Workshops

Join us in this free 3 part masterclass series as we teach you everything you need to know to turn your phone or tablet into a professional filmmaking camera. Over the course of 3 weeks you will learn smartphone filmmaking techniques, you will plan and write a documentary on the local Blacktown area, you will shoot your documentary and then you will learn to edit and have a finished professional documentary. Sign up here – https://events.humanitix.com/sf3masterclassseries

The skills we will cover include:

lighting

sound

cinematography

writing

pre-production

smartphone filmmaking tips and techniques

editing

sound design

colour grading

how to get your film out into the world

Together we will make a series of short documentaries on the Blacktown area and its people. Come out if you’re in Sydney or surrounds and make a doco with us. Thanks to support from the Blacktown City Council, Blacktown Library and the Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre.

The 3 dates are:

Saturday 6th June

Saturday 13th June

Saturday 27th June

All from 2:30pm-4:30pm

All ages and abilities are invites to attend and will be catered to.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR WORKSHOPS

SF3’s smartphone filmmaking masterclasses utilise and showcase the products, accessories, and apps of our sponsors, giving a hands on platform for the next generation of filmmakers to experience the best filmmaking tools.

Our masterclasses cater to a wide spectrum of ages and filmmaking experiences, from 8 year old school students to beginner adults, all the way through to tertiary film students and professional filmmakers.

We run smartphone filmmaking workshops around Australia and internationally both live and via Zoom. Recent workshops have included for Bus Stop Films, Screenworks and Screen NSW as part of their Youth Holiday Program, for NIDA Open, WIFT NSW, mentoring sessions with film schools in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa and Nigeria, for various NFPs including the Shepherd Centre, Afghan Women on the Move and 3Bridges, and for numerous councils, primary and high schools across Australia including Woollahra Council, the Inner West Council, Bankstown Arts Centre, Normanhurst Boys High School and more.

We have workshops and classes from 1 hour to 5 days so please email us at sf3@sf3.com.au to request our education pack. We tailor all our classes to your needs and budget and can teach both live and via Zoom.

We are true innovators in the film education space and we invite you to come and join the democratisation of filmmaking and make a film with us.

Shooting for business

We also love teaching business owners the skills that they need to stand out with polished and eye-catching videos for social media. In our business masterclass, let us teach you everything you need to script, shoot, edit, and upload videos about your business and increase your customer base, social reach, and community. Video content is key to a successful brand so it makes sense to skill yourself for the current market.

We run smartphone filmmaking workshops around the country. We’ve structured workshops and classes from 1 hour to 5 days so please contact us at sf3@sf3.com.au to request our education pack. We are very happy to write a workshop to suit your needs and timeframes and are always happy to work within your budget.

We teach everything you, your business, your staff, your museum, your students or your school needs to know to make amazing films and videos; whether it be for film festivals, social media, online promotions for your business or to showcase your museum and its collections to the world.

Get in touch and learn the secrets to making great films and videos on your smartphone.