Posted in friday on my mind on October 5th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Birds of a Feather
Simon Whiteley on The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Following the international success of Happy Feet with George Miller, Australia’s Animal Logic has sunk its talons into producing the Zack Snyder directed action animation The Legend of the Guardian: the Owls of Ga’Hoole.
Simon Whiteley will talk us though the design of key characters and environments to create this spectacular air display.
Special guest:
• Simon Whiteley – production designer (Babe, The Matrix, Happy Feet, Legend of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga’Hoole)
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, October 8
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. All welcome.
Posted in my inspiration on October 5th, 2010 by Rachael – 1 Comment
“The morning sun when it’s in your face really shows your age…”
I don’t know if Reg Livermore meant a bunch of 15-year-olds rubbing sleep from their bedheads as they duck out for a day of skating but I love the way old toons can be reinterpreted.
Check out this nice little nostalgic short Wake Up written and directed by Rex Woods, son of one of our industry’s super creative couples Rowan Woods and Jacquelin Perske.
“It’s late September and I really should be back at school…”
Film school for this one too, perhaps?
Posted in friday on my mind on September 27th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Rake
Peter Duncan
On November 4, ABC TV and writer/director Peter Duncan will launch new drama series Rake, chronicling the cases of Cleaver Green (Richard Roxburgh), a criminal defence lawyer who defends “bigamists to cannibals and everything in between”.
With a character inspired by the notorious real-life barrister and author Charles Waterstreet, we look at the rise of the antihero protagonist (think bad boy contemporaries House, Breaking Bad and the BBC’s upcoming Sherlock) and how to build empathy with them.
Special guest:
• Peter Duncan – writer/director (Rake, Unfinished Sky, Children of the Revolution)
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, October 1
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. All welcome.
Posted in friday on my mind on September 21st, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
War and Appease
The Journalist, the Documentarian and the Truth
They say the first casualty of war is truth… The Child, the Death and The Truth*, directed by German journalist and filmmaker Esther Schapira, investigates the shooting and editing of a TV news item that shook the world – the death of a Palestinian boy and the wounding of his father when caught in a deadly crossfire between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters. What unfolds is an intriguing examination of news practice and reportage in the age of celebrity.
– How is the relationship of trust established between newsroom and viewer?
– How are new technologies changing the images we see?
– What are the increasing pressures on networks, journalists and documentary filmmakers alike with the rise of social media?
Special guests:
• Dr Claudia Schreiner – Head of Programming: History, Culture and Science at ARD/MDR Germany
• Liz Jackson – ABC/Four Corners journalist and five-time Walkley Award winner
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, September 24
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
* change of format for this week only: free screening of the film starts 5pm with panel session starting 6pm.
An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. All welcome.
Posted in my articles on September 8th, 2010 by Rachael – 1 Comment
My latest story for The Sydney Morning Herald:
Maiden Voyages
Eat Pray Love is the latest in a string of movies to examine the feminine drive for love. My own sordid tale is no exception…
To read in full, click here.
Posted in friday on my mind on August 31st, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
South Solitary
Shirley Barrett
Writer/director Shirley Barrett talks about her career from the 1996 Cannes Caméra d’Or winning Love Serenade to opening night film from the Sydney Film Festival, South Solitary, and the delicate craft in balancing drama and comedy.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, September 3
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
– with a free screening of South Solitary!
An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. All welcome.
Posted in friday on my mind on August 23rd, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Character and Concept
Jacquelin Perske
As her new show Spirited launches on Foxtel, and with a slate of new projects in the pipeline, we talk to screenwriter Jacquelin Perske (Love My Way, Star Wars TV) about the creation of TV drama that is rich in character detail, high in ambition and epic in scope – and how the writer can take a front seat role in steering its development.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, August 27
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
– get in early to secure your seat, after three consecutive weeks full house!
An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. All welcome.
Posted in friday on my mind on August 16th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Explosive Scripts
Stuart Beattie
Internationally celebrated screenwriter Stuart Beattie (Collateral, Pirates of the Caribbean) talks about his directorial debut Tomorrow, When the War Began and what it takes to make films in which people and studios want to invest.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, August 20
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
– first come first served, so get in early to secure your seat!
An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. All welcome.
Posted in my reviews on August 12th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Writer/Director: Taika Waititi
Producers: Cliff Curtis, Ainsley Gardiner, Emanuel Michael
[In Australian cinemas August 26 through Transmission Films]
Having already overtaken Whale Rider as the highest grossing New Zealand film of all time, this hilarious tale of the underdog combines finely drawn characterisation with the understated humour of Beached As; the same classical composition and mesmirising child performances of Taika Waititi’s Oscar nominated short Two Cars, One Night (one of my favourite shorts of all time) and the quirky, indy sensibility of his first feature Eagle Versus Shark.
In my Q&A last night, writer/director and actor Waititi explained that his homage to the ’80s stemmed partly from his own childhood experience but also from a filmmaker’s desire to avoid the all-too-fast obsolecence of technology; opting instead for something that was “already daggy.”
A touching coming-of-age story of family, identity and national pride – in tight pants and fluorescent tights.
See the mashup here that saw a nationalistic anthem go to number three on the charts. Guaranteed to make you smile, moonwalk and/or twirl a poi.
Posted in friday on my mind on August 9th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
International Film Finance
Brian Rosen
As former head of the Film Finance Corporation, Brian Rosen spent years deep amongst deal negotiations for Australian films. Now working on his own at an international level, he will talk about what the likes of Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment want when they consider deals with Australian projects.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, August 13
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. All welcome.
