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AC Magazines
AC Mag Issues 53 ~ 64 Editor, Dick Marks OAM.
 Issue 53 |
~ The Land of Blood and Honey, with Dean Semler AM ACS ASC
~ Review of Shadowcatchers, Jonathon Dawson
~ Crawl, Brian Breheny ACS
~ Attachments on The Great Gatsby, Simon Duggan ACS
~ The Burning Man, Garry Phillips ACS
 Issue 54 |
~ Snow White And The Huntsman, Greig Faser
~ Mark Toia, by Dick Marks
~ The Centenary of the Mawson Expedition, Peter Curtis ACS
~ Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries, Roger Lanser ACS
~ Beaconsfield, Toby Oliver ACS
 Issue 55 |
~ Stormsurfers, Rob Morton
~ Joanne Donohue-Beckwith, David Eggby ACS
~ The Windon Boys (Part 1), Ron Windon ACS
~ Siggy Ferstl, David Burr ACS & David Gribble ACS
~ The Raven - Danny Ruhlmann ACS
~ The Zen of Bennet, Dion Beebe ACS ASC
~ Emil Novak HSC
~ The Final Move, Chris McHardy
 Issue 56 |
~ The Morals of Shooting Wars, Famines & Disasters, David Brill
~ Ender's Game, Don McAlpine
~ I Am A Girl, Nicola Daley
~ 2013 Accreditiations
~ The Windon Boys, (Part 2), Ron Windon ACS
~ Postcard from the Hood, Phillip M Cross
 Issue 57 |
~ Sweetwater, Brad Shield
~ Love Patrol, Daniel Maddock
~ Breeding in Captivity, Aron Leong
~ Blood Money, Dan MacCarthur
~ A MAsterclass in Budapest, Laszlo Barayai
~ The Pitch, Nicola Daley
~ Miller Sharp-Shooter, Rupert Dalton
 Issue 58 |
~ DOP Iain MacKenzie
~ Everything You Wanted To Know About UAV's, Glen McGarry
~ Goddess, Damien Wyvill ACS
~ 2013 Cinematographer of the Year - Jo Rossiter ACS
~ THe Last Lab, Dominic Case
~ Mark Bliss
 Issue 59 |
~ Rossy Emery ACS
~ Shooting While Beign Shot At, Rob Brown
~ From Great Heights, Mike Dilon AM
~ Cheating Time, Miles Rowland
~ Funding With Pocket Change, Kirsty Stark
~ Rapid TV, Peter Morris & Trent Miller
~ Sony F55, Pieter de Vries ACS
 Issue 60 |
~ Our Greatest Documentary Turns Sixty, Geoff Burton ACS
~ Filming The Country of Lost Children, Geoff Burton ACS
~ Surviving The Deset on Walkabout, Geoff Burton ACS
~ One Night The Moon, Kim Batterham ACS, by Geoff Burton ACS
~ Making Tracks, Mandy Walker ACS ASC, by Geoff Burton ACS
~ Satelitte Boy, Geoffrey Simpson ACS, by Geoff Burton ACS
~ Journey Along Myster Road, Iven Sen, by Geoff Burton ACS & Brian Hannant
~ Love City Jalalabad, George Gittoes, by Aron Burton
~ Encounter, Mike Molley BSC ACS & Stanley Kubricck, by Geoff Burton
 Issue 61 |
~ Wolf Creek 2, Toby Oliver ACS
~ A Life Exposed, Bonnie Elliot
~ Cave Spiders, Joe Shermesh
~ Jeff Darling
~ Hidden Universe 3D, Malcolm Ludgate ACS
~ The Railway Man, Garry Phillips ACS
~ The Encouncer, Michael Edols ACS & Martin Sharp
 Issue 62 |
~ Mr Pip, John Toon NSCZ ACS (Australian Cinematographer of the Year)
~ Blood Pulls A Gun, Jeremy Rouse
~ DOP Pawel Achtil
~ IMAGO Vienna - Theme Director/Cinematographer Collaboration
~ Lost and Found, Joey Bania
~ Duong Dua, Kieran Fowler, by JoAnne Bouzianis Sellick
~ Bronze to Gold
~ The Art of Fous Pulling, David Elmes 1st AC
~ Kingswood Ohio, Anton Syzonov
~ DOP Profile - Matthew Chuang
~ Preserving The Craft, Tim Wood
 Issue 63 |
~ Predestination, Benn Nott ACS
~ Chasing The Light, Geoff Young
~ The Lego Movie, Pablo Plaisted
~ A Monk In A Floating World, Director Chen Kaige, DOP Geoffrey Simpson ACS
~ Felony, Mark Wareham ACS
~The Art of Focus Puling, Matthew Toll
~ Galore, Stefan Duscio
 Issue 64 |
~ Allan Collins ACS
~ NT Awards for Cinematography
~ The Water Diviner, Andrew Lesnie ACS ASC
~ Soul Mates, Dan Freene ACS
~ Ed Goldner
~ Symphony Of The Earth, Dr Jim Fraizer OAM ACS
~ Ukraine Is Not A Brothel, Director Kitty Green, DOP Michael Latham
~ Ignitedigi, DOP - Tom Waugh, Pilot - Chris Fox
~ What's Wrong With Australian Films?, Jason Kent
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- National Award Nominees
- Movie Review "TBA" (????) - James Cunningham
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From The President
NATIONAL AWARDS UPDATE
RELATED NATIONAL AWARD EVENTS check out whats planned so far.
The weekend will be launched with an official reception with her Excellency Professor The Honourable Kate Warner AM, Governor of Tasmania, at Tasmania's historic Government House on Friday the 1st of May. Please indicate when booking your awards ticket if you will be also be attending this event, as RSVP's are required. An ACS Sponsors Expo will be a feature at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, on both Friday and Saturday. The Expo will run in parallel with a number of special presentations, including a Pieter de Vries ACS Workshop / Masterclass (Friday), a Ray Martin AM Retrospective Screening (Saturday) and a presentation from ARRI Australia with Stefan Sedlmeier (Saturday). Beyond this and our premiere National Awards Ceremony at MONA on Saturday night there will be high profile screenings / Q&A sessions. Keep checking this page in the weeks and months ahead for all the details. The Annual General Meeting of the ACS National Executive will take place on Sunday the 3rd of May at Hadleys Hotel. For those lucky enough not required at the Annual General Meeting, take advantage of a fantastic ACS special gourmet day-tour to Bruny Island. See the Great Expeditions link below for full details.
ACCOMMODATION
The ACS has partnered with several accommodation and travel providers to give ACS members and their friends exclusive deals. Check out the right hand column of this page for more information about these great packages. Please be aware that Hobart is often at peak capacity for accommodation, so booking early is essential.
Early Bird booking prize of two return flights to Hobart courtesy of Stage and Screen Travel.
ACCREDITATION applications in 2015
An early reminder that ACCREDITATION applications in 2015 will only be accepted from July 1 to July 31. So should you be considering applying for Accreditation this year, highlight those dates in your diary, time capsule, iphone, e-book etc. For more information contact your Branch President or Ron Johanson ACS
NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON 28 FEBRUARY FOR THE ACS TECHNICAL & INNOVATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN HONOR OF MILLER TRIPODS FOUNDER BOB MILLER. The Bob Miller ACS Technical & Innovation Achievement Award will come with $1,000 cash and a $2,000 Miller product prize along with a framed certificate. The winner will also have their name engraved onto one of Millers LP 54 Classic tripods, which will reside permanently on display at the ACS National Headquarters. The Bob Miller ACS Technical & Innovation Achievement Award will be presented to an industry innovator for the first time at the 2015 ACS National Awards for Cinematography in Hobart, Australia. For more information or to nominate a worthy person for this Award contact Ron Johanson at
Until next time
Ron Johanson OAM ACS
 Ron Johanson OAM ACS National President |
| | The ACS is Proud to announce...
2015 NATIONAL AWARDS NOMINEES
Category 1 ~ Cine Kids
Gold ~ Tori Aston
Drop The Game ~ Cat Warren
Lego Adventure 3: Attack of the Giant Pig! ~ Maxim Hussey
Category 2 ~ Student Cinematography
Fell ~ Francis Thompson
Twenty Forty Three ~ John Farmelo
The Crane Wife ~ Jordan Agutter
Child's Play ~ Nathaniel Kelly
Sailboats ~ Benjamine Cotgrove
Category 3 ~ Experimental & Specialised
Dreamworld Corroboree - Yugambeh Museum ~ Ron Johanson ACS
Coral Sea ~ Pawel Achtel
Drift Dive ~ Malcolm Ludgate ACS
Category 4 ~ John Bowring ACS TV Station Breaks/Promos
Paddock to Plate ~ Tony Luu ACS
Channel News Asia - Clarity ~ David Franjic
Mnemonic ~ Daniel Christie
Category 5 ~ Music Clips
Russel Morris - Van Diemans Land ~ Brad Francis
The Jungle Giants - Pair of Lovers ~ Daniel Graetz
Violent Soho - Saramona Said ~ Daniel Graetz
Beyoncé - Mine ~ Stefan Duscio
Guy Pearce - Storm ~ Edward Goldner
Jessica Mauboy - To the End of the Earth ~ James Brown
Willow Beats - Merewif ~ Scott Summers
Milan - Promises ~ Nima Nabilirad
Domino - Caravan ~ Nima Nabilirad
Ted Egan - Song for Grace ~ Chris Tangey
Missy Higgins - Shark Fin Blues ~ Ross Giardina
George Michael - Let Her Down Easy ~ Callan Green ACS
We Are The Brave - Your Ghost ~ Kieran Fowler
Category 6 ~ Syd Wood ACS Local / Regional News
Ski Test 2014 ~ Mark Steven
Chia Boom ~ Mitchell Woolnough
Category 7 ~ Neil Davis International News
Myanmar Refugees ~ Bradley McLennan
Nagasawa Bike Builder ~ Joel Lawrence
Tsunami Anniversary ~ Joel Lawrence
Aid Relief ~ Mark Dobbin ACS
Fiji Sugar ~ Daniel Soekov ACS
Phillipines Typhoon ~ Simon Manzie
Gaza Conflict ~ Luke Wilson
Category 8 ~ Current Affairs
Ukraine Uprising ~ Cameron Bauer
The Edge of the Mountain ~ Ron Ekkel
101 East - Stray Bullets ~ Lee Ali
101 East - Nepal Slave Girls ~ Lee Ali
Brazil-Showtime! ~ Robert Hill
Buffalo Export ~ Ian James Redfearn
The Last Straw ~ David Childs
Killer Crocs ~ Benjamin Foley
The Assassination Capital ~ Benjamin Foley
Category 9 ~ TV Magazine, Lifestyle & Reality
Sunday Night - Ghost Island ~ Leigh Hubner
Sunday Night - Prayer Book ~ Leigh Hubner
Landline Irrigation ~ Peter Curtis ACS
Dreambuild (Series 2 - Inner House) ~ Greg Ashman
Dreambuild (Series 2 - Angorophora Home) ~ Greg Ashman
Power to the People ~ Louie Eroglu ACS
Category 10 ~ Corporate & Educational
Continue to Drive ~ Lincoln Williams
STEALTH - The Shape of Things to Come ~ Greg Parish ACS
Norwood ~ Hugh Turral
Study Adelaide ~ Aaron Gully
Adelaide Oval ~ Aaron Gully
Egan ~ Timothy Wood
PCYC NSW Traffic Offenders Intervention Program ~ Gavin Banks
Intelligent Sounds, Featuring Flume ~ Timothy Tregoning
Category 11 ~ Web & New Media
Edworth Moustache Magazine ~ Mitch Kennedy
HAN Woolmark Prize ~ Danny Camara
House of Arras ~ Tony Luu ACS
Huawei Presents Mary Day ~ Aaron Farrugia
Seafolly ~ Stefan Duscio
South Australian Tourism ~ Adam Howden
The Currant Shed ~ David Parkinson
Parla and Alskare ~ David Parkinson
Wastelander Panda (Episode 1 - Exile) ~ Viv Madigan
Mataranka Virtual Journey ~ Cody Riedel
Cattle Scars - The Pastoralist ~ Andrew Hyde
David Jones We Are ~ Josh Flavel
Jewels of the Arctic ~ Abraham Joffe
Hidden Graphics, Mountain Dew ~ Timothy Tregoning
Category 12 ~ Documentaries, Cinema & TV
Survive the Tribe - Eagle Assasins ~ Brad Dillon ACS
Ukraine is not a Brothel ~ Michael Latham
Ngurra Wangaggu ~ Torstein Dyrting ACS
Who's Been Sleeping in My House? (Ep - Palmerston) ~ David Le May
Who We Are: Brave New Clan ~ Dylan McDonald
Talking Language with Ernie Dingo (Ep 6) ~ Dylan McDonald
Buckskin ~ Murray Lui
The Colony ~ Ben Emery
Category 13 ~ Nature & Wildlife
Mountian Air - Valley Mist ~ Joe Shemesh
Sixteen Legs ~ Joe Shemesh
Iconic East Africa ~ Abraham Joffe
Category 14 ~ Virtual Cinematography
Little Darling ~ Damian Smith
Category 15 ~ Commercials Local / Regional
QLD Ballet 2015 ~ Brad Francis
TAFE ~ Tony Luu ACS
Townsville Curiosity ~ Sam Scoufos
Lynx - Red Cross ~ Adam Howden
Portland The One For You ~ Peter Corbett
Territory Day ~ Miles Rowland
Gagudju Dreaming ~ Simon Manzie
Category 16 ~ Commercials National / International
Ladbrokes ~ Jason Hargreaves ACS
MS - Trapped ~ Simon Ozolins ACS
Origin - Fresh ~ Jeremy Rouse
SBS ~ James Brown
Your Story Matters ~ Timothy Wood
Energy Australia - Power to Move ~ Peter Eastgate
Airforce - Anything Anywhere ~ Peter Eastgate
Natural Gas ~ Daniel Ardilley
Category 17 ~ Dramatised Documentaries
Charlie Rowan Walking Dead ~ Matthew Peterson ACS
Breaker Morant - The Retrial ~ Jaems Grant ACS
The War That Changed Us (Ep 1) ~ iJm Frater ACS
Desert War Alamein ~ Jim Frater ACS
Category 18 ~ Fictional Drama Shorts
I Am Emmanuel ~ Nicola Daley ACS
May ~ Peter Eastgate
Grey Bull ~ Callan Green ACS
The Fan ~ David Le May
Injury Time ~ Ernie Clark ACS
Doors ~ Dylan McDonald
Can You See Them? ~ Jody Muston
Rhododendron ~ Ryan Alexander Lloyd
Stuffed ~ Jeremy Rouse
A Peaceful Man ~ Tony O'Loughlan
Category 19 ~ Telefeatures, Mini Series, TV Drama or Comedy
Devil's Playground ~ Andrew Commis ACS
Power Games ~ Bruce Young
Redfern Now (Series 2, Ep: Dogs of War) ~ Jules O'Loughlin ACS
ANZAC Girls (Ep 4 - 'Love') ~ Geoffrey Hall ACS
True Detective (Ep 4) ~ Adam Arkapaw ACS
A Place to Call Home (Ep 8) ~ John Stokes ACS
Category 20 ~ Features ~ Cinema
The Railway Man ~ Garry Phillips ACS
Tracks ~ Mandy Walker ACS
Wolf Creek 2 ~ Toby Oliver ACS
Touch ~ Aaron Gully
Riddick ~ David Eggby ACS
Patrick ~ Garry Richards
Fell ~ Marden Dean
The Philosophers (After the Dark) ~ John Radel ACS
Predestination ~ Ben Nott ACS
COMING SOON - THE ACS ONLINE SHOP
More details coming really soon.
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Have you heard of the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society?
LEND A HELPING HAND
MPIBS has been providing financial and emotional support to members of the cinema industry for more than eighty years!
Founded in the years of the Great Depression by people in exhibition and distribution, to help colleagues who had fallen on hard times. MPIBS more recently, 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 MPIBS needs your help to continue its work. For information about how to donate please visit the MPIBS web page on the below link. You could be helping one of your friends or colleagues.
The ACS Proudly supports the MPIBS and we encourage members of the ACS to contribute to this fantastic cause
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YOU JUST NEVER KNOW!
AFTRS OPEN CINEMATOGRAPHY SHORT COURSES
CINEMATOGRAPHY SHORT COURSES - AFTRS OPEN Links to ALL COURSE below AFTRS Open Upcoming highlights include Modern Cinematography with Ellery Ryan in both Melbourne (Feb) and Sydney (March), plus Data Wrangling on Set: File Based Cameras in Sydney this April.
Modern Cinematography with Ellery Ryan
What is great cinematography, and how is it achieved? This two day course, led by two time AFI Award winner Ellery Ryan (Is This The Real World, I Love You Too, Van Diemens Land, The Rage In Placid Lake) explores the techniques of effective visual storytelling.
Melbourne 21-22 February http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/modern_cinematography_melbourne_/5546
Sydney 28 - 29 March http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/modern_cinematography/c538
Content Creation for iPhone/iPad: Online
From the comfort of your keyboard, learn how to shoot quality videos with your iPhone or iPad, and create stories on the go. Filmmaker and cinematographer Gareth Tillson will lead this four-week online course featuring video tutorials, weekly assignments and a weekly online chat session, where you will get real time feedback.
Starts 26 Feb, 4 evenings, online
http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/content-creation-for-iphone-ipad-online/5509
Camera & Sound Basics
Ideally suited to those who have limited camera and sound recording experience, this course will introduce you to techniques and practical skills to produce high quality images and sound for documentary and drama - with an eye to great storytelling, the goal of all good filmmaking.
14 - 15 March, Sydney
http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/camera_and_sound_basics/c543
Data Wrangling on Set: File Based Cameras
This one day course is an introduction to managing data from file-based cameras in an on-set environment. Working in the AFTRS Studio, you will get an overview of all types of data and metadata from file-based cameras from manufacturers including Sony, Canon, Blackmagic, Arri & Red and you will learn how to prepare for and manage this data confidently and responsibly in a high pressure on-set environment.
12 April, Sydney
http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses/data_wrangling_on_set_file_based_cameras/c540
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