National E-News Awards Bulletin 17 April 2014

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In this Issue:

- From the President
- Awards Screening Q&A
- Postcard from Don McAlpine ACS ASC
- Lemac NAB Review - Save the Date
- MPIBS - Helping Hand!
- Seen at the ARRI NAB Booth
- Parer's War screening
- Miller Raffle & Survey
- AFTRS Open
- Woven Threads

NATIONAL AWARDS BOOKINGS NOW OPEN!!

Greetings ACS colleagues,

The 2014 ACS National Awards for Cinematography with our very special Guest of Honour, the legendary Australian actor John Jarratt, happen on Saturday, May 24 in Brisbane at The Tivoli, when the Golden Tripods and of course the prestigious Milli Award, for our Australian Cinematographer of the Year will be announced and presented. Please put the date in your diary, phone, iPad, calendar, smart phone, etched into fresh concrete, carved on a tree, whatever it may be!

Our hosts this year are the thoroughly dedicated committee members of the Queensland Branch, led by Jason Hargreaves ACS and Tony O’Loughlan, so it promises to be an absolute cracker of a night, as is the Queensland tradition! GO QUEENSLANDER!

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW, so please support your fellow cinematographers by going online and purchasing a ticket or two, or three.

I encourage all our valued National Sponsors to go online and reserve your Awards tickets ASAP.

SPECIAL REMINDER TO ALL 2013 STATE & TERRITORY GOLD WINNERS - Attend ACS National Awards, Saturday May 24 – Brisbane!!

All those who attend the National Awards will not only share in the excitement of the evening by simply supporting the winners, but will also enjoy some fabulous food and wine along with experiencing Queensland hospitality and some fantastic “door prizes” offered by our generous National Sponsors.


SO GO ONLINE AND BOOK NOW HERE

AWARDS SCREENING Q&A

As part of the National Awards there will be a special screening of the highly acclaimed film The Rocket with a Q&A hosted by Cinematographer Andrew Commis ACS commencing at 11.00am at The Griffith Film School Theatre, on Saturday 24 May.
RSVP to president@austcine.org.au

NATIONAL SPONSORS - a reminder regarding Awards material required for presentation at the National Awards.
ON SCREEN PROMOS & AWARDS PROGRAM CONTENT should be delivered no later than May 1 to the ACS Drop Box

My thanks if you have already done so - it is most appreciated - and I look forward to seeing you all at the 2014 ACS National Awards for Cinematography.

Until next time,
Ron Johanson OAM ACS

POSTCARD FROM DON McALPINE ACS ASC

Hi everyone,

In New York till early September. I'm about to commence a project that could be a cinematographers dream. It is an event film exclusively to be released in 3-D in a Broadway theater on 42nd St. Fundamentally it will be 17 of the greatest hits of Broadway sung by the person most famous for each particular number. We are shooting 4K in 3-D at 30 frames using the Reality rig based on two Red Epics. Each number will be shot on a stage constructed so that we can walk the fine line between a Presidium arch and filmic presentation. Like all jobs you travel with the hope of the possibilities it presents and the fear of the unknown. I will try to drop you a line after we have completed one or two numbers.

Kindest regards. Don

SAVE THE DATE - LEMAC 2014 NAB REVIEW NIGHT - SYDNEY

Where: ACS Headquarters, Level 2, 26 Ridge Street, North Sydney.
When: 6:30pm Thursday 1st May (for a 7pm Screening)

Lemac present the annual NAB Review night for the ACS, bringing back all the latest news from the 2014 NAB show in Las Vegas.

With interviews from all the leading experts and manufacturers in acquisition this always promises to be a fun yet informative way to process all the latest from the show. We will give you the inside scoop on all of our highlights from the show floor including reports on the new Panasonic 4K Varicam, the Arri Amira, Red Dragon, as well as all the usual updates from Garrett Brown (Steadicam), Canon, Sony, Easyrig, Flowcine, Blackmagic, and many more.

Finger food and refreshments will be provided!

For those interested in keeping up-to-date on announcements during the show - we have pre-NAB News Feed page on our website, our usual Facebook and Twitter feeds as well as our Vimeo video feed.

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Save the Date - Lemac 2014 NAB Review Night - Brisbane
Where: Lemac Film & Digital, 37 Brookes Street, Bowen Hills, QLD, 4006
When: 6:30pm Thursday 8th May (for a 7pm Screening)

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Save the Date - Lemac 2014 NAB Review Night - Melbourne
Where: Lemac Film & Digital Theatre, 277 Highett Street Richmond, VIC, 3121
When: 6:30pm Tuesday 29th April (for a 7pm Screening)

A HELPING HAND

Have you heard of the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society?

It’s been providing financial and emotional support to members of the cinema industry for more than eighty years!

It was founded in the years of the Great Depression by people in exhibition and distribution to help colleagues who had fallen on hard times. More recently, the MPIBS has extended its support to the production and post-production sectors.

Beneficiaries are young and old, working and retired. The MPIBS is a safety net which enables our friends and colleagues to be cared for when they need it most.

But the Society needs your help to continue its work.

Please visit the MPIBS webpage (or put MPIBS in your search engine) for information about how to donate. You could be helping one of your friends or colleagues…….

MPIBS

THE ACS PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE MPIBS AND WE ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE ACS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS FANTASTIC CAUSE.

SEEN AT THE ARRI BOOTH – NAB 2014

Stefan Sedlmeier and cinematographer Bill Bennett ASC

ARRI Australia CEO, Stefan Sedlmeier and Viv Scanu

Stefan and David Knight ACS

Richard Chapelle ACS at NAB

DON’T MISS PARER’S WAR

Parer's War will screen at 8.30pm on Sunday 27 April ABC1. There are stills on Mark Wareham's website.

MILLER RAFFLE & SURVEY

CINEMATOGRAPHY COURSES @ AFTRS OPEN

Advanced Lighting Skills
An Advanced Lighting Course for Cinematographers wanting to expand their knowledge in lighting for film and television drama. Over three days, students will light a set to various scripted scenarios under the tuition of a professional cinematographer. Students will work with a gaffer, best boy, camera operator, grip and two actors in AFTRS' state of the art studios.
25 - 27 June

To view all upcoming AFTRS Open cinematography courses visit the website

Woven Threads

NSW member Michi Marosszeky is currently involved in a project which she has written and directed - we thought you might like to know about it.

It’s a nine part animation series called Woven Threads one episode of which has been completed. Michi is trying to use the “crowdfunding” model to raise finance for the remaining eight. Here’s a little about it:

Woven Threads brings to life stories surrounding the diversity of immigration, through humorous, poignant, and always touching animated videos. The aim of Woven Threads is to connect people through story. It is designed so that the debates, disputes and hysteria that surround immigrants, refugee's and asylum seekers might be put aside for a few short minutes while the humanity and the uncertainty of life is explored.

To learn more about Michi’s project click HERE

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