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• 18 February 2007 Peter Templeman: Celebrity spotting in L.A.

  FTI member Peter Templeman is reporting from the USA, where his short film ‘The Saviour’ is nominated for an Academy Award.

  The U.S. celebrate their artists in a very large way. Like the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Massive. Major news coverage on every channel every night in L.A… More »

• 10 February 2007 Peter Templeman: The Longest Time in L.A.

  FTI member Peter Templeman reports from Los Angeles. Peter’s film ‘The Saviour’ is nominated for Academy Award.

  This is the longest I’ve been in LA. It’s been two weeks, with another two to go, which I think is the right amount of time to feel out a city on a comfortably superficial level… More »

• 5 February 2007 Review: Happy Feet

  by Tim Beeson

  I’m fully supportive of the film Happy Feet, the first animated project of that scale on Australian shores, utilising many of the talented animators living in Australia. I for one am going to see it twice, hopefully that will contribute to its success and hopefully Australian animators will be recognized. More »

• 1 July 2006 Too Many Filmmakers?

  by Graeme Watson

  Imagine a Saturday morning under 16’s Aussie Rules game. Imagine if just before the kick off an official walked out and stopped the game. “I’m sorry” declares the official “We’ve just realised that only one of you is going to make it to the AFL! The others can just go home now, we won’t need you.” It seems ludicrous of course, but the recent calls to narrow the number of people entering the screen industry utilises the same argument. More »

• 19 February 2006 Why filmmakers never think about sound

  by Graeme Watson

  The most common chant heard around FTI is ‘Story, Story, Story”, it’s our number one directive to new filmmakers – tell a story. The second most heard chant directed at students is about sound, ‘remember sound is half the film’

  There is a common phenomenon that occurs with new filmmakers, the mystery of the silent film… More »

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