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Art of Mastering Comedy

If you weren't able to catch the conversation between Oscar®-nominated writer and director Francis Veber (La Cage aux Folles, The Valet, Tais-toi! and The Dinner Game) and Steve Kaplan, consultant and script doctor to some of the biggest names in the business such as DreamWorks, Disney, HBO, Paramount and Touchstone, on the art of mastering comedy, you can now watch a recording here.

  Veber & Kaplan

High Concept Movies

Hollywood script consultant Michael Hauge came to Sydney to lead The High Concept Movie Workshop, a Screen Australia development initiative designed for selected screenwriters who were committed to writing a high concept movie. During his time here, Michael presented two hugely popular public lectures at AFTRS on the principles of the high concept movie. Watch two recordings from these public lectures.

   Michael Hauge

Behind the screen

A glimpse into filmmakers' tricks
of the trade on Screen Australia's YouTube channel.

Check out:

  • Shooting thriller The Reef
  • On set with Warwick Thornton on Samson & Delilah
  • Behind the scenes on Animal Kingdom
  • Balibo webisodes

   You Tube SA channel

In conversation

Educator and critic Robert Rosen
talks to Sue Maslin about narrative storytelling and its significance both
on and off the screen.

“You don’t put your vision on the screen – other people with whom you talk put your vision on the screen, so you better know how to talk."
Screen Australia Development News, October 2010

 

 Robert Rosen

Interviews with screen practitioners and industry experts on the former Australian Film Commission site.

Navigating the marketplace

Read travel reports by Screen Australia staff - insights and leads from international festivals and markets.

Hone your marketing skills with resources from Screen Australia seminars and forums

Low-budget filmmaking

Access a range of resources on low-budget filmmaking from the AFC's IndiVision program.