We develop, and produce emotive multi-platform stories, for businesses, organisations and brands, embracing
co-creation and collaboration.
NEWS: In 2012 we will be launching a studio in Berlin!
FILM + TV- DESIGN + DIGITAL
- MUSIC VIDEOS
- TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- SHOW REEL
- PRESS
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FILM + TV
- Social change campaigns and filmsROOTS ON THE MOVERoots on the Move is a story that transcends beyond borders. Through music and dance, east meets west, youth are free to express themselves. As a result a district of diverse culture is unified.
The first version of the feature screened at Globians Doc Film Festival in Berlin, Germany in August 2011.
Our transmedia story will be distributed later this year in the form of serious gaming, participatory story and a touring exhibition.
Campaign for social change
Follow the Roots on the Move Campaign on Twitter
View our trailer below.
FACE VALUE
"This project highlights the strength of human-to-human connections and how this deeply personal contact is essential in the exchange of facial Moko. They signify how unity in the world is impossible if we do not celebrate who we are and are confined to judging each other by face value alone"
Directed and produced by Serena Stevenson 'Face Value' unfolds its stories through film festival distribution, website, multimedia installation, public museum and gallery exhibition, and to be released, book publication. This project has reached over the past 7 years a diverse audience of 45,000 in New Zealand, Australia, Beijing, America and currently we are engaging in discussions to distribute in public spaces in Europe.
FACE VALUE is currently showing at Canterbury Museum. FACE VALUE transmedia exhibition more information
Moko Art Of Nature: 2004, screened National Geographic Channel World Wide.
LIFEWISE
LIFEWISE Bigsleep Out, where 60 of Auckland's business leaders slept rough for a night to raise funds for the homeless in Auckland NZ. We invited four of the businesses to workshop with us to make their own short documentaries of their experiences, these stories were then distributed through their networks. We also participated and documented our experience, these films continued the conversation to raise awareness of homelessness in Auckland and contributed to sponsorship and action.
JUMPSTARTJUMP START is a charity event which asks skydivers to help raise money to sponsor a Teenager from CanTeen or Project K.
www.jumpstart.org.nz
One of our young directors Shannon Seyb is a skydiver, Shannon decided to contribute to Jumpstart 2011, she made a documentary for the kids to take away with them so they could remember their experience, and for Jumpstart to use to secure future funding. Well done Shannon!
Serena Giovanna Stevenson MDES I IRONBANK Building, 150 Karangahape rd, Suite 205 I PO Box 68612 Newton Auckland New Zealand I Mobile Phone +64 (0)21 749191
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DESIGN + DIGITAL
- Multiplatform events + Design initiativesRECHARGE MEDIABig VOICE collaborated with the innovative new brand, Recharge Media, to enhance their brand identity.We redesigned their logos and Recharge Pod skins from conception to actualisation. This included the design of a character, the Recharge Bean.Additionally, we also designed their website and Facebook page, along with curating the video content to be shown on the Pod screens.Recharge Media launched their brand at Rhythm & Vines. Check it out!AUCKLAND ART FAIR 2011The Big VOICE team was invited to document the Auckland Art Fair 2011 in the brand new Viaducts Event Centre in Wynyard Quarter.Here is a taster of what the Art Fair had to offer.ARTS REGIONAL TRUSTOur team made 13 original personalised multimedia clips for the Arts Regional Trust AVP 2011 Launch. Here is one of the clips we made for Sobi Mobi.Q THEATREBefore Q opened, Big VOICE went behind the scenes to capture some of their story.This video was shown in Q's main theatre, Rangitira, on their public open day.REGIONAL FACILITIES AUCKLAND LTDWe were invited to collaborate on a commercial project with Jumpboard Productions.
They had a corporate event to design and the client wanted something different. So they called us.
We came up with a multi-platform performance that involved our team making two 6 minute films, and choreographing performers along with art insulation, projected live imagery and music. We basically took power point presentation to another level, to an entertaining emotive event which told the stories of The Auckland City Art Gallery, Mt Smart Stadium, The Edge, and Auckland Zoo.Serena Giovanna Stevenson MDES I IRONBANK Building, 150 Karangahape rd, Suite 205 I PO Box 68612 Newton Auckland New Zealand I Mobile Phone +64 (0)21 749191
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MUSIC VIDEOS
- KORZAE TE KAI
Serena Giovanna Stevenson MDES I IRONBANK Building, 150 Karangahape rd, Suite 205 I PO Box 68612 Newton Auckland New Zealand I Mobile Phone +64 (0)21 749191
serena@bigvoice.tv
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TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING
- CampaignProject CONNECT, designed by Big VOICE, is a celebration of the magic that happens when creative businesses and the general public co-create a transmedia story about human connection.
Under the theme of CONNECT we have invited some of Auckland’s innovative/creative professions, plus the global public to share and tell a collective, interactive and multiplatform story.All of the content submitted with be showcased in a multiplatform exhibition in early 2012 as well as selected works being published in a limited edition multimedia publication, in association with Threaded Media and Cut Collective. Thanks to all our collaborators! Project CONNECT
The global public's images, videos, music and words were individually posted on an exhibition designed space on our face book wall Project CONNECT on FACEBOOK
The Project CONNECT Story
BEYOND DOCUMENTARYBig VOICE Community is an arm of Big VOICE. Our mission is to build skills within disadvantaged and marginalised communities using innovative participatory photography and digital storytelling methods so that they have the opportunity to represent themselves and create tools for advocacy and communications to achieve positive social change. Beyond Documentary is an extensive meaningful transmedia story telling project that contributed to the VOICE of a group of isolated teenagers living in the South of Auckland NZ.
Sponsored by Eye Media Australaisa
View The Documentary HereThis clip is made using a smart phone
REGIONAL FACILITIES AUCKLAND LTDRFAL had a corporate event to design and the client wanted something different. So they called us.
We came up with a multi-platform performance that involved our team making two 6 minute films, and choreographing performers along with art insulation, projected live imagery and music. We basically took power point presentation to another level, to an entertaining emotive event which told the stories of The Auckland City Art Gallery, Mt Smart Stadium, The Edge, and Auckland Zoo.
THAILAND WELLBEINGSet on a small island in Thailand three diverse women come together for one purpose. This is their participatory documentary story. Their three week journey takes them to intense quiet, discovering how to listen and adapt skills of well being into their everyday lives. These clips have been made with mobile devices and distributed through social media platforms. Made for Koh Chang Retreat and Dragon Collage Thailand.
Serena Giovanna Stevenson MDES I IRONBANK Building, 150 Karangahape rd, Suite 205 I PO Box 68612 Newton Auckland New Zealand I Mobile Phone +64 (0)21 749191
serena@bigvoice.tv
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Serena Stevenson Photography
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SHOW REEL
- Big VOICE
Big VOICE is a global transmedia hub passionate about positive inclusive VOICE. We create emotive multi-platform stories, embracing co-creation and collaboration.
We bring a specially selected design team together customised for the brief, incorporating innovative delivery to market, providing authentic VOICE for your ideas, services, and brands, engaging audiences in new ways.
Big VOICE believes in the combination of participation with creativity to facilitate the VOICE of businesses and organsiations, enabling them to share their message or story in effective ways.
We believe in the amalgamation of inclusiveness with emotion in our approach, and action to collaboratively produce experiences that engage audiences in new ways.
By challenging the status quo, and offering an alternative that uses innovative creativity and ethical values Big VOICE makes a difference in the world.
Through authentic story telling we create content and experience that provides a VOICE for businesses, individuals, groups, and organizations who will not only be heard but listened to.
We believe we live in a changing advertising world, by weaving our documentary and traditional advertising skills we can be a vehicle for all to have a VOICE.Transmedia storytelling uses multiple media platforms to tell a single, coherent story or narrative that unfolds across time. Each media piece-whether it's a website, novel, video games, mobile apps, or a film-provides different points of access and can engage different demographics. Each media components add to the story while functioning as a standalone experience. Each component invites some level of participation. The story can be experienced and appreciated at any stage, but the cumulative effect of all the pieces makes a larger, richer and more engaging message experience.
Published on April 26, 2011 by Pamela Brown Rutledge, Ph.D., M.B.A. in Positively MediaSerena Stevenson
Founder/Creative Director
Inquisitive would be the best description for Serena. Camera in hand since she was 17, turned into 15 years of traveling the world using multimedia to share positive stories. In 2000 Serena instinctively designed new ways to distribute and converge advertising and documentary content. Since, Serena's work is published, exhibited, and screened World Wide. Serena has 20 years experience in advertising photography and film. Big VOICE is designed by Serena and modeled on engaging and collaborating with the best team of designers, digital and creative professionals for our projects.www.serenastevenson.com
Lisa Fothergill
Multimedia Designer/Filmmaker/Production Manager
With Iphone in one hand and key board not far from the other, Lisa is a creative multi tasker. Her smile and funky dress sense bring light into all our projects.Lisa is skilled in story telling, has a gift for working in the holistic approach to story ideas and distributing through multiple platforms engaging audiences in new ways. Social Media expert Lisa meets the needs in this fast changing world with ease. Lisa's dedication and skills are intrinsic to the Big VOICE vision, with aligning values Lisa communicates with clients at a high and approachable manner, delivering production, and design to any brief meeting with professional ease any deadline.
Tim Flower:
Motion Graphics designer/director of Photography/multimedia editor/filmmaker
Tim is a story-teller with moving and stills imagery, mastering the essence of visual communication bringing to life the magic of a vision. Tim’s can do attitude enables our clients to reach far beyond their expectations in post production. The 'real' in video production is often missed. Tim’s work connects to our creative values at Big VOICE, authentic story with layers of interweave animation and graphics taking the piece to another level. Awards: Best Music Video Vodafone Awards 2010, Several Juice TV Awards 2010.
www.timflower.co.nz
Benjamin Brooking
Multimedia Designer/Camera/Photographer/Editor
Benjamin aka Benj is an AUT film graduate and a wiz on Final Cut Pro. His techno design, story telling skills bring a fresh angle to our projects. Our clients are always excited to see the little extras Benj brings to the mix.Shannon Seyb
Social Media Designer/Film Editor/Director
Shannon is a fresh young creative who has a passion for story telling. With over 100 skydive jumps under her belt Shannon is always up for a challenge. Her bubbly personality keeps us all smiling. Check out her project JUMPSTART.Some of our clients, collaborations, awards and exhibitions:
Auckland Regional Facilities Ltd
LIFEWISE
Arts Regional Trust
Massive Company
Jumpboard Productions
The Edge
Thailand Tourism
World Vision
Vodafone
AMP Banking
Air New Zealand
National and Panasonic
EMI
Mai Music
Diversity Works Trust
The Sweet Shop
Scotland National Museum
National Geographic Channel
Travel Photographer of the Year
Spider Award
Off the Map World Wide Film Festival
Maori World (book)
M.I.L.K International book and exhibition
MIC Moving Image Center NZSerena Giovanna Stevenson MDES I IRONBANK Building, 150 Karangahape rd, Suite 205 I PO Box 68612 Newton Auckland New Zealand I Mobile Phone +64 (0)21 749191
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PRESS
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