The death of a stuntman while filming a music video in Brisbane has thrown a spotlight on film set safety. Licensed armourers follow strict safety procedures while filming - but firing blanks can still be dangerous.
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The European Union is considering imposing a local content quota on video streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon. With local storytelling under threat from global tech giants, could such an approach work here?
Movie sets shot on location can leave a lasting effect. But compared to other industries, their impacts are small.
Speaking with: David Tiley on funding Australian films
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Vincent O’Donnell speaks with David Tiley, editor of ScreenHub magazine, about financing film production in Australia and looking beyond box office numbers to measure a film's success.
The taxi driver was mystified by the long queue waiting to go into Leeds Picturehouse cinema on a recent Sunday afternoon. He was clearly surprised when I explained that what turned out to be a capacity…
If you’ve seen Brian Cox playing Robert McKee in the 2002 film Adaptation, you probably know what a script consultant does. Following in the footsteps of other internationally-renowned script consultants…
In the film industry, research is commonly understood as audience research. Films, in contrast, are entertainment or a form of audiovisual communication. But can film-making also be a form of academic…
Lighting is a fundamental property of cinema. So called “writing in light”, photographed images, whether live-action or cell animation, need illumination. It is the most essential part of a cinematographer’s…
What do The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Godzilla have in common? Aside from belonging to the summer blockbuster class of 2014, they all feature China in some form or another…
If someone asked you to think of a British film, what would come to mind? For some years now, the most likely answer would have been any of the select but powerful band of little films that made good on…
Out of all the intoxicating phrases that emerge from the study of film, my personal favourite is mise-en-scène, translated from French to mean: what is in the frame. The phrase conjures up the splendour…
If you step back from the perceived glamour of the feature-film industry for a moment and look at it through dispassionate eyes it becomes obvious it’s really about creating a new product and taking it…
Ford or Welles, Scorsese or Coppola, Altman or Campion? One of the most passionate cinema conversations we can enter into is discussing the work of a director we’re heavily invested in. The talk can get…
With the fourth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones (GoT) upon us, many of us will once again escape to the mythical land of Westeros. And we’ll do so thanks to a vast array of international locations and…
Earlier this year The Conversation published an article by Rebecca Mostyn about the audience for Australian films. The article includes useful stats pertaining to Screen Australia’s slate of feature films…
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Cinema, RMIT University
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Professor in Digital Media and Cutural Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Dean of Research (Creative), Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Film, University of Otago
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Christopher Hird is a Friend of The Conversation.
Documentary producer and Visiting Professor, City St George's, University of London
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Director WA Screen Academy, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Southern Queensland
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Masters student, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
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Lecturer in German and World Cinemas, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Screenwriting, University of Greenwich
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Former Honorary Research Associate, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Executive Director, Compton School
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Researcher, Screen Australia