About

Background and experience

“The organising (for this project) was a group effort that's for sure, but it was flawless because you guys were the right people for the job. These (films) are absolutely phenomenal. I showed my team and they were crying! So bloody powerful! Mate honestly, absolutely amazing work.”

First People's Disability Network (FPDN)

 

Carly Wallace, National Training and Engagement Manager

“Just wanted to pass on some positive feedback from our friends at the Department of Tourism, who said that imagery captured and overall marketing of QMF events is second to none. They said everything looks and feels very polished and content captured is always beautiful.“

Queensland Music Festival

Tim Price - Marketing Campaign Manager

“Working with Article One was made easy and rewarding by the team's professionalism, skill, and commitment to the project.”

The Big Anxiety

Bec Moran, Lived Experience Facilitator

“They were also very adaptable, as like always, we wanted some last minute alterations.. and with the coolest head in the world, granted our desires and created an ad that we absolutely loved!”

You Came Again - Vegan Tapas Bar in West End

Nicola Stone, Owner

We’re Article One: film and media makers who specialise in community-connected participatory filmmaking and so much more.

SHORT & FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - SCRIPTED PROJECTS - CORPORATE VIDEOS - MUSIC VIDEOS - SOCIAL IMPACT - SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT - EVENTS

We offer a complete and professional film production service, from ideation and pre production planning, through to production and a full editing post production workflow.

We have over 30 collective years experience working with corporate agencies, urban, regional and remote communities, diverse groups, First Nations communities, young people, community leaders and more to create promos, stories and social media content. We have experience developing video resources for campaigns and conducting award-winning engagement processes with diverse communities around Australia. Together we work with you to create engaging content that amplifies your work and builds audience and support.

When you work with us, you're engaging a group of independent professionals working together. What that means is that all of your budget goes towards delivery rather than supporting fees and costs associated with maintaining a company, with every member of our team receiving the rates listed in our quotes.

This enables us to build an equitable business model that also incorporates opportunities to train, mentor and create paid work for underrepresented groups in the industry while simultaneously creating high quality films.

Whether it's for a shoot or to film an event, or perhaps you have a project you want to document, or that short documentary you'd love to make that shares your work, talk to us about how we can work together to bring your vision to life.

We work with Da Vinci Resolve Studio

“Article One worked with us to develop a great community engagement strategy and suite of products.  Steph and Dan were collaborative, talented and flexible partners for our project”

Basic Rights Queensland

 

Fiona Hunt, CEO

"Article ONE team. Wow! What a great edit. I know this was a hard one but I would not want to have had any other team on board."

Brendan Blacklock, Blacklock Media

Some of the organisations we've created content with over the past few years

A little about us

Steph Vajda

Steph is a producer, director and editor who also shoots and pilots drones. For over ten years Steph has blended his careers in engagement and community arts with filmmaking, specialising in designing collaborative projects with storytellers and communities.

With a focus on inclusion, voice and social change, Steph brings a unique approach to filmmaking where participants are supported to share their stories through culture and place and to be actively involved in shaping narratives and the filmmaking process.

Over the past few years Steph’s documentary work has included themes of First Nations justice, creative approaches to mental health and suicide prevention, substance abuse and access to housing, delivered alongside a range of creative projects including music videos, web series and short films.

Supporting the next generation is an important part of Steph's work. As a 2nd generation settler in Australian (born in Magandjin-Brisbane) with Sri Lankan heritage, his work through Article One includes a strong focus on developing mentoring, training and experiential pathways for emerging First Nations filmmakers.

Steph and Dan formed Article One in 2021 with Sam joining the team in 2022.

Download Steph's profile HERE

Dan Baebler

Dan Baebler

Dan is a multitalented filmmaker adept in all stages of the filmmaking process – conceptualisation, shooting, editing, colour grading and audio mixing. 

Dan has created dozens of films including music videos, social advocacy, corporate video, event documentation and drama. Dan has a special interest in social justice and frequently mentors marginalised young people through filmmaking and digital storytelling. He has also worked with First Nations communities all across Queensland.

Prior to his career in film production Dan worked for 15 years as a multimedia communications designer, a skill-set that spans graphic design, motion graphics animation and video editing. This background dovetails with Dan’s cinematography skills to allow him to independently cover all aspects of film production. On large projects Dan has demonstrated capability in sub-contracting and directing other creatives as needed.

Outside of work, Dan has played for 20 years in punk rock band Sixfthick (and others) which was the subject of the 2010 ABC documentary Sixfthick: Notes from the Underground in which Dan scored the incidental music for this film.

Sam Watson

Sam Woripa Watson is a Wangerriburrah and Birri Gubba emerging filmmaker with an interest in camera and set work. Sam worked in Multimedia and Communications at Link-Up (Qld) from 2015-2020, where a large part of the role was to create promotional videos. During this time, in 2017, Sam studied Screen and Media through the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association. 

In 2018 Sam directed and shot a short film entitled "Yoonthalla", for the NITV series "Our Stories" and was mentored by Dewi Wilson, a Trainer and Assessor at Triple A Training in Brisbane. 

In 2021 Sam joined the Article One team, honing his skills in camera operation, lighting and sound, as well as strengthening his capacity as a Director and editor.

 

 

Some of the incredibly talented people we collaborate with...

Siena Stubbs

As a young Yolŋu woman, Siena Stubbs has grown up in the community of Yirrkala surrounded by her family and culture.
Her love for learning and sharing knowledge guides her between both worlds; Yolŋu and Ŋapaki, and helped her graduate from Nhulunbuy High School in 2019 as the Co-
School Captain, with a strong sense of self.

In 2023, Siena graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film). Looking to share the beauty of her culture, Siena gratefully participated in Screen Australia’s 2025 Proper Loved Up Romantic Comedy short film initiative, looking to develop her story, Best On Ground. Siena is now working towards delivering a third draft script, with the opportunity to apply for up to $80,000 in production funding to bring their short films to life, decided in August 2025.

The foundation of Siena’s film industry began at The Mulka Project where she evolved her skills as a storyteller and artist.

In 2020, her work ‘Shinkansen (2020)’ was awarded the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award – Multimedia Prize. In 2020, she also produced and filmed that featured in ABC’s ‘Lockdown Stories (2020)’, telling how her community faced COVID-19. Over the following three years, Siena executed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film, Screen and New Media) at the Queensland University of Technology. Graduating with distinction, Siena is now working at the First Nations-led Triple A Radio Station based in West End, Magandjin, Brisbane within the Triple A Digital team.

Daily, Siena hopes to represent her Yolŋu family and home, wherever she finds herself, through the creative lens of story-telling and film.

Siena works with Article One as an emerging editor with an interest in learning camera technique and Directing. 

Surya McEwen

Surya does high demand support work and counselling, builders labourer work and is a stonemasonry apprentice. He lives on Bunjalung country in Northern Rivers NSW. He is interested in human liberation and radical imagineries. We're currently working with Surya to develop a 26 Jan Invasion Day documentary as well as collaborating on some smaller scale film projects. 

Karina Hogan

Born in Logan on the south side of Magandjin (Brisbane), Karina Hogan is part of a big Aboriginal and South Sea Islander family. With a degree in Journalism and International Politics, Karina is a mother to two beautiful children and works as a journalist and content producer at ABC Radio Brisbane.

We collaborate with Karina on projects she produces outside of ABC as part of her personal practice. We also are developing concepts with her for future production. We love working with Karina who is a powerhouse networker and relationship builder with big dreams (that we share!) about the content she wants to create. ]

Check out Karina's latest project with Jenae - Bloodlines To Country

Bogaine Spearim

Boe is a Gamilaraay & Kooma radio presenter with 98.9fm and created the popular Frontier War Stories podcast dedicated to truth-telling about a side of Australian that has been left out of the history books. Over 28 episodes and counting Boe has spoken with different Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people about research, books and oral histories which document the first 140 years of conflict and resistance. We're currently collaborating with Boe on an Invasion Day documentary as well as a range of smaller activist-lead projects. 

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