August 19th, 2010
Calling all young Victorians with a vision for a sustainable future
Are you aged 5 to 25 and want to win some great cash and prizes? The Future Shots Sustainability Film Challenge is now open. For the second year running, Future Shots invites all Victorians 25 and under to create a short film of under three minutes addressing the theme of sustainability.
With over $9000 in cash and prizes to be won, Future Shots encourages young Victorians to creatively explore sustainability in their world.
- Entry deadline is 15 November 2010.
- Entries are invited from individuals, teams, schools and tertiary institutions throughout Victoria.
- Cash and other prizes valued at over $9000 will be awarded to the best short films in 10 award categories, judged by a panel of industry experts.
- The Future Shots Awards Night will be held in December 2010 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square.
All genres (drama, documentary, animation, music video, advertisement) are accepted as long as the theme of sustainability is addressed. There are also prizes for the best films addressing themes of water-smart cities, waste-free Victoria and smart energy use. The major award categories are:
- $2000 Sustainability Victoria Award for Best Film
- $1500 for Melbourne Water’s Water-Smart Cities Award
- $1500 for the Waste-Free Victoria Award sponsored by the Metropolitan Waste Management Group and Visy
- $2200 worth of prizes for the Smart Energy Film Award sponsored by Planet Savers
- $1000 worth of prizes for CERES Environment Park’s Best Film by a School Award
- Plus more prizes for the best films in the under 12, 13-17 and 18-25 age categories
Anita Roper, CEO of Sustainability Victoria said: “Future Shots highlights the passion tomorrow’s decision makers have today. There’s no better group to show us how to be more sustainable than our next generation.”
For all the details visit www.futureshots.com.au
Tags: Future Shots 2010
Posted in Future Shots 2010 | No Comments »
October 27th, 2009
Future Shots filmmakers have been living it up in the media lately
- If you are making a film for Future Shots make sure you let us know – so we can inform your local media
Future Shots in the News - Mx
Posted in Future Shots 2009, In the news, example of an eco film | No Comments »
October 27th, 2009
Ollie decided to make a film about his sustainable chickens
Posted in Future Shots 2009, Uncategorized | No Comments »
October 27th, 2009
The Students at Williamstown P.S get into the Future Shots Action- make sure you let us know what you are up to
Posted in Future Shots 2009, In the news | No Comments »
September 15th, 2009
If you are looking for music to use in your film these are the steps we suggest – read all the way through as these tips are listed for different levels of filmmaker
1) what editing software are you using? some software comes with free music loops that you can easily add……or
2) if you are musically inclined can you compose something yourself? or
3) ask your school music teacher if they have any royalty free DVDs that you can look through
4) has the battle of the bands comp been through your slocal area recently – you could find some contacts there? The FREEZA website actually lists, and has links, to ALL the Victorian bands that were in the recent battle of the bands that could be a good start for finding some original music. When approaching the band via myspace or email – just make sure you let them know that this is a chance to have their music seen on a film at ACMI – if they agree you will need to get them to sign a music release form that you can download from the Future Shots website
good luck
Posted in Future Shots 2009, Uncategorized | No Comments »
September 8th, 2009
SHORT FILM CHALLENGE JUMP CUTS TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
It’s lights, camera, action for young Victorians as they create short films about sustainability for Future Shots, a short film challenge launched today by CEO of Sustainability Victoria, Mrs Anita Roper.
“Young people have an important role to play in shaping our sustainable future. This inaugural film challenge encourages creativity, inspiration and discussion about climate change,” Mrs Roper explained.
“The completed films will become historical documents of the attitudes and behaviours of young people before emissions trading begins in Australia,” she said.
Posted in Future Shots 2009 | No Comments »
September 8th, 2009
Courtenay Gardens Primary School students were today the guest of honor at the launch of the inaugural Future Shots Sustainability Film Challenge for Young Victorians.
The Courtenay Gardens Primary School year 6 students were invited as special guests thanks to the excellent short film on sustainability they made which was screened at the launch.
Launching the film challenge Sustainability Victoria CEO Anita Roper explained “Young people have an important role to play in shaping our sustainable future. This inaugural film challenge encourages creativity, inspiration and discussion about climate change”.
Everyone in attendance were very impressed by the filmmaking efforts of the Courtenay Gardens students.
The students will enter their film in the Future Shots and cross their fingers they are shortlisted to compete for the over $8000 in prizes that will be handed out at the awards night to be held in December at the Australian Centre of the Moving Image (ACMI) in Federation Square.
Posted in Future Shots 2009 | No Comments »
September 7th, 2009
What makes the difference between a good short film and a bad short film?
Often it’s simple things like the quality of your sound and vision.
Two pieces of gear you should view as essential for making a top quality film are your microphone and a tripod. Bad sound and shakey footage are a big turn off when watching a video – this is how you can avoid these problems on your own video. Mics and tripods can both be hired relatively cheaply and will make the world of difference to your film.
A directional microphone
A Tripod
Posted in 'How-To', Future Shots 2009, Teacher Resource | No Comments »
September 4th, 2009
If you are looking to hire some gear to get your entry into Future Shots off and running OPEN CHANNEL has some great deals on equipment hire
Posted in Future Shots 2009, Teacher Resource | No Comments »
September 4th, 2009
these dudes are seriously sick of plastic water bottles and here’s just one reason why…
According to British research, drinking one bottle of water has the same environmental impact as driving a car for a kilometre…… wow
Remember – it was only a few years ago that people thought it would be impossible to break the dependence on plastic shopping bags – and today although it’s true plastic bags are still here – major progress has been made with the public more willing to use their own bags AND practically every major shopping chain is trying to sell you a re-usable bag with their branding on it – just to show how green they are.
read all about the campaign underway in Australia to ban the water bottle here
Posted in Future Shots 2009, Teacher Resource | No Comments »