Short Circuit Seminar

01 Feb, 6.30pm - 8.30pm

More people are making short films than ever before. But what happens once the film is made? How do you ensure that as many people as possible get to see your work?

Speed Networking

22 Feb, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Little black book of Sydney screen professionals needs updating? Come down to Metro Screen and let us introduce you to your next wave of collaborators and contacts.

Australian filmmaking: Making feature films from start to finish

10 Mar, 7pm – 8.30pm. No charge.
Presented by the Australian Film Festival, Filmink and Metro Screen. Hosted by the Apple Store, Bondi.
Join us for a conversation with Australian filmmakers Andrew Traucki ‘The Reef’, Louise Alston ‘Jucy’ and Gale Edwards ‘A Heartbeat Away’.

Interactive Seminar

29 Mar, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
The line between creative screen projects and interactive content is blurring. What does this mean for storytelling? Just how transferrable are traditional screen skills in the interactive arena?

Career Advice Round Tables

07 Apr, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
With a maximum of 10 participants per table, you will have the chance to hear from established professionals and learn from their career path choices, opportunities they seized, possible avenues to follow and how best to achieve a successful career in the industry.

Indigenous Screen Creators: What's The Law?

26 May, In partnership with Metro Screen and Screen Australia, AITB is pleased to present a workshop for Indigenous screen creators. The workshop will focus on the legal issues affecting screen creators and includes presentations on copyright law, contracts and chain of title, as well as ICIP issues, online distribution and broadcasters’ requirements.

Metro Screen's Night at CREATIVE SYDNEY 01 June

Featuring emerging transmedia artists from Metro Screen for a 'show and tell' session followed by a seminar with leading screen practitioners from Metro Screen and around the world asking the question "Are you experiential?'

Metro Screen's session at ENCORE LIVE - Branded Content 07 June

Creatively integrating a brand into transmedia content is not the same as showing the product on screen. Learn from those who have obtained money from the big brands. We are living in a world so overexposed to traditional advertising that audiences are looking for a more sophisticated way to engage with their favourite brands. If you are working in this area and your entertainment turns into a blatant ad - maybe that's a fail!

MIPTV 2011 Branded Entertainment Keynote: Miles Young, Ogilvy
MIPTV 2011 The Art of The Deal - panel

Metro Screen Filmmaker Studio Series at SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

1. Jody Shapiro, Fri 10 Jun, 11am - 12.30pm

2. Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody, Tue 14 Jun, 11am - 12.30pm

3. Hattie Dalton, Wed 15 Jun, 11am - 12.30pm

4. Sophie Hyde and Matthew Bate, Fri 17 Jun, 11am - 12.30pM

Video Production Workflow: From DSLR to Final Cut Pro 

Led by Ingrid Rowell Metro Screen's Hire and Post Production Manager.
See photos here

Speed Networking 30 June

At Apple Store, Bondi
Does your little black book of Sydney screen professionals need updating? Meet potential collaborators and contacts in the film, TV, online, portable and transmedia industries. No bookings needed, just turn up. 7pm - 8pm.

Taking A Film To Market

17 Aug, 6.00pm - 8.30pm

Ever wondered what really goes on at a major international Film Market like Cannes, Berlin, MIPCOM or at a local one like MIFF’s 37°South Market? Come down to Metro Screen to find out.

 

Reality TV Editors Panel

28 Sep, 7.30pm - 8.30pm. No charge.

Come and listen to a panel of reality TV Editors speak on how to break into the industry and what’s involved in Reality TV editing.

Each of our esteemed panellists will discuss how they got started in the industry as well as explaining the creative process of putting together an episode for a flagship show like “Masterchef”; including finding the story in the hundreds of hours of footage shot and the technical skill and stamina required to be a successful TV editor.

 

The National Pitch winner is Jehan Ratnatunga Open Channel

Represent Australia at the MPA CICE Film Workshop in Beijing 2011. The Motion Picture Association [MPA] Asia Pacific partners with the China International Copyright Expo [CICE] to host the MPA-CICE Film Workshop in Beijing this December. 

The National Pitch 2011 was held on 12 Oct at The Chauvel in Sydney.

  

Movie Extra Tropfest and tropJr information session 2011

03 Nov, 6.30pm - 8.30pm

This night will give those looking to enter this iconic Australian short film festival the opportunity to find out about the entry process, selection criteria, and filmmaker activities for Movie Extra Tropfest and Trop Jr 2012.

 

OPEN DAY  12 Nov, 10am – 4pm, no charge.

Find out how Metro Screen can help your career in the film, TV, online and portable content industries.