July 2007 Archives

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A Media Seminar at FTI

Monday 30^th July 3:00pm

Debra Allanson (Managing Director) and Kylie Robertson (Creative Director) from Ish Media in Melbourne will showcase their production of ‘Girl Friday’ at the Film and Television Institute. Come along and hear about the creation of this innovative series that is delivered on both mobile and broadband Video on Demand platforms.

The second series of this cult program will soon be launched on Bigpond’s Mobile Video on Demand. Find out more about the series at http://www.girlfriday.tv/

After the presentation their will be refreshments and a chance to network with other participants.

The cost is $10 / $5 FTI Members, to RSVP email ftitraining@fti.asn.au or call 9431 6714.

The British newspaper 'The Guardian' has always been one of the best examples of a newspaper embracing effective use of a website. 'The Guardian' combines the content of the newspaper with additional content , blogs and readers comments. Now the newspaper is striving ahead once more by provding an episode of a television show.
Today they are streaming the first episode of the television series 'The Wire'. The show is broadcast in the UK on PayTV but has not been a mainstream hit, it has however been a critically aclaimed series.
In Australia the show has also been screened on PayTV and is available for retail purchace as a Season box set. - How long until an Australian newspaper site is able to screen an episode of a television program - set your watches now to time how far behind we might actually be.
This is a great example of how content becomes free of not only platform and time but also the source of television is open to so many players. For content creators it is important to note that the distribution channels for product are no longer television companies but also newspapers, telephone serivce providers, advertisers and many others.

Podcamp Australia is coming soon and it’s going to be in the city that has the most votes.

At the moment Perth is in the lead and if we keep our lead until the end of Tuesday – the event will be in WA.

You can help, take a minute to go here and add your support.

http://www.podcamp.info

What is podcamp?, it’s the new media unconference!

Everyone is the US has been excited by the release of the Apple i-phone, but from Korea comes something new, a phone with a projector built in.

New research being conducted at NBC suggests we are just as engaged with commercials when we fast forward through them

Documentary director, JJJ Film Critic and Revelation Film Festival Curator, Megan Spencer, will be the guest at Meet the Filmmaker (MTF) on Thursday 26 July, 7pm at the Film & Television Institute Cinema in Fremantle.

Her documentary Lovestruck: Wrestling’s No 1 Fan will be screened at 7pm prior to a Question & Answer session hosted by Phil Jeng Kane in the FTI Cinema.

Ten years in the making LOVESTRUCK: WRESTLING'S NO. 1 FAN is a 52-minute independent documentary about Australia's “No. 1” wrestling fan, Sue Chuter.

As producer, director and DOP Spencer’s major documentary productions include Heathens (1994), Hooked on Christmas (1997), Strange Hungers: Mistress Ursula (2001) and Lovestruck: Wrestling's No 1 Fan which was screened at the 2006 Revelation Film Festival.

Meet the Filmmaker is usually presented on the first Thursday of every second month but has been brought forward to allow us to have Megan Spencer as a special guest before she flies back East.

Meet the Filmmaker provides Perth audiences with an intimate opportunity to hear emerging and established industry professionals discuss their craft, answer questions and talk about their personal journey through the production process.

The MTF events are an excellent forum for local filmmakers to gain inside knowledge of the filmmaking experience and be inspired by those working successfully in the West Australian screen industry.

Tickets to Meet the Filmmaker events are $10 for FTI Members & concessions and $12 for non-members.

To secure your seat for the Megan Spencer Meet the Filmmaker on 26 July at the FTI Cinema, 92 Adelaide St, Fremantle, email screenevents@fti.asn.au or call FTI on 9431 6700.