Tuesday
We were split into our course groups and got our hands on some cameras. About twelve students in each class.
Sucked the video we captured with the cameras up into our laptops, and did a bit of editing in Final Cut.
Our theme was mood and it was raining all day. Almost all the works were somber, bar one by an Italian girl who managed to find colour and movement in the Fox studios precinct despite the rain.
Wednesday
Three hours of occupational health and safety lecturing by two guys who worked in the entertainment industry.
Almost enough to put me off making films.
By the time they had finished, the main point I got from it isn’t that it’s too hard to make films these days, but that film makers are supposed to demonstrate that they made a proper effort to protect ‘life and property’ during the production.
In the afternoon we had a stunt workshop where we were introduced to famous Ozzie stuntman Grant Page. After a short talk we got to flip off a tower into an air bag, wave our hands through fire, and simulate hitting each other.
My theory is that the school is cramming as much action as they can into the first week to inspire people for the rest of the year.
Thursday
We were shown some examples of physical humor (slapstick) and then where split into groups of four, we checked cameras out of the Store, and were set a task to produce a short piece on the subject of OH&S
The results have been posted here…
http://www.youtube.com/user/AFTRSFoundation
Friday
Went through some interpersonal communication exercises, had a chat about professional practice (work place ethics,) and then got to present our short films for each other to critique.
We got Friday afternoon off (two of the other groups didn’t)
I think it was cause we and another group were crammed into a single room together
We finished off the week with an online multiple choice test that we all had to complete by Sunday night.
The whole week was designed to soak every student in OH&S good practice.
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