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Making Black Comedy
ABCTV’s new series Black Comedy premiered last night and featured a long list of Metro Screen alumni amongst the cast and crew including, Jon Bell, Nakkiah Lui, Bjorn Stewart and Elizabeth Wymurra. Elizabeth took some time out out to fill us in on her experience as a writer, actor and director’s attachment on Black Comedy.
The beginning: I first got involved with ABC's Black Comedy, when ABC put a National call out for funny black people. At the time, I had just finished directing my comedy film Woollo through Metro Screen, and was then Director's Attachment to Sapphires Director and Metro Alumni Wayne Blair on the first series of Redfern Now. At the time a few of the mob around the traps had approached me and asked if I was going to apply, and I said yeah maybe. But I didn’t think I would really, coz I didn’t think I was funny enough to do sketch comedy.
In the end, I ended up emailing my CV and online examples of my work (I think) to the E.P. Kath Shelper. Next thing I knew I was off Redfern Now and heading to the Black Comedy writer’s Workshop.
Sketches to Pilot: There were funny people everywhere, and as a team we created some fresh sketches and then hussled together to shoot the Black Comedy pilot. That pilot ended up getting the green light from ABC execs to then become a series, Woohoo!!! We did it!!
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APDG Awards 2014
The Australian Production Design Guild Awards cover film, television, stage, event and interactive multimedia industries. Gretel Killeen will host this year’s red carpet, black tie event with nominees in 21 categories and 3 featured awards presented on November 24 at Event Cinema Bondi Junction. Book tickets.
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ACP Street Screen Program
See your work projected after dark on Oxford St. The Australian Centre for Phortography is calling artists working in new media and the moving image to send in expressions of interest. There is a nice artists fee attached if you are chosen, so try your luck and expose your work to a new audience in 2015.
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Corroboree Sydney
This event celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, writers, dancers and musicians showcasing their stories in over 100 events from the 20th – 30th Nov. As part of the 11 day program the Sundance Institute Indigenous Film retrospective will play Bran Nue Dae for free, from 8.20pm, 26 Nov at The Rocks Boatshed. Details
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Screen Forever
Taking place in Melbourne from 16 – 19 November the Screen Forever conference brings together the cream of the drop for aspiring and established producers of screen and media. Featuring ‘Meet the buyer’ sessions, an ‘International Partnership Market’, ‘Roundtables’, networking opportunities and ‘Pitch to the Pros’ proudly supported by us.
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2015 Breaks Funding Info Session
Wed 3 Dec, 6:00pm
In 2015 the Breaks funding program is back with a focus on getting stories from script to screen with cash support, production subsidies and expert development workshops. Register to attend this free information session to find out all you need to know to apply.
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Learn from Assistant Director Serena Hunt
Serena Hunt has AD credits on a long list of movies and TV shows including Battle Ground, Machete Girl, the Hacker Chronicles, Clean and Jerk, Airlock, Fat Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, Housos, Housos Vs Authority and Fat Pizza Vs Housos.
Serena will be teaching:
The Assistant Director
starts 15 Nov
Feature Film Scheduling
starts 26 Nov
Enrol today
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Professional Post Production
Our post production facility is accredited by Screen Australia. We can work through your specific needs and tailor a quote to suit. Call our Hire and Post Production team on 02 9356 1818 or email us.
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Screen 2030: Episode 3 with Mark Pesce futurist
This episode of the Screen 2030: Extended Interview series features futurist Mark Pesce.
“The capability of someone to be able to translate the media experience into the lived experience is the pivot on which someone’s career will be able to turn.”
Watch>
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CHUCK CLOSE TICKET OFFER
Meet the monumental portraits of one of America’s best-loved visual artists, Chuck Close at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia; part of the Sydney International Art Series. Click here to access 20% off all tickets. #ClosetoChuck
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Events
Sandfly Film Festival
2014 tvebiomovies Finalists Announced: Vote Now!
Australian Surf Movie Film Festival
A Night Of Horror & Fantastic Planet Film Festivals
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In Production
Ad Nauseum: Independent Black Comedy
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Congratulations
NSW Dream Accelerator Winner - Joshua Longhurst
Metro Screen 11-15Yr Olds Shortlisted For TropJr
Metro Screen Assistant Director Graduate Success!
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