Lights, camera, action: school holiday video workshops
DUBBO Filmmakers Inc are looking for the next Steven Spielberg with their school holiday program.
The four-day workshops, titled “mobile video creation for youth” will finish with a free barbecue and screening night for family and friends.
Participants will learn about generating ideas, storytelling techniques and how to produce and edit a film.
In other exciting movie news, two of Australia’s most experienced TV and film production attraction professionals will be in Dubbo to show property owners, council members and filmmakers how to attract film and television production to the region.
Screen NSW’S senior manager production attraction, Matt Carroll,
and location manager Lisa Scope, will spend two days in the city teaching attendees about the role of the location manager, how productions source and secure regional filming locations in NSW, the aesthetic and logistical requirements of filming locations, and also how to publicise your property or land to the screen industry.
The second day of the seminar is a full day practical location scouting workshop, aimed at local filmmakers, photographers, and anyone with an interest in pursuing a career as a location scout.
Mr Carroll has worked on major productions including Furiosa, Shang-chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings, 3000 Thousand Years of Longing, Thor: Love and Thunder, Alien: Covenant, Wolf Like Me, Nine Perfect Strangers, and The Invisible Man.
Ms Scope has more than 25 years' experience in the industry, and has worked on both local and international award winning television programs.
Her services as location manager have resulted in her work on some of Australia’s most loved dramas including Packed to the Rafters, Love My Way and Rescue Special Ops.
“I feel right at home working on locations,” she said.
“Every day is a new day with a new place to discover! I don’t stop until every last stone is uncovered and I find that perfect place incorporating all those important production needs with access and feasibility.”
The youth mobile film workshops cost $20 per person. For more information email connect@ dubbofilmmakers.com