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| SA Branch le Grande Bouffe & AGM August 12(Imagine this said with a French accent!) Oh, oh, oh. Mais oui, madame, monsiuer, c'est bon. We are holding a French themed AGM with vichyssoise, pate, petanque, profiteroles, wine and cheese tasting. So get your beret and blue & white tee, or your french maids outfit, ready and répondez s'il vous plaît to our AGM. Tres bon! Nominations for the SA branch committee are now open. Our meeting will convene at the Prospect Petanque Club starting at 1830, the AGM will begin at 1900 for about 30 minutes followed by Petanque, and something to eat and drink. All members are welcome but RSVP is essential. This is also your chance to vote on the Phone-tography pictures as the winners will be announced after the AGM. So come along for a bit of fun and a bit of serious stuff too. Please RSVP if you wish to attend, a map & directions will be in the August eNews. Committee Nomination forms are available via the link below as well as proxy forms should you not be able to make it. Only Corporate members may be on the committee or vote at the AGM which include Accredited, Full, Active, Life or Retired members. Present committee members will need to be nominated again to be able to be voted back onto the committee for 2014 - 2015.
Mad Max: Fury Road wrap upMany thanks go to both John Seale ACS ASC & David Burr ACS for coming especially to Adelaide to discuss the trials and tribulations of working on Fury Road. They showed 30 or so of our members a heap of amazing stills from this very large production shot over in Nambia. Also they regaled numerous anecdotes about how they achieved the coverage with the huge number of cameras. All in all a very informative and interesting night topped off with a drink, pizza and an informal chat for desert. Thanks very much to Gold Sponsor ProAV Solutions for supplying the venue. Remember the ACS membership year runs in line with the financial year so your dues should be paid by June 30. There's a link to the membership page below. Maybe you know a young person has a passion for filmmaking and interested in cinematography. If so, you could encourage them to join up in our newest category as an ACS CineKid - this is for members 15 years or younger. 52 Tuesdays ACS Q&AWow another great night with Bryan Mason talking us through his approach to this award winning film. Not everyone has a truckload of lights nor a huge budget and it was fascinating to hear how Bryan lit this film with three lights! Three lights well positioned, filtered, diffused and well exposed! Both student members and old pro's were astounded at the beautiful results that he achieved. So many thanks to Bryan and Sophie Hyde for allowing us access to the film, to Tony Clark ACS and Alex Meddick from RSP for the theater and to the committee for organising it. SA Awards open soon
Well our 34th Annual Awards for Cinematography are fast approaching, they are on Saturday November 1, so start checking through your work from the last year as entries will open, through our website, on August 4 and will close September 5. Profile SA Treasurer & treasure, Mylene Ludgate
Before the interview, I would like to let you all know that without Mylene's tireless efforts and enthusiasm for the SA branch it would not operate as smoothly as it does. So on behalf of our membership, I thank you Myles. Cheers, Ed. Now what's your favourite film? Too hard to have just one, so Chicken Run, (I think I can recite the whole film from memory), Terminator 2 and Breakfast at Tiffanys. Favourite on set snack? Anything savoury. Favourite TV show? Modern Family they are almost as dysfunctional as my own family! Any other special interests? Making Mals crazy Friday shirts.
How did you become involved in the film industry? My first big job with him was working for Beyond International, lugging 24 boxes of equipment around Europe for a 12 week shoot. Since then, I have worked on numerous documentaries, commercials, TV Shows and short films. We lived in Cairns for 4 months, followed by Costa Rica for another 4 months shooting two series of Monster Bug Wars, where I ran the film unit and used the Memrecam hi speed camera.
Is there one of your many shoots that sticks in your mind?
I hear youve been involved in training students and indigenous film makers? Why did you join the SA Committee? Little known facts about Mylene: Thanks Mylene, for a very interesting profile. Ed.
It won't be long and we'll have profiled all on the committee, so if you would like to nominate yourself, or another SA ACS member to be profiled please email Ernie and we'll see what we can do. ACS CineKids
At the recent ACS General Meeting held in Brisbane, the ACS National Executive proudly launched its latest initiative - ACS CineKids. This new membership category has been created to encourage and foster interested kids up to the age of 15 years to participate and take an active hands-on approach to Cinematography. Even more young people will be able to experience the inspirational community of the ACS. While membership to the ACS is actively open to anyone involved in the industry this initiative opens the doors to those that aspire to or are already producing content to join the fostering of cinematography knowledge across all genres and mutual cooperation between all our members. An ACS CineKids Member is a young person, 15 years or under, who has a passion for cameras and filmmaking. ACS CineKids will receive a Welcome Pack with a membership certificate, membership card, note pad and pen, access to our E news both National & State, and various screenings and workshops, along with mentoring from our ACS cinematographers. Commenting on the ACS CineKids initiative National President of the Australian Cinematographers Society Ron Johanson OAM ACS said, The ACS firmly believes it is our responsibility to encourage the future generations of cinematographers in every possible way we can, as the future of cinematography, across all genres depends on it. To find out more and how to join ACS CineKids click on the following link:
Entries closed for FREEZE FRAME - ACS Airport Stills Exhibition 2014FREEZE FRAME - Still photographs by SA ACS Members After much deliberation, an elite panel, including stills photographers Peter Fisher & Sam Oster and Art Director, Lyn Punshon selected 50 shots from the 160 entered. As you would know, cinematographers usually film moving pictures at 25 frames per second but our exhibition concentrates on their still photographs, freezing a moment in time. There is no singular theme for this exhibition, nor a time limit to when they were taken, or the subject matter, or whether they originated on film or as a digital file, we just wanted great photographs that really catch the eye. Our exhibition will spread across 5 areas throughout the airport concourse including: next to the Qantas lounge, the Virgin lounge, the International boarding gate, and either ends of the terminal. So if you have the time, please check out the whole exhibition. You wont regret it! We hope you appreciate the world, frozen in time, in single frames, by the photos taken by our members and we will announce soon when the exhibition starts. Thank you to all who submitted their pictures.
ACS Accreditation 2014If you are contemplating putting in a submission for Accreditation then time is running out. As a starting point it might be worth checking out this page on our ACS website: http://www.cinematographer.org.au/cms/page.asp?ID=20069 Accreditation application forms are only available from State or Territory Presidents or the National President. Submissions open July 1 and close August 29 so if you wish to discuss Accreditation at all please contact Ernie Clark ACS. They are assessed in mid September. Don't forget our website is a great resource with lots of info available. Check it out soon: http://www.cinematographer.org.au
CineGear Expo 2014For the first time ever the ACS had a presence at the CineGear Expo in LA. David Wakeley ACS and I manned the ACS booth at CineGear 2014. This massive event is held at Paramount Studios and most of the stalls are spread around the New York City Streets lot (as seen in countless movies shot over many decades). This was only made possible through the generosity of one of our best sponsors, Deluxe. If you would like to read the excellent ACS Event Report about CineGear and our role in it, please check this link on the ACS website.
ACS Merchandise available
ACS HOODIE $35 ACS merchandise is available from ACS HQ Manager: dlewis@cinematographer.net.au A special run of Ladies Tees with the new design are available: If you are in Sydney go and check out our HQ, it has a wonderful camera archive, a great library, wonderful coffee, free internet, access to computers with Final Cut and more. HQ can also be hired to shoot interviews etc and it's conveniently located in Ridge St North Sydney with a parking station opposite, just contact ACS HQ Manager: dlewis@cinematographer.net.au to make sure someone will be there to show you around. Phone-tography 2013 - 2014 Comp Closes July 31There are great prizes to be won in our Phone-tography Competition. The results will be announced at our AGM August 12 2014. To enter email your phone pics to acsphotocomp@gmail.com buy July 31 2014. If you'd like to see a gallery of last years entries check them out via the link below. Phone-tography T&C's: The photos must be submitted via email by July 31 2014 and will be judged in 5 Categories (make sure you title each entry as 50 photos called untitled doesn't really work! :-0) 1. Best Composition Criteria:
Updating your profileWhen was the last time you logged into you ACS account to update your contact details and professional profile? If your contact information is not current you may be missing out. It's a good time to log in and set up your account the way you want it. Check your email is the preferred point of contact, and that your postal address is where you want your AC Magazine mailed to each quarter. Also update phone numbers or add website and Bio information. Additionally you can set your eNews preferences so you receive all the eNews publications from each State and Nationally or only the ones you want. Log in to check or update your ACS account before it's too late!! Click on the link below to visit the ACS website and login at the top right side of the Homepage. If you've forgotten your Login details or password click on the Recover Password link below the Login box. Please contact Mylene if you are having any problems.
DatesJuly 7 Committee meeting @ Anifex July 31 Phone-tography pictures deadline August 4 SA & WA Awards entries open August 12 SA AGM August 29 Accreditation Applications close September 1 Committee Meeting @ Anifex September / October Freeze Frame ACS Stills Exhibition at Adelaide Airport September 5 Award entry deadline September 13 Accreditation Assesments September 15 Sponsors deadline for assets for Awards September 19, 20 & 21 Award Judging September 26 Award tickets bookings open October 13 Committee meeting @ Anifex October 24 Awards ticket bookings close November 1 34th Annual SA & WA Awards for Cinematography in Adelaide December 1 Committee meeting @ Anifex December 15 Christmas drinks May 2 2015 ACS National Awards in Tasmania at MONA in Hobart! ACS SA Branch Facebook page
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