|
|
| |
 |
METRO
eNews
Screen industry news + opportunities
delivered weekly to your inbox.
[SUBSCRIBE]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Metro
Screen PROFESSIONAL SERVICES |
One
hour script advice days [October 30, 2008] catering for short film,
script and producer consultations, one on one training, tailored
training, and crew for hire.
ONE HOUR SCRIPT ADVICE DAYS
To accommodate the shorter 10 minute project or a scene within a
longer script Metro Screen is pleased to announce our one hour short
script advice days, at a much-reduced rate. Within a one hour intensive
your industry professional will read and explore the issues within
the script or treatment you provide.
First day to book in is Thursday October 30,
2008.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ONE HOUR SCRIPT CONSULTATION with
Karel Segers. $80 for members includes one hour
face to face. Script is not assessed in advance and must be brought
on the day. Suited to a 10 minute project or a scene within a longer
script. These sessions take place on an allocated date between allotted
times. Please contact Metro Screen direct to book. $130 for non-members
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SCRIPT AND PRODUCER CONSULTATIONS [formerly Project
Development Services]
Our current script and producer consultations are now available
for members and non-members. Choose from our list of qualified professionals
who will read and work through your script before they meet you
for an intensive one hour. Cost is based on script/treatment length.
SHORT – defined as up to 35 pages
$180 for members which includes assessment of the script and a one
hour face to face meeting with an industry professional. $230 for
non-members
SHORT FEATURE – defined as over 35 pages
and up to 55 pages
$234 for members which includes assessment of the script and a one
hour face to face meeting with an industry professional. $284 for
non-members
FEATURE – defined as over 55 pages and
up to 100 pages
$317 for members which includes assessment of the script and a one
hour face to face meeting with an industry professional. $367 for
non-members
EPIC FEATURE – defined as over 100 pages
Price upon application but will include assessment of the script
and a one hour face to face meeting with an industry professional
DOWNLOAD SCREEN AUSTRALIA SCRIPT
LAYOUT
DOWNLOAD
APPLICATION FORM
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
These services are an excellent opportunity for filmmakers and screen
practitioners to be given sound advice on what does and doesn’t
work. Gain tips, insider knowledge and give your next project whether
it’s a short documentary or a feature film the best chance
of achieving success. Advice is always worthwhile especially when
it comes from those who are working successfully in the film and
screen industries.
ONE ON ONE TRAINING
Need to know the latest upgrade on Final Cut Pro or want to learn
motion or how to shoot? Our range of short courses cover most aspects
of screenmaking but sometimes you just need to know a section of
the short course and here is where one-on-one training fits perfectly,
it allows for specialized training to suit your specific needs.
Offsite training, no equipment supplied by Metro Screen [price inc.
tutor and course development]: $99 per hour [GST inc.] Onsite Training
in Apple applications, [inc. tutor, course development and Mac G5
with full Final Cut Studio 2 Suite]: $165 per hour [GST inc.] 02
9356 1818 or training@metroscreen.org.au
TAILORED TRAINING
We create tailor-made courses for industry, community and corporate
groups, covering technical production and postproduction. We can
assist in upskilling media professionals; provide team-building
packages for corporations and creative outlets for communities.
Please contact our training department for a competitive quote on
your organisation’s training needs: 02 9356 1818 or training@metroscreen.org.au
CREW FOR HIRE
Metro Screen provides skilled industry camera, lighting and sound
operators and editors who can be booked through our facilities department.
Please contact our facilities department on 02 9356 1818 or facilities@metroscreen.org.au
|
| Metro
Screen INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM |
| SCRIPT
EDITORS
Simon Bennetts
– Simon
Bennetts has a BA (honours) in Drama from Flinders Uni in South
Australia, Majoring in Scriptwriting and Direction for Documentary
and Drama. He assessed scripts for Universal Pictures and read
numerous feature length screenplays for Beyond International.
He taught Scriptwriting at Macquarie University and was Script
Editor on HUNT ANGELS the AFC funded Feature length doco-drama
directed by Alec Morgan about Australian con man and filmmaker
Rupert Katner. His Metro script assessments include the AFC funded
short BROTHER BOYS. Recently he was script consultant on early
drafts of PREY the soon to be released horror feature.
Luke Eve
– Luke
formed his production company, More Sauce in 1999. He is a graduate
from the AFTRS in Producing. In 2004 Luke was invited to pitch
a feature film project as a finalist at the SPAA annual conference.
He recently returned from an AFC funded internship with This is
That productions in New York City and his film Australian Summer
was the winner of Tropfest 2005. He also has a number of feature
films in development both as a producer and a director.
Karel Segers – Producer and Story Analyst
Karel Segers, a Licentiate of Germanic Philology(University of
Louvain, Belgium) has produced two short dramas and co-produced
a documentary and a feature film. Before moving to Sydney, Karel
was the Head of Production and programming at the Digital Broadcasting
Company in London (Sky, UK), a film buyer for Europe's largest
Pay TV Group Canal Plus and a movie show host for MTV Europe.
Alongside his screen development work, Karel is in post-production
with a short animation and a feature film. Over the past few years
Karel has consulted to award-winning writers, directors and producers
on films in development as well as post-production. His views
are published in The Story Dept. (www.ozzywood.com) and 'Karel's
Feedback Forum' on the AWG website. Both nominees for last year's
AWG Monte Miller Award were Karel's clients.clients.
Jonathan Wald – Jonathan received his MFA in Film
Directing from UCLA Film School and spent a year in the MA Directing
program at AFTRS, as well as receiving a certificate in documentary
making from Metro Screen. As part of his degree, Jonathan directed
5 short films, most of which he wrote, produced, and edited as
well. These films have been accepted at over 200 festivals around
the world, including Slamdance, Hof, and Montreal World. They
have aired on the Sundance Channel in the U.S., been included
on DVD collections in France and Germany, and won numerous awards,
including Best Short at the Mardi Gras Film Festival; two Silver
Remis at Worldfest/Houston; Best Direction, Cinematography, and
Acting from the International Student Film Festival/Chile; and
many others.
Jonathan brings his diverse skills to his work as a script editor
and consultant. He has been a script editor for short films at
the AFTRS and recently edited Robin de Crespigny’s feature
script Intersection, which received development funding from the
AFC and is currently a finalist in the IF Awards for Best Unproduced
Screenplay. Jonathan has taught writing and directing at AFTRS,
Metro Screen, and UCLA Film School, and has won UCLA’s Jim
Morrison Directing Award, a Motion Picture Association of America
Award, and a Fulbright Scholarship in film. |
PRODUCER CONSULTANTS
Carolyn Johnson – Following a career in merchant banking
and the business world, Carolyn Johnson commenced her career in
film production in 1993. She has produced six award winning short
films and worked as a producer, production manager and line producer
in television, documentary and drama. She is an AFTRS graduate with
a feature film in post-production and a feature, TV series, and
documentary in the advanced stages of development.
Luke Eve – Luke formed his production company, More
Sauce in 1999. He is a graduate from the AFTRS in Producing. In
2004 Luke was invited to pitch a feature film project as a finalist
at the SPAA annual conference. He recently returned from an AFC
funded internship with This is That productions in New York City
and his film Australian Summer was the winner of Tropfest 2005.
He also has a number of feature films in development both as a producer
and a director.
Kath
Shelper
– Kath
has produced two half-hour films which both premiered at Sundance.
One of these films Green Bush won Best Short Film, at the Berlin
Film Festival Panorama. Her previous shorts have screened at festivals
worldwide and won numerous awards including the AFI Award for Best
Short Fiction for Confessions of a Headhunter. Kath received the
IF Award for Rising Talent in 2005, where Green Bush was also awarded
Best Short Film. Kath’s production company is Film Depot.
Louise Smith
– Louise
co-produced The Rage In Placid Lake and was sound post production
supervisor on Little Fish Louise has produced numerous short films,
documentaries and feature length scripts that have picked up international
awards and been screened at Sundance and Telluride. Louise has also
produced music clips and TV commercial for the likes of The Super
Jesus, Toyota and Yamaha. Louise is currently in development on
three productions and is financing another with the Edgerton brothers.
Karel
Segers – Producer and Story Analyst Karel Segers,
a Licentiate of Germanic Philology(University of Louvain, Belgium)
has produced two short dramas and co-produced a documentary and
a feature film. Before moving to Sydney, Karel was the Head of Production
and programming at the Digital Broadcasting Company in London (Sky,
UK), a film buyer for Europe's largest Pay TV Group Canal Plus and
a movie show host for MTV Europe.
Alongside his screen development work, Karel is in post-production
with a short animation and a feature film. Over the past few years
Karel has consulted to award-winning writers, directors and producers
on films in development as well as post-production. His views are
published in The Story Dept. (www.ozzywood.com) and 'Karel's Feedback
Forum' on the AWG website. Both nominees for last year's AWG Monte
Miller Award were Karel's clients.clients.
Jonathan
Wald – Jonathan received his MFA in Film Directing
from UCLA Film School and spent a year in the MA Directing program
at AFTRS, as well as receiving a certificate in documentary making
from Metro Screen. As part of his degree, Jonathan directed 5 short
films, most of which he wrote, produced, and edited as well. These
films have been accepted at over 200 festivals around the world,
including Slamdance, Hof, and Montreal World. They have aired on
the Sundance Channel in the U.S., been included on DVD collections
in France and Germany, and won numerous awards, including Best Short
at the Mardi Gras Film Festival; two Silver Remis at Worldfest/Houston;
Best Direction, Cinematography, and Acting from the International
Student Film Festival/Chile; and many others.
Jonathan brings his diverse skills to his work as a script editor
and consultant. He has been a script editor for short films at the
AFTRS and recently edited Robin de Crespigny’s feature script
Intersection, which received development funding from the AFC and
is currently a finalist in the IF Awards for Best Unproduced Screenplay.
Jonathan has taught writing and directing at AFTRS, Metro Screen,
and UCLA Film School, and has won UCLA’s Jim Morrison Directing
Award, a Motion Picture Association of America Award, and a Fulbright
Scholarship in film.
|
TIPS
Feel free to send in a few questions with your material to
make sure your assessment targets the areas you need the most
assistance with.
SCRIPT EDITORS CAN ASSIST YOU
WITH: |
|
|
Character
development |
|
Developing
a documentary idea |
|
Dialogue |
|
Dramatic
structure |
|
|
Industry
contacts |
|
Reference
material |
|
|
Script
conventions - if, when and how to break the rules |
|
Script
feedback and development |
|
|
Script
format including: outlines, treatments, layouts for film,
layouts for television |
|
|
Script
timing |
|
|
Taking
an idea or script to the next stage |
|
|
Where
to find more information |
PRODUCER CONSULTANTS CAN ASSIST YOU
WITH: |
|
|
Copyright
issues and basic legal information |
|
Establishing
business structure |
|
Festival
strategies |
|
Film
vs. video - what to shoot on |
|
|
Finding
the right people for the project including: key crew, writer,
producer, director casting and investors |
|
Industry
contacts |
|
|
Industry
trends |
|
Marketing,
distribution and publicity |
|
|
Post
production options |
|
|
Preparing
an application for funding |
|
|
Preparing
a budget |
|
|
Preparing
a schedule |
|
|
Preparing
a proposal for investors |
|
|
Production
implications for your project including: budget, length, locations
and market |
|
|
Sample
contacts |
|
Script
feedback and development |
|
|
Tips
for low budget productions |
|
|
Where
to find more information |
|
| Metro
Screen Contact |
For
further information about Metro Screen:
Metro Screen
P:
+61 02 9356 1818 F:
+61 02 9361 5320 E:
metro@metroscreen.org.au
|
| ... |
|