In Term 1, Edgecliff welcomed Professor Tom Murray as Artist in Residence.
A documentary filmmaker and founding director of the Creative Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University, Professor Murray brought a wealth of expertise that inspired the boys to explore time-based art.
During his residency, students participated in Tom's Bird’s Eye Challenge, using charcoal, pencil, and instant cameras to create storyboards that depicted narratives from a bird’s perspective. Through this hands-on project, they discovered the importance of storyboards as tools in visual storytelling across fiction, documentary, and animation filmmaking. They also gained insights into narrative perspective and key cinematic editing techniques, particularly montage.
Additionally, students interested in immersive media had the opportunity to visit the Art Room at lunchtime to experience Vaka Moana, Professor Murray’s 360-degree virtual reality film that brings to life the real-world story behind Disney’s Moana.
Some students are taking their creativity even further by transforming their storyboards into short films. A selection of these works will be exhibited in the R.W. Billing Hall during Concert A.
