Film, Television and Animation, Deakin University

That's a wrap for Visionnaire 2024! What an incredible night of films!

Congratulations to all our third year film, television and animation students about to head out to the big time. A very special shout out FTVA academic Anna Brownfield for organising this spectacular event, and to her, Simon Wilmot, and Simeon Taylor for supervising the projects. And a massive thank you to the extraordinary Deakin FTVA tech team and professional staff for all the support of both the projects and night. The future is looking pretty sweet!

More pics of our award winners to come...stay tuned!

Final call for ushers to help with this Sunday's Visionnaire screening. If you're keen, email [email protected].

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Join the 3rd year FTVA cohort to celebrate their graduate films!

Date: 12th November
Time: 6pm
Place: The Astor Theatre, 1 Chapel St, St Kilda VIC
Ticket price: $11-$15
Dress code: formal attire (dresses and blazers)

Link for tix in our Linktree (in bio).

Films include:



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(With Everything I Am)

Wonderful to hear Oscar outline his PhD experience at Deakin. For Sean Redmond it has been an absolute pleasure supervising him as they research the affective registers of the films of Michelangelo Antonioni.

"We know that behind every image revealed there is another image more faithful to reality, and in the back of that image there is another, and yet another behind the last one, and so on, up to the true image of that absolute, mysterious reality that no one will ever see" - Antonioni

If you are interested in postgraduate study in film, television and animation at Deakin then do get in touch directly. We supervise on a range of topics including documentary and activism, film and television genre (with special interest in horror and science fiction), film exhibition and archiving, stardom, celebrity and performance, animation and visual effects, auteurs, and new screen technologies including VP, VR and AR. Our PhDs can be taken as either through the traditional thesis route, or by creative practice and exegesis.

At Deakin, we think the screen, feel the screen, and make screen content...

Exploring humanity through cinema – Oscar’s PhD in the School of Communication and Creative Arts Oscar Bloomfield is completing his PhD with Deakin’s School of Communication and Creative Arts. With the support of a full scholarship, Oscar’s PhD explores ...

Oh yeah! We have a 3rd year production, "Tommyknocker Man", shooting in our Burwood virtual production volume today. It's very cool to see our students creating worlds and telling stories using these technologies. 🎬🎬🎬

The Mental Health Foundation Australia’s Multicultural Mental Health Film Festival invites short film submissions from the 9th of August to the 1st of October, with the awarding and closing ceremony scheduled for October 31st. Entry to this film festival is free!

The Multicultural Mental Health Film Festival hopes to be a force that recognises, acknowledges, and showcases the way that mental illness can affect and appear in multicultural communities. The festival believes film can detail, educate, and promote awareness of multicultural mental health issues within Australian communities.

The festival hopes that through this showcase of multicultural mental health stories, it can bring communities to support each other, assist in removing the stigma associated with mental illnesses, and promote better mental health for all.

You can submit your film here: https://filmfreeway.com/MulticulturalMentalHealthFilmFestival

To learn more about the film festival and the Mental Health Foundation Australia: https://www.mhfa.org.au/multicultural-film-festival-2023

Multicultural Mental Health Film Festival The Mental Health Foundation Australia’s Multicultural Mental Health Film Festival invites film submissions from the 9th of August to October 1st, with the a...

"With contemporary, retrospective, industry, and activist agendas, FIFF encompasses what women’s film festivals are all about. They celebrate and generate visibility for women’s stories and perspectives on the world, old and new. While feminism has changed, evolved, multiplied, been rejected and embraced, women’s film festivals continue to be spaces for feminist intervention in national and global screen industries, society and culture." - Sian Mitchell (Festival Report in Issue 105 of Senses of Cinema)

Generational Feminisms: the 45th Festival International de Films de Femmes – Senses of Cinema Born In FlamesGenerational Feminisms: the 45th Festival International de Films de Femmes Sian Mitchell May 2023 Festival Reports Issue 105 As a director of a women’s film festival here in Melbourne, the opportunity to attend the world’s oldest, still running women’s film festival – the Festi...

Brilliant discussion for the last part of our masterclass. Is virtual production the right term for the process? What is the future of animation in virtual production? How is AI impacting/augmenting the craft of animation? Some really complex issues.

Panelists - Krista Jordan (AFTRS), Christy Widiarto and Phil Wilkinson (VCA), Jack McGrath (Uni. of Newcastle) and our own Deakin FTVA team Simeon Taylor and Lienors Torre.

Bringing together stop motion models with digital environments.

Our Animating Worlds in Virtual Production masterclass has begun! Whoo hoo!

We're really excited to be co-presenting a one-day masterclass in partnership with the Melbourne International Animation Festival – Animating Worlds in Virtual Production. Join world class animators, industry representatives and academics for this interactive workshop at Deakin Burwood’s virtual production studio and learn about the role animation plays within virtual production from concept to screen. Presenters include Oscar-nominated animator Anthony Lucas (The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello), Jack Condon (Epic Games) and Simeon Taylor (3D animator and lecturer, Deakin University).

Friday 5th May, 10am-3pm. Open to the general public with tickets $35-$70 (lunch included). Places are limited so book your spot now!

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/animating-worlds-in-virtual-production-tickets-615334822017?aff=ebdssbdestsearch