friday on my mind

this week at FOMM: Jon Reiss

Posted in friday on my mind on July 20th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

Thinking Outside the Box Office
Indie Strategies for Success

Known variously as one of “10 Digital Directors to Watch” (Daily Variety) and “the subculture guy”, America’s Jon Reiss produced and directed Bomb It!, a feature film about graffiti and the battle over visual public space. Based on his experience releasing with a hybrid strategy, he wrote Think Outside the Box Office: The Ultimate Guide to Film Distribution in the Digital Era.

Using examples such as The Age of Stupid, Jon will share innovative tools and strategies for filmmakers to distribute and promote their films in an overcrowded marketplace.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, July 23
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

still from Bomb It!

still from Bomb It!

An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.

this week at FOMM: Alice Bell

Posted in friday on my mind on July 12th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

Creative Force
Alice Bell

Alice Bell is known for creating explosive and unpredictable characters, from the murderous “Hurricane” Katrina in Bell’s first feature Suburban Mayhem which screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, to the risk-taking schoolgirl Violet, in last year’s AFTRS film of the same name. She talks here about the importance of breathing life and surprise into a script, drawing from all of these projects and her next, Gin & Tonic.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, July 16
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
Bonnie Sveen as Violet

An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.

this week at FOMM: Lou

Posted in friday on my mind on July 5th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

Defining Characters
Belinda Chayko on Lou*

In order to attract finance, most Australian films these days are having to secure internationally renowned talent. Belinda Chayko, the AWGIE winning writer (Saved) and second time director (City Loop) tells how this project went from being a university script to securing John Hurt (Harry Potter, Alien) – all through having well-defined characters.
Lou

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, July 9
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.
* Special screening of Lou in full after the Q&A

this week at FOMM: The Waiting City

Posted in friday on my mind on June 29th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

Foreign Correspondence
Claire McCarthy and Jamie Hilton

Likened to Monsoon Wedding and City of Joy, The Waiting City (starring Radha Mitchell and Joel Edgerton) is an ambitious depiction of a couple’s growing intimacy with a city – and each other. I talk to writer/director Claire McCarthy (Cross Life, Sisters in Calcutta) and See Pictures producer Jamie Hilton about the performance and production challenges of bringing this relationship to the screen.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, July 2
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
The Waiting City

Free entry. All welcome.

this week at FOMM: Making it in Music Television

Posted in friday on my mind on June 23rd, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

Making It in Music Television
Jakub Jacko (MTV World Stage)

After working for over a decade with MTV, MCM and Channel [V] and making an AFTRS short with Angry Anderson, Jakub Jacko directed a one-hour launch special for MTV Classic, featuring rock legend Slash. Such was the reception that MTV requested additional shows, the most recent for MTV’s global series MTV World Stage that aired on June 11 in 550 million households across more than 160 countries.

He shares some short cuts on the long way to the top.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, June 25
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

A free and inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.

this week at FOMM: HBO a go-go?

Posted in friday on my mind on June 16th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

The New Television
Kim Vecera and Peter Rose

In 2007, Foxtel and Austar launched showcase – the premium channel with
landmark Australian drama such as Love My Way, Satisfaction, Tangle and the soon to be
seen Cloudstreet.

With their strategy to attract subscribers with high end, high concept, high quality content, two of the industry’s most influential leaders Kim Vecera and Peter Rose talk about what they refer to as Australia’s “New Television”, about what makes “showcase material” and the ways in which the HBO model can or can’t be replicated here.

TV is definitely cool again.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, June 18
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

A free and inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.

this week at FOMM: Andrew Commis

Posted in friday on my mind on June 8th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

Emotional landscapes
Andrew Commis

Recently named the ACS ‘Cinematographer of the Year’, DOP Andrew Commis, ACS talks about working with directors to create an evocative visual style, depicting landscapes both literal and figurative – from Cannes acclaimed shorts such as Nature’s Way and Blue Tongue to music videos to feature film Beautiful Kate.

– How does a cinematographer translate the emotional brief of a project?
– How do different techniques help create senses of memory, nostalgia or loss?
– What choices influence the evolution of a distinct visual style?

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, June 11
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

A free and thoroughly three dimensional AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.

this week at FOMM: music to your eyes

Posted in friday on my mind on June 1st, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

Stories through Sound
Nick Wales and Benjamin Speed

In the leadup to the Song Summit 2010 (June 19-21), Benjamin Speed of experimental duo The New Pollutants and Nick Wales of electro-symphonic outfit Coda talk about the new narrative functions of music.

With specific reference to The New Pollutants’ rescoring of Fritz Lang’s 1927 Sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis and Coda’s performances such as Vivid Sydney and Riverbeats Live, we ask:

– How does the non-verbal power of music help communicate narrative ideas?
– How is new musical technology altering the way we interact with media, art and entertainment?
– How is the rescore/remaster changing the notion of authorship in music and motion picture? And
– How is the live and multi-disciplinary element evolving the cinematic experience?

Special guests:
• Nick Wales – the Coda Collective
Twice ARIA nominated, Nick Wales and his musical collective consistently incorporate projected video works and performances as part of their show. Wales’ work spans Vivid Sydney’s Fire Water to short films Scary Therapy, Jailbirds, Breathe and TV series Monster Auditions.

• Benjamin Speed – The New Pollutants
Benjamin Speed received the Best Original Score award at the 2006 St Kilda Film Festival for the animated short Carnivore Reflux, was nominated for Best Music for The Cat Piano at the 2009 AGSC Awards and Annecy Animation Festival, has composed for feature film The Tumbler and docos A Northern Town and The Snowman, in competition at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, June 4
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

A free and thoroughly three dimensional AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.

this week at FOMM: Stereoscopic 3D

Posted in friday on my mind on May 17th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

Stereoscopic 3D
Anything but Boring!

As Dreamworks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg heralds 3D Stereoscopic as “the next revolution”, the makers of Australian 3D short Dead Boring discuss the narrative potential of this future format, as well as the technical considerations such as shooting with two cameras and wrangling the post-production workflow.

How can filmmakers get better command over S3D imagery? How can depth be used as a means to enhance their storytelling capacity? What is the opportunity here for growing global audiences?

Special guests:

• Brad Smith – Producer, Dead Boring
• Dave Edwards – Director, Dead Boring

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, May 21
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

A free and thoroughly three dimensional AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.

this week at FOMM: online drama

Posted in friday on my mind on May 12th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment

Online Drama and Disruption
OzGirl’s Nicholas Carlton

Having launched online a year ago, Australian interactive series OzGirl has since taken out the ‘Best Web Series’ and ‘Best Acting’ awards at the Independent Television Festival in LA, as well as ‘Best Foreign Series’ at the Streamy Awards in LA, the most prestigious event for digital ent. It is also now a Webby Award Honoree – whatever that means!

In what he describes as a “disruptive business in a disruptive time”, its creator Nicholas Carlton talks about the rules (or lack of) of creating online entertainment and how to target the youth demographic.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, May 14
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

A free AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.