September 11 2010

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  Introduction to Digital Production 1

  This intensive weekend course gives participants an initial experience of filmmaking. Day 1 familiarises you with your equipment kit : camera, shotgun mic, and redhead lighting kit comprising redhead, reflectors & filters. Your instructor will explain and demonstrate shot composition, shot size and angle, pull focus, pan and zoom. You will be shown how to use indoor and outdoor light and the logistics of setting up lighting & sound. Common sound & lighting problems and solutions are discussed. On Day 2 participants team up and are given production tasks indoors & outdoors. The material recorded is then critically reviewed in a debriefing session, and the course ends with a question and answer session and a drink at Clancys for those who wish to continue the discussion. Lunch is provided on both days. More »

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  Saturday Scriptwriting Club 6

  This ongoing course is an introduction to the basic principles of writing scripts for screen. Each class is broken into 3 parts :
  10am-11.15am
  Initially the lecturer will focus in on one of seven elements of scriptwriting technique : story character… More »

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  'The Tumbler' Screening Cancelled

  FTI Cinema

  Two men are lost in the Australian desert. Hurtle, a tough Aussie bloke and ex-con, and Tahir, a soft-spoken Afghani-Australian, are near death as they stumble across Jen, a headstrong American soldier. In good faith, and against regulations, Jen offers to help Tahir and Hurtle. But when Tahir drops a GPS Unit from his pocket, it becomes clear that they’re exactly where they planned to be. More »