GooRoo recieve Carclew Youth Arts Funding (02/11/2011):
We are proud to announce that we have just been awarded the BHP Billiton Film and New Media Carclew Youth Arts Scholarship for 2012. We will use this funding to develop our knowledge, skills and equipment in the areas of 3D stereoscopic film making and motion-controlled camera rigging for both animation and time lapse photography. The scholarship is valued at $12,500. Shortly, we will spend some time working with industry professionals before we develop our own systems and begin producing 3D stereoscopic stop-motion animation.


Danger 5 Online Trailer (25/10/2011):
Over the past year we have been creating stop-motion animation for the upcoming television series Danger 5. It will be on SBS soon, but in the meantime, the trailer has been released on youtube. To catch a glimpse of our stop-motion dinosaurs and get a taste of this amazing new series, check out the link below. Stay tuned to our website for upcoming details of the series, and some behind the scenes of our work. The first episode can be seen on youtube Nov 21.
Watch Danger 5 Trailer here

GooRoo takes out iiNet Backyard Basketball Hero Competition (10/03/2011):
We built a new camera rig and tested it out making a basketball video. It won the iiNet Backyard Basketball Hero Competition. It was screened during an NBL game on One HD and we won a bunch of cool prizes.
Watch the video here


2010 Showreel (16/12/2010):
Just thought you might like to see our latest showreel.
Watch GooRoo 2010 Showreel here


Mike takes out Australia's Funniest Home Videos (20/11/2010):
Forget film festivals. Funniest home videos is where the real prize money is at. Mike finally put his film making skills to good use and made a classic video of his cat "Bruce" playing 8 ball. He picked up the weekly prize of $10,000.

Baboons Film Festival News (25/11/2010):
Since Tropfest, Baboons has screened in about a dozen other festivals. Recently, it picked up a couple more awards. First was the Australian Teacher's of Media (ATOM) Awards, where it was nominated for Best Music Video and Best Animation. It took out Best Music Vid, so it was well worth the trip to Melbourne to attend the ceremony. Then we had some more success locally in November, taking out a gold award at the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards for SA & WA. This qualifies the film for the national awards, also to be held in Adelaide next April. Meanwhile, it's been enjoying a good run in Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation touring around the world, and was also screened at the prestigious Ottawa International Animation Festival in October.


Cows With Guns reaches 1 million views on youtube (28/05/2010):
8 years after it was made, and 3 years after it was uploaded on youtube for all to see, our film Cows With Guns has reached 1 million views. The film seems to remain an audience favourite, despite the relatively dodgy animation we did back in high school. We put it down to the fact that it's just such a great song.

Click here to watch Cows With Guns on youtube.
Or to read more about the film click here.
For more info about songwriter Dana Lyons or to order a Cows With Guns T-Shirt go to www.cowswithguns.com
GooRoo Online Store Now Open! T-Shirts on Sale for $25! (09/05/2010):
Now you can get your very own Baboons, Animal Instincts or GooRoo Animation
T-shirt. They're only $25 (+ postage & handling) through our Toctopus store.
Caps and mugs are also available.

Click here to buy, buy, buy!

Baboons takes 2nd Place and Best Original Score at Tropfest (28/02/2010):
'My Neighbourhood has been overrun by Baboons' had a huge premiere on the 21st of February as part of Tropfest 2010. It was viewed by a massive crowd of 75,000ish at the domain in Sydney, and by many more all around Australia at the live venues and on TV. We picked up 2nd Prize and Best Original Score went to The Dairy Brothers for writing the song. To read all about our experience in Sydney, click here. To watch Baboons and the other Tropfest films, click here.
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Baboons makes it into Tropfest (03/02/2010):
Our brand new film 'My Neighbourhood has been overrun by Baboons' has been selected as 1 of 16 to be part of Movie Extra Tropfest 2010. It is the biggest short film festival in the world, so if we win it, we are practically the best film makers in the world! Okay maybe not quite...yet. The event will be held on the 21st of Feb in Sydney and broadcast live to seven other sites in major cities around Australia as well as telecast live on Movie Extra channel. It is a free public event, so come along and cheers on Baboons! For more info check out the Tropfest website. The screening will be the film's premiere so we hope you enjoy it!
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Check out the Baboons Production Blog (15/10/2009):
Right now we're busily creating our next short film "My Neighbourhood has been overrun by Baboons". If you want to see how we do it, take a look at our behind the scenes production blog. It has loads of interesting info, pictures and videos from on set.
Check it out!

GooRoo Animation profiled on Stop Motion Pro website (13/10/2009):
Stop Motion Pro is a program we use to create our animation. It is made by another Aussie company, doing great things for the stop motion industry. We recently had an interview with them about our work and now have a profile on their website.
Check it out!
Your neighbourhood is about to be overrun by Baboons! (02/10/2009):
We have just commenced shooting our new short film "My Neighbourhood has been overrun by Baboons". After months of pre-production, including making a whole gang of baboons and a huge neighbourhood set for them to wreak havoc on, we are now starting to bring them alive through the magic of stop-motion animation. The film is due to be finished by mid December with its premiere early in the new year. Stay tuned to the GooRoo website for more news and sneak peaks of what's to come.

GooRoo Animation create clip for Tektime (04/09/2009):
We have just created a short clip for a new show "Tektime" coming soon to channel 7 in November. The clip will be played during the Guitar Hero episode. It features one of the baboon characters from our upcoming film "My Neighbourhood has been overrun by Baboons" dressed up as Slash and playing a crazy guitar solo recorded by Nick Cole. Check out the Tektime website. Details on the show will be available shortly.

GooRoo Animation selected for Digitopia (04/06/2009):
GooRoo Animation have been selected as one of the two teams in this year's Animation Initiative run by the Media Resource Centre in Adelaide. We will be given funding and support to complete a short stop-motion animated film. The film will be based on the song "My Neighbourhood has been overrun by Baboons" by Adelaide band The Dairy Brothers. GooRoo Animation last worked together with The Dairy Brothers five years ago, creating a film clip to their song "Never gonna be a Star".

Animal Instincts in Spike and Mike's at Annecy (15/05/2009):
Animal Instincts has been selected to screen as part of Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation World Tour 2009. This festival is renowned for discovering new talent, giving animator's like John Lasseter of Pixar and Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of South Park) their first limelight. This year's tour take the festival to France to screen as part of the world's biggest animation festival, The Annecy International Animated Film Festival, in June.

Animal Instincts competition news (10/02/2009):
We didn't win the last online film competition we entered Animal Instincts in so we thought we'd enter another two! We've already made the shortlist of this one: www.mofilm.com. Hopefully next time you see us we'll be driving around in that new Chevy Cruze they've got on offer as the grand prize! The other competition is this one: www.babelgum.com. Click on the link and help us win lots of money by voting for Animal Instincts. We've recently made it into another two significant festivals, the Ashland Independent Film Festival and the South Australian Screen Awards in our home town, where we've been nominated for 2 awards.
Animal Instincts in iiNet Get Animated (20/01/2009):
Thanks to those who voted for Animal Instincts in the iiNet Get Animated competition. It was a finalist and screened as part of the Sydney Film Festival in front of 30,000 viewers in Darling Harbour.

GooRoo Animation launch new website (16/12/2008):
Feel free to have a look around our new site. There's load of interesting things to look at. Click on films to see some of our previous work or see what we've been up to recently under news. Enjoy!

Vote for Animal Instincts in iiNet Get Animated (16/12/2008):
Animal Instincts is now competing in the iiNet Get Animated competition. It has some great prizes that we need your help to win. Go to www.iinet.net.au/getanimated to vote for Animal Instincts. Thanks!

Animal Instincts wins 20th award (23/11/2008):
Animal Instincts has reached another milestone, winning it 20th award by taking out 'Best Animated Film' at the Victorian Independent Film Festival.
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GooRoo Animation TVCs now playing during Rockwiz on SBS (1/11/2008):
We recently produced a series of 6 commercials for Coopers Sparkling Ale. We worked with Quench Studios and The People's Republic of Animation to complete the series.
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Animal Instincts to be converted into 3D (11/9/2008):
Animal Instincts has been selected as one of a group of award-winning short films being converted into 3D by the 3D Film Factory.
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GooRoo Animation create company intro sequence (15/3/2008):
A vital step in establishing our company was creating a memorable title sequence for the GooRoo Animation logo.
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Animal Instincts completed (20/11/2007):
After half a year of hard work and many late nights, we finally finished that crossword from the newspaper. We also completed our short claymation film Animal Instincts.
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Cows With Guns featured on Youtube (19/5/2007):
We were lucky enough to have our 2002 film Cows With Guns featured on the Youtube homepage, helping it get close to 1 million views.
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Cameron Edser and Michael Richards win Nescafe Big Break (4/11/2006):
Nescafe Big Break was a national competition, offering young people with a creative idea the chance to make it happen. In its final year, we made the top 6, and were awarded $15,000 to help establish GooRoo Animation.
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