The Bazura Project Pilot
This is the entire 23 minute pilot for The Bazura Project, made in 2005 – a full year before our first episode went to air. A dispiriting insight how the show was created, the pilot includes:
- a pretty funky opening title sequence that was never used again
- the exact same Sixth Sense opening from episode 1.01
- a feature story we would largely recycle in episode 1.10 when we were too tired to do a new idea
- an interview with Melbourne International Film Festival director James Hewison, who was gracious enough to help us out with the pilot before returning to do the show proper in episode 1.10
- red carpet interviews with Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette, perhaps the biggest names we ever had on the show, and yet they still couldn’t make it to broadcast
The pilot is presented for the sake of completeness, and features none of the crisp, polished production values that viewers would come to expect from the show. Not our show necessarily, but some show.
The Bazura Project Pilot Trailer
The four-and-a-half minute pilot trailer was included on the DVD sent to television networks, and is included here for the sake of those who can’t bring themselves to sit through the entire pilot itself. And for those who can’t bring themselves to sit through even the trailer, we applaud your priorities.
The Bazura Project Season One – Trailer
No need to sit through five-and-a-half hours of Bazura‘s first season when it’s been condensed into an easy-to-swallow two minute trailer!
The Bazura Project Season One Promo – What’s In a Name?
What does The Bazura Project actually mean?
The Bazura Project Season One Promo – Summer TV
There is most definitely something to watch over Summer! (note: only applicable to Summer 2006)
The Bazura Project Season One Promo – Button
A promo about shooting a promo. This is postmodernism at its finest.
The Bazura Project Season One Promo – Tim Allen
An offer you can probably refuse.
The Bazura Project 1.01 – Opening
We’re ready to tell you our secret now.
The Bazura Project 1.01 – News
Baz trademarks Australia, the press speculates on Cleopatra casting, and we give you the inside smurf on a mystery cartoon remake.
The Bazura Project 1.01 – Feature Story
Movie piracy is an issue we should take very seriously, regardless of what you see in this video.
The Bazura Project 1.01 – Interview
Lee and Shannon speak at Melbourne Underground Film Festival director Richard Wolstencroft.
The Bazura Project 1.01 – Reviews
We wanted our very first review segment to focus on an important film, but we’d only seen Unaccompanied Minors.
The Bazura Project 1.01 – Outro
Goodbye!
The Bazura Project 1.02 – Opening
Just because they send you up, doesn’t mean they like you.
The Bazura Project 1.02 – News
What’s been happening in the world of film this past week? We’re not sure. We were too busy making easy Mel Gibson jokes.
