In this Issue:
January Drop In
Trop Jr - For Kids, By Kids
Entry Awards Media
AFTRS Open
January Drop In
Now that Christmas and New Year festivities have been completed its time to move onto our first Drop In for 2016. Our January Drop In will feature two related presentations. Firstly, Randall Titus of Sony Australia will fill us in on the latest developments within Sony's large frame sensor product range. With many recent model releases by Sony this night will be a great opportunity for you to get up to speed.
 Pieter de Vries ACS |
Following will be NSW member Piet de Vries ACS. For his most recent assignment Piet took three Sony mirrorless cameras to cover his 4K cinematography and stills photography. Joining Aurora Expedition's ice-breaker, the Polar Pioneer as a cinematography mentor, he travelled from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia Island and Antarctica on a three week journey through the Antarctic ice.
Of his trip Piet says "although I was on board largely for guests, I shot some video to help to demonstrate my techniques. Working solo, I wanted a compact, lightweight camera, a big sensor and 4K capture - the A7R Mk2s were spot on because I already had a swag of lenses from my FS7 kit". Pieter will join Randall to discuss his experiences shooting video and still images with a small camera and he will also be screening footage shot during the voyage. This looks to be an excellent start to what hopefully will be another great year of NSW Drop Ins so mark your diary at Thursday 21st January. Doors to HQ (address below) will open at 6pm with proceedings starting at around 7pm.
Trop Jr - For Kids, By Kids
Modelled on the world's largest short film festival, Tropfest, Trop Jr is a short film making competition and a free, outdoor cinema festival which will be held at 11am on Sunday, February 14th at Sydney's Centennial Park.
This year 15 finalist films made by talented kids and teens aged 15 and under will be screened. The event is complete with live music, entertainment, competitions, great food and drinks...and its free to attend! For further information follow this link to the Trop Jr website.
Entry Awards Media
NSW/ACT Awards entry media, hard drives, USB etc. is available for collections at ACS HQ. Media uncollected by the end of February will be recycled. Contact David Lewis ACS (details below) to arrange a time for collection.
AFTRS Open Short Courses
AFTRS Open has a range of great courses including:
Advanced Lighting Skills
With Roger Lanser ACS. 3rd - 5th February Videomaking 101: Shoot, Edit, Publish. 2nd - 6th February Content Creation iPhone/iPad: Online
With filmmaker and cinematographer Gareth Tillson. Start 3rd March, 5 weeks.
Camera & Sound Basics
With experienced cinematographer Paul Warren. 19th - 20th March ACS members receive a 10% discount on all AFTRS Open short courses.
To view all AFTRS Open courses visit the AFTRS Open website:
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Level 2, 26 Ridge Street,
North Sydney
NSW 2060
Ph: 02 8920 8535HQ Manager: David Lewis ACS email
Assistant HQ Manager: Richard Wilmot email
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