Sb51 Golden Way
Sb51 Golden Way was a short film pitched to Tamworth Regional Gallery’s Outdoor Gallery projection project in early 2025 and was quickly approved. Somehow it took over another 12 months for the project to actually become a reality.
SB51 Golden Way explores the idea of what ghosts do after death. Rather than haunting a single location, why wouldn’t a ghost use its infinite time to explore and enjoy the world around it? Hanging Rock in Nundle was chosen as the main location for this project because of its incredible views, general peace and quiet, and its history as a mining hotspot for both gold and antimony, particularly in the mid to late 1800s, leading to many untimely deaths due to accidents and sickness.
While drawing from local history for its subject matter, the film also pulls from Australian animation history for its visual aesthetic, taking strong inspiration from the work of Polish-Australian filmmaker Yoram Gross (Dot and the Kangaroo, Blinky Bill), known for his signature blend of live-action background plates and hand-drawn animation composited over the top. While this process once required expensive equipment and can now largely be achieved with any computer and camera, it still requires extensive planning, with Daniel animating the film first and then using that animation as a reference for each background shot when filming on location, no doubt the reverse of how it was originally done by Yoram.
SB51 Golden Way encourages you to make the drive up to Hanging Rock and take some time to relax.
Client Name
Tamworth Regional Gallery
Date
May 2026
Category
Animation
Directors
Daniel Elliott
