring filmmaker and comedy writer. His
interest in comedy is as mysterious as his unexplained accent (he actually got it from watching a lot of American television). He had his debut in the creative field when he acted in his high school production of Peter Pan where he was the only Asian child in the Darling family. His favourite in comedy writing so far has been getting to vent about driving habits that incredibly frustrates him which were all featured in Minimum Underdrive, a sketch Stephen wrote.
Alexander Circosta (Head Writer)
After graduating from Murdoch University with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Creative Arts, Alexander went to Los Angeles to study acting and improvisational comedy. Upon returning to Australia, Alexander began pursuing acting and comedy full time and has appeared on Stage, Television and in Feature Films. He is a Raw Comedy State Finalist, the headwriter on The Fishbowl Show, teaches corporate improvisational courses and won the Act Belong Commit WA State Award in 2017 for his work promoting mental health and wellbeing. He also love movies and has an uncanny ability to quote them verbatim.
Alex Christophers
Alex is a writer, actor, comedian and your worst nightmare. Born and raised in Perth, Western Australia, Alex has been making people laugh his whole life until one day he realised “these jerks should pay me for this.” He started performing on stage in 2017 with the Improv comedy group, Only the Human, doing shows like "The Improv Showdown" and “The Improv Family.” Alex Joined The Fishbowl Show as a Writer and Actor, and has worked on many of our sketches such as Two Beers and Undercover Worker.
Rory Machell
Rory is a Triple Threat; being an actor, writer, improvisor, stand up comedian, highly skilled in Excel & the best employee you can get for night shifts. The only thing larger than his ego is the sun that revolves around him. You may have seen him at his play last fringe “Rory Machell’s Christmas In July (In January) Snowed In Spectacular”, his wrestling-based improv night “The Improv Showdown”, on Infinite Jest’s Podcast “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” or performing in Perth’s Stand Up rooms. When not performing, you can find him telling people to like his Facebook page, buy his merch & that you knew him back when he wasn’t as famous.
How Will the Money Be Spent?
All cast & crew participate on a voluntary basis. Productions come with a long list of expenses. With 10 scripts to film, we have carefully planned our budget to ensure it is as cost-efficient as possible. All funds will go into production costs such as:
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Food - Productions are often long hours. We want to ensure our cast & crew are always on top of their game by being well fed and hydrated while on set. This will be the largest aspect of the budget.
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Equipment - In order to be as cost-efficient as we can, most equipment has been sourced and arranged with no charges. However, not all equipment will be available to us for free and as such, a small percentage of the budget will be used to cover such expenses.
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Set Design & Props - We do our best to use existing materials to be cost-efficient. However, that may not always be the case and a small percentage of our budget is set aside for this.
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Distribution - We also want to give our sketches the best visibility it can get. A small percentage of the budget will be used to meet submission fees for film festivals.
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And producing the perks we are offering! - Tshirts, caps, stickers! A percentage of the budget will go into producing the awesome perks we have in line for you!
