Asia-Pacific Symposium on Creative Post-Production Revealing the Hidden Art

19-21 November 2012 Led by Roger Crittenden and Herman Van Eyken

 Monday 19 November    9am – 9.45am Symposium Registration State Library 10am – 12noon A Film Editor for All Seasons: Jill Bilcock’s Life and Career: State Library – Auditorium 1

In conversation with Roger Crittenden 1.30pm – 3.30pm The Final Re-Write: Comparing the Work of the Screenwriter and the Editor Griffith Film School – Cinema

Moderated by Roger Crittenden with: Alice Addison (screenwriter The Hunter), Roberto Perpignani (Editing for the Taviani Brothers), Vilsoni Hereniko (Comparing the Screenwriter and the Editor), Sylvia Ingemarsdotter (editing for Ingmar Bergman), Charlie Strachan and Kats Serraon (Case Study Thy Womb)

4.30pm – 5.30pm In Conversation with Brillante Mendoza and Kats Serraon. Director and Editor State Library – Auditorium 2

of Thy Womb 6.30pm APSA Gala Evening Barracks Cinema 4

Screening of APSA Nominated Film Thy Womb (Sinapupunan) by Brillante Mendoza. The film is nominated for Best Director and Best Actress at the 2012 Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Tuesday 20 November 9am – 10.30am The Limitations of Editing Griffith Film School – Cinema

Moderated and Introduced by Maria Dora Mourao, President of CILECT, Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinema et Television – The International Association of Film and Television Schools, with Freddie Yeo (First time editors assigned to Long Feature Films), Haideh Safiyari (Editing A Separation), Kats Serraon, Mary Stephen (Editing for Eric Rohmer vs Editing for independents in China and Turkey), Karen Pearlman (Judging the Invisible and/or Cutting Rhythm) and Roger Crittenden

11am – 12.30pm Sound and Sound Design: Discussion on the Use/Need/Function of Sound in Griffith Film School – Cinema

the Editing Room

Moderated by Herman Van Eyken with: Roger Savage, James Currie (Sounds of the auteur on Paul Cox and Rolf de Heer), Roberto Perpignani (The Third Language of Cinema – Il Postino), and Zhang Yang (From ‘XiaoWu’ to ‘I Wish I Knew’ Sound for JiaZhangke)

2pm – 4pm Music and Film: A Perfect Marriage or an Awkward Relationship? State Library – Auditorium 1

Herman Van Eyken examines this 20th Century Synergy with: Cesary Skubiszewski (Composition & function of Music in Film), Roberto Perpignani (Music in the Films of the Taviani Brothers/Luis Baclov’s Score for Il Postino), Zhang Yang (Music or Sound? Sub-Scoring in Film) and Roger Savage (Cross Cultural Collaboration with Zhang Yimou)

4.15pm – 6.15pm SHIRAZ (Frank Osten, 1928, 97min): Indian producer, Himansu Rai’s, Silent Griffith Film School -

Masterpiece – a fictionalised account of the origins of the Taj Mahal Soundstage

With live soundtrack by “Dva” – the internationally renowned musical duo of Tunji Beier and Linsey Pollak

7.15pm Griffith Film School Industry Showcase: Awards of the Graduating films from Griffith Film School -

the Griffith Film School 2012, with a screening of the Best Overall Films from Film Soundstage and Animation

 

Wednesday 21 November 8.30am – 10am Are the Rules for Editing Fiction different from those Applied to Documentary Griffith Film School – Cinema

Moderated by Pat Laughren with: Yann Dedet, Chartchai Ketnut, Maria Dora Mourao, and Mary Stephen (between 1428, Last Train Home and Rohmer Features)

10.15am – 11.30am File-Based Workflows and New Technology in Post-Production Griffith Film School – Cinema

Moderated by Paul Hayes with: David Price, Roger Savage-Jill Bilcock, Luke Monsour, Steve Cooper and Freddie Yeo (Post Producers as (Co-) Producers

12pm – 1.15pm Murch – a Documentary Screening State Library – Auditorium 1

Hailed as a "master class on movie editing" by Variety, this illuminating documentary is a fascinating exploration of the art of editing, guided by one of the masters of the craft. Walter Murch discusses his collaborations with filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella and George Lucas, and provides remarkable insights into his approach to creating some of cinema's most memorable scenes.

2pm – 4pm Is Cinema Necessary? More Thoughts on the Craft and Theory of Editing State Library – Auditorium 1

An exclusive conversation with Walter Murch in New York and Introduced by Roger Crittenden

4pm – 6pm Australian Film Editors Guild – Social Event for Symposium delegates, State Library – Qld Terrace

ASE Members, Organisers and VIP’s 7.30pm Griffith Film School Graduate Screening (Bachelor of Film and Screen Schonell Theatre – St Lucia

Media Production): Watch all the Productions from the Under-graduate class of 2012

NB. The program schedule is subject to change based on presenter availability.

Inaugural CILECT Asia Pacific Association (CAPA) Conference 2012

‘Screen Education for the Asia Pacific Century: New Partnerships; Future Directions’

22-23 November 2012 Thursday 22 November 8.15am – 8.45am Conference Registration Griffith Graduate Centre

9.10am – 9.30am Key Note: The CILECT Community and Opportunities for Partnerships:

Professor Maria Dora Mourao (USP, Brazil) – President of CILECT 9.30am – 10am Asia Pacific Films.com Marries Alexander Street Press: Prof Vilsoni Hereniko

(University of Hawaii) 10.30am - 11am Asia, Tell Us Your Stories: Rice – The Asian Story Lab: Gabrielle Kelly

(TischAsia, Singapore) 11am – 11.30am Thai Film Industry vs Thai Film Education: Exploring the Links between

Training and Practice with a Thai Perspective: Chartchai Ketnust (White Light, Thailand)

8.45am – 9.10am Official Welcome to Griffith University by Professor Paul Mazerolle, Pro-Vice Chancellor – Arts, Education and Law, and Introduction to Conference Program and Themes

 

Riri Riza: The Concept & Experience of the Initiative of the Makassar SEAscreen Academy & the Present Growth and Challenge of Indonesian Cinema (Indonesia)

2pm – 2.30pm The Co-Production Experience from an Australian Producer’s Perspective, with Reflections on Australia/Asia Pacific Collaborations: Owen Johnson (SPAA Australia)

7.30pm Conference Dinner @ Popolo Southbank

RSVP essential - email n.kume@griffith.edu.au Friday 23 November

11am – 11.45am Cinema Sans Frontiers: Cinema without Borders – Developing the Asia Pacific

Screen Lab: Dr Margaret McVeigh, Assoc Prof Park Ki-Yong and Prof Herman Van Eyken (Australia-Korea)

1.45pm – 3.45pm CAPA Annual General Assembly 5.30pm The Sixth Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Asia Pacific’s Highest Accolade in Film – Black Tie or National Dress

11.30am – 1pm Panel 1: New Partnerships and Co-Productions Griffith Graduate Centre

Session Chair: Ravi Gupta (CEO Whistling Woods International, Mumbai & Vice-Chair CAPA)

Dr Shuchi Kothari: Digital Storytelling – a model for Pan Pacific Conversations (New Zealand) Prof Vilsoni Hereniko: Asia-Pacific Films. Com Marries Alexander Street Press (Fiji/Hawaii) Assoc Prof Park Ki-Yong: 7 Years of AFA – A report from the Asian Film Academy: The Future of Asian Cinema

2.30pm – 4pm Panel 2: Film School Futures

Session Chair: Prof Eduardo Lejano Jr (University of the Philippines & Vice-Chair CAPA) David Price: To Petabytes and Beyond (Australia) Prof Liu Gesan (Head of Technology Department, Beijing Film Academy): Meeting Post-Production Challenges at Beijing Film Academy (China) Michael Burton: Digital Post-Production Futures (Australia) Luke Monsour: Teaching 3D in Film Schools (Australia) Assoc Prof Park Ki-Yong: Dankook University’s new Graduate School of Cinematic Content has launched a new Feature Film Production Program (Korea)

4.15pm- 4.45pm The 3-Dimensional Evolution in Cinematic Education in China: Xu Zhipeng (Communication University of China)

4.45pm – 5.15pm On-Screen Drafting: Digital Systems in the Development of Techniques and Ideas:

Dr Karen Pearlman (AFTRS, Australia)

9am – 9.30am Animation Futures in CAPA and CILECT: Assoc Prof Andi Spark (Griffith Film Griffith Film School Cinema School, Griffith University, Australia

9.30am – 10am Contemporary Asian Cinema: From the Other to the Global: Prof Eduardo

Lejano Jr (University of the Philippines, Philippines 10.30am – 11am Beyond the Modular Film School: Australian Film and Television Schools and

Their Digital Transitions: Prof Tom O’Reagan and Prof Ben Goldsmith (University of Queensland, Australia

11.45am – 12.45pm Recommendations for Future Action: A Summary of Panels 1 and 2

General discussion and recommendations for further actions to go forward to the CAPA Annual General Assembly. Led by Ravi Gupta, CEO Whistling Woods International, Mumbai and Prof Eduardo Lejano Jr, University of the Philippines