commercial
from brand films to character studies, documentaries to native advertising, commercial any be anything and everything.
brand video - carey grammar
Carey is an independent co-educational school for students from three-year-old kinder to Year 12. Interviewing and spending a day with half a dozen students, resulted in this beautiful exploration of the ambitions and opportunities afforded students at Carey.
Client: Carey Baptist Grammar School
Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Simone Alcorn
brand video - joval wines
Joval Wines are a fine wine distributor with connections to winemakers and vineyards all over Victoria. Several early mornings and late evening shoots resulted in a brand video designed to capture the atmosphere and love that goes into each bottle.
Client: Joval Wines
Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Simone Alcorn & Hamish Leslie Kelly
health, wealthy & wise tie in - specsavers
As sponsors on the TV series Healthy, Wealthy & Wise, Specsavers had two TVCs created to tie in with the hosts. I helped develop the concepts and shot them both in less than a day.
Client: Specsavers
Director, Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Editor: Michael Middleton
Producer: Simone Alcorn & Hamish Leslie Kelly
chris’ never misses - chris’ dips
At Chris', we celebrate all the dippers! No matter the flavour, the occasion or the location, our flavoursome quality dips will keep you coming back for more. In this TVC I worked with Red Crayon and Chris’ dips to create a modular campaign that worked across TV and socials in a variety of permutations.
Client: Chris’ Dips
Director: Michael Middleton
Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Simone Alcorn
score for fed square - fed square
To celebrate Fed Square’s 20th anniversary, artist and composer Mia Salsjö was commissioned to write a musical piece to be performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. I met with Mia, as well as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, to learn about their unique experiment and bring it to the world.
Client: Federation Square
Director: Michael Middleton
Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Hamish Leslie Kelly
zero journey - carey grammar
Every year Carey Baptist Grammar School hosts an immersive three week camp for their year 10 students. I was lucky enough to journey with them and capture some of the incredible learning, adventuring and friendship building that happens on this once in a life time experience.
Client: Carey Baptist Grammar School
Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Simone Alcorn
rowi - adobe
A profile video on make up artist and entrepreneur Rowi Singh. Working with WeComms and Adobe, I helped to create an aesthetic that would capture Rowi’s signature look and feel as well as demonstrating how the Adobe suite fits into her workflow.
Client: Adobe
Director: Michael Middleton
Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Editor: James Grech & Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Simone Alcorn
cloak & dagger - wine unplugged
Cloak & Dagger is a less ‘traditional’ wine brand, allowing for a more abstract approach that juxtaposes dark and light imagery. This way I was able to visually tell two stories at once and illustrate the distinct taste difference between Cloak & Dagger.
Client: Wine Unplugged
Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Alana Taylor
ACS Gold Award Winner 2024 - Branded Content
don bates - federation square
A documentary about the history and architecture of Federation Square hosted by lead architect Don Bates. I spent the day walking through the iconic civic space with Bates, learning about and capturing the incredible work that this Melbourne landmark represents.
Client: Fed Square
Director: Michael Middleton
Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Editor: James Grech & Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Aliya Tarmo, Alana Taylor & Vanja Petrov
VEMTC central highlands - cfa
The Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre (VEMTC) at Central Highlands is CFA's newest, state-of-the-art training centre. CFA volunteers from across the state will be able to train at this facility, along with other emergency service personnel.
The facility provides a range of real-life scenarios for emergency service workers to practice their skills in a safe environment, based on the types of incidents they are likely to be faced with.
Client: CFA
Director: Michael Middleton & James Grech
Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Editor: James Grech
Producer: Alana Taylor
Eadie is home - eadie
Working with creative Trudie Cox and musician Kiyrrawr Kqurzon, I shot and cut this beautiful little film lensed to encapsulates more than the beautiful hand crafted pieces of Eadie but the spirit and soul of Eadie Lifestyle, and that feeling of home that lives inside us all.
Client: Eadie Lifestyle
Creative Director: Trudie Cox
Cinematographer & Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Chrissie Young
Positive Start - outdoor victoria
Positive Start 2022 is a Victorian Government initiative seeking to re-engage primary and secondary students and to boost their physical and emotional health and wellbeing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. I worked with Outdoor Victoria to film a series of journey development camp and document students from all over Victoria explore and experience the great outdoors.
Client: Outdoor Victoria
Director & Cinematographer & Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Simone Alcorn
the need now - vinnies
Vinnies volunteer James Tudehope takes us on a challenging journey in Greater Dandenong where 40% of the population are from groups deemed ‘most at risk of homelessness’. In this moving look at Vinnies we see the Soup Van service brings hope to people living in the area.
Client: Vinnies
Director: Michael Middleton
Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg & Michael Middleton
Editor: James Grech
Producer: Aliya Tarmo, Alana Taylor & Vanja Petrov
antivenom - seqirus
Australia is home to some of the world’s most venomous creatures such as snakes, spiders and jellyfish. Seqirus, a CSL Company, is the world’s sole producer of Australian antivenoms for human use. Discover how these essential medicines are manufactured in partnership with the Australian Government, venom suppliers, toxicologists, toxinologists and emergency physicians.
Client: CSL
Director: Michael Middleton
Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg & Michael Middleton
Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Alana Taylor
Kaleidosquare - fed square
Meet Kaleidosquare – she’s a psychedelic, prismatic, ecstatic party for the senses – bright, bold and full of life. It’s Fed Square in Kaleidoscopic vision – a Mad Hatter’s tea party of curious experiences, a neon-painted multi-dimensional cosmic world, celebrating of all the things that make Victoria unique and wonderful.
Client: Fed Square
Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Simone Alcorn
pacha mama - wine unplugged
With a desire to create a humble story of vines to wines, I worked with Wine Unplugged to develop a look and feel for their video that reflected their home grown vibe.
Client: Wine Unplugged
Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Alana Taylor
FITNESS WITHOUT THE FILTER - tiff xo
A commercial playing on Instagram vs Reality trend, introducing Australian Personal Trainer and TV Personality Tiff Hall’s new fitness app.
Client: Tiff Hall
Director: Michael Middleton
Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Vanja Petrov
invictus games - westpac
The Invictus Games’ legacy is to raise awareness of employment initiatives supporting veterans to reintegrate into society through meaningful employment. Westpac partnered with the games to help these veterans by recognising the invaluable skills they can bring to organisations.
Client: Westpac
Director: Michael Middleton
Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Kristin Sargent
