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WELCOME TO METRO SCREEN'S WEEKLY eNews
– 12 July, 2007
FEATURE:
Three out of the four successful applicants in the last round of the NSW
Film and Television Office [NSW FTO] Young Filmmakers Fund [YFF] are from
Metro Screen. Luc Anthony and Tristan Waley [Multicultural Mentorship
Scheme], Simon Blyth [Raw Nerve] and Brooke Goldfinch [Jump Start].
Graduation screening
tonight from 4.30pm Chauvel cinema, all welcome, see below…
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TRAINING + WORKSHOPS
Certificate IV in Screen >>
High Definition Stop Frame Animation >>
Final Cut Pro Fundamentals >>
DVD Production >>
Introduction to Screenwriting >>
EQUIPMENT HIRE + FACILITIES
Dubbing + New Media Services >>
General Overview >>
PROJECTS
Multicultural Mentorship Scheme >>
Project Development Services >>
METRO SCREEN EVENTS
Graduation Screening >>
Pitching Session Announced >>
Metro Screen MySpace >>
Metro Screen YouTube >>
Work for Mobile Phone >>
OPPORTUNITIES
Crew Call >>
Documentary Conference >>
1st AD >>
Comedy Workshop >>
CALL FOR ENTRIES
A Night of Horror >>
Fist Full of Films >>
Reel Dance >>
The Shoot Out >>
Flickerfest >>
FESTIVALS + EVENTS
Snow Cake >>
Dinner with Friends >>
SPAA Seminar >>
Armidale International Film Festival >>
Black Screen >>
METRO SCREEN CONGRATULATES
Discovery Ignite Project >>
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TRAINING
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CERTIFICATE IV IN SCREEN | 2ND SEMESTER
Now Enrolling at Metro Screen
Film, TV and screen industry study. Five months full-time. Semester 2: STARTS
Jul 16, 2007
Whether you want to write, direct, produce, shoot, record sound or edit,
this course gives you hands on experience with broadcast quality equipment
that will enable you to graduate and step into a professional role of your
choosing.
PAST GRADUATES
Graduates have gone on to start their own successful production
companies, be awarded at local and international film festivals,
work professionally on TV series, short films
and features. Some examples of last year’s graduate
success include:
Steve Crombie has now signed with RGM Associates
who represent: John Polson, Cate Blanchett and Anthony La Paglia. Steve
will have a segment on the Lonely Planet BlueList series screening
on SBS in June and has secured a book deal with Pan Macmillan.
Graciano Debeljah was offered one of only two
places on the Directing strand of a Bachelor in Media Studies at the Western
Australian Screen Academy [WASA].
“Hands-on film studies at Metro Screen has provided me with the
skills and resources to pitch concepts to major TV networks with confidence.”
Steve Crombie, Certificate IV in Screen 2006 graduate
QUICK COURSE OVERVIEW
• SUBJECTS | directing, screenwriting, cinematography, sound, editing,
producing with storytelling a major focus
• hands-on education in film and documentary making
• produce drama and documentary films that YOU write
• work in major crew roles
• broadcast quality HD digital cameras, professional level production
and post-production facilities, chroma key studio and Apple edit suites
• launch your career at the public graduation event
• receive valuable qualifications and a personalised DVD show reel
EXTRA BENEFITS WHILE STUDYING AT METRO SCREEN
Participants receive Metro Screen services at membership rates which includes
access to monthly events. They also benefit from everyday interaction
with professional crews working on-site. While studying
participants receive 50% off all equipment and facilities hire for
projects outside the scope of the course, [all equipment needs
for course work are included]. Plus discounted membership and access to
the resources and services of the Screen Directors Association ASDA,
Australian Writers Guild AWG and Screen Producers of Australia
Association SPAA.
TUTORS | Metro Screen tutors are celebrated
in the Australian industry and include: Inside Film nominee for
Best Editor Adrian Rostirolla Kokoda, AFI nominee in four categories Alec
Morgan Hunt Angels and producer Heather Oxhenham whose short Sexy Thing
premiered at Cannes.
COURSE DATES
Mon – Fri [Day] | Five months | 16/07 –
07/12 | $6,500 | 30% of the course fee will secure your place with
the balance due one week prior to the course start date.
These courses are Austudy and Abstudy approved for eligible
participants. Full details of Metro Screen policies and procedures for RPL
are available on request from Metro Screen Reception.
Come in for a tour of our facilities and discuss
the course in relation to your needs.
For detailed information on course structure, subjects
taught, equipment, films produced or to arrange a meeting please contact
Metro Screen training on (02) 9361 5318 or
training@metroscreen.org.au
or http://www.metroscreen.org.au
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HIGH DEFINITION STOP FRAME ANIMATION
July 21
Discover how to animate with your digital stills camera. This workshop will
clarify the issues involved with the production of stop-frame animation
with digital stills cameras destined for HDTV and 2K digital cinemas. Participants
learn with a range of equipment and software including Apple Final Cut Pro,
Motion, Macromedia Flash and Adobe After Effects.
OPTIONAL | If you have a digital camera, please
bring it along.
3 x Sat [Day] 18hrs | 21/07 – 04/08 |
$399 / $459 non-members | 15 places
LOCATION | Metro Screen, Paddington Town Hall.
Cnr Oxford St + Oatley Rd Paddington, NSW
IF YOU ARE INDIGENOUS APPLY NOW FOR YOUR FREE PLACE!
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FINAL CUT PRO FUNDAMENTALS
[Beginner]
Metro Screen is pleased to announce our partnership with Apple Australia
and new status as an Apple Authorised Training Centre. This means that students
enrolling in our Final Cut Pro 5 editing courses may now receive both Apple
and VETAB accreditation – a tremendously valuable qualification.
Taught by an Apple Certified trainer and following Apple’s ‘Pro’
training syllabus, this course is designed for beginners looking to edit
professional quality video using Final Cut Pro 5. It introduces participants
to the primary features of Final Cut Pro in an interactive teaching environment.
Learn to perform basic editing functions while familiarising yourself with
the user interface. Topics include basic setup, adjusting and customising
preferences and settings, capturing video and audio, various editing and
trimming techniques, audio editing, finishing and final output. The course
also introduces more advanced functions such as filters and motion tools.
SPECIAL FEATURE | Fees include an Apple FCP
5 course manual valued at $69.95.
7 x Tue [Eve] 21hrs | 07/08 – 18/09
| $590 / $695 non-members | 15 places
LOCATION | Metro Screen, Paddington Town Hall.
Cnr Oxford St + Oatley Rd Paddington, NSW
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DVD PRODUCTION
[Intermediate]
An introduction to DVD Studio Pro a powerful tool for all aspects of DVD
production. Be guided through the DVD production process from authoring
through to burning. Gain the knowledge and skills to construct your own
DVD with multiple menus and functions. This weekend course will teach you
how to produce creative DVDs for your next short film, documentary, show
reel or funding application.
Fri [Eve] and Sat + Sun [Day] 9.30am – 5.30pm | 10/08
– 12/08 | $375 / $440 non-members | 15 places
LOCATION | Metro Screen, Paddington Town Hall.
Cnr Oxford St + Oatley Rd Paddington, NSW
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INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING
August 5
Learn the fundamentals of screenwriting: simple and effective techniques
to strengthen your writing ability and capture your story on paper. Develop
an understanding of effective storytelling, dialogue, characterisation and
industry standard formatting and utilise these principles of screenwriting
to develop a script from synopsis to first draft.
6 x Wed [Eve] 18hrs | 05/09 – 10/10
| $339 / $399 non-members | 14 places
LOCATION | Metro Screen, Paddington Town Hall.
Cnr Oxford St + Oatley Rd Paddington, NSW
IF YOU ARE INDIGENOUS APPLY NOW FOR YOUR FREE PLACE!
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EQUIPMENT
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DUBBING + NEW MEDIA SERVICES
Metro Screen Offers:
Comprehensive transfer services, standards conversion, bulk DVD duplication,
Disc printing, digitising to hard disc, digital file transfer to tape,
video file compression, video stills capture, DVD authoring and more.
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GENERAL OVERVIEW
Summary
Based centrally in Sydney Metro Screen offers hi definition digital video
production equipment and post production facilities, a chroma key studio,
experienced crew, extensive duplication and printing services and we can
even produce your media for you.
24hour HD editing facilities – completely self contained
Range of HD and SD cameras to suit all productions and budgets
Operators on call for editing or camera projects
Casting And Chroma Key Studio as well as rehearsal or audition spaces
Digitising to external hard disc, Digital file transfer to tape, DVD authoring
Video file compression, Stills capture from video.
Full range of stock
Metro Screen offers convenient, tailored production and postproduction
solutions for the emerging filmmaker and industry professional.
Contact our friendly facilities staff for a prompt quote on (02) 9361 5318 or facilities@metroscreen.org.au,
http://www.metroscreen.org.au
Check the web for a full list of equipment, services and spaces to rent
or download our current rate card here http://www.metroscreen.org.au/pdf/rate_card.pdf
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MULTICULTURAL MENTORSHIP SCHEME
Applications Now Open to Transform your Story into
a Short Film
The Multicultural Mentorship Scheme [MMS] is open to people of diverse cultural
and non-English speaking backgrounds that have a story to tell.
Supported by the NSW Film and Television Office four storytellers from NSW
will be offered equipment, facilities hire, stock, post production facilities,
and a $2,000 budget. In addition, each filmmaker will be mentored by an
industry professional.
Applicants simply need a story or idea and the vision and commitment to
make it into a five minute film.
PREVIOUS FILMS HAVE EXPLORED TOPICS INCLUDING:
• cultural conflict and drama of stereotypes
• issues surrounding sexual attraction between white people and people
of colour
• beliefs and notions of ‘truth’, history and memory
• ideas around the term ‘people of middle eastern appearance’
• ideas around the topic of ‘Australian Values’
Many award-winning shorts have been produced through this scheme and applicants
have gone on to produce more award winning work. Flordeliz Bonifacio has
won two international awards for her second short film Deluge made with
a NSW Film and Television Office [NSW FTO], Young Filmmakers Fund [YFF].
With her first film Orange Season made through the Multicultural Mentorship
Scheme [MMS].
“My mentor was writer/director Donald Crombie, whose wealth of knowledge
and experience I was able to draw upon. Had I not had the chance to explore
my style of storytelling through the MMS, I would not have had the level
of understanding, hindsight and preparation as a writer-director that was
so important to the success of my second film, Deluge.” Says Flordeliz
Bonifacio.
Applicants are selected on their idea, relevant skills and how the process
will impact their careers. People with experience in other artforms and
practices are also encouraged to apply.
For an application kit and details on how to apply for the 2007 Multicultural
Mentor Scheme please contact Metro Screen’s Project Manager, David
Opitz on 02 9361 5318 or d.opitz@metroscreen.org.au
APPLICATION DEADLINE is Friday 3rd August 2007.
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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Script Editor/Producer Consultant
Meet with professionals about your project
Feedback is always productive especially when it comes from those who are
working successfully in the film and screen industries.
Metro Screen’s Project Development Services offer you the opportunity
to have your scripts and treatments assessed by industry professionals.
Choose between a script editor and producer for a one hour or longer face-to-face
meeting about your next project.
This is an excellent opportunity for filmmakers and screen practitioners
to be given sound advice on what does and doesn’t work. Gain tips,
insider knowledge and give your next project the best chance of achieving
success whether it’s a short documentary or a feature film.
For costs and eligibility contact us on (02) 9361
5318 or metro@metroscreen.org.au
or http://www.metroscreen.org.au/projDevServ.html
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GRADUATION SCREENING
For Metro Screen’s Certificate IV in Screen
Metro Screen invites you to the Certificate IV in Screen graduation screening
and reminds you that there are only a few places left in our next course.
Free and open to the public | July 12 | at
4.30pm | Chauvel Cinema, Cnr Oxford St + Oatley Rd Paddington
Metro Screen will showcase these new Australian works by the next generation
of filmmakers. The course allowed its soon to be graduates the opportunity
to produce films while gaining a complete education in short film, television
production and documentary making as well as screenwriting, producing, directing,
camera, lighting, sound and editing.
Films screening include psychological dramas and documentaries on traditional
Tongan values in Sydney culture and a factory who forces its workers to
come to work every day to do nothing rather than pay out their entitlements
after its closure.
At the screening audience members will be given the opportunity to meet
these students, their tutors and Metro Screen staff.
To be a part of the next Certificate IV in Screen and be given the opportunities
our current students have had simply enroll now. There are a limited number
of places still available in this highly regarded industry standard course.
The next course will run from July 16.
For more information about the screening or to the course please contact
us on 02 9361 5318 or training@metroscreen.org.au
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PITCHING SESSION ANNOUNCED
Last One for 2007
Pitching Session presented by Metro Screen Network | Tuesday August
7, 6.30pm
Last chance this year to pitch for $15,000 worth of
subsidy for your next project.
Whether it’s a film, documentary,
TV show or new media project this is your
chance.
Warm up your powers of persuasion and pitch for
production support OR be an audience member and decide who wins.
WHAT
Metro Screen members have the opportunity to access filmmaking equipment
or facilities through the $15,000 Metro Screen Network annual subsidy
fund.
All you need to do is pitch your project to the group and persuade them
to support your vision! Pitchers must have attended at
least one meeting and be a current financial Metro Screen member.
HOW
Potential pitchers must submit pitching documents by Tuesday July
31 at 5pm. The sessions are limited to a maximum of four pitchers.
CRITERIA
Pitches will be assessed on the quality of the story and feasibility
of the project. We’ll also have an industry guest on hand to give
feedback and offer advice to those pitching.
AUDIENCE
Audience members are given the opportunity to ask the pitchers questions,
meet the industry guest and vote on how much each pitch
will receive through a secret ballot. If you are thinking
of pitching in the coming year, this is a great chance to witness
the process first hand and get an idea of what’s required.
As always at Metro Screen Network meetings, there will be opportunities
to meet other members and announce calls for crew and cast for your next
production.
CONTACT Michael, the Metro Screen Network Coordinator
on network@metroscreen.org.au
for pitching documents and terms and conditions.
WHEN | Tues August 7, 6.30pm – 8pm
WHERE | Metro Screen, Paddington Town Hall.
Cnr Oxford St + Oatley Rd, Paddington.
COST | Free for Metro Screen members | $10
non-members
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL | contact metro@metroscreen.org.au
or 9361 5318 to request a booking form and
secure your place as an audience member. Members please quote your membership
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METRO SCREEN MYSPACE
Become Our Friend
Metro Screen now has a myspace site, to check us out and become our friend
go to http://www.myspace.com/metroscreen
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METRO SCREEN YOUTUBE
Watch Our Work
To view more of the work produced through Metro Screen’s general training,
Certificate IV in Screen, membership, mentorship schemes and regional and
youth projects go to http://www.youtube.com/user/MetroScreen
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WORK FOR MOBILE PHONE
Download it Now
Metro Screen now offers you the chance to view our films specifically made
for wireless viewing form our website. Head to http://www.metroscreen.org.au/digiContent.html
scroll down and start sharing our filmmaker’s work via your
mobile. [It’s free to download]
We also have a Face Book site for you to network with http://www.facebook.com
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OPPORTUNITIES
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CREW CALL
Varied
We are looking for crew for our YFF Short Film "Bonfire" to be
shot over two weeks in August. This is an excellent opportunity to work
on a highly dramatic funded short film.
Art Department & Costume Assistant: Ideally someone with a passion for
design, keen on getting film experience.
1st AD: Some experience required. We are looking for somebody with a diplomatic
and creative approach.
Grip: Some experience required.
Caterer: We have a budget for catering, and are looking for somebody who
would like to take on the two weeks of work.
Please contact Melissa Anastasi (director) at anastazi@bigpond.net.au
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AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY CONFERENCE
2008 Conference
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) hits the road
and returns to Perth, Western Australia in February 2008.
From February 20-22, filmmakers, producers, commissioning editors, sales
agents and distributors from around the globe will converge at the Esplanade
Hotel in the port city of Fremantle, Western Australia for three days of
intense discussion and debate, deal making, ideas swapping and screenings.
A highlight of AIDC 2008 will be the traditional AIDC DOCUmart, at which
documentary makers pitch their stories to a panel of international commissioning
editors. Over the last two years a number of projects have been commissioned
directly via DOCUmart including Black Road: Inside the War in Aceh (Electric
Pictures – Western Australia), Errol Flynn: A Life at Sea (Flaming
Star Films-Australia) and Sounding the Future: The Music of Tristam Cary
(Porthmeor Productions-Australia).
The 2008 Australian International Documentary Conference will be one of
the event highlights of the Western Australian summer Calendar.
Program and registration details will be available online soon. Look out
for our Early Bird registration discounts.
To arrange an interview with ScreenWest Chief Executive Ian Booth or Conference
Director Joost den Hartog contact:
Karen Herrmann
Tel: +61 8 9228 1999
Mobile: Karen – 0413 159 987
E: karenh@millswilson.com.au
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CREW CALL
Short Film
Short film 'The Divorce Case' are looking for volunteer crew for their Short
Film 'The Divorce Case' to be shot over six days in late August. The film
has received support from Metroscreen's Jumpstart subsidy.
The Divorce Case is about a female private detective hired by a glamorous
woman to find her wayward husband. Its is a fast and funny twist on 1940's
detective films.
They are in particular need of an experienced 1st AD and someone with some
imagination in the art department but are generally after some enthusiastic
people to make for a fun shoot.
Please contact Leon at: thedivorcecase@hotmail.com
or on 0400 324 790
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COMEDY WORKSHOP
Discount
U.S. Comedy Writing & Performance expert, Steve Kaplan is in Australia
for the first time this August to teach his Comedy Intensive and Performers
Comedy Workshop to creators of comic television, film, theatre and radio.
For the past 15 years, Steve Kaplan has coached and developed the best writers
of American television - from the writer’s of SEX and the CITY, SEINFELD,
BIG LOVE, UGLY BETTY, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Saturday Night Live and The Larry Sanders Show to the industry's
top stars such as Jack Black, Nathan Lane and Nia Vardalos.
His famed Comedy Intensive is a two day weekend course which offers proven,
practical methods that help you reveal and understand comedy structure,
character and story from the inside out: How do you write funny? How do
you act funny? How do you direct funny? How do you be funny? Whether you're
writing a comedy screenplay, working on a sitcom script, writing a spec
script, or directing or producing a comedy, Steve Kaplan’s Comedy
Intensive is a must for any serious professional.
Sydney Comedy Intensive: August 25 & 26 (Sat/Sun), 9.30am – 5.30pm
Sydney Comedy Store, The Entertainment Quarter, 207/122 Lang Road, Moore
Park.
Seminar Tickets: $495.00 ($445 Discount) Workshop Tickets: $275.00 ($250
discount)
Card carrying Metro Screen members receive 10% off the ticket price when
they show their card.
Limited Places so Book Early!
Online Bookings www.epiphany.com.au
Phone Bookings: (02) 9572 7222
Email: bookings@epiphany.com.au
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A NIGHT OF HORROR
Call for Entries
A Night of Horror International Film Festival is now
calling for entries for its 2008 event. The festival is accepting: Horror
feature films, Horror short films, Horror short animations, Short films
inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and Horror-themed music videos.
Winning films are chosen by a jury of film and media professionals and
also receive major media exposure and share in several thousand dollars
worth of cash and prizes.
WHERE: Sydney, Australia
WHEN: April 2-6, 2008
WEBSITE: www.anightofhorror.com
DEADLINES
August 3, 2007 – Early bird deadline
October 5, 2007 – Regular deadline
December 3, 2007 – Late deadline
December 17, 2007 – Extended WAB deadline
HOW TO APPLY
For more details visit the festival's official site: www.anightofhorror.com
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FIST FULL OF FILMS
Deadline July 16
The Northern Territory's own short film festival, Fist Full of Films,
is now accepting national entries for their Out There strand. A new section
encouraging entries from films made outside the territory will be an exciting
addition to this ever-expanding film festival. For details on how to enter
go to:
http://www.fistfulloffilms.com.au/html/outthere.html
Entries close 5pm 16 July 2007
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REEL DANCE
Call for Entry
The 5th Reel Dance International Dance on Screen Festival which brings
together some of the best dance films and videos from around the world
and culminates in the screening of the finalists for the Reel Dance Awards
for Australian & New Zealand Dance Film & Video 2008. As in 2006,
a touring arm of the festival will see the films travel to cities in Australia
and New Zealand including Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Auckland.
Submissions are now invited for consideration in two categories: the General
Program and the Reel Dance Awards.
Closing date for consideration in the General Program is September 1,
2007. International shorts, documentaries, music videos, animations and
features will be considered.
The deadline for submissions for the Reel Dance Awards is October 1, 2007.
Prizes will be awarded for Best Short Dance film or Video (max. 40mins)
and Best Dance Documentary as judged by an expert panel of choreographers
and filmmakers. The team working on the submitted films or videos in the
Reel Dance Awards must consist mainly of Australian or New Zealand residents
- and the work must have been completed after January 1, 2006.
Reel Dance – One Minute Reels is a program of one minute, movement-based
videos or films shot in one take that will be screened in partnership
with Electrofringe 2007. Complimentary programs from overseas have produced
some interesting work in response to the limitations of the criteria and
selections from these programs will be combined with a curated program
of Australian and New Zealand work.
For more information visit: www.reeldance.org.au
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THE SHOOT OUT
24 Hour Filmmaking Festival
Since 1999 the Hunter region’s independent 24 hour filmmaking phenomenon,
The Shoot Out, has seduced over 10,000 wide-eyed filmmakers to Newcastle.
Every July for 8 years, they have descended on the NSW harbour city to
take part in the ultimate 24 hour filmmaking challenge. The goal is to
come up with a film no more than 7 minutes long in 24 hours. No editing
outside the camera is allowed and it must contain 5 local items, which
are top secret until filming is due to start. Sounds easy!
Registration is now open for the 9th annual Shoot Out. Films need to be
shot in Newcastle between 9pm Friday 13 and 9pm Saturday 14 July. Entry
is open to anyone with a video camera, a few friends and a bright idea
for a film! First prize is worth a whopping $18,000. Winners are announced
at a special screening of the Top Ten films on Sunday 15 July.
Over the years celebrity participants have included Matty Johns (The Footy
Show), Ben Gillies (Silverchair), Ben Steel (Home and Away) and Merrick
and Rosso (Nova 96.9). The Shoot Out also attracts high profile judges
with Alice Bell (Suburban Mayhem), Bud Tingwell and Iva Davies (Icehouse)
lending their names and invaluable experience to the festival in 2006.
You have 24 hours to make 7 minutes count.
For all entry details and registration forms visit www.theshootout.info
Media enquiries contact: Mel Murray, PSM Publicity – Phone:
0432 295 028 email: mel@psmpublicity.com.au
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FLICKERFEST
Call for Entry
Flickerfest are now accepting entries for the 17th Flickerfest, 4th to
13th of January 2008.
VISIT: http://www.vision6.com.au/ch/7mg6vy/252816/08fb0cvqq.html
to download an entry form .
Deadline for Australian entries is September 14th 2007.
For international entries the deadline is September 21st.
Flickerfest is thrilled to welcome the SAE Institute on board as a new
Flickerfest sponsor. The SAE Institute is the world's largest and most
prominent audio engineering, animation and film institute. As part of
the partnership, SAE and Flickerfest are together launching a new award
category, the ŒSAE Prize for Best Use of Digital Technology‚
in a Short Film.
This month of July’s sponsor Australia Post is running a special
promotion which is great news for all those filmmakers who are spending
a fortune on international couriers as well as to any of you who wish
to send something overseas. The deal works as follows:
Purchase and send an Express Courier International or Express Post International
item between 18 June and 31 July 2007 and you have the chance to win back
the cost of your delivery, as well as going into the draw for one of 6
weekly prizes valued at $5000 each week.
For full competition details, visit http://www.auspost.com/couriersavings
http://www.vision6.com.au/ch/7mg6vy/252942/08fb02pzs.html
To order the Flickerfest Paramount DVD please email Flickerfest at
coordinator@flickerfest.com.au and for $27 (incl postage) they
can organise to send you a copy.
VISIT: http://www.auspost.com/couriersavings
to enter the exciting Australia Post competition that could see you saving
thousands of dollars by using Express Courier International or Express
Post International
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SNOW CAKE
Giveaway
SNOW CAKE (starring Sigourney Weaver) is an award-winning, touching and
life affirming film that’s charmed and won over audiences world-wide.
Full of humour and healing, it explores the power of unexpected friendships
– and is ultimately an uplifting and unforgettable film.
Metro Screen has double passes to give away to Dendy Film’s exclusive
preview screening of SNOW CAKE on Wednesday 25th July @ 7:00pm at Greater
Union Bondi Junction (Westfield: Level 6, 500 Oxford St, Bondi Junction).
To win simply email Katrina at
k.beck@metroscreen.org.au with Snow Cake
in the subject and be sure to include your full name, address and membership
number.
SNOW CAKE stars Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Carrie-Anne Moss and
is a story of love and friendship and the unorthodox relationship between
a man escaping his past, an autistic mother coping with the loss of her
daughter and a passionate woman who keeps love at arms length. From director,
Marc Evans and first time screenwriter, Angela Pell, SNOW CAKE has been
described as a ‘wonderfully written tale to warm the heart’.
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DINNER WITH FRIENDS
Giveaway
Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Fishy Productions presents the return season
of the 2006 smash hit DINNER WITH FRIENDS by Donald Margulies
This Pulitzer Prize winning play was so popular in its 2006 season that
the Darlinghurst theatre has just had to bring it back, to give everyone
who missed out the first time and all those who want to re live its magic
a chance to grab some tickets.
The cast are excited to welcome David Terry to the fold, who will be taking
over from Blair Venn. David will be playing opposite his real life partner
Rachel, they'll have to summon up all their acting skills to play a couple
on the brink of divorce, when in real life they are very happily married.
Preview Wednesday 25 July at 8pm – sall tickets $20
Plays Thursday 26 July to Saturday 18 August
8pm Tuesday to Saturday, 5pm Sunday
Special discount for Metro Screen members of $20 tix to all Tuesday performances.
$25 tix to all other performances (excluding Opening Night). Be sure to
flash your card to pick up this deal.
We also have a double pass to the performance on Wednesday 25 July to giveaway.
To win simply email Katrina at k.beck@metroscreen.org.au
with Dinner With Friends in the subject and be sure to include your full
name, address and member number.
BOOKINGS:
19 Greenknowe Ave Potts Point 2011
www.darlinghursttheatre.com
02 8356 9987
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SPAA SEMINAR
Copyright
THE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Nick McMahon – Crawfords – Chair
Steve Rosser – Freemantle Television
Jenny Lalor – Burberry Productions
Adrianne Pecotic – Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft
Stephen Jenner – Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft
Topics covered will include:
How to protect your copyright in the contracting stage with distributors
and broadcasters
*Technological protections for copyright including geo blocking, self destructive
downloads, encryptions and embedded viruses.
Possible action against copyright theft
What is currently being done to protect copyright industries.
People who create copyright material and is concerned to protect their copyright
and in house lawyers at film and TV companies that create copyright material
should attend the event
WHEN: Wednesday 18 July 2007 at 9:30am
WHERE: Museum of Sydney, Cnr Bridge and Phillip
Streets, Sydney
COST: $120 for non members $58 for members
RSVP: to spaa@spaa.org.au
by Monday 16 July 2007 – register online at www.spaa.org.au
To register got to http://www.spaa.org.au/sr.cfm?v=ES205E1&dx=k10672B
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ARMIDALE INTERNATIONAL FIM FESTIVAL
August 3 to August 5
The 4th Armidale International Film Festival will be held on the first weekend
in August 2007 (3-5 August) at the Belgrave Twin Cinema. This year, audiences
will be captivated by highly acclaimed films from Europe, Africa, Asia,
South-America and the Middle East.
In one single weekend you can enter the different cultures of France, Spain,
Sweden, Germany, Korea, Palestine, Yemen, Mexico, Belgium, China, India,
Italy and Russia.
One of the highlights for 2007 is the Australian Premiere Film Screening
of the Yemeni film, A New Day in Old Sana’a. Filmed entirely on location
in the ancient city of Sana'a, this exquisite film is the first feature
ever to come out of Yemen. A beautiful romantic comedy revealing unique
insights into Middle Eastern culture.
All Films will be subtitled. Tickets include Festival Pass (13 films) $80.00.
Five- and Three- Film passes also available. Bookings at the Belgrave Cinema
on 02 6772 2856.
For more information concerning the Film Festival see http://www.opus-b.com/iff
or contact Caroline Downer 0428 959 067
or iff@une.edu.au
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BLACK SCREEN
National Tour
Black Screen is an Australian Film Commission screening program that provides
Indigenous communities and the broader Australian public with access to
Indigenous films.
Classification is still pending on some of the films, and entry to people
under 18 may be restricted for some screenings.
Each venue is screening a selection of films in this program. For films
screening & session times contact your local venue or visit www.afc.gov.au/blackscreen
All sessions are free.
JUNE: Torres Strait Islands (TSI)
TSI 25th & 26th Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Waiben
JULY: Torres Strait Islands (TSI)
TSI 11th & 12th Boigu Island Council, Boigu
TSI 13th & 14th Saibai Island Council, Saibai
AUGUST:
NT 12th & 13th Deck Chair Cinema, Darwin Festival
SA 16th, 17th, 18th Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
QLD 16th to 19th Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
SEPTEMBER:
ACT 1st & 8th National Film & Sound Archive, Canberra
NSW 6th & 7th Birch Carroll and Coyle Cinema, Lismore
OCTOBER:
WA 6th & 7th Cinema Paradiso, Perth
WA 19th & 20th Orana Cinema, Geraldton
NOVEMBER:
VIC 1st, 2nd, 3rd Federation Square/ACMI, Melbourne
AUGUST: The AFC’s – Regional Digital Screen Network (RDSN)
8 cinemas all screen the same day
Hervey Bay (Qld), Wagga Wagga (NSW), Singleton (NSW), Yarram (Vic), Devonport
(Tas), Albany (WA), Katherine (NT), Port Augusta (SA)
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DISCOVERY IGNITE PROJECT
Steve Crombie
Discovery Networks Australia, a unit of the non-fiction media company Discovery
Communications, has announced that four documentaries will receive letters
of intent for co-production funding through the Discovery Ignite local co-production
initiative.
The successful Discovery Ignite projects include our very own Steve Crombie.
Natural Born Traveller (Lonely Planet); Australian thrill-seeker Steve Crombie
embarks on a unique motorcycle journey to discover the heart of the Kimberley,
applying mechanical and survivalist nous in a hostile environment.
Steve Crombie graduated from Metro Screen’s Certificate IV in Screen
in 2006. For your own chance at success enrol in Metro Screen’s Certificate
IV in Screen [run twice a year].
Natural Born Traveller’s executive producer Peter Beilby describes
thrill-seeker Steve Crombie as, “an exciting new travel talent; a
natural born traveller driven by an irresistible impulse to discover new
places, do new things and arrest the most of life”.
Congratulations and good luck to Steve.
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