Ric Forster - Writer/Director

Flunk is a new teen drama series set to launch on Instagram - exploring sexuality, substance abuse and consent.   Flunk stars Akasha Collins, Beaudene Perussich, Jessica Li & Uisce Goriss-Dazeley as well as guest appearances from Katherine Halliday (‘Heartbreak High’) and...

Over the last few weeks I've been producing and directing a new webseries for Neighbours, to air during the annual transmission break (the show is off air for five weeks Dec-Jan). The series was created as 10 x 5 -...

New on-going project for Neighbours - a weekly 4 min in-character vlog. Scripted, but with heavy use of improvisation on set. Each week viewer comments are integrated back into scripts to create genuine audience/character interactivity. Producer: Ric Forster Directors: Ric Forster, Ben...

After hooking up with her high school teacher, Keely left for university and her problems seemed like history - but things are about to change. Set in the UK’s North West, series two of LOL follows young & unemployed twentysomething...

The experimental drama comprises 20 x 15 second episodes that use Instagram’s video capability to create a ‘soap bubble’ – the story follows two Neighbours characters in the events leading up to and following the Lassiters' disaster.   Users of Instagram are...

New Neighbours digital series I created for YouTube: "Neighbourshood". Part chat show, part pranks, with a few sketches here and there - each episode picks up after Monday night's Neighbours cliffhanger, with host Ben Nicholas interviewing a cast member on...

I recently developed a new four part webseries for Neighbours, to introduce new teen character ‘Piper Willis’. The format is 4 x 3 min Skype video calls between exchange student Piper and her family (existing regulars in the show).   Shot with...

Neighbours VS Zombies has been selected for Raindance Web Fest 2015, receiving two nominations - ‘Best Writing’ and ‘Best Ensemble Cast’.

  A webisode from the series will be screened Sunday 27th September 15:45 at Vue Piccadilly

  Tickets:  http://calendar.raindancefestival.org/films/neighbours-vs-zombies

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Here's a clip I wrote, directed, shot and edited to promote an Airbnb competition at Neighbours. Shot on the Sony FS7 with Sony 28-135 F4 lens + Tonkina 17mm f3.5 in SLOG3. Graded in Premiere Pro CC 2015 with...

Writer (2017)     Story Consultant (2015)     Digital Producer (2013-2017)     Trainee storyliner (2011)     FremantleMedia for Network Ten (Australia), Channel 5...

Here's a clip I wrote, directed, produced and edited to celebrate EastEnders' 30th birthday. Originally, we considered shooting a simple 'Happy Birthday' message - but the thought of our cast doing impressions of legendary Walford residents was too tempting to...

I wrote, directed, produced and edited this Halloween special for YouTube. Funded by Google / Screen Australia. Shot on a mix of Arri Alexa, Red Scarlet and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema camera. ...

Late last year, during a brainstorming session for Neighbours, I pitched a crazy idea: what if we made a zombie web series where former characters returned from the dead? Tony Broderick, Director of Digital Media at the time laughed -...

Here's the trailer for LOL series 2. This was shot on a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera using a mix of 70s Canon FD and modern Panasonic Lumix m4/3 glass. Edited and graded in...

Pleased to announce series 2 of LOL has been nominated for 'Best British Series' at Raindance Web Fest 2014.

The second ever Raindance Web Fest which is set to return on 27^th and 28^th September 2014, at Vue...

Two web series I produced earlier this year, 'LOL' and 'Neighbours: Brennan On The Run', have been selected for Raindance Web Fest 2014   The first webisode of LOL series two (world premiere) will screen at 4.20pm on Sunday 28th September 2014   A...

I'm pleased to announce my project 'Third Base' has been selected to feature in the Content Market of Cross Video Days 2014. Taking place in Paris, CVD is a European transmedia festival and content market where projects are paired with...

Four months and two webseries later, I've been able to get back to editing 'LOL' - the project I shot over the December holidays.   Clocking in at 88 scenes, it's a pretty...

Over the last year I've been producing, directing and editing web video content for Neighbours. As well as scripted webisodes, the output includes behind the scenes content, shot around the studios...

Happy to share news of a new multiplatform Neighbours project: the Erinsborough Zombie Apocalypse! Very excited to be working with YouTuber Louna Maroun over the next few months to resurrect some past Neighbours characters... and have them attack the street....

Interactive webseries for Neighbours:   Set during Mark Brennan's time in witness protection, YOU get to choose the outcome of the story, find out how he met the 'other woman' Sienna, and take control of Brennan as he faces challenges, dodges danger...and struggles with...

In 2008, I started work on LOL - a teen web series exploring relationships, drug use and social networks. Over a series of weekends spanning 9 months, I wrote and directed 20 episodes. The series to date has seen over...

One of the most exciting aspects of my role as Digital Content Producer at Neighbours is to look for opportunities to extend key stories online. With popular character 'Mark Brennan' making a dramatic return to the series in February -...

I recently had the chance to try out the Vision Colour M31 LUT, using Red Giant's LUT Buddy plugin for Final Cut Pro 7. Taking some old rushes from my webseries LOL - I dropped on the LUT and toyed around...

I recently produced a series of six webisodes for Neighbours, telling the story of character Steph Scully's time in prison - to promote the character's return to the main...