Nicholas Price
Nicholas Price
Filmmaker

 OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD

Logline:
When unstable crystals begin to corrupt their surroundings, two bickering scientists race to contain these anomalies before the chaos spreads.

About:
Occupational Hazard is a 3 min short drama that mixes live action photography with visual effects.

Project Overview:
Occupational Hazard is a fast-paced live-action/VFX short film created at the UTS Animal Logic Academy. Inspired by the cinematography of Severance there is a darkness and mystery to what is happening in the film.

Cinematography:
The cinematography embraces longer lenses to flatten out the images, so they have lots of leading lines and angles without distortion, giving the shots more symmetry. We also used dutch tilts to accentuate the chaos created by the broken crystals and show how out of balance the world of Occupational Hazard is. Colour is limited to the main characters suits and the malfunctioning crystals, the rest of the world is grey and reminiscent of a soviet constructivist landscape.

Technology:
The film combines Lidar, Gaussian Splatts and Mocap to create intricate layers of animation over live action plates.

Dir. Ross Anderson & Raphael Gadot
Vis Supes. Alex Weight, Ross Anderson & Raphael Gadot
Studio. Animal Logic Acadamy (UTS)
Cinematographer. Nicholas Price

 SK8-bit

Live Action Cinematography for Visual Effects

Sk8-bit is a two-minute short film inspired by 90’s skateboard videos and films like Chappie. SK8-bit follows two 90s style robot skater slackers. It merges live action cinematography with visual effects. Shot on location at the UTS Ultimo campus.

Collaboration with VFX

Working alongside the Academy’s VFX and animation teams was one of the most rewarding aspects of the project. Every camera and lighting choice had to anticipate the needs of the artists who would later bring digital characters into the live world. This collaboration pushed me to think beyond traditional cinematography and into how image capture becomes the foundation for storytelling in visual effects-driven filmmaking.

Reflections

Sk8-bit gave me the chance to explore how live action cinematography supports visual effects storytelling. As a cinematographer, I enjoyed the challenge of finding the right balance between the highly stylised 90s look and the smooth precision needed for VFX and tracking, all while keeping the end goal — a convincing blend of live action and VFX — in focus.

Dir. Alex Weight
Vis Supes. Ross Anderson & Raphael Gadot
Studio. Animal Logic Acadamy (UTS)
Cinematographer. Nicholas Price

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 WAX RAT

SHORT DRAMA

Wax Rat is a short drama about a young girl who discovers the joy of surfing on a day at the beach with her dysfunctional family. Wax Rat recently completed filming on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and will premiere in 2024.

PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY

NICHOLAS PRICE & KIRSTY EAGAR

CAST

BODHI JAY MOANA
MATT STARLING
SARAH LINCOLN - SMITH
BEN BAXTER

CREW

WRITTEN BY KIRSTY EAGAR
DOP | EDITOR: NICHOLAS PRICE
LOCATION SOUND RECORDIST: NATHAN CODNER
BOOM SWINGER: DYLAN FROST
FOCUS PULLER | 1ST AC: ZEKE COLLINS
2ND AC: AYSHA GALLOWAY
MUSIC COMPOSER: DYLAN FROST
SOUND DESIGNER | MIXER: PJ JOHNSON
TITLES DESIGNER: GAVIN TYRELL

 Arlo

A SHORT DRAMA

Arlo is a short film set entirely in a suburban house in Blacktown. The film is about a young boy’s freedom to express himself in the face of his grandmother’s narrow-minded views on gender, in short Arlo wants to wear a dress but his grandmother is adamant that boys should be boys and girls should be girls.

Arlo premiered at Blacktown Shorts in 2019

CAST

KADEN MONROE
JANINE PENFOLD
KELLY MONISSE
TOM HARWOOD
KIM KNUCKEY

CREW

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY WAYNE TUNKS
DOP | PRODUCER: NICHOLAS PRICE
EDITOR: SAMUAL FITZPATRICK
COLOURIST: KEIRAN LEE
SOUND DESIGNER: PJ JOHNSON
LOCATION SOUND RECORDIST: JOHNO PURDON
MAKE UP: LISA MANION
FOCUS PULLER | 1ST AC: SOUMYA LAKME IYENGAR
2ND AC: CAYLA BLANCH
SOUND DESIGNER | MIXER: PJ JOHNSON
TITLES DESIGNER: GAVIN TYRELL

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 KILLERS & THIEVES

A SHORT DRAMA

Killers and Thieves is a 17 min noir style short film about a Detective who is obsessed with catching a notorious killer but must choose between saving the life of a young thief, or stopping the ruthless killer… for good.

CAST

RORY WILLIAMSON
SEAN-JAMES MURPHY
ELIZABETH BLACKMOORE
JOHN WATERS

CREW

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY NICHOLAS PRICE
PRODUCER: ADAM MARSDEN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JUDD OVERTON
EDITOR: HAYLEY LAKE
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: SAM WILDE
MUSIC: JOHN GRAY
COLOURIST: KEIRAN LEE
TITLES DESIGNER: GAVIN TYRELL

AFTER NIGHTFALL

AWARD WINNING WEB SERIES

When a teen is killed in a rural town, everyone is a supsect - but just who killed Troy McLeavey?

After Nightfall is an award winning, gritty film-noir web series about the death of 18 year-old Troy McLeavey.

Was it a family member, Troy’s Uncle and his drug connections, his boyfriend, a friend, his ex or his ex’s religious parents? Maybe it was the school bully or the sleazy book shop owner? Piece together the clues and discover #WhoKilledTroyMcLeavey

SEASON 2, EPISODE 1.

It’s the day of Troy’s funeral and everyone, including the killer is there. Troy’s ghost continues to haunt Colin, while Hayden and searches the crowd for the killer.

SEASON 2, EPISODE 2.

A new Police Sergeant arrives determined to shake things up. Justine meets a TV Medium, Dave beefs up security and conversion camp therapy goes to a whole new level.

WRITEN & DIRECTED BY WAYNE TUNKS
PRODUCER | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : NICHOLAS PRICE
EDITOR: PAUL ANTHONY NELSON
SOUND DESIGN: PJ JOHNSON
MUSIC: AUSTIN WITHERSPOON
TITLES DESIGN: GAVIN TYRELL
COULORIST: KEIRAN LEE

Awards

DOJO

A SHORT DRAMA

A short film set in a kendo Dojo that examines the fine line between training and actual violence. Filmed in 2003 as part of the AFTRS Masters program.

CAST

AMOS SZEPS
PETER LAMB
THOMAS SOMERSET.

CREW

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY NICHOLAS PRICE
PRODUCED BY SARAH WARNER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: HUGH MILLER
EDITOR: IAN MONTGOMERY
PRODUCTION DESIGN: SAM WILDE
SOUND DESIGN: PHIL JEFFERES
COMPOSER: DJ ARCHIE
TITLES DESIGN: TIM KREIBIG

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ACCORDING TO OTTO

FEATURE FILM

 Welcome to the world of sixteen year old Otto Brooks, today he is coming out!

According to Otto is a coming of age story about a young man who comes out on his sixteenth birthday, based on the award winning play by writer/director Wayne Tunks and made by the producers of After Nightfall.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY WAYNE TUNKS
PRODUCED BY NICHOLAS PRICE & WAYNE TUNKS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: NICHOLAS PRICE
EDITOR: CHRIS MILL