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QPIX STUDENTS ARE TROPFEST FINALISTS
Graduates of QPIX’s 2011 Diploma of Production course have won their way into the finals of TROPFEST, the world’s largest short film festival, with their student production PHOTOBOOTH. Set in the Afghanistan conflict, PHOTOBOOTH is one of a sequence of...
'Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu' Out February 10
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Over The Fence Comedy Film Deadline
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Rottofest 2012: Call For Entries Now Open!
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Geoffrey Rush Joins Tropfest
The acclaimed actor and newly-crowned Australian of the Year, Geoffrey Rush, will be a key player in 2012’s Tropfest activities.
Naomi Watts To Play Princess Diana
The Aussie actress is set to play the people’s princess in an upcoming film that chronicles the final two years of Diana’s life.
Sullivan Stapleton Signs On To ‘300’ Prequel
The Aussie actor has beat out the competition to land a role in the upcoming blockbuster.
James Cameron Loses Long Time Australian Collaborators
Producer Andrew Wight and cinematographer Mike deGruy lose their lives in a helicopter crash.
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Online filming
FILMINK has a look at what the internet can do for the industry.
It really doesn't need to be said again but here we go: the internet is going to take over the world. This is already true in most elements of the business world, most elements of the dating world and 99% of the porn world.
But what does this mean for film?
The film industry is certainly heavily reliant on the internet as a marketing tool- every big distributor logged onto that a long time ago when ‘viral' became the latest buzz word. Since then so many elements of the industry have moved online: including casting, job advertisements and now even production. One organisation, manageyourfilm.com has created a comprehensive online portal in which producers can coordinate all aspects of a film's production- send out call sheets, contact cast and crew, share and distribute files according to departments, manage schedules and storyboards- the list goes on. With such an all inclusive website, the production side of putting a film together has become much easier with the help of these types of database sites.
The Australian film industry could really learn a lot by using the internet as a tool. The biggest problem that most Australian films suffer is not having enough buzz created about the film. Anyone with dreamweaver and preferably a designer friend could put together a pretty neat website and online campaign to get the word out about their latest thriller. Have a look at what Warner did with The Dark Knight, it doesn't take a huge budget to get that off the ground. Think global Australian filmmakers: now that you have all of these websites to help you put the film together, advertise jobs etc, put a bit of effort into putting your own site together. It will be worth your while.