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13 September

Metro Screen

THE DOLLARS FOLLOW THE EYEBALLS

The Dollars Follow The Eyeballs

For the first time in Australian history, online advertising spending broke the $3 billion barrier and is set to surpass television spending within 12 months according to The Australian. The appetite for online video in this country nearly doubled last year and the total hours per viewer is also up 75% according to the State of The Nation report by Viocorp. The challenge for content makers is becoming more focused than ever - defining the business model and finding income streams are both crucial. There are a myriad of examples of brands making and paying to be associated with content online, some more sophisticated than others – here are a few to get you thinking: Project Imagination, Genero TV, Smith Journal, Sydney Festival, Vogue + The History Society, Guerrilla Gigs

Post your favourite examples + join the conversation on our blog.

Featured Items

Ravage

Ravage

Ravage is about power and the abuse of it, the way we can justify our actions, even when we know we may be doing the wrong thing, to get what we most desire. This short film is in production with support from Metro Screen through the First Breaks program.

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Fatland

Fatland

In a world where it's cool to be fat, a skinny girl embarks on a risky venture to snare a rock star. Fat Land has an amazing ‘fat suit’ in this production also supported through the First Breaks program. Check out the Vlog.

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Awake

Awake

This short film currently in production is about boys and mothers and changing love. Written and directed by Charlotte Mars and Produced by Emma Forgie with the assistance of the First Breaks funding program.

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Scar

Scar

Scar is a film by Jiao Chen and Alex Ryan. Funded through the Metro Screen Breakout program, it is currently in production. The stills are absolutely stunning for this short set in 1830’s rural NSW.

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LEARN

Camera and Lighting Techniques 15 September

This intermediate camera course is designed to build upon the basics with practical hands-on activities. Build your skills in studio and location lighting, framing, scene coverage and camera movement.  Get the know-how on being a cinematographer.

Video Games for Kids 24 September

School holiday fun where kids learn how to develop and create their own video games.  This highly practical, fun and engaging new workshop teaches basic design and development skills for video games for 11 - 17 year olds.

 

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Final Cut Pro 7 Fundamentals 16 September
Final Cut Pro 7 Fundamentals 25 September
Craft of Directing 26 September
Young Filmmakers Workshop 3 October
Introduction to Webisodes 6 October
Directing Documentary 8 October
Introduction to TV Producing 9 October
Camera Essentials 14 October
Intro to Drama Screenwriting 14 October
Final Cut Pro 7 Intermediate 23 October
Drama Screenwriting 27 October
Camera Essentials 3 November
TropJr Young Filmmakers 18 December

+ more short courses

HIRE

Production Crew for Hire

Do you need a camera person to film an event, an editor to put your footage together and make it look great, a colour grader, a light, sound or autocue operator? Are you missing someone in your crew? Call us to hire experienced and professional screen technicians at reasonable rates: 02 9356 1828 or hire.post@metroscreen.org.au

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Crew

Latest From The Forum

Jobs

Associate Producer UWS

UWS Production Unit Ref 823/12 • Produce digital content for broadcast • Fixed term 16 month contract • Penrith campus with the possibility of travel to the other campuses of UWS. Looking for an opportunity to show your digital media skills? Using your television production experience and ability to generate screen content for both web and broadcast, you will work closely with our Senior Producer to produce digital content for broadcast on Television Sydney and UWS web platforms.

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Entries

Flickerfest 2013

Celebrating its 22nd year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy® Award accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival, and its largest short film competition, is accepting entries from Australia and around the world for our 2013 Festival. Flickerfest will screen for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January 2013 with selected highlights heading off after the festival around Australia on a 40 venue national tour.

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EVENTS

Antenna Documentary Film Festival 2012

Antenna Documentary Festival 2012 program will comprise of over 30 unique documentaries that will screen from the 10th to 14th October at Dendy Newtown, The Art Gallery of NSW and Dendy Opera Quays. Tickets are now on sale and Sydney is preparing for a burst of international and Australian documentary film culture with a number of award winning films confirmed and special guests visiting Australia.

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Antenna Film Festival

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Arbitrage Giveaway

A taut and alluring suspense thriller about love, loyalty and high finance, Arbitrage stars Golden Globe® winner Richard Gere (CHICAGO), Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon (THELMA & LOUISE) and Academy Award® nominee Tim Roth (ROB ROY). Thanks to our friends at Nixco we have 10 double passes to giveaway for a screening on Wednesday 19 September, 6.30pm at Event Cinema, George St.

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This Is Roller Derby Badge Giveaway

This Is Roller Derby is an action packed documentary about all things Derby, the fastest growing women’s sport taking Australia by storm! As the girls of Ballarat Roller Derby grow their own league and hit the track with helmet, kneepads and attitude in check, we see how Roller Derby has become more than just a sport. Tickets to the kickass screenings are now on sale in limited national release from 21 September.

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Bait 3D Giveaway

Bait 3D is the first 3D shark film in Australia, directed by Kimble Rendall. The film also stars: Phoebe Tonkin, Sharni Vinson, Julian McMahon, Xavier Samuel, Cariba Heine, Alice Parkinson, Alex Russell, Lincoln Lewis and Dan Wyllie. Torn apart by a tragic accident, a year later former couple Josh [Samuel] and Tina [Vinson] come face to face in a supermarket for the first time since their break up.

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Lore Giveaway

Lore is set in Germany the spring of Spring 1945. As the German resistance collapses and Allied forces sweep across the Motherland, five children embark on a journey which will challenge every notion we have of family, love and friendship.  With their Nazi father and mother imprisoned by American and Russian forces, abandoned to an uncertain fate, Lore takes charge of her younger brothers and sister, guiding them from Bavaria across a devastated country towards the safety of their grandmother’s house 900km away to the north.

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The Woman in Black

Based on the classic ghost story, The Woman In Black tells the tale of Arthur Kipps [Daniel Radcliffe], a lawyer who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. Working alone in the old mansion, Kipps begins to uncover the town's tragic and tortured secrets and his fears escalate when he discovers that local children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances. When those closest to him become threatened by the vengeful woman in black, Kipps must find a way to break the cycle of terror.

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Congratulations

Lore

Lore has been selected as the Australian entry for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards® to be announced early 2013! Lore was produced by former Metro Screen deputy chair Liz Watts and directed by Cate Shortland.

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Lore

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