Meg Cooney
Emergency Physician, Warrnambool Base Hospital
We were very happy with the result. As an orientation video it clearly provides the necessary information that we had wanted to provide. The part of the service I appreciated the most was Colleen’s reliability. She turned up when she said she would, and had things completed in the timeframe she had agreed to. Colleen was very easy to communicate and work with. I would not hesitate to use her services again or recommend them to anyone else.
Marg O’Toole
Habitat Connection
When my small marine interpretation business was asked to do a video on intertidal ‘rock pool rambles’, I asked Colleen Hughson to help. We had a very short time frame, no suitable low tides, the weather was wet and windy and I was on crutches!
Somehow with Colleen’s expertise we managed to pull it all together. What she achieved, and on time, was amazing. A professional, educational and entertaining video, which was shown as part of Coastcare’s online, Summer by the Sea program 2021. This video was viewed by hundreds and received wide acclaim.
I highly recommend First Ladies Videos and without doubt would use them again.
Natasha Mills
South West Cloth Nappy Library Coordinator
Colleen Hughson produced six fantastic videos for the South West Cloth Nappy Library. Three of these were personal stories/testimonials from families using cloth, where we were working with newborns, babies and toddlers in private homes. As you might imagine, filming often got a bit chaotic! Colleen was as cool as a cucumber, and always had a creative and easy solution for any issues we encountered. Colleen knew exactly how to get the best out of everyone, with a minimum of fuss.
Colleen is a great listener, and has a way of really understanding people, and their needs. She took on our aims and dreams as her own, and made it into reality.
Working with Colleen is a breeze. Her communication is great, she was always open to feedback and changes, and she finished the videos ahead of schedule.
We are absolutely thrilled with all the videos, and are now able to effectively share our service to others, and get our message across to a much wider audience.
I would highly recommend Colleen to anyone who is looking for creativity, professionalism, authenticity and excellence.
K9000 Dog Wash &
Bike Wash Australia
Colleen has worked for K9000 / Bike Wash Australia many times on varying projects over the years, she has been able to do anything we have requested. Colleen has a real ‘can do’ attitude & I don’t believe she has ever said no to anything we’ve asked & nothing is ever too hard.
Being filmed is something that is extremely uncomfortable and confronting for some people (me especially!) but Colleen has an ability to mix it up to help you relax by asking varying questions or to take breaks/different scenery to distract etc.
Every film Colleen has put together for us has had the desired effect, sometimes over & beyond what we were initially expecting. The crazy part is that I’m not the best communicator and hopelessly disorganised yet Colleen still manages to understand what we want – she asks the right questions at the beginning and then keeps asking until it’s nailed. Another reason we’ve kept returning is that she is quite cruisy, if there’s changes to be made or constructive criticism, she makes the changes as requested there’s no tension.
My favourite part of the whole process is when she emails through the first draft & you get to see all those ideas in your head come to life, it’s a real buzz! We will definitely be using Colleen for future projects.
Marina Milich
Principal, Koroit and District Primary School
We had the pleasure of working with Colleen Hughson who captured who we are and what we do at Koroit and District Primary school in just 3 minutes of footage.
Colleen took the time to understand our school context through conversations and observations, then engaged a group of grade 6 students to support the film making process. Colleen spent the day with us to gather quality footage of students engaged in their learning, break times and students sharing their experiences at KDPS.
We were amazed with the outcome, in fact it exceeded our expectations! We are really looking forward to working with Colleen on an annual cycle to ensure our promotional clip is updated for prospective and current families. This was more than a promotional movie, Colleen created a celebration of who we are and what we do at KDPS and for that we are truly grateful.
Dean Clements
Assistant Principal, Warrnambool Primary School
Communicating to parents and the wider community is something that all schools work very hard to achieve, especially to a level where parents can easily articulate what is happening in the day to day running of the school.
Involving First Ladies in developing the narrative of Warrnambool Primary and to help us tell the story of our new Strategic Plan has helped us enormously in making that become a reality. Colleen’s work exceeded our expectations. She has a knack of accurately depicting our values and bringing out the best in our students. Her work certainly speaks for itself.
Christine Norton
Peterborough Residents Group
Colleen’s level of professionalism, communication, delivery of tutorials and advice and willingness to go beyond what was expected and commissioned was highly impressive and greatly appreciated by the Peterborough Residents Group and our community. The resulting film is a stirring snapshot of our environment during the autumn and winter months accompanied by an original soundtrack that Colleen commissioned and overlaid.
Colleen’s approachable manner, personal integrity and professional knowledge ensured the process was not only smooth but also very enjoyable with many of the participants learning valuable skills in relation to taking film footage and using digital time lapse applications. The film was viewed by an equally impressed and moved audience on a balmy summer evening in January 2015.
Chrissie Duncan
Senior Case Worker, The Foyer
The film was very successful and launched in Tokyo. The intended purpose has been achieved in that it says and shows many things in a very short time. I think its perfect for an introduction of myself and my work… I was very satisfied with Colleen’s attention to getting it right and the finished product exceeded my expectations. It was also an enjoyable experience to work with her.
The service was great, on time every time and no wasting time. Colleen was able to work to a deadline for a specific client and still be creative too. I like the modern edge it had to the editing and the clever things she did like inserting photos of coast line. I think the best thing I liked is that that it looks professional, like it was made by someone who cares and thinks carefully about constructing a film.
Dave Higgins
Artist
The film was very successful and launched in Tokyo. The intended purpose has been achieved in that it says and shows many things in a very short time. I think its perfect for an introduction of myself and my work… I was very satisfied with Colleen’s attention to getting it right and the finished product exceeded my expectations. It was also an enjoyable experience to work with her.
The service was great, on time every time and no wasting time. Colleen was able to work to a deadline for a specific client and still be creative too. I like the modern edge it had to the editing and the clever things she did like inserting photos of coast line. I think the best thing I liked is that that it looks professional, like it was made by someone who cares and thinks carefully about constructing a film.