Youth Media Festival Melbourne Saturday 2 July 2016 Celebrating and Supporting Young Content Makers
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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 Welcome to the 2016 Youth Media Festival! ATOM and ACMI acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations as the traditional owners of the land on which the festival stands. ATOM and ACMI respectfully recognise elders both past and present. Welcome to our second major Youth Media Festival, held alongside the 2016 Screen Futures Summit. It gives us great pleasure to invite you to a day of inspiration and skill development that will hopefully be a milestone in your journey to becoming successful media producers. The creative industries are burgeoning and there has never been a better time to find your voice and your audience. We hope you enjoy the talks, screenings and workshops, and don’t forget to hash tag #YOMF2016 on social media. – THE 2016 YOUTH MEDIA FESTIVAL SUBCOMMITTEE screenfutures.com/youth-media-festival/ Turn your hobby into a career 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 Schools Entrance EDUCATION ROOM Stage THE CUBE GALLERY 2 Lightwell Event Space Stairs to GALLERY 1 Flinders St Entrance ACMI STUDIOS 1 & 2 ACMI CUBE & EDUCATION ROOM Entry Level Galleries Level Enter from Federation Square DownstairsLONSDALE STREET from Entry Level BURKE STREET COLLINS STREET FLINDERS STREET SWANSTON STREET SWANSTON Walking path from ACMI to Signal ELIZABETH STREET ELIZABETH ACMI AND FLINDERS FED SQUARE STREET STATION Princes Walk SIGNAL ARTS MELBOURNE Southbank Promenade 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 film Bully 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.