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From San Francisco to Sydney, learn from industry expert Jeroen Lapré (11 years as Technical Director at Industrial Light & Magic) – online! The CGI industry is exploding and artists are being asked to create many shots, achieve high levels of realism and work quickly. Demand for Houdini talent is growing, and studios are looking for people with strong Houdini skills and a creative mind. Covering four weeks and through online chat sessions and emailed assignments Jeroen Lapré (Senio... [More]

Nuke Intermediate is the next step to the world of professional compositing in the industry standard compositing package for high end productions such as The Hobbit, Iron Man 3, Transformers, Tron: Legacy and The Avengers! Building on the concepts introduced in the Nuke Foundation course, VFX artist Dave King deepens your confidence in Nuke by guiding you through an entire effects shot for your reel. You will learn: • How to confidently combine CG and live action elements together i... [More]

Brisbane based duo Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield are co-founders of Hoodlum, an Emmy® & BAFTA Award winning production company that creates multiplatform content for worldwide distribution. Robertson & Mayfield lead a team of filmmakers, creatives and technology developers at Hoodlum that work to the uncompromising demands of film and TV production schedules as well as the intricacies of multiplatform content delivery. The duo recently produced the award winning Operation Int... [More]

This two day masterclass is designed for documentary and drama directors and producers to learn how to use the web to tell and promote their stories in a multi-platform environment. Delivered by award winning new media expert, Sohail Dahdal (First Australians & Lonely Planet TV), participants will explore the following: + Extending your story through the use of social media + Multi-platform 360° storytelling + Shooting for the Web + Funding & business models + Distribution channels:... [More]

What is Multiplatform & Transmedia in 2013? Do you have a Multiplatform & Transmedia strategy – and if not, why should you? This two day intensive course is aimed at emerging Producers and creatives looking for an understanding of the many facets of the new media options of the future, how to engage with the audience already on these alternate screens and what their profit generating potential is. Multiplatform & Transmedia are literally changing by the day, and it’s time for conten... [More]

Producer, Director, Writer & Editor Sarah-Jane Woulahan leads this intensive, eight week, online program (written and presented on video by AFTRS staff Mike Jones and Karen Pearlman) exploring the art of creating a bible for a Webisode series which culminates in an actual pitch to a TV network (via Skype). Webisodes are quickly becoming the new ‘short film’ giving new & emerging filmmakers, who have yet to work in series television, the opportunity to see how their film ideas might ... [More]

The traditional journalist’s role is changing. This course is a 2 day intensive program, designed to give print & radio journalists the skills of the Producer/Shooter role and the confidence & understanding to file stories for online and broadcast outlets. Tutors Mike Munro (60 Minutes, A Current Affair, Sunday Night) and veteran Cinematographer Gareth Tillson will lead the class, drawing on their decades of experience in print & TV to get the students prepared for their new media c... [More]