Director's Works
Party Dozen, Coup De Gronk VERSUS
VERSUS is a director duo comprising Serbian-Australian, Tanya Babić and Indonesian-Australian, Jason Sukadana. VERSUS is based in Sydney Australia, working across commercials and art locally and worldwide. Meeting at art school, the two bonded over a shared creative approach of combining contemporary art theory with commercial aesthetics. Now known for striking imagery and a commitment to authentic storytelling, VERSUS craft compelling work that combines visual ambition with a trademark elegant sensibility. Their award-winning work includes campaigns for international giants such as Nike, Google, Airbnb, YouTube, Audi and Virgin as well as original commissions from institutions such as Sydney Opera House, Powerhouse and Phoenix Central Park.
Taking notes from classic Ozploitation cinema of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, Coup De Gronk builds on Party Dozen’s uniquely Australian aesthetic to match their original sonic offering. Kirsty’s saxophone acts as an instrument of savage coercion as Party Dozen roam the streets of Sydney in one epic shakedown. "This is our third film with our fave band and good mates, Party Dozen. It's been so much fun building out unique tone and aesthetic with them. Jono and Kirsty had the original idea of roaming the streets and shaking people down for PD cash. We love Ozploitation cinema and it was such a good opportunity to make something wild, funny and cool as shit to fit. The starting point was the band printing half a million dollars of Party Dozen bucks. We worked closely with them on the scenes and situations, and then tried to elevate each with a mix of old and new camera techniques. Our DOP, Kieran Fowler leaned into a bunch of techniques from the era of Ozploitation classics. We then ran a 16mm filmout process (where you shoot digitally, print it to film and then scan it back to digital) to lo-fi it even further. Locations make a film and for this we literally door knocked places around Sydney we thought might contain great interiors. Highlights for us include Jono eating half a supermarket across the 2 day shoot and building the Pissy-Pants Rig (tm).”