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The Mobile Unit is Metro Screen’s statewide training and production support unit. It provides people outside our Paddington location with training, equipment, facilities and mentorship in film, TV, online and portable. We are willing to go anywhere and teach anyone who is keen! Email us

The Mobile Unit works to tailor and develop projects that achieve the objectives of your organisation including weekend workshops, full time accredited courses and production support activities. The Mobile Unit provides the experience and expertise your community needs to put its local stories onto the screen.

“The Mobile Unit team brought a great deal of enthusiasm, excitement and passion to the workshop. This enabled the students to feel confident to learn all aspects of filmmaking and they have since grown in confidence and become more involved in making their own films.” Daniel Teece- Johnson- CAET Project Officer, Headspace
We work with:
  • companies looking to up skill staff
  • community development officers in need of targeted workshops
  • those who recognise a need for skilled arts trainers in their area
  • employment agencies looking to support their clients
  • people with great stories to tell
Past projects have been supported by community groups, councils, the Department of Education and Training, NSW Health and Regional Arts. Metro Screen’s Mobile Unit Coordinator is also willing to collaborate with you to source funding from these various organisations to get your project off the ground. If you have an idea for a course or workshop and there are interested participants please contact us to discuss funding options.

“Working with Metro Screen’s Mobile Unit has been a great asset to our clients. They were able to provide accredited training to give people much needed skills when heading into the competitive media industry.” Don Mulholland, Aboriginal Project and Employment Officer, WISE Employment
Projects

Queanbeyan Sound and Vision Project - with the NFSA
07-Jul-2009

A five-day intensive workshop for Indigenous youth specialised in training youths in film and media production as well as performance skills in the ar..

The Silver Sun Documentary Project - Broken Hill
30-May-2009

The Project Overview ‘The Silver Sun Documentary Project’ will be a 15- 20min documentary made by local..

See what the ABC is saying about the Silver Sun Project here
View the Silver Sun blog here

Silver Sun project screens

"That's Art" screening
06-Nov-2009

Metro Screen film screens at Big Screen. Touring Australian Films for The National Film & Sound Archive “That’s Art” produced through the ..



Previous Mobile Unit work
Match Box Houses, October 2008; Our Journey, April 2008; This is Lexo, March 2008
To watch other past projects click here

Download a pdf for a run down of past Mobile Unit projects below…

Mobile Unit 2001–2008 Mobile Unit 2001–2008 [448kb]


We provide:
  • training, professional development and production support in film, TV and digital media.
  • provide individuals and organisations with equipment, such as cameras, tripods, editing-ready laptops, lights and sound recording gear that may not be easily available or accessible at the local level.
  • provide training in screen production that articulates contemporary life in Western Sydney and regional NSW. Use productions made through this training as a means of expression for re-engaging marginalised people with their communities, particularly youth, indigenous, and people from non-English speaking backgrounds.
  • increase the participation of regional filmmakers and multimedia producers in film festivals, online digital media festivals and competitions.
  • develop, wherever possible, qualified and experienced local tutors to provide skills training, thus developing a regional network for ongoing skills development.
  • augment regional festivals and conferences with skills based seminars and workshops.
The Team
Our tutors and mentors are all highly qualified filmmakers and artists with vast experience in project work and training. The Mobile Unit team has received national and international awards for its work through Metro Screen.

“The tailored training was perfectly packaged to up-skill our employees. Thanks to the Mobile Unit we can now produce projects more efficiently and to a higher quality standard.”Alex Kember- Production Assistant, Revolver Fil
How it Began
In 2001 Metro Screen received capital grant funds from the NSW Ministry for the Arts and DCITA to purchase three Mobile Unit equipment kits, allowing Metro Screen to deliver off-site film and video training for up to 12 participants. In 2002 Metro Screen received further capital funds to complete the equipment kits so digital media, editing and post-production could be added to the range of mobile training courses and projects.