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May-June 2016 Newsletter

To open the current newsletter  some  advice from actor Tom Hardy…

Tom Hardy quote

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Hardy’s comment is fitting, as this term we’ve been concentrating on what happens around the words as much as the words themselves. Words are merely spoken thoughts – it’s what happens on our faces and in our eyes when we formulate the words we speak that is  interesting and informative. 

Term Dates

Term 2 completes on Saturday June 25, and Term 3 commences from Tuesday July 12.

Fee Deposits: It would be greatly appreciated if all ongoing students pay a $50 deposit off their Term 3 fees. This  leaves  only  the balance of fees to pay when classes return in two weeks  and  most  importantly helps the school  to remain fully functional over the semester break.

Film Acting Master Class Screenings

After the long wait while the school transitioned from tape based editing to the computer based Premiere Pro CC system, the junior and the teen-adult master classes were finally completed and screened for cast, crew, family and friends on Friday May 20.

After a good reception to both films, some of the junior students’ parents mentioned how surprised they were at the quality of the films and the acting; especially with the inexperienced junior students, where the kids had only one day of pre-production and  three  days of filming  to tell the entire story.

Witches Castle DVD slick

Witches Castle DVD slick

 

The teen-adult master class Happy Halloween  ran for only one  evening of pre-production and two full Sunday’s of recording both at the studio and on location at Bungan Castle. The cast were all experienced  so the shorter production schedule wasn’t an issue when it came to creating  dynamic performances.

DVD slick for Happy Halloween…

 Happy Halloween DVD Slick

Prufrock & Co

All of the students working on Greg Perano’s film please be advised that Greg is raising funds to complete the next phase of production. As soon as the film is ready to roll  again, Greg will contact everyone with the next  recording dates. The location at Irrawong Reserve, North Narrabeen, remains the same.

Children’s  School Holiday Workshop

The next junior workshop runs from Wednesday 13 to Friday 15, July (9:30 am to 5:00 pm) although children can be dropped as early as 8:30 am and picked up by 6:00 pm, by arrangement.

Booking are open and places are still available – and the workshop  fee of $375 includes an edited copy of the film on DVD.

SF3

The Smartfone 3 film festival is open for entries until August 1

SF3 2016 Flyer

Last year’s inaugural Smartfone Flick Fest  was a great success – and festival directors Ali Crew  and Angela Blake  have an even bigger event lined up for the festival’s  second year.

SF3  entries can  only be  recorded on Smartphones or tablets. The results are impressive as you can see in the SF3  trailer below…

 

You all have Smartphones or tablets. So why not do something creative over the semester break and make a short film? Someone has to win this year’s SF3. It may as well be you!

Films on DVD

Spotlight (USA: 2015) Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery. Directed by Tom McCarthy.

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Spotlight  follows the Boston Globe’s “Spotlight” team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States, and it’s investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sexual abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests. The series of stories the  Spotlight team published – while under  attack from the status quo –  won the Boston Globe the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.  Spotlight is a powerful , eye-opening film for 15 years to adult; and even though the events depicted took place in 2000 and 2001, the  subject matter is  highly relevant today as the problem  is still endemic worldwide – as demonstrated by the findings of  the  current Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse.  

’71 (UK: 2014) Starring Jack O’Connell, Richard Dormer, Paul Anderson. Directed by Yann Demange.

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’71 tells the story of  a British soldier who becomes separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast at the height of the Troubles  in 1971. Powerful and graphic, ’71 exposes the utter confusion and division of lines in the beleaguered city. If you’re 15 years  to adult and you  enjoy  gripping  drama, then ’71 won’t disappoint.

 

Class Scene DVDs

If you would like an edited  DVD of your Term 2 class scenes then see me in class or email me and I’ll order a copy for you. Class scenes DVDs are $50 per term’s scenes or a compilation of  five scenes from current and previous term’s work. Seeing the progression in your work over the course of a term’s on-camera scenes results  in a  confident and  more knowledgeable approach when you work in front of the camera again.

Make the most of the two week Winter semester break and I look forward to working with you again  during Term 3.

Alan Nurthen (Director)    

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