Ready to get filming in the Origin8 Fast Film Festival are Crows Nest State School students (from left) Tanika Spierenburg, Ben Reinke, Caitlin Fraser, Nicole Atkinson and Chloe Wood with facilitator Josh Long.
STUDENTS across the Toowoomba and Western Downs regions have been busy fine-tuning their filmmaking skills in preparation for the annual Origin8 Fast Film Festival.? ?
In its fourth year, Origin8 Fast Film Festival is a 24-hour filmmaking competition open to entrants of all ages.? ?
To ensure participants are set to take up the filmmaking challenge, the Empire Theatre has been offering in-school workshops for potential entrants.? ?
Brisbane-based filmmaker Josh Long, who has a passion for grassroots, no budget filmmaking, has been introducing students across the region to fun, low stress and low budget filmmaking.? ?
Empire Theatre Projects Manager Jeanette Wedmaier said Josh's workshops offered potential participants the knowledge and skills they needed to create a film in a very small window of time.?
? "The workshops aim to inspire students to look at filmmaking differently and to encourage them to think outside the box to overcome any unexpected obstacles," she said.? ?
"We are expecting a number of school groups to participate in the festival this year, so these workshops have given them a small taste of what they can expect."? ?
Students at Toowoomba State High School Mt Lofty Campus, Our Lady of the Southern Cross Dalby, Downlands College and Lockyer Valley and Crow's Nest State Schools will participate in the workshops.? ?
In addition to the $3,000 prize for best fast film, there will be a $500 prize for best Under 18 team plus more cash and prizes.? ?
Teams of up to eight people can register for the festival held over the weekend of August 17 to 19. ?
Early registrations close tomorrow 10 August at 5pm.? ?
For more information, phone the Empire Theatre on 1300 655 299, visit www.empiretheatre.com.au or email origin8@empiretheatre.com.au. ??
Source: http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2012/08/09/students-get-rolling-fast-films/
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