A little while ago Tourism Media received word from the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts that our Expedia documentary travel guides would be recognised in the 2018 Communicator Awards. The team at Tourism Media was behind the production each one of these awesome mini docos and i was privileged enough to be the editor for each one.

““The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. Founded over two decades ago, The Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. “”

— Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts

Our travel guide series is a focus on unique destination around the world, highlighting all things travellers and locals alike love about the destination. We strive for high quality in each video, from the shooting, writing, editing, colour grading and even some touch up VFX to push the envelope of the travel genre.

Tourism Media took home the following awards in one of the best years we’ve had so far!

Gold - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Music - Long Island
Gold - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Online Travel Video - Seoul
Gold - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Online Travel Video - Long Island
Gold - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Online Travel Video - Cape Town
Silver - Communicator Award - 2018 - Best Music - Cape Town

You can checkout some of the award winning videos below:

https://www.expedia.com/Long-Island.d602887.Destination-Travel-Guides Long Island stretches eastward for 115 miles, from the New York boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens to the bluffs of Montauk Point. Take the short train ride from Manhattan to the sands of Long Beach, which for many is where Long Island begins.

https://www.expedia.com/explore/south-korea/seoul.d178308 Welcome to Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Start your adventure at the K-Style Hub, a state-of-the-art visitor centre where South Korea's past, present and future converge. At the head of Gwanghwamun Square sits the statue of Sejong the Great, whose reign oversaw a golden age of literature, science and technology.

Over the last few months the teams at Tourism Media, Pacific and I have been hard at work, creating, producing, filming, and editing the Kegs of Glory series for launch.

This 10 part series commissioned by Expedia was designed to dive deep into the local craft brewer scene across Brisbane and Melbourne to further their brand with more local and authentic content. Our team crafted each documentary episode around a brewery; highlighting the brewer, community and spotlight on their biggest and best brew.

I was lucky enough to be apart of the filming process, going to each brewery and experiencing the community and passion that each brewer puts into their liquid creation. The series style evolved effortlessly as the project progressed, each day on-set coming up with new ideas on how to better connect and engage the audience.

When we came into post production, our weeks of work and style improvements were put to the test, we decided very early that the style should look “rough” and “authentic” while being quite polished around the edges. We aimed to give off that quality that Expedia desired while giving audiences the authenticity of a local production.

It was an amazing experience to work from start to finish on such an exciting and passionate project. The teams behind the series really helped pull everything together, truly an amazing family of creators.

The Kegs of Glory campaign is still currently running and can be seen via https://www.expedia.com.au/explore/kegs

We're on a mission to find the best craft breweries in Australia, starting with Melbourne and Brisbane. Follow along and enter to win a trip to the craft beer capital of the world, Portland, Oregon, USA! (T&Cs apply) To learn more about Australia's amazing craft breweries check out: https://www.expedia.com.au/explore/kegs

Tourism Media Takes Home Gold at the 2018 Communicator Awards

Kegs of Glory Series Launches!