The Movie
Tim Minchin’s Storm is a 9-minute beat poem which has already attracted half a million views on YouTube in audio alone, and has become the anthem for critical thinking worldwide. The animated version of Storm will be released in 2010.
In the confines of a London dinner party, Tim argues with a hippy named Storm. While Storm herself may not be converted, audiences from London to Sydney have been won over by Tim’s wordplay and the timely message of the piece in a society where science is attacked as the enemy of religion, alternative medicine given credence and public funding, and psychics have prime time TV exposure.
The Team
Tim Minchin – Writer and Performer
Tim Minchin is an award-winning Australian musician, actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his musical comedy, which has featured in three CDs, two DVDs and a number of live comedy shows which he has performed internationally. He has also appeared on television and radio in both Australia and Britain. His breakout show, “Dark Side”, launched him into the public eye, achieving critical success at the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
DC Turner – Director, Animator
Dan C Turner is a designer and animator with a unique style of character design. He has worked for brands including Sony, Vodafone, Barclays, ITV, PKR, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, T Mobile and Woolworths. As well as animated shorts, he designs and builds award-winning Flash games and composes soundtracks. DC is Managing Director of animation studio KerShoot Ltd.
Tracy King – Producer
Tracy King is an award-winning consultant whose marketing achievements include the viral video hit ‘The Colour-Changing Card Trick’ with Richard Wiseman (now considered the biggest science communication video in history, having been seen by some 80 million people online and on TV). She is managing director of February Marketing Ltd, whose clients include Macmillan Publishing, UCAS, and the James Randi Educational Foundation. Tracy was the organiser and promoter of 2009 and 2010’s TAM London, the JREF’s international conference, and created the World Record Spoonbend in Las Vegas. Her work has appeared in various publications including Nature and Skeptical Inquirer. Tracy is Operations Director of animation studio KerShoot Ltd.
