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AFTRS Announcing & Presentation course is taught by industry practitioners from Australia’s top rating radio stations. Highly practical, course participants will acquire invaluable skills and knowledge that will both enhance and advance their careers. Through a series of lectures and practical exercises participants will have the opportunity to refine live presentation, announcing and script reading, further develop skills pertaining to selecting and preparing radio content, voice s... [More]

In order to provide the best learning experience AFTRS Nuke course, is kept very small to enable one on one interaction with the lecturer. This course provides an overview of Nuke compositing for high end visual effects shot generation. It covers techniques including keying, tracking, rotosplining, colour correction and 3D integration. The course also includes an overview of the image-based keyer and OpenEXR integration. [More]

Join the experts at AFTRS for a fantastic 1-day summer holiday workshop on special effects make-up for film. In this hands-on workshop kids will learn how to create realistic cuts, bruises, bullet wounds and gory horror effects, just like on a horror film! View a range of photos from our school holiday program on the AFTRS Facebook page to get a taster! [More]

Are you aged between 13 and 17? This is a great introductory course for students interested in Radio. Develop essential skills in writing, producing and announcing your own radio show in a professional studio. This intensive course will include: Communication techniques for radio Using the microphone and vocal technique Interview techniques Announcing and presentation skills Writing for Radio An introduction to the desk and panel operations If you love radio then this is the kick st... [More]

If you’re interested in working in the production side of radio, this course is a great hands-on intensive to get you quickly up-to-speed. Be taught by industry experts in a small class and learn how to use a digital radio panel and studio playout and automation systems. Other relevant studio equipment will also be explored. The course will focus upon the following elements: • How to operate the panel, mics and Nexgen to present a music program sequence. •Recording and editing inclu... [More]

Are you interested in acting and aged between 13 – 17? Come to Australia’s premiere film school for a fantastic screen acting workshop! You will learn acting techniques from a leading screen actor in a professional film studio. Develop screen acting techniques and what is required of a screen actor on-set including working with a director, rehearsal techniques, acting to camera and audition techniques. Develop your confidence and acting techniques for Film and TV in this engaging wo... [More]

Convened by highly experienced director Ian Watson this course is designed for emerging and professional actors seeking to move from stage to screen. Screen acting requires differing techniques and knowledge, many of the physical and vocal tools of the actor need to be modified and reinterpreted for the screen. Technical and physical limitations become critical. Join Ian and other actors for three nights in the film studio to gain invaluable experience in delivering exceptional perf... [More]

Join AFTRS expert radio department for this specialised course aimed at those seeking to develop their radio writing and interviewing skills. Delivered by industry experts this introductory level course will cover the following essentials: Essential radio writing including: the use of colloquial language (write as you speak) achieving the right tone word economy writing for the ear not the eye structuring and writing editorials using facts to build and defend your argument writing f... [More]

This Masterclass is a unique opportunity for filmmakers to get up-close and personal with Tom Zubrycki, one of Australia’s most celebrated documentary filmmakers who for the last 30 years has mapped Australia’s changing social and political landscape. His credits include The Temple of Dreams (2007), Molly & Mobarak (2003), The Diplomat (2000), Billal (1996), and his most recent documentary The Hungry Tide (2011), about the human face of climate change affecting the vulnerable nation... [More]

This two-day course provides a detailed introduction to desktop compositing for broadcast using Adobe After Effects CS5.5. After Effects is the most commonly used graphics program in Australia for the preparation of broadcast design/graphics in TV. It is a program that allows new levels of creative freedom for designers, animators, art directors and editors. Participants will gain an understanding of desktop digital animation and compositing environment and how it is used for broadc... [More]