This one is a biggie: today we’ll hear the 5 concepts from the CW students and you’ll give your preferences to form groups. We’ll cover a few other things as well, read on…
Production
Stop Laughing This is Serious – ABC iView
Thanks Gabby for this great suggestion. Stop Laughing This Is Serious is a 3 part series about Australian comedy, featuring interviews with numerous established comedy performers. It looks like episode 2 & 3 are still available online, so it would be great for you to check this out and see if you can get some ideas or inspiration.
Monday 1st August: Robyn Winslow Masterclass
Just a reminder that the Lectorial for Monday week 3 will be the Robyn Winslow Masterclass. This will take place in 13.3.09, and should run for the whole 2 hour session. Be sure to bring a laptop or some writing materials.
See you there!
Submitting Assessment Task 1
Choosing your concept
During Wednesday’s workshop in week 3 the CW students will present their 5 concepts to us. A great deal of work will have gone into this process at their end, so I’m very excited to see what they will come up with.
As discussed in week 2, the way you will nominate which concept you want to work on (and, in turn, the group that you’ll work with) will be a ‘silent ballot’ type system. Instructions are as follows.
Media – Week 2 Workshop
Pretty straight forward today, our focus during this session will be on Assessment Task 1 – Scripted Shoot & Edit. The script is available in the GOOD FORM – CONTENT / Week 2 folder on Google Drive, as some of you have already seen.
Sponsorship opportunity
Here’s a nice little opportunity passed on by Brian Morris from Media. The Macedon Ranges Film Society is offering sponsorship for local filmmakers, or films that use the Macedon Ranges as a location within their work. Check out the SPONSORSHIP DETAILS Doc below for more details.
But! Please don’t let this dictate your idea. If you have a great concept that requires a specific setting, then don’t change it to suit this opportunity. It’s possible that it will be a very competitive application process, and could also be a long time before the funds are released, so you shouldn’t put all of your eggs into this basket.
I’ll leave the rest to you!
SPONSORSHIP DETAILS – Click to view
Media – Lectorial Week 2
Today we’ll chat a bit more about studio specifics, including assessment tasks and the weekly schedule. Then we’ll take a look at some of the series’ you’ve been watching, and get started on Assessment Task 2: Describe & Analyse, Reflect.
Media – Updated weekly schedule
I mentioned in week 1 that the plan would evolve as we go, so here is an updated weekly schedule. Please familiarise yourself with it as there are some very important milestones coming up, including Assessment Task due dates and guest lectures!
The writer’s brief
Link to the writer’s brief available HERE
Thank you to the CW crew for your feedback on the brief – some very useful points were raised about the role of writers, how the writer/director relationship will works, logistical concerns such as minimising multiple locations, creative concerns about limiting the amount of characters in each episode, and episode durations. It was great to hear that the CWs understand these challenges, and were very receptive to our suggestions.
We concluded that most of these concerns can be addressed through development, but it’s great to be thinking about them from the start. Some CWs also expressed an interest in acting in their own series’ as well, which the Ms were very receptive to.