Kyla Brettle
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Kyla Brettle is a freelance audio producer
and documentary
film-maker living in Melbourne
, Australia
.
Brettle started producing audio documentaries in 2000 and has made several programs for ABC Radio National's Radio Eye. Her work has been well received and broadcast internationally on the BBC
, Radio New Zealand
, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
, JoyFM in Ghana, Radio Netherlands
, RTHK in Hong Kong
, and NPR
in the US
.
In 2002 Kyla won the Best New Artist Award at the Third Coast International Audio Festival
in Chicago, and in 2003 she was Highly Commended at the Australian Moving Portrait Audio Documentary Awards.
Television's Race Around the World. After completing the 'Race' training and selection course at the Australian Film Television and Radio School
(NSW) in 1997, Brettle co-founded the production company Wired Vision and made several short documentary films for television broadcast. At the end of the year she was selected as the Victorian representative in the micro-documentary collection Our Place televised on Australia's Channel Ten.
In 1998 Brettle obtained an Australian Broadcasting Corporation
/Film Finance Corporation ACCORD pre-sale for a 27-minute program called The Pecking Order. In 2000, Brettle was granted development funding from the Australian Film Commission
to research a 52-minute documentary called Murphy's Law in outback NSW.
Brettle has worked in several modes of non-fiction including print
and video journalism
. In Brettle was employed full-time as a journalist at The Sunday Age before quickly returning to freelance work. After eighteen months writing regularly for SundayLife! magazine Brettle shifted into solo video journalism. In 2001 she was sent by SBS Television's
Dateline on an assignment in South Africa
.
Brettle has been a guest lecturer in observation radio and television documentary production at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (NSW), and Swinburne University in Melbourne. She is currently lecturing at RMIT University
in Melbourne. She has also worked as a freelance sound recordist, interviewer and production assistant.
Brettle's background is in music and literature. She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Music from Melbourne University. She studied the oboe, flute and piano during school and obtained her VCE
at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary College
.
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
and documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
film-maker living in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Brettle started producing audio documentaries in 2000 and has made several programs for ABC Radio National's Radio Eye. Her work has been well received and broadcast internationally on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand is a New Zealand public service radio broadcaster and Crown entity formed by the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news, current affairs and arts network Radio New Zealand National and classical music and jazz network Radio New Zealand Concert with full government funding...
, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
, JoyFM in Ghana, Radio Netherlands
Radio Netherlands
Radio Netherlands Worldwide is a public radio and television network based in Hilversum, producing and transmitting programmes for international audiences outside the Netherlands...
, RTHK in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, and NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
in the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
In 2002 Kyla won the Best New Artist Award at the Third Coast International Audio Festival
Third Coast International Audio Festival
The Third Coast International Audio Festival is a festival based in Chicago showcasing feature and documentary audio work...
in Chicago, and in 2003 she was Highly Commended at the Australian Moving Portrait Audio Documentary Awards.
Background
Brettle began working in the documentary genre after becoming a finalist in the first series of ABCAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
Television's Race Around the World. After completing the 'Race' training and selection course at the Australian Film Television and Radio School
Australian Film Television and Radio School
The Australian Film, Television and Radio School is the Australian national centre for professional education and advanced training in film, television, radio and digital media. The School is an Australian Commonwealth government statutory authority...
(NSW) in 1997, Brettle co-founded the production company Wired Vision and made several short documentary films for television broadcast. At the end of the year she was selected as the Victorian representative in the micro-documentary collection Our Place televised on Australia's Channel Ten.
In 1998 Brettle obtained an Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
/Film Finance Corporation ACCORD pre-sale for a 27-minute program called The Pecking Order. In 2000, Brettle was granted development funding from the Australian Film Commission
Australian Film Commission
The Australian Film Commission was an Australian government agency with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a production arm responsible for production and commissioning of films for government...
to research a 52-minute documentary called Murphy's Law in outback NSW.
Brettle has worked in several modes of non-fiction including print
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
and video journalism
Video journalism
Video journalism or videojournalism is a form of broadcast journalism, where the production of video content in which the journalist shoots, edits and often presents his or her own material....
. In Brettle was employed full-time as a journalist at The Sunday Age before quickly returning to freelance work. After eighteen months writing regularly for SundayLife! magazine Brettle shifted into solo video journalism. In 2001 she was sent by SBS Television's
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
Dateline on an assignment in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
Brettle has been a guest lecturer in observation radio and television documentary production at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (NSW), and Swinburne University in Melbourne. She is currently lecturing at RMIT University
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
in Melbourne. She has also worked as a freelance sound recordist, interviewer and production assistant.
Brettle's background is in music and literature. She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Music from Melbourne University. She studied the oboe, flute and piano during school and obtained her VCE
Victorian Certificate of Education
The Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies in the state of Victoria, Australia. Study for the VCE is usually completed over two years, but it can be spread over a longer period in some cases...
at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary College
Victorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
.
Radio Documentary Productions
- Affairs of the MindAffairs of the MindAffairs of the Mind is an award-winning radio documentary made by Melbourne, Australia, audio producer Kyla Brettle.The piece is a personal and confronting story exploring the nature of jealousy and the perimeters of infidelity. In an observational style we follow private detective Steve Murray...
(2002) - Birds of a Feather (2003)
- Trauma (2004)
- Toby Guthrie Coils the Spring (2005)
- 000 Ambulance (2006)
- An Australian in Kabul (2006)
- "Into the School of Music" (2007)
Television Documentary Productions
- The Pecking Order
- Playing With Fire
- In Cahoots
- Roxstop - Desert Action
External links
- Official Kyla Brettle Website
- An Australian in Kabul
- 000 Ambulance
- Toby Guthrie Coils the Spring
- Trauma
- Birds of a Feather
- Affairs of the Mind
- The Bamiyan Buddhas
- Warehouse Conversion
- River House
- The Trouble with Rick
- Pecking Order
- African AIDS films
- Colliding Worlds
- The rise of Hindi as the lingua franca of the literate in India