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Universal Music Australia's

Plastic Gold Mine

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A proof-of-concept documentary that follows biomedical scientist and environmental engineer, Sara Rickards, as she travels from Sydney to the South Pacific, meeting up with superstars transforming plastic waste into valuable resources
 

In 2017 and 2018 I collaborated with Universal Music Australia to create a proof-of-concept documentary that explored pragmatic solutions to plastic waste.

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What did I do?

  • Concept development, creative development, brand alignment

  • Research, reporting, stakeholder management

  • Crewing, permitting, documentation

  • Production management, location management, data

  • Editing, colour grading, sound, music for 8 minute main piece

  • Editing, colour grading, sound, music for trailer

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"Sometimes I wish I could just turn my brain off. Once you see it, you can't un-see it.
It's just there, everywhere, in front of you. Every day."

-Sara Rickards, Biomedical Scientist & Environmental Engineer

 © Daniel (Danny) May. 2025

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