CASULA: Shooting Out West [May 2003]
NSW FTO, Metro Screen and Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre hosted a day of workshops, seminars and screenings, offering people in western Sydney a taste of the film and television industry. The Mobile Unit ran 14 workshops enabling 140 participants to gain skills in video production, web design + final cut pro.
140 participants
Partners: NSW FTO


CASINO AND MUNGUNDI: Indigenous Mentor Scheme [May – Jun 2003]
Mobile Unit equipment was used on two shoots by first time indigenous writer/directors John Bell of Casino and Angela Stanley of Mungundi. John Bell’s film “And Justice for All” is a comic short film set in the 1950’s about racial segregation in Northern NSW. Angela Stanley’s film “Harriet’s Daughter” is a documentary on Madge Doreen Warren, the last surviving witness of the Mungindi aboriginal massacre.


YOUNG: Short Film Shoot [Jun 2003]
Nine people between the ages of 14 + 19 from the Young Shire produced two short films through Metro Screen’s Mobile Unit. The 25-hour video production workshop was organised by Young Shire Council’s Youth Development Officer Anthony King who arranged sponsorship through NRMA Insurance and the RTA. Alcohol abuse and speeding were the key issues in the films entitled 'Drunken Mistake' and 'Missed Opportunity'. Local WIN TV (Griffith) and Prime TV (Wagga Wagga) included the workshops in the nightly news coverage.The films are now used as an educational resource to increase awareness on the effects of alcohol + speeding
9 participants
Partner: Young Shire Council, NRMA and RTA


TUMUT: Flicks in the Sticks Conference [Jun 2003]
Metro Screen’s Training Manager Amelia Carew-Reid attended the NSW FTO “Flicks in the Sticks” conference to meet possible cinema owners and committees to discuss projectionist training.


BLUE MOUNTAINS AND COLEDALE: Two Short Film Productions [Jun 2003]
Two regional documentary makers Gary Kaganoff of the Blue Mountains and Jasmine Hurst of Coledale on the South Coast both received Mobile Unit equipment subsidies for their short film projects.


BEGA: South Eastern Region Film Festival [Jul 2003]
The South East Region Film Festival incorporated a 19 hour documentary workshop as part of the Festival program. People between the ages of 12 and 24 living in the South East Region of NSW were invited to submit a script or storyboard. 12 were selected to participate in the workshop. Three short docos were produced and were screened at the South East Region Film Festival.
12 participants
Partner: South East Region Film Festival


BANKSTOWN: Westies Workshop for Arabic Youth [Sep 2003]
Young people from the Arabic speaking community in Western Sydney had an opportunity to train in video production through an initiative between Metro Screen’s Tools and Technology program and Virus media. Production workshops took place at the Bankstown Youth Development Services premises. The training was open to young people from the Arabic speaking community between 18 and 25.
24 participants
Partners: Bankstown Youth Development Services and Virus Media


GLEBE: Indigenous Unit of the Australian Film Commission [Sep ­ Oct 2003]
The Indigenous Unit of the AFC ran 6 day video production and Visual Storytelling Workshops for their drama series Initiatives for Dramatically Black, a series of 6 x 26 minute dramas. The workshops were for directors shooting scenes in different ways and cutting them together to experiment with point of view, subjective and objective, and different styles of coverage.
12 participants
Partner: AFC


GUNNEDAH: Train the Trainer from the Certificate IV in Assessment + Workplace Training [Sep – Oct 2003]
A Workplace Assessor and Training course was run in Goulburn, as a follow up to the Certificate III in Cinema Projection. The qualification is useful to participants working within all areas of cinema operations to manage themselves and others, and to pass on the skills learnt through the Cinema Projectionist course to their co-workers and others within their community.
12 participants
Partner: NSW Film and Television Office


GUNNEDAH: Certificate III in Cinema Projection [Oct – Nov 2003]
In response to the expanding revival of cinema activity in regional NSW, Metro Screen received further funding from the NSW Film and Television Office to run a second Cinema Projectionist program in regional NSW. The training program was designed for people working or volunteering as cinema projectionists. The course combines technical and theoretical training with hands-on experience and covers a range of practical topics including the operation of various projection formats as well as the care and maintenance of both film and cinema equipment. On completion of the formal coursework, students developed their practical skills through work experience attachments with local cinemas.
12 participants
Partner: NSW Film and Television Office


CAMPBELLTOWN: Indigenous Video Production Workshop [Nov – Dec 2003]
The Yura Yulang Community Drug Action Team and Campbelltown City Council partnered with Metro Screen to jointly produce a number of videos on key issues (drugs, alcohol, family violence, juvenile justice and teenage pregnancy) identified as pertinent to the young Indigenous community in the Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly local government areas. Pupils from Sarah Redfern and Airds High Schools, at risk of leaving school, attended the workshops which ran over 58 hours in total. The Aboriginal Education Advisors based at the high schools also attended workshop. The resulting video works were screened locally and were distributed within the community to further the understanding of issues faced by young Indigenous people.
12 participants
Partners: Yura Yulang Community Drug Action Team and Campbelltown City Council