film, video & TV training | professional development

Discipline/s:	writing & directing
Level:	Intermediate
Course code Date/s & times:	Register your interest
Contact hours:	36
Places:	10
Fee:	$490 OC members  / $580 non members (Membership: $55 / $40 concession - join Open Channel here)
Prerequisites:	Basic Final Cut Pro skills and a story concept preferable

 

Designed for beginners, this course provides you with essential skills for directing for the screen. Apply your skills by directing a cast of actors under the guidance of an industry professional.

The course also overs:

• Developing your vision
• Working with the script
• The producer and director relationship
• Casting, rehearsing and working with actors
• Working with key collaborators including cinematographer, designer, composer and sound designer
• The on set environment & blocking the scene
• Communicating using diagrammatic tools such as storyboards and shot plans
• Working with the editor
• Building your career

Who should do this course?
Anyone wanting to learn the basics of directing for a screen production.

Where can I go after this course?
Graduates can plan to direct their own short project, seek an attachment to a professional Director, or apply their skills to a range of other filmmaking craft or technical roles.

Are you interested in being Accredited for this course?
Read about Accreditation Options on Short Courses

How do I Enrol?
Simply print an Enrolment Form and return to us with payment to secure a place in the Short Course. See the Enrolment Form for details on how to pay.
Short Courses Application Form (pdf)

If you wish to enrol in this course as part of a full Certificate III in Media / Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media, with up-front payment, click here.

Tutor
Jonathan auf der Heide
Jonathan auf der Heide recently directed the feature Van Diemen’s Land, which has screened at festivals including Adelaide Film Festival, Brisbane Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Revelation Film Festival in Perth, Edinburgh Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival and Montreal Film Festival. In 2008, Jonathan won Best Student Film & Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival. He has several years experience teaching filmmaking. Jonathan's next project in development is set in the 1970s, and follows a touring indigenous boxing troupe.

Past Tutor
Chris Langman
Chris Langman is originally from Melbourne, Australia and has directed films, television and TV commercials as well as numerous music videos around the globe. His credits include Blue Heelers, Kylie: Greatest Hits, Stingers, Ponderosa, Water Rats and Heartbreak High. He currently works out of Los Angeles, California.
chrislangman.com