Terry's new video

Chris finally received his Advanced Diploma

Dinner at the Taipei restaurant

Last years graduates, Rob Jones (in picture) and myself had an ejoyable catch-up at the Taipei Restaurant in Doncaster on the 8th of Sep.2011

Producer - Digital Coordinator

Blue Fish Productions - Melbourne Area, Australia
Job Description

Blue Fish seek an experienced producer who will work across both stills (photo production) and aid our further transition into TVC, corporate video and web/digital time based media.
This is a full time role suited to someone who can really help build a small but highly successful creative business. Must be savvy with digital workflows,

Job is Melbourne based with remuneration negotiated based on experience and skills. We are happy to consider an junior/intermediate but they MUST be experienced and convince us they are ready for greater responsibilities, though to a senior level appointment.
Desired Skills & Experience

Must have significant industry experience and an eager capacity to help with marketing the business to an expanding client base both locally and overseas. Japanese language skills would be a bonus.
Experience with coordinating production for both photoshop based stills workflows and also Final Cut based video editing & post production.

Experience in production of visual materials by CGI would be an added benefit. Blue Fish work is spread across many industries but automotive and architectural experience would be very relevant.
Company Description

See company website for broader company information www.bluefish.com.au

Blue Fish reels & folios also available at
http://www.behance.net/bluefishprod

Scared of Genre Films

Ex student of mine, Brad Strain, now lives and works in Seattle.
Love his work!
Werner

GRAPHIC ANIMATION COMPETITION – WIN $20,000

GRAPHIC ANIMATION COMPETITION – WIN $20,000

Sydney Opera House in partnership with Screen NSW invites the worldwide animation community to take part in GRAPHIC: an online animation competition- designed to celebrate the innovation, creativity and imagination behind the art form.


Illustrators, animators and storytellers of all levels – from established to up-and-coming and newcomers – are encouraged to enter to have their animation seen by an expert panel of judges. The winning entry will score $20,000, an Adobe CS5 Master Collection (valued at $4,333) and have their film screened at a major GRAPHIC Festival event at Sydney Opera House.

Participants will be required to create 3 X 20 second animatics that come together to form a 3-part series. All styles of animation will be accepted and could be anything from a story board comic to stop motion to 3D.


Round 1 entries close 26 June.

Job for FLAME, NUKE and ROTOSCOPE - RETOUCH artists

Iloura is seeking Expression of Interest from;

FLAME artists
NUKE compositors
ROTO/RETOUCH artists

...who are interested in either short term or medium term contracts, to work with our highly awarded Television Commercials VFX team in Melbourne, Australia.

With a huge demand for quality VFX crew in recent months, we are currently seeking freelance staff that are interested and available to work with us on TVC VFX projects over the next 12 months. A solid background of TVC and/or longform VFX production experience is essential as you would be expected to hit the ground running.

If you have the necessary experience in any of these roles and would like to be considered for future projects, please email your details/CV and a reel which details your contribution to each project, to:

jobs@iloura.com.au

With the following heading in the SUBJECT field:

Expression of Interest – TVC VFX.

Iloura
Melbourne, Australia
www.iloura.com.au

FRONT END WEB DEVELOPER

JOB DESCRIPTION - FRONT END WEB DEVELOPER

Capacity
Initially the position is freelance or contract, but with a view to full time.

Essential Skills
- HTML/ CSS
- Javascript
- Flash Actionscript 2.0 + 3.0
- Adobe Creative Suite 3+

Knowledge Base
- Code [Standards Compliant/ SEO Friendly]
- Knowledge of browser quirks and how to address them
- Sound knowledge of web development processes and methodologies

Benefical Skills [but not necessary]
- Experience with JQuery or MooTools
- PHP/ MySQL
- AJAX
- XML
- ASP/ .NET
- Basic video knowledge [shooting + editing]
- Basic print knowledge

Personal Attributes
- Creatively focussed [ie can extend on a pre-developed concept when applying the website content]
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Well organised
- Self motivated
- Reliable

Experience
- 3 years minimum experience working as a Front End Developer

Remuneration
- Consummate with experience

Interested?
- Please send through examples of work to chris@sixdegreesdigital.com.au

Editing position (Full time)

A full time editing position in a Mac - based studio.
Skill base needs to be high in:
Final-cut Pro
After Effects
DVD Studio Pro

Immediate start- good ongoing position in very prestigious studio in St Kilda.
Contact Werner for Details.

Cam's Dorito Comp entry

Have a look and help Cam out to win 20 K !

French Film Festival calls for entries...

FRANCE – CALL FOR ENTRIES, FILM FESTIVAL

The Polly Maggoo association, organisers of the 4th RENCONTRES
INTERNATIONALES SCIENCES ET CINÉMAS (RISC) which will be held in November,
is calling for entries.

All genres of films are eligible (documentary, experimental film, fiction,
art video, animation, etc.) if their subject is directly or indirectly
related to scientific topics (including fundamental sciences, life sciences,
medicine, the environment, and social and human sciences).

Applications due: 1 June
Find out more at: www.pollymaggoo.org/doc_polly/risc-2009.html

ABC serious game initiative

Screen Australia and ABC TV have partnered in an initiative to support the development of three games and the production of one game.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?

Games provide a powerful opportunity to communicate with a broad, contemporary audience, so Screen Australia and ABC TV want to give the opportunity to a range of media professionals to develop and produce a serious game.

They are looking for game IDEAS that address issues that may be in the field of society and culture, health, relationships, history, science, politics, or the environment. The game will explore this idea/topic in an imaginative, creative, entertaining and innovative way, with a strong game narrative and solid underlying educative aspect.

The creative collaboration of professionals with complementary expertise can engender an environment ripe for innovation.

They encourage multi-disciplinary teams, which might include:

1) a game studio, game/web developer, working with a
2) documentary/factual filmmaker, or screenwriter.

WHAT'S ON OFFER?

Teams will initially apply to attend a workshop from 12-14th July 2009 to further develop their serious game idea, with the assistance of international and local mentors.

Three teams will be selected for the workshop, and following it each team will receive $15,000 development funding to write a game design document based on their idea. The design documents will need to be delivered to Screen Australia/ABC TV within a two (2) month period of the workshop, along with a budget for full game production demonstrating the game is achievable for $325,000. One of these teams will then be selected to go in to full production of the game.

The completed game will be hosted by ABC online for a specified license period (see ABC License below).

The ABC and Screen Australia are in discussion with a number of other international public broadcasters to develop an international games portal to showcase serious games from the respective countries. Successful serious games developed by teams participating in this initiative will be eligible to be presented via the international portal.WHAT'S ON OFFER?

Teams will initially apply to attend a workshop from 12-14th July 2009 to further develop their serious game idea, with the assistance of international and local mentors.

Three teams will be selected for the workshop, and following it each team will receive $15,000 development funding to write a game design document based on their idea. The design documents will need to be delivered to Screen Australia/ABC TV within a two (2) month period of the workshop, along with a budget for full game production demonstrating the game is achievable for $325,000. One of these teams will then be selected to go in to full production of the game.

The completed game will be hosted by ABC online for a specified license period (see ABC License below).

The ABC and Screen Australia are in discussion with a number of other international public broadcasters to develop an international games portal to showcase serious games from the respective countries. Successful serious games developed by teams participating in this initiative will be eligible to be presented via the international portal.

ADIMM_ALUMNI: Ex ADIMM student hard at work

Have a look at the video Six Degrees Digital have created starring Stephen Child, ADIMM graduate 2006
Link: www.sixdegreesdigital.com.au/winner/

Good competition if you're between gigs

Design a T shirt- get $$$$
Good luck,
Werner

Competition

Check it out:
http://www.bigfish.tv/fest/content/fest-flash-competition-win-1000-dollars

Job

Leader photographic department requires a photographic assistant based at the Blackburn office.

Duties include:

Scanning and uploading photographs
Booking advertising photography
Liaison with public over general enquiries and photographic sales
Co-coordinating photographers around news photography, illness and requests
Uploading images for Online and building galleries, including video
Skills include:

Competent written and verbal communication
High level of computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc
Skills in Photoshop and library web base systems preferred
Hours are general business hours however some public holidays may be required.

Applicant needs to be energetic, work well under pressure and in a team environment. They must be able to lead with ideas and have a high interest in news.

Salary on application.

Written applications to John French, Picture Editor by 5pm, January 20. 1 Chapel Street, Blackburn, VIC 3130.

Entries wanted - get your work out there !

The Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) is one of the
largest animation festivals in the world. It usually screens 350+ films
each year in competitive, student, curated & retrospective programs. The
festival aims to challenge and inspire audiences with thematic, aesthetic
and technical diversity from award winners, outstanding industry veterans
and those wonderful newcomers who are exploring their talent on screen for
the very first time.

MIAF generates a smaller touring festival called the Australian
International Animation Festival, is the submissions base for UTS Sydney
International Animation Festival, London International Animation Festival
and provides specific programming advice to the New Zealand Film Festival.

When you submit your film to MIAF, your film is automatically considered
for each of these festivals although these other events will send you
separate and specific invitations if they wish to screen your film.

Entry is free and to be considered eligible, films should have been
completed AFTER 1 January 2007.

Submission deadline: 16 January

To read full festival guidelines and download your entry form please
visit: http://www.miaf.net/2009/entries.html

WANTED: WEB DESIGNER, INTERNET SAVVY CREATIVE

• A CLEAR THINKING, CREATIVE DESIGNER TO HELP ME PUT TOGETHER
AN IMAGE AND IDENTITY, ACROSS SEVERAL WEBSITES OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS.

• IT COULD START OUT AS WORK EXPERIENCE, A PROJECT, OR A WAY TO BUILD UP A PORTFOLIO OF WORKING SITES.
I AM INTERESTED IN THE SAME PERSON MAINTAINING THE SITES AND UPLOADING ARTICLES AND INFO ON A LONGER TERM BASIS, IF POSSIBLE, THEREFORE IT CAN GROW INTO AN ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION.

• LET US TALK AND SEE IF THE PROJECT SUITS YOU. We can also speak of remuneration.
MY NAME IS MARY ANN GHAFFURIAN
PHONE NUMBER: 0425 794949 OR 9863 7734, MELBOURNE

• BEFORE YOU CALL, HAVE A LOOK AT THE HOLOGENESIS WEBSITE. http://117hol.cyril.hostingrails.com/widgets
SEE ALSO http://www.sacredearthmusic.com
• CAN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS (IN LOOK)?
• I SUPPLY THE IMAGES, THE CONTENT, MUSIC.
• CAN YOU DO FLASH? • CAN YOU EMBED VIDEOS?
• CAN YOU TRANSFER PARKED DOMAIN NAMES?
• RUN IN HOST PACKAGED TEMPLATE MODE OR OVER THE TOP OF THEM? (THE ONES I PURCHASED DO NOT NEED HTML SKILLS).
• MAKE A HIGHLY INTERACTIVE SITE AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER?

I VALUE A SENSE OF COLOUR, ENJOYMENT, RAPTURE, GROWTH.
ONE SITE WILL BE DEDICATED TO WHAT I CALL THE “SEARCH FOR ORIGIN”, RICH IN SYMBOLIC FORMS.

CALL ME ASAP IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THIS FURTHER.
Thanks for taking the time to consider.

I started off as a designer and ended up back at uni studying the psychology of art, culture, and consciousness. I am writing a book. One of the sites will be dedicated to this. If you have marketing skills it would be a bonus.

Web Designer wanted

Want to join a young, dynamic team at a leading online digital marketing agency located in Melbourne’s inner north? Do you want to expand your design skills and work on some exciting new website and web application developments? Do you like working in a team environment, where getting the job done and having fun are both priorities?
We are looking to hire a talented web designer to work closely with our current web design team on a variety of website and web application projects. We envisage the role will evolve into a full time web design role in the near future.

Our requirements are:
At least 2 years commercial experience as a Web Designer;
Outstanding interface design, conceptual and usability skills;
A solid understanding of HTML, CSS and related web presentation technologies
Advanced with the Adobe Suite – expert in the use of Photoshop;
Preferably experience with the use of FLASH and ActionScript
Preferably an ability to implement your designs in working HTML & CSS files
A strong portfolio showcasing your past work
In return you will work with a company who is growing at a rapid pace with a fun and dynamic culture. You will also have the opportunity to work closely with skilled software engineers to learn about the unique requirements of producing web designs which integrate well with content management systems and eCommerce frameworks.

Approximate hours per week
25
Date Posted
19/09/2008
Date Expires
19/10/2008
Position Type
Part-time
Experience
Required
Address
208 Lygon St
Brunswick East Vic 3057
Australia
Sectors
Professional / Advertising & Media
IT & Telecomms / Multimedia Design
IT & Telecomms / Website Design