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FRAMED #05 – Get Smart! Getting Agent-Ready / Getting into the Screen
Industry
Come along and hear 2008 Cannes Jury Prize winner producer Stuart Parkyn and industry icon Sound Designer Gary Wilkins impart wisdom about the screen industry's do's and dont's in Open Channel's free upcoming seminar FRAMED #05 - Get Smart! Getting Agent-Ready / Getting into the Screen Industry.
What's the relationship between the agent and the screen practitioner? Common feedback from previous Framed sessions has indicated that this is a topic that filmmakers are keen to know more about...
So, you've just graduated from film school - where to next? Getting on an agent's books, whether as a crew member, technician, writer, DOP or director requires certain experience. At what stage can you approach an agent for representation? What level of experience is expected for different practitioners? What are some of the common career pathways? Finally, we'll ask the panel about ways in which collaborations between the crew and the creative team can be strengthened. Speakers to include Stuart Parkyn, producer of Jerrycan which was recently awarded the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Speakers:
Stuart Parkyn, Producer
Gary Wilkins, Sound Designer
Kristian Connelly, General Manager, Cinema Nova
Bridget Callow, Producer/ Production Manager
Kylie Smith, Marketing Manager, AT2
Sue Marriott, Facilitator
When: Thursday 3 July 2008, 12.30 - 2pm
Where: Digital Harbour Theatrette, Innovation Building, 1010 Latrobe St, Docklands
RSVP: marketing@openchannel.org.au
Light refreshments will be provided.
FREE
FilmCrew Victoria: Getting Agent-Ready (PDF)
RESOURCES
The two main film technician/ crew agencies are:
Freelancers Promotions www.freelancers.com.au
Film Crew Victoria www.fcvic.com.au
Stacey Testro International represents writers, directors, producers, composers, directors of photography, and actors www.sti.com.au
AT2
Cast your own independent film using AT2's innovate new online casting tool iCast. The service is free to independent and student film productions. AT2 is an online tool, listing around 20,000 artists, that is used by professional casting directors to broadcast casting auditions to talent agents and freelance artists, specifying production dates, rates and role information. Agents and artists can submit to these roles by attaching their online portfolio and sending it back through the site. This means that casting directors aren't bombarded by emails with resume and photo attachments, rather AT2 sorts and organises the submissions by role and by agency, including contact details. AT2 provides a service to emerging filmmakers and have cast lots of work - the Matrix, Star Wars, Ghost Rider, Knowing, The Lion King, Priscilla, pretty much every TVC made in Oz, plus corporate work, student films, Tropfest entries, and more.
To find out more go to www.at2.com.au and click JOIN NOW
FRAMED 2008 is generously supported by Film Victoria.
