ATOM & ACMI PRESENT Youth Media Festival Melbourne Saturday 2 July 2016 Celebrating and supporting young content makers
Register at: screenfutures.com facebook/youthmediafestival SECTION
Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) would like to thank the following people for their time and generous support:
SUMMIT AND YOUTH MEDIA FESTIVAL COORDINATORS: Vanessa Pidwell and Matt Jowett
YOUTH MEDIA FESTIVAL PROGRAM SUBCOMMITTEE: Kate McCarthy Ficai, Jon Staley, Campbell McNolty, Emily Siddons, Shaun Larkin, Hugh Mason-Jones, Rebecca Mackey, Jen Farrow
ATOM INTERNS: Rachel Sherlock, Diane Colgan, Anna Vu, Stephanie Wu, Daniel Bowden, Cassandra Chong, Alexander Angliss Wilson
RMITV: Ed Hirst and Jess Junor
THE LEAK CREW: Seonaid Drummond, Andrew Fenaughty and Mimo Mukii
Lisa French and Jodie Olde
ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND HELPERS
ATOM PUBLICATIONS STAFF ESPECIALLY: Peter Tapp, Bev Webb, Zak Hamer and Will Allen
PRIZES KINDLY DONATED BY: The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF), Disney Interactive, Adobe Education and Ted’s Cameras
ARTWORK BY: Kate Moon, katemoon.com.au
WEBSITE & PROGRAM DESIGN BY: Seamus Ashley and Heidi McKinnon, studiofanfare.com
PROGRAM PRINTED BY: Madman Entertainment Thank you A special thanks to all the presenters who have donated their time and expertise and to the generous support of our sponsors, without whom this event would not be possible. Please see back cover for details.
YOUTH2 MEDIA FESTIVAL 2016 SECTION
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At RMIT you’ll learn from screen and media experts to build hands-on, Study with us practical and creative skills. - Screen and Media - Screenwriting RMIT is the place where filmmakers and - Sound Production production companies look for trained, talented - Animation and creative graduates. - Digital and Interactive Media You’ll learn from expert staff who have many years of industry and teaching experience. Visit www.rmit.edu.au and RMIT is situated in the heart of Melbourne and search Communication and features purpose-designed buildings, world class Digital Media equipment and facilities. Take your ideas from storyboard to screen as you learn the creative, professional and technical Open Day skills needed to set your work apart. Sunday 14 August, 10am – 4pm RMIT offers a broad range of study options that specialise in different areas of Screen and Media. Find out which is right for you.
RMIT University CRICOS Provider Code: 00122A. RTO: 3046 Visit the careers expo and win! (LOCATED IN THE CUBE, RED DOORS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ESCALATORS)
Turn your hobby into a career Should you apply for university or training college?
At RMIT you’ll learn from screen and What industry experience will you get? Which media media experts to build hands-on, Study with us streams and programs do they offer? practical and creative skills. - Screen and Media - Screenwriting Get answers to all of these questions when you visit the Careers Expo, where you RMIT is the place where filmmakers and - Sound Production can talk to a range of screen education providers, such as universities, colleges and production companies look for trained, talented - Animation community media organisations. Take the time to talk to them about the courses they and creative graduates. - Digital and Interactive Media offer and the best way to apply, and hear what some of their alumni have gone on to do. You’ll learn from expert staff who have many years of industry and teaching experience. Visit www.rmit.edu.au and Want to graduate with some production experience under your belt? Then sign up to RMIT is situated in the heart of Melbourne and search Communication and a community media organisation and get some runs on the board. features purpose-designed buildings, world class Digital Media equipment and facilities. Take your ideas from storyboard to screen as Win prizes while you’re at it! you learn the creative, professional and technical Open Day skills needed to set your work apart. Sunday 14 August, 10am – 4pm Inside your lanyard you’ll find a blank ‘passport’. Grab a stamp from each stallholder and go in the running for some great prizes, such as a year’s RMIT offers a broad range of study options that subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud, DVDs, Disney Interactive starter packs, specialise in different areas of Screen and Media. Ted’s gift cards and more. Winners will be drawn at the end of the closing Find out which is right for you. Keynote session.
RMIT University CRICOS Provider Code: 00122A. RTO: 3046
screenfutures.com/youth-media-festival/SCREENFUTURES.ORG VENUES
Stairs to Main Entrance & Fed Square SCREEN WORLDS
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EDUCATION ROOM Stage
THE CUBE GALLERY 2 Lightwell Event Space
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ACMI CIMEMA 2 SIGNAL ARTS MELBOURNE Cinemas Level Flinders Walk, Northbank Upstairs from Entry Level (Riverfront, past Flinders St Station)
YOUTH MEDIA FESTIVAL 2016 PROGRAM
SIGNAL SIGNAL ACMI ACMI ACMI ACMI ACMI upstairs downstairs THE CUBE STUDIO 1 STUDIO 2 EDUCATION CINEMA 2 Flinders Walk, Flinders Walk, Galleries Entry Entry ROOM Cinemas Northbank Northbank Level Level Level Galleries Level Level
TIME WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS TALKS + Q&AS WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS SCREENINGS + Q&A
8:00am - REGISTRATION WILL BE OPEN BETWEEN 8:00AM-10:00AM 10:00am at the balcony overlooking the light well at the top of the ACMI escalators
Welcome, followed by a behind-the- scenes look at the 8:45am - VFX for Marvel 10:00am Studios’ feature Ant-Man. Presented by Luma Pictures
10:00am - MORNING BREAK 10:30am
Writing for Come- Syn Workshop: PSC & Apple 10:30am - dy: In Conversation Make Radio with Workshop: 12:00pm with Benjamin Law SYN Media What to The Adobe and Peter Ivan Photograph? RMITV Workshop: Bully Project Mural How to Prepare 12:00pm - Workshop # 1 CHANGE OVER and Conduct a CHANGE OVER 12:30pm Studio Interview Workshop with The Leak continues The School of Rap AWG & AFTRS ACMI Workshop: Workshop: 12:30pm - until 1:30pm Bully Project Panel Producing Sci-Fi ProcrastiNATION: Workshop # 1 Writing for Screen: Reimagining 1:30pm 12:15pm start Finding Your Place Collage in the 1:45pm finish Internet Era
1:30pm - BREAK FOR LUNCH 2:15pm
Tell Your Story, Change the World Bridging the Gap: The ACTF Presents Youthworx (ABC Heywire) 2:15pm - Career Pathways Ready for This Workshop: Act Up: A Basic An Artist, Not a for Emerging Talent Live Q&A APRA AMCOS 3:15pm Guide to Short Work of Art: Reflec- The Adobe The School of Rap Workshop: Filmmaking tions on Creative Bully Project Mural Bully Project Composing Practice Workshop # 2 Workshop # 2 Dynamic Music (Emily Dash) for Games 3:15pm - Workshop Workshop continues continues CHANGE OVER Workshop CHANGE OVER 3:30pm until 4:30pm until 4:30pm continues until 4:30pm Smashed Films ISA workshop: Presented by 3:30pm - Top Screen and The Secret to Big hART and VCE Media Dynamic Screen 4:30pm the Roebourne Acting Community
4:30 - CHANGE OVER 4:45pm
KEYNOTE PANEL 4:45pm - Share Your Passion 5:45pm and Grow an Audi- ence on YouTube
Screening of Bully* for younger 6:00pm - audiences and 7:30pm exhibition of the work created across the day
* Warning: The version of the filmBully that will be screened in the evening is for younger audiences and includes coarse language and scenes of physical bullying
screenfutures.com/youth-media-festival/ SESSIONS
SIGNAL (ARTS MELBOURNE) Workshops
THE ADOBE BULLY PROJECT MURAL SCREENING OF BULLY FOR YOUNGER WORKSHOP AUDIENCES Presented by the Documentary Australia Foundation Presented by the Documentary Australia Foundation 10:30am - 1:30pm and 2:15pm - 4:30pm 6:00pm - 7:30pm Signal Upstairs Signal Downstairs Katie Barry, Documentary Australia Foundation; Tim Kitchen, Adobe This session is a screening of Bully for younger audiences followed by an exhibition of the work Share your voice on our global platform to end bullying. created across the day. Running time: 47 minutes The Adobe Bully Project Mural is an initiative Bully is a beautifully cinematic, character-driven inspired by the award-winning US documentary documentary directed by Sundance- and Emmy- film Bully. This two-hour workshop will teach THE SCHOOL OF RAP BULLY PROJECT award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch. Filmed over you how to use iPad Apps Adobe Post, Adobe WORKSHOP the course of a school year, Bully offers an intimate, Voice and Adobe Clip to speak out against bullying Presented by the Documentary Australia Foundation unflinching look at how bullying has touched the lives of and share your creation with the world. Your 12:15pm - 1:45pm and 2:15pm - 4:30pm fourteen-year-old Alex and sixteen-year-old Kelby and their families. work will be uploaded to The Bully Project Mural – Signal Downstairs a global platform and tapestry of artwork Joel Rapaport, School of Rap Bully opens a window onto the pained and often contributed by people from all walks of life endangered lives of bullied kids, revealing a problem that is used to speak out against, and educate School of Rap and The Bully Project are teaming up that transcends geographic, racial, ethnic and people about, bullying and being an upstander. to film and record your raps about bullying to upload economic borders. Bully has sparked the global Learn more at www.thebullyprojectmural.com. to The Bully Project Mural – the global platform of social campaign The Bully Project, which has recently launched in Australia. Your artwork will also be displayed on the walls artworks to bring an end to bullying. Presented by of Signal, our home for these workshops, and Big Village Records’ hip-hop MC Rapaport, you will learn how to write and perform a rap to help bring featured at the screening of Bully at Signal that WARNING: SUITABLE FOR AGES 13+ same evening. an end to bullying. Your rap will be filmed or recorded and then uploaded to The Bully Project Mural, and you The film Bully for younger audiences includes might even get a chance to perform at the screening scenes of physical bullying and coarse language. of Bully at Signal that evening!
PLEASE NOTE: Bully sessions will be held at the creative arts studio Signal, which is a five-minute walk from ACMI. Participants will be walked down and back to ACMI in a group at the beginning and end of the sessions, and will be asked to remain for the duration of the workshop. Workshops are suitable for secondary-aged students.
ACMI CINEMA 2 Screenings with Q&A
TELL YOUR STORY, CHANGE THE WORLD 2:15pm - 2:40pm ACMI Cinema 2 Alexandra Neill, ABC Heywire
Heywire is a chance for regional and rural youth to have their voices heard. This annual storytelling competition, run by the ABC, showcases what it’s like to grow up in regional, rural and remote Australia. In this session, Heywire alumni and staff discuss the process of creating a Heywire story – from entering the competition, to editing the winning entries and working with ABC producers to transform the stories into pieces for radio or television. Winning Heywire is a chance for young people to not only experience the media process firsthand but also to see the impact a well-told story can have.
AN ARTIST, NOT A WORK OF ART: REFLECTIONS ON CREATIVE PRACTICE A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE VFX FOR MARVEL STUDIOS’ FEATURE ANT-MAN 2:45pm - 3:10pm Presented by Luma Pictures ACMI Cinema 2 9:00am - 10:00am (Arrive early for 8:45am Welcome) Emily Dash, Writer and Performer ACMI Cinema 2 Following a screening of her short filmI Am Not a Work of Art, Emily Dash will present a talk that draws on her own experience as an artist with disability. She will share some Join the team from the international VFX facility Luma Pictures as they take you on an reflections on diverse storytelling and why it is so important. But she will also discuss exclusive inside tour of their visual effects contribution to the 2015 feature filmAnt- the hugely positive impact that her relationships with other creative people have had Man. This session will include a VFX breakdown presentation from the artists as well on her life and her career, and will show why it is crucial for you as an artist to find your as insights into the growth of the VFX industry in Australia and working with a major people, cultivate strong relationships and support the work that gets you inspired. US studio. Audience members will get to ask questions at the end of the session. This session also includes the opportunity for a Q&A.
YOUTH MEDIA FESTIVAL 2016 ACMI CINEMA 2 Screenings with Q&A
SMASHED FILMS: PRESENTED KEYNOTE PANEL: SHARE YOUR PASSION BY BIG HART AND THE ROEBOURNE AND GROW AN AUDIENCE ON YOUTUBE COMMUNITY Presented by YouTube 3:30pm - 4:30pm 4:45pm - 5:45pm ACMI Cinema 2 ACMI Cinema 2 Angela Prior, Big hART, and youth participants Guillaume Deront, YouTube AUNZ from the Yijala Yala Project This session will give an overview of YouTube and cover Smashed Films is a collection of ten short films that the main fundamentals of a creative strategy on the explore the connection between culture, country platform. The session will also look at the future for your and healthy living. From comedy to drama, music to content and the support YouTube provides to its content cuisine, Smashed Films is a funny, touching window creators in Australia and New Zealand. into life in the incredible Pilbara region of Western Australia. Smashed Films was created by over thirty young people from the town of Roebourne through a project delivered by arts and social change company Big hART. Participants were skilled up in all aspects of filmmaking, from location scouting and directing to camera and sound, and everything in between. Join us for a screening and a Q&A with the filmmakers and producers.
ACMI THE CUBE Talks with Q&A
WRITING FOR COMEDY: WRITING FOR SCREEN: FINDING BRIDGING THE GAP: CAREER PATHWAYS IN CONVERSATION WITH YOUR PLACE FOR EMERGING TALENT BENJAMIN LAW AND PETER IVAN Presented by Australian Writers’ Guild & AFTRS 2:15pm - 3:15pm Presented by the Australian Directors’ Guild 12:30pm - 1:30pm ACMI The Cube 10:30am - 12:00pm ACMI The Cube Moderator: Christina Alvarez. Panellists: ACMI The Cube Mike Jones, Multi-platform Writer; Martin Brown, AFTRS; Rebecca Johnston, Moderator: Mark Poole, Writer/Director. Panellists: Peter Mattessi, Screenwriter; Claire Phillips, International Screen Academy; John Cumming, Peter Ivan, Writer/Creator; Benjamin Law, Writer/ Co-writer/Creator; CS McMullen, Screenwriter ASPERA; Donna McRae, Deakin University Creator From webisodes to big-budget feature films, and This panel seeks to explore career pathways This session looks at comedy writing in feature film from interactive media projects to high-end dramas, for emerging talent in the screen industry. and television in 2016, with cutting-edge comedy there are a range of exciting career options for With the increasing number of screens demanding screenwriters Peter Ivan and Benjamin Law. Peter Ivan screenwriters in Australia and overseas. new and engaging content, it would appear is best known for writing Oddball (2015, directed by The screen industry can be difficult to access, that study in screen offers fertile employment Stuart McDonald), the family comedy starring Shane however, and the question of how to get your break opportunities. However, with most screen Jacobson that took $10 million at the Australian in a rapidly changing landscape is ever-present. graduates facing several years of ad-hoc box office. Benjamin Law is best known for writing work before securing a reasonably stable job, The Family Law (from his book), which screened Today’s audiences are increasingly spread over a degree is no longer enough. on SBS this year to great acclaim. The session will a diverse range of media – across screens large, be moderated by Mark Poole, former Head of the small and interactive – and the opportunities for This panel of training providers will discuss their Australian Writers Guild in Victoria. work beyond traditional film and television jobs challenge to balance curriculum with providing are shifting and growing. opportunities that address industry skills gaps, Writers need to be flexible, responsive and with a focus on the space between learning determined but they also need to understand and earning. the changing landscape and how to find their A healthy screen industry relies on successful place in it. talent regeneration, fresh ideas, new perspectives, Please join our fabulous panel to hear about new and diverse voices, and new audiences. the challenges and opportunities available What qualities do the talent of tomorrow need, for screenwriters today. and how can they gain the time and opportunity to prove themselves equitably and sustainably?
TOP SCREEN AND VCE MEDIA 3:30pm - 4:30pm ACMI The Cube Kathy Hendy-Ekers, VCAA; Brett Lamb, State Reviewer – VCE Media; Heather Scott, Top Screen; Top Screen Filmmakers Bridget Webster and Jack Wilson-Lee
This session offers insights into the selection of student work for Top Screen as part of the VCE Season of Excellence. Managed by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, the season is a five-month arts festival celebrating outstanding senior secondary student work from Victorian schools. The State Reviewer and the Curriculum Manager for Media, along with the Top Screen 2016 Coordinator, will form a panel with student filmmakers selected for Top Screen who produced exemplary work for VCE Media. The panel will discuss processes and production planning, as well as application requirements and selection criteria for Top Screen. The filmmakers will also discuss how they tackled the immense task of producing a film of Top Screen calibre while juggling the requirements of the rest of their VCE studies. This session includes a screening of some of the films selected for Top Screen.
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ACMI STUDIO 1 Workshops
HOW TO PREPARE AND CONDUCT READY FOR THIS LIVE Q&A PANEL AND WEBINAR A STUDIO INTERVIEW WITH THE LEAK Presented by Australian Children’s Television Foundation 10:30am - 1:30pm 2:15pm - 3:15pm ACMI Studio 1 ACMI Studio 1 The Leak crew, RMITV Moderators: Peter Maggs and Anna Kamasz, ACTF Panellists: Liz Doran, Head Writer; Madeleine Madden and Aaron McGrath, two of the lead actors Learn how to prepare for and film an interview for broadcast in a TV studio with the cast and producers On paper, Ready for This may seem like your average teen drama, with its relatable storylines of identity, of The Leak. Jump on camera, mic up your talent, friendship, coming-of-age adventure, peer-group pressure, bullying, rebellion and, of course, raging set the lighting, or maybe direct and call the shots hormones. from the control room. Participants will have the But it’s the program’s contemporary, integrated approach to multiculturalism that makes this Logie- opportunity to experience how each crew role award-winning ABC3 series truly unique – it presents Indigenous Australian kids as part of the fabric contributes to a successful production. This session of mainstream television and celebrates a shared humanity, instead of focusing on ‘difference’. Behind has a short break at 12:00pm. the scenes, Ready for This is supporting an emerging mob of young Australian talent. Participants will be invited to be part of the live studio Produced by Werner Film Productions and Blackfella Films, this aspirational thirteen-part series highlights audience when The Leak records at the RMITV Studios the challenges and adventures of six elite teens brought together in a new city in pursuit of their dreams. on Friday 8 July. Join the ACTF for a live Q&A discussion with the cast and creative team.
ACMI STUDIO 2 Workshops
MAKE RADIO WITH SYN MEDIA COMPOSING DYNAMIC MUSIC FOR GAMES Presented by SYN Media Presented by APRA AMCOS 10:30am - 12:00pm 2:15pm - 4:30pm ACMI Studio 2 ACMI Studio 2 Campbell McNolty, Syn Media Meghann O’Neill
Let SYN introduce you to the world of radio, where Composing for videogames is a unique opportunity the possibilities are endless. to design new musical structures. What ideas do you have that game designers may really value? In this session, you will have the opportunity to learn PRODUCING SCI-FI more about community radio in Melbourne and find In this two-hour workshop, play and listen to games Presented by ACMI out how you can have your own program on SYN 90.7. with exemplary musical systems, like FTL and 12:30pm - 1:30pm You’ll also work with a SYN producer to create and Expand. Practise music testing functionality in produce your own radio segment, and if it’s good, ACMI Studio 2 FMOD, an industry middleware tool. Explore the we’ll play it on SYN radio! Bridget Hanna, ACMI different roles available to composers and sound Don’t worry if you’ve never done radio before; designers, both in Australia and overseas. We all love our sci-fi! Awkward dialogue, dodgy green- we’ll teach you everything you need to know. Bring screen effects, explosions galore, tacky spaceships and Towards the end of the session, we’ll make a USB stick with you if you want to take home a copy even tackier aliens. Today’s users of media are creators simple dynamic music for one of three game of your recording. as well as readers and viewers, and are highly aware levels. And each participant will be sent home Even if you’re not from Melbourne, this session could of techniques used to entertain and persuade. In this with three Australian-made independent games, be for you. SYN partners with young producers in filmmaking workshop, you will learn how to create to be redeemed on Steam, to inspire your future regional areas and helps them to get broadcast too. B-grade sci-fi effects using iPad apps. music making.
YOUTH MEDIA FESTIVAL 2016 ACMI EDUCATION ROOM Screenings with Q&A
WHAT TO PHOTOGRAPH? Presented by Photography Studies College 10:30pm - 12:30pm ACMI Education Room Sarina Lirosi, Photography Studies College; Steve Hider, Apple
This workshop is about how we interpret the world around us through pictures. It also encourages you to think about ideas and subject matter for your photographs. It teaches you to respond to a brief within a limited timeframe and within the constraints of a particular location. You will be given a sealed envelope that contains a secret brief. These briefs will be revealed to participants on the day. You will be asked to brainstorm your responses to the brief before taking pictures with your phone in Federation Square and the surrounding area. You will need to take at least ten pictures, to be posted on Instagram with the hashtag provided. The pictures will be shared on screen with the group before the end of the workshop.
PROCRASTINATION: REIMAGINING ACT UP: A BASIC GUIDE TO SHORT THE SECRET TO DYNAMIC COLLAGE IN THE INTERNET ERA FILMMAKING SCREEN ACTING 12:30pm - 1:30pm Presented by Youthworx Presented by the International Screen Academy ACMI Education Room 2:15pm - 3:15pm 3:30pm - 4:30pm Xanthe Dobbie, New Media Artist and Curator ACMI Education Room ACMI Education Room Amelia Mazis and Zach Broomhall, Youthworx Rebecca Johnston, International Screen Academy Join new media artist Xanthe Dobbie for a workshop that explores and reinterprets ideas behind In this session, two young producers from Youthworx Acting for the screen is more than just learning lines and contemporary collage practice. Bridge the divide Productions – Amelia and Zach – will discuss the Live performing them in front of a camera. For screen acting between low-brow and high-brow culture and harness Up series of short films they helped produce, followed to be truly interesting, you must be prepared to work the power of the internet by applying traditional collage by an interactive ‘how to’ in relation to the basics of hard, research the character, know who you are, where techniques to new technologies. In the age of memes, short filmmaking. The session will cover some of the and when you are, have an objective for the scene, be gifs and Tumblr feeds, fine art has the capacity to basic dos and don’ts in a hands-on manner and will clear on the relationship to the other characters, analyse transcend the lived experience, opening itself up to look at how to create entertaining content from a young the script, understand what’s at stake for your character, an expansive universe of potential source material. person’s perspective for other young people. This and have an opinion about every single thing you say. Embrace the ultimate tools of procrastination and allow promises to be an engaging and interactive session with When you’ve explored all of this, be prepared to throw yourself to slip into a cyber-vortex of trash and treasure. lots of practical tips for creating great short films. the homework away, trust your technique and just PLAY. The internet is rampant with complex, artistic beauty – Put your focus on the other actor, pursue your objective, it’s just a matter of finding the right search engine. and be willing to take on and implement any instruction from the director. Demystify the art of acting for the screen during this one-hour workshop with the Head of Acting from Australia’s leading Film Acting School.
LIVE on the Fed Square Screen
A selection of short films and community television from our youth partners and presenters.
See screenfutures.com/youth-media-festival/ for program details.
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