Meet the Filmmaker
Meet the Filmmaker is a weekly 3-hour class that brings SFS students into direct contact with working film professionals to offer them some insight into the craft, art and industry of film and TV.
Run over seven weeks during each semester, each session is designed as a workshop-lesson and has a specific theme or topic built around the particular filmmaking discipline of the invited guest: screenwriting, directing, cinematography, producing, editing, sound design...
The invited guests present examples of their work and discuss in detail their creative process. After a special 'lesson' created by the guest filmmaker that shows how creative choices are made and developed in the filmmaking process, guests and students are invited to freely interact - that is to ask questions and follow wherever the conversation may lead...
Meet the Filmmaker program for Semester Two, 2011:
• July 25th - SPECIAL EVENT: THE MAKING OF THE TUNNEL (With Director Carlo Ledesma, Writer-Producer Enzo Tedeschi and Writer-Producer Julian Harvey)
This class is going to explore the making of a unique feature film project, The Tunnel.
The filmmakers - director Carlo Ledesma, Writer-Producer Enzo Tedeschi and Writer-Producer Julian Harvey – and their team approached the making of The Tunnel - an excellent horror-thriller in an imaginative and inventive way that re-imagines the filmmaking practice across all categories – financing, production and distribution.
For more info about the team, and the project check out The Tunnel’s on-line site at http://www.thetunnelmovie.net/About.php
• August 1st - JOSH MAPLESTON (Filmmaker - Writer, Actor)
Josh is one of the top talents in Australia’s new generation of screenwriters. A former stand up comic and leading exponent of the Air Guitar, Josh’s TV credits include everything from the Kiwi soap Shortland Street and the Aussie soaps Home and Away and McLeod’s Daughters, to the ingeniously clever and very funny I ROCK, which was a hit with fans and critics on ABC 2.
Josh will talk about writing for the screen and career paths for emerging filmmakers. For more info check out: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/irock/
• August 8th - BOB CONNOLLY (Filmmaker - Documentary Director)
Bob Connolly after beginning his career in film in Australia in the 1960s has become a leader in the field of documentary. His work with his late wife Robin Anderson has since become a legend; their first feature First Contact was nominated for an Oscar in 1982. A string of outstanding films followed including Rats in the Ranks (1996) and Facing the Music (2001).
His latest film Mrs. Carey’s Concert has been distributed by Bob himself; it’s becomes one of the most profitable documentaries ever made.
In this session Bob will discuss doco style and his career. For more on the films and Bob check out this story in Encore: http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/profile-bob-connolly-a-life-of-observation-7232
• August 15th - BEN FERRIS (Filmmaker - Director, Writer, Producer)
Ben Ferris the Director of the Sydney Film School is this session’s special guest. A writer, producer and director, Ben is interested in experimenting in the margins of cinema – both in terms of narrative and film form. His acclaimed first feature Penelope, an Australian-Croatian co-production (the first) is an interpretation of Homer’s The Odyssey.
In this session Ben will screen some of his work and discuss his unique filmmaking practice. For more info check out: http://www.penelopa.com.au
• August 22nd - JO-ANNE BOAG (Filmmaker - Writer, Director)
Jo is one of Australia’s top director’s in the highly competitive field of animation and children’s programming. A key creative behind the hit TV shows I Got a Rocket and Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist Jo began her career in animation while still at COFA. Currently Jo is the Creative Director for the prolific Australian production company SLR in Sydney, where she is responsible for creating and developing program content. Since 2003 SLR has produced more than 60 hours of work, which has sold into over 50 territories world-wide, with their shows being recognised by industry leaders including the Emmy’s.
In this session Jo will screen some of her work and discuss creative and career opportunities in animation and children’s TV. Check out http://www.slrproductions.com/
♦ BELLOW YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT THE EXTRACTS FROM SOME OF THE MEET THE FILMMAKER CLASSES:
