WE WON!! WE WON THE ASTRA!!

Yay!

I'm not sure why it's a surprise given the pedigree of the production company (a win in 2005 for "Cooking for Kids with Luis", and nominations for three years running..), but "Gardening For Kids With Madi" took home the "Most Outstanding Children's Program" at the ASTRAs on Monday night...

Kudos must go to the team over at Total Perception for another great effort.

While I can't post an episode here or on YouTube, you can see the entire series on the Nick Jr. website - very badly compressed though...

Here's a little write up I did for the ASE website:

ASTRA AWARD FOR “GARDENING WITH MADI”

On Monday night, 23rd April 2007, Gardening for Kids with Madi edited by ASE member Enzo Tedeschi, was awarded Most Outstanding Children’s Program for the year at the 2007 ASTRA Awards.

The program is a five minute interstitial series teaching children how to garden, and hosted by Madi, a six-year-old girl. Madi was also nominated for Most Outstanding Performance by a Presenter, the category rounded out by seasoned talent like David Speers, Brendan Moar and Antonia Kidman.

Gardening for Kids with Madi won its category despite the company of the other esteemed nominees such as Camp Orange - Slimey Hollow (also produced by the same production company, Total Perception), Weather Ed and The Upside Down Show, featuring The Umbilical Brothers, all being full-length half-hour TV series.

“It’s a testament to the production company Total Perception, who in the last three years running have been nominated in the Kids Category, having also won in 2005”, Enzo said.

“It was a pleasure to work with them, and working with Director Phillip Tanner was great. It’s a great format for kids, and Phillip’s skill and instinct in creating five minutes of compelling kids TV is pretty impressive. I learnt a hell of a lot about working with kids, and had to flex the creative muscle out of necessity in order to work with footage from a six-year-old presenter. It’s the most fun I’ve had cutting in a long time!”

“Gardening for Kids with Madi is hosted by a six-year-old so you get humour, speed, spontaneity and tantrums but what you don’t get are long coherent pieces to camera delivered by a professional presenter - you get grabs delivered by an inspirational kid,” Phillip stated.

“We shot with two cameras to provide edit points and on location I know when we have the coverage, but still this is a show that really requires great editing skills to make a smooth, compelling and humorous five minute story with a clear message. Enzo was the perfect editor to have on board; he brings ideas, a wealth of experience and patience. He also has kids so instinctively knows what works and what doesn’t work for our target audience. It was fun working with him and we will do it again soon. “

Gardening for Kids with Madi is currently screening on Nick Jr.

Image from Nick Jr. website, GFKWM wallpaper.

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Comment by Mrs M

April 25th 2007 05:04

Mum's Word

Wouldn't the car have been better?

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by yoda76

April 25th 2007 05:08

The Tube Blog

ASTRA... I get it...

;o)

Comment by JohnDoe

April 25th 2007 07:59

Film & TV on DVD

Great work Yoda...the force is with you.

Comment by katyzzz

April 25th 2007 08:18

Photography Tips
MS Paint Art

You're obviously very excited and good for you. Congrats.

katyzzz

Comment by Ahmed

April 25th 2007 08:44

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

woo, so astra?

Comment by yoda76

April 25th 2007 09:45

The Tube Blog

Thanks JD, katyzzz and Ahmed.

woo, so astra?

Wha?

Comment by Ahmed

April 25th 2007 09:48

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

sorry, I haven't been online from my house for the last 13 days so I am a bit twitchy right now.

Just meant that I've never heard of 'The Astra' before.

Comment by yoda76

April 25th 2007 09:57

The Tube Blog

I've noticed you've been MIA...

The ASTRA awards are kinda like the Logies, but only for Pay TV shows. It's kind of a big deal...

)

Comment by Ahmed

April 25th 2007 10:04

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

Oh right I see, so you've basically won the academy awards for best Pay TV show, I take it there was no Al Gore praising the gardening show

Comment by yoda76

April 25th 2007 10:07

The Tube Blog

Ha!

No, but it's not a bad marketing angle!

Comment by DuskDevi

April 25th 2007 20:57

Rugby World Cup 2007

...was there ever any doubt?....

CONGRATULATIONS!

It’s the most fun I’ve had cutting in a long time!”

Ohhhh...I dunno...you're always pretty sharp here...

Comment by yoda76

April 25th 2007 22:58

The Tube Blog

Ohhhh...I dunno...you're always pretty sharp here...

Cute, Dusk.

Thanks!

Comment by DuskDevi

April 25th 2007 23:10

Rugby World Cup 2007

Oh come on now...."cute"??

....you could have said "acute"....!

Comment by yoda76

April 25th 2007 23:15

The Tube Blog

OK, OK, I just got up...

I'm still in pre-morning coffee haze...

Comment by MelissaA

April 26th 2007 07:23

Fun Facts

I thought you'd won a car too! ; )

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 09:47

The Tube Blog

)

I wish.

It's probably a good thing that you don't watch enough tvto know what an ASTRA is...

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 09:52

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

Maybe, just maybe, we don't have payTV

Comment by MelissaA

April 26th 2007 09:54

Fun Facts

LOL Ahmed, Yoda's probably scratching his head and thinking 'Do people really still live in such squalid conditions even in 2007?" ; )

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 09:56

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

hey, I had dial up right up until late 2005, thats backwards.

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 10:02

The Tube Blog

That's OK, guys. I don't have PayTV either!

Ha!

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 10:04

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

wow, you don't? wow, wow, wow... of all people.

Thats like if Bill Gate didn't have a computer... just... wow.

Comment by MelissaA

April 26th 2007 10:08

Fun Facts

I can beat you there Ahmed, I had dial up up until this time last year...*blush*

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 10:10

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

thats just sad...

and now they have adsl 2 and iptv, soon the world will be watching TV via the internet...

Comment by MelissaA

April 26th 2007 10:36

Fun Facts

Ahhh, actually, everyone will soon be watching TV on their microwaves and talking into their thumbs.

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 10:41

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

nah, thats what people thought way back in the 50's, now it's all iPods

Comment by MelissaA

April 26th 2007 10:48

Fun Facts

Yeah, inserted into their brains. :; )

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 10:49

The Tube Blog

Can I cook my food in one of those?

Comment by MelissaA

April 26th 2007 10:54

Fun Facts

Why would you want your food cooked in someone's brain?

Surely Mrs M is not such a bad cook that you'd consider that an option? ; )

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 11:56

The Tube Blog

Actually, you snuck in there while I was writing. I meant the iPod.

Note to self: use the "quote" button.

Mrs M would never cook me brains. The kids occasionally fry mine though

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 11:59

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

get them a gamecube or something, that'll shut them up

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 12:07

The Tube Blog

Gamecube?

;o)

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 12:09

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

clearly you should buy a Wii

(damn that was a great come back)

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 12:24

The Tube Blog

Ahmed, you have officially drawn out of me my first ever LOL!

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 12:32

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

lmao, an epic moment...

try this on for size (me and my sister were laughing like mad watching this just then): Really Long Link

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 12:56

The Tube Blog

I believe the only appropriate response would be ROTFLOL!

;o)

Comment by Mrs M

April 26th 2007 12:56

Mum's Word

You're all frying my brains.

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 13:03

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

don't you mean roflmao

rolling on floor laughing my ass off.

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 13:11

The Tube Blog

Well, according to Weird Al, it's ROTFLOL... you have a 'the' missing...

;o)

Link

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 13:13

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

It appears Weird Al's script was written by a 40 something who glanced over his/her daughters IM chats and found 'roflmao' and bastardized it to rotflol.. dunno, never heard of rotflol, meh, must be different in the US.

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 13:16

The Tube Blog

meh

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 13:19

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

I love that term 'meh', it should be put in the dictionary and...

wow, whats this topic about? Astra or internet lingo? THis sure went waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off topic... like what happens with Mind Orgasms except we are not indulging in excessive displays of affection.

Comment by yoda76

April 26th 2007 13:23

The Tube Blog

I considered starting a new post to go nuts on...

But I'm too busy trying to keep up with the email notifications... it's an Orble Assault!

Comment by Ahmed

April 26th 2007 13:29

Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks

yep, I remember happened like twice with me back during the wordophiles days

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