Distribution platforms, open platforms, Creative Commons licenses, portable content, videocast - what is it, what does it all mean for filmmakers, and how can it be used to their advantage? Join us at FRAMED #04: DIGITISE ME!, for our regular free lunchtime seminar series, at Digital Harbour Theatrette.
Presented by OPEN CHANNEL, FRAMED #04 speakers include:
Andrew Apostola, Portable Film Festival (facilitator)
Jim Shomos, Producer, Forget the Rules
Dr Lisa Dethridge, author of WRITING YOUR SCREENPLAY
Kylie Robertson, Creative Director, ISH MEDIA
Sherwin Akbarzadeh, Project Manager, TALKING DOCKLANDS
Where: Digital Harbour Theatrette, Innovation Building, 1010 Latrobe St,
Docklands
About the speakers:
ANDREW APOSTOLA
Andrew's background lies predominantly in community media, working for a range of broadcasters and media providers in Australia and he is well known for successfully launching the Student Youth Network alongside co-founder Simon Goodrich in Melbourne in 2003. The network is the largest youth media organisation in Australia, operating a full-time terrestrial radio license and broadcasting on television and the web.
DR LISA DETHRIDGE
Dr. Lisa Dethridge is Program Leader for the Master of Arts (Creative Writing) program. She is author of WRITING YOUR SCREENPLAY (pub. Allen and Unwin, 2003) and has twenty years experience writing for film, TV and print in Australia and the United States. She has a PhD. in Media Ecology from New York University. She has worked with producers and writers for major and independent studios and networks. Clients include Fox, Warner, Working Title, MTV, CBS, NBC, CNN, Granada, SBS, the Australian Film Commission and ABC Australia. She has written for magazines and journals, including a regular column for Vogue Australia. She has taught writing and media communications at the American Film Institute, the Writers Program at the University of California, Los Angeles; New York University and the Australian Film, TV and Radio School. Her research interests include virtual communications and community; non linear narrative; screenwriting; theatre scripts; artificial intelligence; virus and viral culture.
KYLIE ROBERTSON
Creative Director of Ish Media, Kylie Robertson is a multi award-winning practitioner, expert, and sought after speaker in the field of interactive and cross platform media. Kylie, originally trained as a scientific photographer, progressed to international recognition as an interactive filmmaker with her film ‘Silent Passages’ which won a spot at MILIA 2000 Cannes and festival screenings around the world. Kylie has worked as a senior interactive designer and studio manager at Digital Pictures where her work spanned both broadcast and interactive platforms. An alumni of the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film & TV, Kylie lectured at VCA in visual effects and broadcast design from 2002-2005 and has taught Imaging Theory to creative media students at RMIT.
ABOUT ISH MEDIA
Ish Media champions great story telling, harnessing constantly-evolving technology to create digital media concepts and content to engage and delight audiences no matter what the delivery platform: broadcast, internet, wireless, mobile. Ish Media also offers unique services to enable content creators, companies and marketers to engage one-to-one with their target audience.
JIM SHOMOS
Jim is a writer/producer or producer on a range of feature films, Heritage TV and digital media projects – and is the creator of the award winning interactive cross-media production: forget the rules. Jim is working with Clayton & Shane Jacobson (Kenny) on digital media series, Mordy Koots, starring Shane and featuring a world-first visual concept conceived by Clayton. Jim is a regular mentor on AFTRS Laboratory for Advanced Media Production (LAMP, established in Australia by Gary Hayes, ex BBC). Jim has also worked as a storyliner on Neighbours, copywriter on Sale of The Century, and is a published songwriter. Jim studied writing and production at AFTRS in Sydney in 1998 following a business and marketing background. Jim is a co-winner of the 2007 Greg Tepper award from Film Victoria. Let’s Talk Pty Ltd is a leader in the development of original cross-media and interactive TV formats. Let’s Talk co-produced forget the rules - the first comedy/drama series in the world to broadcast all episodes on TV, broadband and mobiles. FTR1 was broadcast on Channel V/Foxtel, 3 mobiles and the FTR website (39 x 3-min episodes) 10 October 2005 to 8 January 2006. FTR2 screened November/December 2007. The 30 x 3min episodes were broadcast on Optus TV, Optus mobiles the official FTR website and You Tube. forget the rules won Best Interactive Format at the 2006 MIPCOM Internet & Mobile TV Awards. Jim has been a regular speaker or mentor at digital media workshops & seminars across Australia and has been an official speaker at MIPTV 2008 & MIPCOM 2007 in Cannes.
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