EX- MAPPER TO RELEASE BOOK ON HOW HOW MAKE IT IN THE FILM INDUSTRY

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To be released this October, 2010 graduate, Matthew Webb, has written a detailed guide on how to break into the film industry and remain relevant. This is what he has to say:

I am a 2010 MAP graduate and have since been working as an Assistant Director on features such as The Great Gatsby, Mad Max: Fury Road, Pirates of the Caribbean and Alien: Covenant. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with some amazing people, and it’s been terrific to see other MAP graduates doing so well and entering the industry just like me.

Over the last 18 months I’ve written a book called Setlife: A Guide to Getting a Job in Film (And Keeping It). Its aim is to prepare film school graduates for the crazy and fast-paced world of film sets. It is pretty much everything I wish I knew before I started and what I’ve learnt in the last 6 years. It contains simple explanations and tips on not only what to expect when applying for your first job in the film industry, but how to excel at it and stay ahead.

Pr-order here: http://www.setlifebook.com/

Reminder: Free Access to Lynda.com Courses

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Vitale Digital Media Lab in the Weigle Information Commons, Van Pelt Library.

Many students aren’t aware that one of the perks of being a UTS student is your free access to all course content over on Lynda.com. This includes specified programs like’Become a Producer’ as well as program tutorials for all the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, DaVinci and Avid software.

To access: go to Lynda.com. Select to sign in under an organisation, put in: www.uts.edu.au and you’ll be redirected to the UTS login, where you’ll gain access!

Getting Started in Virtual Reality Using Unreal Engine

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Epic Games are hosting a new FREE  Virtual Reality starter session! It includes  a live training tutorial where participants will learn the basics of creating VR projects and VR best practices in the  Unreal Engine platform.

This SAE sponsored presentation assumes participants have 3D game development expertise, but no prior experience with UE4. You will learn the basics of creating a VR project from starter content using the UE4 Blueprint visual scripting system.

Topics they’ll cover include: project setup, VR peripheral setup, building materials for VR, VR character setup, creating AI, navigation, spawning enemies and configuring UI for VR projects. They will also cover design principles and VR performance optimisation techniques.

Schedule:

  • 6:30 PM  – Lecture begins
  • 8:00 PM  – Break
  • 8:15 PM  – Lecture continues
  • 9:30 PM  – Lecture concludes
WHEN: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (AEST) – Add to Calendar
WHERE: SAE Creative Media Institute – 1/11 York St, Sydney, NSW 2000 – View Map

SCREEN WOMEN SERIES #4: WOMEN IN ADVERTISING

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Free public talk, brought to you by WIFT. The Screen Women Series are events designed specifically for all women in the industry.
Do you want to break into advertising? Hear from some of the industry’s most successful women about how they did it and how you can too.

The talk moderator is Belinda Dean (Advertising & Branded Content Producer) and panelists include:
– Cate Stewart – TVC Director
– Charleen Ong – Group Account Director at Whybin TBWA
– Lizzy Nash – CEO & Executive Producer, The Feds. With over 20 years experience in production, Lizzy works both locally and across international markets on global advertising campaigns and TV broadcast entertainment developed by The Feds.
Networking will take place immediately after the panel at the Lord Wolseley Hotel (265 Bulwara Rd, Ultimo NSW 2007). The drinks will be sponsored by WIFT NSW (http://www.wiftnsw.org.au/).

This event will start at 7pm sharp. Please note that due to the security of the building, latecomers will not be able to access the theatre past 7pm.

WHEN: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

WHERE: Screen Australia – Level 7, 45 Jones Street, Ultimo Sydney, NSW 2007

Crowd Funding – Top Tips

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Everyone is running a crowd funding campaign these days. Considering that we’re getting to the pointy end of the semester, and more MAP projects being produced than ever before, it seems timely to include some info. on crowd funding success. This Forbes article offers some handy advice on making sure you reach your target. In summary, they emphasise:

  1. Audience engagement : know your audience well. Don’t simply rely on blanket social media posts. Know where your audience is online. Know what they’re specifically interested in.
  2. Find a balance between fact and emotion: when appealing for donations, provide your target audience with both information on the project/film itself AND make sure you hit that emotional spot (this is how people will feel obliged to throw some cash dollars your way).
  3. Focus on what’s in it for them – it’s not all about you. Your audience needs those incentives to hit ‘donate’!

Joy House Film Festival

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Short Films with the main theme of JOY and diversity. Prizes include Best Film,

Best Women in Theatre & on Screen (WITS) Film, Hoyts People’s Choice & Best Diversity Film.

Showbags Free (first 50) with every Hoyts Candy Bar purchase .

DATE: Sept 11th, 2016

TIME: 4-6pm

WHEN: Sunday, 11 September 2016 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (AEST) – Add to Calendar
WHERE: Chatswood – Hoyts Mandarin Centre Cnr Albert & Victor Sts Chatswood NSW 2067, Chatswood, NSW 2067

Entertainment Producer at Channel 7

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ABOUT THE ROLE
As the Entertainment Producer you will be responsible for all entertainment content across two of Channel 7’s Public Affair shows including celebrity interviews, performances and packages. This means developing and creating segments, series and specials; working with hosts and reporters; liaising with editors, producers and publicists; and meeting daily deadlines. You will be capable of building and maintaining excellent working relationships with publicists, record and film companies to ensure exclusive guests.

ABOUT THE PERSON
You will have at least 3 years’ experience in entertainment journalism (producing, writing or reporting), excellent writing skills and an interest in developing into other areas of production, including from the control room. You will have a degree in journalism or the equivalent and have a good understanding of media law. You can successfully work in a deadline driven environment and will add your own flair to the role.

ABOUT CHANNEL 7
Seven West Media is the leading, listed national multi-platform media business based in Australia. We comprise Seven Television, the leading free to air capital city television network; Pacific Magazines, the country’s second largest magazine group by readership; Yahoo7 one of the nation’s most successful internet platforms, as well as Western Australia’s leading newspaper, The West Australian and associated WA regional newspapers and radio stations.

HOW TO APPLY
Please apply through the below website and provide examples of your work.

www.sevenwestmedia.com.au/careers

APPLICATIONS CLOSE SEPTEMBER 07, 2016

VIDEO PRODUCER/EDITOR AT SKYLINE CREATIVE

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Skyline Creative, a holistic boutique provider of real estate marketing, is seeking a passionate video producer/editor to join their Sydney studio.The successful candidate will be coordinating all facets of the video department, editing video content, managing their team of videographers and editors, and driving the creative development of the products as a whole.

Experience within the Real Estate industry is by no means necessary, however organisational ability, strong editing skills, a keen eye for detail, creative thinking, and the ability to meet strict deadlines is a must.

Core responsibilities:

· Concept/style design in collaboration with video team

· Planning and overseeing filming and production of video products

· Overseeing content delivery and quality control to clients across multi-platforms

· Writing and assigning creative briefs with the ability and confidence to present to clients

· Maximising resourcing and identifying staffing needs

· Providing day-to-day feedback to in-house and freelance shooters and editors

· Editing overflow video content as required

 

The successful candidate will have:

· Experience in an equivalent role

· Practical experience with latest production techniques and systems

· An understanding of marketing deadlines and deliverables

· Desire to keep content fresh and engaging

· Excellent organisational, communication and leaderships skills

· Experience managing budgets and workloads

· Ideally both shooting and editing skills
Applicants must be advanced in Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Photoshop. The role is full-time, Monday to Friday, and based out of La Porte Space in Waterloo.

About the Agency:

Being a smaller boutique agency, we are committed to pushing the creativity in the industry. Our clients are attracted to us because we steer away from boring traditional property videos and try and bring elements from other creative mediums into our work.

We pride ourselves on being digital specialists and visual storytellers who love to create great video, and we are able to do this because of the amazing people that make up Skyline. If you feel that we would be lucky to have you join the team, please send us a cover letter, resume and showreel of recent work and we will check it out.

What is a massive plus, is if you show that you have jumped on our Vimeo or Youtube and seen what we do. We look forward to receiving your application.

Contact: 

Clayton Idato – 0404215768

Click below to access their website:

http://skylinecreative.com.au/

Video & Project Manager Position for Pedestrian

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Pedestrian’s looking for a Video & Project Manager and versatile all-rounder to work with their growing team across a range of brand initiatives, with a particular focus on bringing video content to life from cradle to grave across pre-production, filming, editing, motion graphics and client management.

Whilst video production and supporting our Creative Project Managers and Videographers will be your key focus, this is a diverse role that will see you managing all elements of brand campaigns from events, native editorial, social media, design and creative briefing and talent wrangling. If you thrive on variety and having your fingers in all the pies, this one’s for you.

This is a non-technical producer role, although the ability to shoot and help on-location/set with audio and or 2nd camera will be viewed favourably.

You’ll be MVP of getting things done and leaving a smile on the faces of everyone involved.

Are you:

– Experienced (read approx. 3 – 4 years in similar roles)
– Confident navigating your way through integrated campaigns with multiple elements?
– Organised and Process driven (do you excel at Excel)?
– Equipped with an understanding of Adobe Premiere Pro and ability to communicate technically with Videographers and crews
– An excellent communicator via email, phone and in-person, confident leading client meetings, pitches and presentations?
– Engaged in popular culture, brand focused and a fanboy/gal of the Pedestrian tone of voice?
– Multi-faceted roles within a start-up or similar environment will be viewed favourably. The role offers the successful candidate a chance to become a key member of the Pedestrian.TV team and work across our award winning campaigns.

Point of contact:

James: work@pedestriangroup.com.au

APPLICATIONS CLOSE SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

 

Lebanese Film Festival Now On

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The Lebanese Film Festival is currently running in Bankstown until next Saturday, 3rd of September. There are a number of great films being screened at this years festival.

Tickets are really reaonably priced and purchased through Hoyts, linked through the festival’s official website: http://lff.org.au/index.php

Attached is the festival program guide. Click  HERE for the PDF!