Tell Your Story | Training, Equipment + Production Support for Filmmakers

WELCOME TO METRO SCREEN'S WEEKLY eNews – 10 April, 2008

The Funding Application – Writing Successful Submissions. Back by popular demand, this panel of industry professionals and funding body representatives will aim to shed light on the often daunting task of completing a funding application, see below >>

Short course schedule changes for Directing: Visual Storytelling and Sony One Day Camera Course.

Directing: Visual Storytelling will commence on July 9, and
Sony One Day Camera Course has moved from Aug 16 to Aug 30.

SCRIPT EDITOR/PRODUCER CONSULTANT
Meet with Professionals about your Project
Metro Screen offers 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 you 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 9356 1818 or email metro@metroscreen.org.au or http://www.metroscreen.org.au/projDevServ.html

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METRO SCREEN PEOPLE
Tutors, Mentors and Filmmakers
Metro Screen has added a few new pages to its website for your enjoyment. We have a Metro Screen People page and a Metro Screen tutor page both clickable from the right coloum on the home page.

These pages give an insight into the array of talented people who make up the Metro Screen filmmaking community.

Highlight from these pages:
Dean Francis (Tutor)
Why did you get involved with Metro Screen?
Metro Screen is unique in that it fosters filmmakers from the very first moment they pick up a camera – like when they're 11 – right through until they're shooting their feature. So it's an essential part of the industry, skilling up the next generation, who are the future of our filmmaking culture. I think it's really important that this is done with real passion and skill. When I was starting out I didn't have a Metro Screen, but I was lucky enough to benefit from the guidance and inspiration of more experienced filmmakers. So it's important that now I have more knowledge and experience that I help others. As well as that, Metro has a great sense of community and so it's a fun place to work.

People http://www.metroscreen.org.au/profiles02.html
Tutors http://www.metroscreen.org.au/profiles.html

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THE FUNDING APPLICATION PANEL
Writing Successful Submissions
With in-depth advice on the various application requirements, discover the essential do’s and don’ts, and learn how to give your project the best chance of securing funding.

Filmmakers will discuss their personal application experiences and funding body representatives will give you the inside word followed by an audience Q & A.

Speakers are to be confirmed.

When: Tuesday May 6th, 6.30pm – 8pm
Where: Metro Screen, Paddington Town Hall, Cnr Oxford St + Oatley Rd, Paddington
Cost: Free for Metro Screen members / $10 for non-members
Booking Essential: Contact metro@metroscreen.org.au or call 9356 1818 to request a booking form and secure your place.

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INDIGENOUS TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP
Apply for a Short Course today
The Indigenous Media Training Scholarship offers Indigenous people in NSW the opportunity to apply for a free place on a Metro Screen training course. The Scholarship is funded by the NSW Film and Television Office.

Before applying for the Scholarship, you will need to decide which course you wish to participate in. Metro Screen has a wide variety of short courses for everyone from beginners to working professionals.

If you would like advice on which course is best for you or more information contact our Training Department on 02 9361 5318 or email training@metroscreen.org.au or http://www.metroscreen.org.au/training.html and click Scholarships on the left side menu.

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PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT [BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE]
Starts May 3
This accredited, in-depth course will demystify the role of a Production Manager, providing you with the confidence and skills to run any scale of production. Learn how to manage all aspects of a shoot including budgets and expenses, call sheets, schedules, contracts and awards. Participants receive comprehensive course notes and production templates.

Tutor: Heather Oxenham. With over twenty years of experience on both commercial and independent productions, Heather’s credits include Erskineville Kings, Kiss or Kill, Floating Life and Sebastian and the Sparrow. Sexy Thing, produced by Heather, was in the official selection for competition at Cannes Film Festival 2006.

Accredited training 6 x Sat [Day] | 36hrs | 03/05 – 07/06 | $570 / $670 non-members | 15 places

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SOUND RECORDING [BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE]
Starts May 3
Learn how to operate sound recording equipment to ensure quality sound on set or location and eliminate errors during the shoot. Using broadcast quality sound equipment, you will participate in practical exercises, recording sound in a variety of environments. Discuss the sound problems encountered by filmmakers and sound recordists and the best ways to tackle them.

Accredited training 2 x Sat [Day] 12hrs | 03/05 – 10/05 | $395 / $465 non-members | 12 places

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YOUNG FILMMAKERS APRIL WORKSHOPS
Starts April 16

Metro Screen Young Filmmakers
April workshops run from the 16th to the 18th.

We’ve revamped our school holiday program to focus more on core filmmaking. This means Metro Screen Young Filmmakers will be tutored by highly qualified young industry professionals in a fun, yet skills directed environment. AND receive a Certificate of Competency outlining the skills they’ve attained in the Young Filmmakers Workshops.

Wed, Thur + Fri |10am – 4pm | 16/04 – 18/04 | $295
For full course details and to enrol please contact Metro Screen.

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CERTIFICATE IV IN SCREEN SEMESTER 2
Starts July 21
A minimum of six films are produced, at least two documentaries, two studio dramas and two location dramas. Participants develop their own scripts, pitch their ideas and secure a key crew role on at least three productions, while fulfilling supporting roles on others.

Participants learn on broadcast quality HD cameras, work in professional level production and post-production facilities, including our Mac Computer Lab. Industry professionals teach technical and practical aspects of production including camera and lighting, editing, producing and directing.

If you’re thinking of enrolling please contact us to arrange an interview and a tour.
Mon – Fri [Day] | 5 mths | 21/07 – 12/12 | $6,825 [upfront payment] | $7,250 [periodic payment plan].

Early enrolment special of $6,400 for upfront payment before May 30th, 2008.

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DOCUMENTARY MAKING INTENSIVE
Starts May 23
This hands-on course takes participants from the spark of a doco idea to post production in just a weekend. With expert tutor guidance, participants work in groups to develop an initial concept before shooting on digital equipment. Finally, students review the footage and discuss the post-production phase. Participants rotate through key crew roles, learning skills such as working with non-actors, interviewing techniques, basic camera set-ups and sound recording.

Fri [Eve] and Sat + Sun [Day] | 15hrs | 23/05 – 25/05 | $385 / $453 non-members | 12 places

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STRUCTURE YOUR SCREENPLAY TO SELL
Starts June 21
Learn how to turn your screenplay or movie idea into a story that sells. Assess your work with the eyes of a professional, using the much touted but rarely mastered ‘three act structure’. Focus on the rewriting process and the preparation of a strong submission document for producers and funding agencies.

Tutor: Karel Segers was the Head of Production and Programming at the Digital Broadcasting Company in London (Sky, UK), before which he was a buyer and on-screen TV host for Europe’s Canal Plus. Karel is a story analyst, consulting to writers, directors and producers on films in development as well as postproduction. His views are published in The Story Dept. (story.ozzywood.com). Both of the nominees for the AWG Monte Miller Award 2007 are Karel’s clients.

2 x Sat [Day] | 12hrs | 21/06 – 28/06 | $193 / $227 non-members | 15 places

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SONY HVR Z1P HDV CAMERA
This camera records HDV, DVCAM and DV in both PAL and NTSC. Footage shot in HDV can also be directly down converted to SD from the camera, allowing backwards compatibility to the standard definition DV environment. With 3x 1/3inch 1080iSuper HAD CCDs [16:9], a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar “T” lens and 2 XLR inputs which can be independently operated at mic or line level.

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STUDIO SPACES
Sound stage dimensions: 8.5 x 10mW x 4mH, chroma key green cyclorama, three phase power [30A] black curtains, air conditioning. 6 x 4K soft lights on lighting grid, risers, sandbags, c-stands, flats also available, blondie lights available for studio $20 each per day, green room, kitchen and make-up facilities available.

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G5 FINAL CUT PRO EDITING
Quad 2.5Ghz Power PC G5 offering terabyte storage options and choice of HDV/10bit SDI or component input and output. This suite can be hired with a HVR 10U HDV edit deck to facilitate HDV editing or talk to facilities staff about arranging other formats such as Sp Beta, DVCam, DVC Pro or Digi Beta. Available 24hrs a day, equipped with kitchen and bathroom facilities.

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METRO SCREEN EDIT CAFÉ
Metro Screen offers an economic editing solution with our “Edit Café”. Catering for competent editors, with their own storage and cameras who just need a G5 iMac station equipped with Final Cut Pro Studio to continue their project.

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NEW MEDIA SERVICES
Metro Screen’s experienced facilities staff offer a range of specialist new media services such as digitising to external hard disc, digital file transfer to tape, DVD authoring, video file compression and stills captured from video. Metro Screen can also encode your media for delivery on multiple platforms including web streaming, PowerPoint, mobile phones, iPod, DVD, CD, tape, MPEG or QuickTime in PAL or NTSC. This will allow you to post your media on your own website or on one of the many free sites such as YouTube or MySpace, or send your media via email, mobile phone or iPod, author a DVD or simply archive to tape.

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COMPLETE SERVICE
From concept through to completion, including scripting, shooting, post production and delivery of your promotional media or re-style and diversify your existing footage by updating the content of existing footage with new graphics, stills, voice-overs and music or convert your existing footage to new formats. Provide services for DIY through professional gear and postproduction facilities to produce your own promotional media.

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VIEW SHORT WORKS FOR YOUR MOBILE
Sydney Songlines Workshop
Metro Screen and the City of Sydney

Participants were asked:
What makes a city is its people. What gives a city life are the people who’s daily adventures, horrors, love’s and history are played out amongst its architecture and natural features.

Participants mapped their personal experiences and relationships in and with the city.
Download their films, put them onto your mobile or watch them online http://www.metroscreen.org.au/digiContent.html

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METRO SCREEN’S SUBSIDY FUND JUMP START
Final Round for 2008
Applications close for this round June 6.
Offering $45,000 in subsidy to film and screen productions in NSW annually. Jump Start can provide you with subsidised access to reliable, sort after equipment, current technical facilities and production support.

Applying:
• Applicants must download documents from the Metro Screen website   http://www.metroscreen.com.au/jumpstart.html
• Must be current Metro Screen members $60 or $40 concession for 12 mths.

For more information please contact Metro Screen’s Project Manager David Opitz on 02 9361 5318 or d.opitz@metroscreen.org.au or check out the Metro Screen website at http://www.metroscreen.org.au

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ARCHIVE PROJECT COORDINATOR
Part Time
Metro Screen has an extensive video archive that spans three decades and offers a unique insight into a broad spectrum of social and cultural issues and events.

We are looking for a highly organised person to undertake the significant administrative task of transferring information about these works into a soft copy database.

This is a part-time position, 3 days a week for a period of 6 months, with a salary of $10,500 ($35,000 pro rata) plus superannuation and leave loading.

Applicants should provide a one page cover letter addressing the selection criteria that a be found on the home page of the Metro Screen website.

Closing Date: COB Tuesday 22nd April 2008

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EDITOR WANTED
Yianni’s City Life
An editor is required to edit part of season 5 of ‘Yianni's City Life’, a weekly cooking and lifestyle programme made in Sydney and broadcast nationally on Channel 31, and TVS. This is a great opportunity to get experience and exposure and is a casual volunteer position.

Contact: Yianni Zinonos
Telephone: 0419 983 341
Email: yianni@tig.com.au
Website: www.tvs.org.au

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FREELANCE EDITORS/VFX ARTISTS WANTED
Deadline 5 May
International independent, Pen + Picture, is seeking Sydney based, freelance Editors & VFX Artists for future projects. Recent productions include:
Intercooler ‘You’re Not Gonna Hurt Us Again’ (Music Video/Sydney)
Bondi 3000: The Making Of (Featurette/London)
Kaki King ‘Can Anyone Who Has Heard This Music Really Be A Bad Person’ (Music
Video/New York).

Please email a cover letter, CV and any links to your work online. If work cannot be viewed online, management will request reels based on application.

Contact: Fiona Dickerson
Email: info@penandpicture.com
Deadline: 5th May

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CAST REQUIRED
Short Films
I am looking for volunteer cast for 2 separate films. The shoots will take place in the evenings from 6pm to no later than 9.45pm at the St Leonards campus.

Required for Monday 5 May 2008
Female – late teens to early 20's
Female – mid to late 20's - fit and athletic (stunt experience preferable)
Male – 35-45, well built (stunt experience preferable)

Required Thursday evenings in May (June dates TBC):
3 x males – mid to late 30's reasonably well built
Female – mystic look mid to late 30's
Approx 3 x extra's 40 – 50 yr old look

Email headshots and availability to: Amanda
Email: raksha75@gmail.com
Telephone: 0414 250 443

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MOMENT GALLERY
Submissions Invited
Submission are invited for ‘Moments of Artistic Experimentation Group Mixed Media Exhibition’ at Art Moment Gallery. Advertising, opening night alcohol, guest speaker, media press release, opening night invitations by email and post, gallery staff look after the exhibition during gallery hours will be provided and four images per artist placed on websites: www.artmoment.com.au & www.artwhatson.com.au/artmomentgallery

To Exhibit: Email gallery at least three images fitting the exhibition’s theme with title and size of each work.
Deadline: 28th April
Email: irinam@tpg.com.au & info@artmoment.com.au
When: 5th June – 6th July
Where: Art Moment Gallery, Shop1, 99 Curlewis St, Bondi Beach, NSW, 2026
Telephone: 02 9365 4999 & 0411 695 089

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IS/ISN’T
Call for Entry
You are invited to participate in the launch of the new ‘Is/Isn't’ Short Film Festival.
This innovative online festival is designed to help raise awareness of Young Adult cancer issues and is brought to you by Prepare to Live. Prepare to Live (aka P2L) is the first and only non-profit, charitable organization founded and managed by cancer survivors dedicated to using the power of the web and film to build a Young Adult cancer community.

For more information visit: www.preparetolive.org

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WRITERS FILMMAKING GROUP
Fortnightly Meetings
The plan of the meetings is to make films without sets and costumes, and therefore allow our imaginations to run free, without the constraints that these pose. This will be similar to ‘Dogville’ where masking tape on the floor marks out the walls.

When: Friday, 11 April 2008, 7:00pm (held fortnightly)
Where: Hi Rise Arts Centre, 6th Floor, 88 Liverpool Street, SYDNEY (near World Square)
Website: www.thehirise.com
Cost: $5 (or less if unwaged)
Contact: Nolan Chow
Telephone: 0401 752 885
Email: me@nolanchow.com

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POPCORN TAXI
Cactus
Set against the landscape of the Australian outback, ‘Cactus’ inhabits a world where the line between victim and villain is easily blurred. John Kelly (Travis McMahon) is an ordinary man stuck between a rock and a much harder place.

He needs cash. Fast. He accepts a job to kidnap and deliver professional gambler
Eli Jones (David Lyons) to his keepers in the Australian outback. No questions asked.
The screening will be followed by an exclusive live audience Q&A with Bryan Brown and Director Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan.

Rated: (M)
Time: 7:00pm
Date: Monday, 28th April
Where: Greater Union, Westfield, Bondi Junction
Address: Level 6, 500 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction
Price: $15 / $12 conc (special rates for Metro Screen Members)

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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
Email Bulletin
‘Sydney Film Festival’ email bulletins are sent throughout the year and are jampacked with the latest film news, festival information and fantastic giveaways.

Over the past couple of months we’ve sent hundreds of prizes including Gumby DVD box sets, signed copies of David Stratton’s new book, free movie passes and theatre tickets.

There’s no charge to receive the Sydney Film Festival email bulletin and you can opt out at any time, if you ever want to. You really are missing out if you’re not receiving our email bulletin and you can sign up quickly here: http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org/content.asp?id=3

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NAFA CHOC TOPS
Networking Event
Speaker: Geoff Bartlett | Topic: What to do when the phone doesn't ring
When: Monday 21 April 2008
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Location: Attic Bar, Arthouse Hotel, 275 Pitt St, Sydney
Admission: $5 / NAFA Members free.

Contact: Tony Chu
Email: tony@nafa.net.au
Phone: 0412 230 415
Website: www.nafa.net.au

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OUTSIDE IN
At Caravansarai
Outside In – a cinematic experience capturing street life, an unconscious projection with light as the only editor. Experiments with moving image and camera obscura by Anita Bacic.

Opening: 12 April, 12 noon to 5pm
Dates: April 17 – 19
Times: 14:00 – 18:00
Where: Caravansarai: Aynali Cesme Cad. 6, Tepebasi Istanbul, Turkey
Web: http://caravansarai.stikipad.com/home/show/12.04.08+Outside+In

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FILM AND TV SPECIALIST BOOKSHOP
Member Discount
An independent bookshop dedicated to film and television. Including industry guides and manuals, books providing a comprehensive analysis of important films and TV programs and the most extensive range of film & TV biographies. If you are looking for a book that is still in print and has been difficult to find, just ask and we will attempt to locate this for you.

Metro Screen members gain a 10% discount on full price items (sale items are exempt)

Address: 1/502 King St Newtown
Opening hours: Wed-Fri 11am-7pm, Sat 10am-7pm, Thur 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-4pm
Website: www.filmtvbookshop.com.au

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DVCPRO CAMERA
AJD 200 DVCPro Camera DVC Pro 25 Camcorder utilizing 3 FIT 1/3\\ chips to attain a 500 line resolution picture. Signal to noise is 60db or better. A choice of 8 shutter speeds and 6 gain selections permit the operator to work in a variety of lighting conditions. Comes with base plate and beaten metal hard case.
PRICE: $1000
Metro Screen | Call 02 9356 1818 and speak with Ian Andrews or Ingrid Rowell 9am – 5pm

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LENS
T14 x 5.5 Fujinon lens, to suit 1/3” CCD
PRICE: $1500
Metro Screen | Call 02 9356 1818 and speak with Ian Andrews or Ingrid Rowell 9am – 5pm

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DVCPRO DECK
AJD 650 DVCPro 25 Deck component i/o, TC i/o, 48Khz Balanced audio i/o, Supports DVC Pro 25 record/playback and DV/DVCam playback, RS422 control.
PRICE: $2000
Metro Screen | Call 02 9356 1818 and speak with Ian Andrews or Ingrid Rowell 9am – 5pm

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BEYER DYNAMIC MICROPHONE
The MCE 86 N(C)S Beyer dynamic "short" shotgun condenser microphone designed for the rigors of studio and on-location video and film production, The MCE 86 N(C)S has a balanced XLR-style connector (hypercardioid) pickup pattern, equipped with a XLR-style connector, which means that you can use long cable throws without fear of increasing the noise. Comes with cradle with 1/4” thread for attachment onto boom pole.
PRICE: $300
Metro Screen | Call 02 9356 1818 and speak with Ian Andrews or Ingrid Rowell 9am – 5pm

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POWER MACS
G3 400 various ram configurations $100 ono
Metro Screen | Call 02 9356 1818 and speak with Ian Andrews or Ingrid Rowell 9am – 5pm

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SARAH TRACTON
Award Winner
Sarah Tracton who made the popular short film ‘White Sound’ in last years Documentary Scholarship course has just been awarded a 'Spirit of SHHH Award' (Self Help for Hard of Hearing) for a Community Service Announcement she produced.

Congratulations on this award!

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