Free Self-Tape on Smartphone Class this Friday night

Free Self-Tape on Smartphone Class this Friday night

This Friday, we’re teaching a fantastic masterclass on smartphone self-taping, in partnership with the World Monologue Games. The best part? It’s FREE for WMG Members — and SF3 Filmmakers!
This one-hour masterclass provides you with a series of tips and tricks to optimise your smartphone for self-taping. Get the best possible quality out of your device and understand what accessories are on the market to make your self-tapes look first-class without the need for expensive AV gear.
What: “Upskill Your Smartphone Self-tapes” for WMG Members
When: Fri 16 June, 8pm AEST — runs for 1 hour
Get your Pitch ready to have your SF3 film cast professionally!

Get your Pitch ready to have your SF3 film cast professionally!

Attention all aspiring filmmakers! The 2023 SF3 & Chicken and Chips Casting Pitch Award is officially open!
 
Get ready to showcase your skills and creativity by pitching your idea for a chance to work with a professional casting director from Chicken and Chips Casting on your entry film. This unique opportunity will give you insight into how the casting process works for short films and allow you to develop an understanding of how to pitch your film to a casting director and the best industry practises when it comes to casting actors.
 
To Enter: submit your pitch by 1st June via production bible or pitch video at sf3@sf3.com.au. Stephanie Pringle, CGA & Alison Fowler, CGA will shortlist the best entries, and scripts from those selections will be chosen for review. The winner will be announced on 1st July, and pre-production will commence on your film. Make sure to submit your masterpiece for the SF3 Deadline on 1st September.
We are OPEN for ENTRIES & want your films.

We are OPEN for ENTRIES & want your films.

SF3 2023 is here! The 9th season of the SmartFone Flick Fest is open for entries and we want your films; shorts, minis, feature films, VR, AR, 360 and films made by kids, tweens and teens. We want them all.

This season we have 5 categories:

  1. SF3 Gala Finals – best short film awards for films up to 20 mins.
  2. SF3 Kids Awards – best short film awards for films made by filmmakers 16 and under at the time of filming and up to 10 mins.
  3. SF3 Mini Award – for micro films up to 3 mins with any interpretation of the 2023 theme – UP
  4. SF3 Feature Film Award – a minimum of 40 mins with no max.
  5. SF360 Award – for VR, AR and 360 films.

Enter by September 1st (last deadline) to share in over $50,000 in prize.

Youth Smartphone Filmmaking Workshop in Broken Hill

Youth Smartphone Filmmaking Workshop in Broken Hill

The Broken Hill City Library will be hosting a FREE smartphone video making masterclass for tweens and teens with Angela from SF3 during the Easter school holidays on Wednesday 12th April. The masterclass will run from 10:30-12:30 & 13:30 to 15:30 with an hour lunch break in between. Reserve your spot now https://www.eventbrite.com.au/…/sf3-smartphone-video…
Angela will guide you through the process of making and editing a film on a phone, iPad or tablet with the idea that you will have a finished product at the end of the workshop.
If you don’t have a device to use for the masterclass, one can be borrowed from the library; you must be a library member to borrow a device.
This masterclass is part of the Holiday Break program supported by the Office for Regional Youth in partnership with Create NSW.
Come and join us in this amazing new initiative.

Come and join us in this amazing new initiative.

Zoom Lens – Expression of Interests now open!
Are you interested in creating video works but don’t know where to start? Have you ever thought to experiment with your phone to create something artistic?

Bankstown Arts Centre is inviting young female identifying people (aged 16-25) to be part of Zoom Lens – a new youth-centred, innovative digital art program.

Participants will be involved in an intensive six-week program, working collaboratively and independently to create a video artwork or short film. The works will respond to important themes related to online culture and more. The finalised work will be on display at our upcoming 2023 Youth Week event in April,
The Area: World Tour.

Program participation also includes a $50 gift card.

Submit your expression of interest into this program! Submissions close 5pm, 15 March.

cb.city/zoomlens

This project is supported by Create NSW’s Audience Development Fund, a devolved funding program administered by Museums & Galleries of NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.