Glamorous NYE Extravaganza

It’s been a long time between drinks with this blog, primarily because 2021 was such a mammoth year of content creation for the team at Film Focus Productions, that we just didn’t have time to sit back and write about some of the amazing work we were doing for our brilliant clients.

But 2022 is a new year, and that stops here! We’ll be actively trying to update this blog much more frequently in 2022, to keep a solid but exciting selective record of our projects for the year.

In that case, where better to start than with the glamour of our NYE projects for the end of 2021/start of 2022.

The Regatta Hotel

Our first project of the evening was a massive 3 hour shoot for The Regatta. The historic Brisbane venue was hosting a Hollywood themed party to ring in the new year, across multiple levels. On the main floor, the courtyard was a pumping musical venue, with dancing, stilt-walking performers and a live band. The interior was bedecked with Hollywood walk of fame stars, and groups sitting, drinking and enjoying the movie-themed snacks. Upstairs, a DJ held a dancing audience captive, while downstairs in The Walrus Club, a live Jazz band added ambience to the speakeasy cocktail bar. There was even a fancy VIP table on the very top floor balcony, overlooking the river and fireworks.

We shot all spaces, working them together into a Hollywood themed video highlight piece, along with a series of cutdowns. We tried to capture some of those classic zeitgeisty Hollywood moments, like the recent slow motion red carpet trends, and also get the array of fantastic costuming from guests.

Friday’s

Our second NYE project was at Friday’s, where we shot the big midnight moment at an absolutely pumping party. We captured fireworks bursting over the rooftop from the packed balcony, and from on the dancefloor inside through Friday’s gorgeous floor to ceiling windows. We caught all of the extravagance, excitement and partying, and stitched it together into a super fun 30 second clip, along with shorter social cutdowns in various formats.