The Melbourne Film Experience
The Melbourne Film Experience is a 3-week program designed for students with an interest in international film culture, including Australian film, and learning more about the film making process. Students will be given a passport to the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). Over a period of nineteen days, they'll have the opportunity to engage in the vibrant culture of the festival, indulge in a program of up to 350 films from over 50 countries, including a strong regional focus from the Asia Pacific, an excellent animation and short film program, as well as the various forums and events that take place throughout the festival located in the heart of Melbourne.
As well as attending MIFF, students will participate in a short film production course at Swinburne's School of Film and Television. The program will involve a series of lectures and hands on activities taking them step by step through the film making process. Working as part of a group, they will learn how to write, produce, direct and edit their own video productions. They will examine key creative roles and crew responsibilities, learn technical and creative storytelling techniques and gain a good knowledge of digital cameras, sound and lighting equipment and the postproduction process.
 Program Dates
The Melbourne Film Experience program will be held Monday 22 July until Friday 9 August 2008. Applications for 2008 are now closed, but the program will run again in 2009.
Program Location
The program will be take place at the Swinburne School of Film and Television on the Prahran Campus at Swinburne University of Technology, 6kms from the city centre of Melbourne, Australia. Classes will be delivered in the Film and Television teaching labs and studio facilities.
Swinburne's Prahran campus is just off the famous Chapel Street shopping precinct, which is lined with restaurants, night clubs and shops stocked with the latest local and international fashions.
Program Aim
This program will explore the dynamic process of filmmaking on offer at the Swinburne School of Film and Television in delivering a 3 week intensive short course program. Aimed at people contemplating a career in Film and Television, this program offers a hands-on approach to filmmaking through a series of lectures, screenings, technical exercises and projects. Learn the fundamental principles of filmmaking including:
- Screenwriting
- Directing
- Production: Camera/Lighting/Sound
- Digital Editing
- Film Critique & Analysis
These workshops have been developed by leading film industry professionals and will be delivered in state of the art facilities at the Swinburne School of Film and Television department located in the Faculty of Design at Swinburne University of Technology.
Participants
This program is designed for Undergraduate students from overseas institutions with an interest in the film industry. Participants are not required to have a background in film and television, but we recommend a keen interest in international and Australian film, and a desire to learn about film production techniques.
Accommodation
Students will be housed in the Unilodge @ Swinburne Place apartments located in the heart of the Hawthorn campus. The Hawthorn campus has a train station in the middle of the campus giving students easy access to the city centre (15 minutes) and the Prahran campus (25 minutes).
For this program students will be accommodated in serviced 3 & 4 bedroom apartments. Each apartment is fully furnished and secure with separate single bedrooms, two bathrooms and a modern fully equipped kitchen with an open plan living / dining area.
Rates include:
- A fully furnished apartment with equipped kitchen
- Water, gas and electricity
- Use of all facilities
Each apartment offers high speed internet connection, TV and telephone. All apartments are fully secure and bedrooms in shared apartments are lockable.
For More Information
US/Canadian students - Please contact AustraLearn
Phone in the US: 1-800-980-0033
Phone in Canada: 1-888-637-4412
Email in the US: studyabroad@australearn.org
Email in Canada: studyabroad@australearncanada.org
All other students contact studyabroad@swin.edu.au
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