Subdivision: subdivide and conquer
A family that writes together, stays together. That was probably what the Bradnams had in mind when they created Subdivision. Miguel Gonzalez reports.
From a script by Queensland mother/husband team Janice Bradnam, Terry McCann and Ashley Bradnam, comes Subdivision, the story of a family – and a community – in the building industry, threatened by the arrival of a large property developer. Ashley Bradnam also plays the lead, the son trying to find his own place in the world.
Bradnam’s previous experience as a writer was a script during his time at university, Itchy Onions, which was optioned but never made. Years went by and his writing/acting career was put on hold, until one fateful day he ran into his own mother and her partner at Robert McKee’s seminar. Janice suggested the three write something together, a story that combined the building industry, Hervey Bay, mateship and rugby league, all of them important elements in their lives.
