Begin and end with people: Celebrating community overcoming adversity

By the Community, For the Community: A collaborative poetic tribute to student resilience and creativity through lockdown.

By the Community, For the Community: A collaborative poetic tribute to student resilience and creativity through lockdown.

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Skills

Production

Capture

Storytelling

Client

Torrens Global Education Services

Location

Australia & New Zealand

Year

2020

Credits

Including and not limited to: Julia Cornes, Bryce Ives, Bradley de Vries, Kat Kats

Info

As Communications Producer, bringing this campaign to life was a deeply collaborative effort across a remote creative team and a resilient student body. Developed during strict pandemic lockdowns, the poetic visual narrative was designed to celebrate a community overcoming adversity, encouraging 19,000 students to remain bold and creative.

Rooted in the belief that storytelling begins and ends with people, production relied on a collective, multi-city effort. Regional videographers captured student voices across Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, and Auckland, alongside localised filming in Melbourne. In post-production, a dedicated teamincluding an editor, script reviewer, and voiceover artistworked collectively to weave these raw, honest perspectives together. Collaborating closely with internal communications colleagues kept the project grounded and authentic. Upon securing executive approval, the final asset stood as a genuine co-creation, honoring human connection exactly when the world stood still.

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