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Day 4

Date: April 19th, Friday

Event: I Used To Be Funny

Location: Denty Cinema Newtown (261-263 King St, Newtown NSW 2042)

I was the photographer today and it was a new indoor location too. After I arrived, I was sitting at the table and setting the camera with staff, answering the questions about films and film festival from audiences or people who may be just passing by and get interested by the booklets or poster. Some people were particularly interested in the local film. Some people were interested in I Used To Be Funny (2023), even though it has shown sold-out online, they still came offline to check if there is really no chance 1 hour before the screening. Some audiences were asking our opinions, suggestion or recommendation of films. And some people just wanted to know a bit more about the Inner West Film Festival, such as what kind of films still available, because they heave never heard about this.

Then I went up and down, helped the staff to check if everything has been set. Before the screening, I took some photos of volunteers and audiences talking and taking free Gin. After the screening, the staff said that he would send me some sample of videos of other film festivals for social media to learn how to edit and what kind of video they want later.

Today, I heard people talking about National Film Day. National Canadian Film Day is April 17th. I Used To Be Funny is one of the Canadian films brought by the National Canadian Film Day which shows the diverse Canadian culture. However, there is no National Australian Film Day. That’s why Australian film makers and cultural trendsetters want to discuss the efficacy of instating an Australian National Film Day. I was inspired to search, then found out: there is no National Film Day in China too. 

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Day 3

Date: April 14th, Sunday

Event: Short Film Package 1

Location: Palace Cinema (99 Norton St, Leichhardt NSW 2040)

There was a new indoor location today. I brought the FX30 camera to film the interaction between people, such as audiences, film makers, crews, actors and actresses. Many people came to take photos, even asked if we would be still here after the Short Film Package 1.

While we were shooting photos and videos for people, a person came to ask if a girl who we just shot is an actress of film and which film it is. Interesting. Celebrity effect.  

Short Film Package 1 was really popular. Though Inner West Film Festival has announced that is sold-out very early, some people still came to ask if there are any tickets available, even an actress of a short film came to ask, if she can go inside to watch. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do, the number of seats inside is fixed.  

I felt this kind of short film package attracting more people than other individual film screenings. And people actually need to plan well for watching the films in the film festival, because there are actually multiple films screening at the same time at different cinema. Audiences need to make decisions and plan well for buying tickets online.

For documenting Inner West Film Festival, I also shot the videos of the environment in different angles on the stairs towards the second floor, for example people lined up to get food and drinks, audiences lined up to enter the cinema.

The ice cream in this cinema is unexpectedly more expensive than the outdoor screening's.

I noticed all the short films don’t have English subtitles. I learnt that they usually only made subtitles for film in foreign language. Even in this case, it will only be the monolingual subtitle, instead of the bilingual subtitle, which is more common in China. So I tried to search more information about film festivals in China, including the vlog of audiences who went to many film festivals, essay videos about the development and history of different international film festival.

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Day 2

Date: April 12th, Friday

Event: Opening Night

Location: Steel Park Marrickille (531-565 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204)

The location of this outdoor event was initially set at Marrickville Golf Club. However, the weather really has huge influence on the outdoor event. Due to the torrential rain over the past couple of days, there has literally been turned into a pond. The Outdoor screening has been cancelled once. We just knew that Inner West Film Festival arranged a new location for this outdoor screening at Steel Park Marrickille in the morning.

During the preparation, I helped the staff to set up the light and the canvas over the metal poles for people who would like to take photos and post online to show they came to Inner West Film Festival. However, we found that there were not enough extension cables for the lights. Luckily, the battery could be taken off, the lines were actually longer than we thought.

The food and drinks there are really expensive too. Many audiences seemed to prepared well for this film festival. They brought their own food and drinks, also the chairs or other things to sit on.

Before the screening, I was giving the booklets to the audience. Some people were unhappy, because the booklets were made of trees, and said "I care about trees". Probably Inner West Film Festival could print less booklet next year, and promote electronic version, online or shown on a big screen, so people can take photos by their phones.

I was shooting videos about many interactive moments between people, such as film makers, crews, actors and actresses, staffs and audiences, also documenting their reaction to the speech before the screening and how they all were concentrating on the film. Then I stayed and watched all the films.

After the screening, volunteers and I were giving these cards about the later event to the audience who were going to leave. In the end, I took all my equipment, camera and SD Cards back, and were asked to send them all the videos via google driver.

Today, I learnt that the Inner West Film Festival with Pitching Competition is actually not only a competition, but helping and supporting the emerging young film makers to keep creating new films, providing them a chance to be seen and communicate with each other. I also heard that the films which were selected to be played in the Inner West Film Festival will get a copyright fee, how the Film Festivals in Taiwan and Beijing select the films are different from Inner West Film Festival. Some people are wondering if the chosen films were produced, made or connected to people who organized the film festival, could the copyright fee be saved for them to spend on other things or the people will get benefit from it.

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Day 1

Date: April 11th, Thursday

Event: Pitching Competition

Location: Actors Center Australia (23 Norton Street, Italian Forum, Shop 30 A Italian Forum Performance Precinct, Leichhardt NSW 2040)

Before the event, the staff of Inner West Film Festival sent us the photos of Juries for us and volunteers to be familiar. In the morning, I went to DMU for borrowing the equipment, FX30 Camera, Tripod and Rode Mic.

After we arrived, we put all the equipment, bags and personal belongings inside the staff room. Then we helped them to carry some boxes of booklets, clothes, bags and other merchandise made for film festival this year from their car at the parking area to the Actors Center, then set the booklets on the tables in the Actors Center for people who came and may be interested in those films to plan and book tickets online. After giving each of us a black T-shirt with Inner West Film Fest, we went to set up the camera and other equipment.

Before the Pitching Competition, we tried to interview some audiences and film makers (though got rejected a few times), also captured the interactive moments between people to show this is a very popular and successful event: Staffs and volunteers were working hard. People were gathering as crowds, talking and enjoying the drinks. Film makers and producers were talking, and hugged rarely.

During the Pitching Competition, I listened all the pitching and tried to remember all the pitching team while filming them from where the audiences were sitting. In the beginning of the Pitching Competition, I forgot to turn the mic on. Luckily, this will not affect much to the video of highlight of this event for social media. But this kind of situation did not happen again. After the Pitching Competition, we tried to interview all the pitching team. Though there were too many people, we just couldn’t find everyone, we tried to find them and ask if they would like to accept a short interview to talk about their films and themselves.

Hope next year's film festival will be able to provide a room for interviewing the pitching team and arrange a time schedule for this. So people can set the camera, tripod, mic and lighting better.

Inner West Film Fest 2024 Pitching Competition

WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS | Thomas Crnkovic

LYREBIRD | Beck Thompson & Isabella Andronos

PASSION POP | Chris Elena

CAMOUFLAGE AUSTRALIA | Gabriel Robinson

HOME BEFORE NIGHT | Kalani Gacon

BIRD HANDS BEAVER A FISHMINT BOUQUET | Kim Pham

THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM | Luke Agius

ECHO 8 | Maria Tran

THE LISTENING | Milena Bennett

SKIDMARK | Natalie Patterson

GOD DAMN | Noel Vinson

UNDER THE COVER | Reilly Archer-Whelan

NOBODY WITH A JOB READS THE REPUBLIC | Terry Guannan Hou

RAM | Sean McCallum

After the Pitching Competition, I was mostly interested in BIRD HANDS BEAVER A FISHMINT BOUQUET, ECHO 8 and NOBODY WITH A JOB READS THE REPUBLIC. "Pain travels through families until someone is ready to feel it" used by Kim Pham in her pitching, probably not only hits my heart, but hearts of many people with Asian family background. I felt like more and more people in Asia or have Asian background start to realize the importance of mental health and the problem with family which was rarely talked and discussed in public before. So many film makers started to make this kind of film to reveal the problem, encourage the audiences who were facing the similar situation or problem to make change or just comfort them.

About ECHO 8, the speaker, Maria Tran actually left deeper impression on me than the trailer of her film. She was really confident about herself and her films, showed her passion and ambition, convincing the listener that she knows what she is doing and she will be succeed.

NOBODY WITH A JOB READS THE REPUBLIC is quite interesting with amazing beautiful storyboard which delivers the tone of this story well. I was actually quite surprised that Terry Guannan Hou was studied economics instead of Bachelor of Visual Arts or Master of Film and Screen Arts in USYD.

Before leaving, I gave the SD cards and Tripod to the staff of Inner West Film Festival for Day 2 Opening Night.  

By the way, the drinks were really expensive.

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Preparation

Equipment list

FX30 Camera

Rode Wireless Go

Miller Tripod 

Computer

Headphone

SD Cards

Canon EOS 80D

Be familiar with the Juries

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Zoom meeting

Date: March 28th, Thursday

Time: 11:00

Event: Zoom meeting with Gregory Dolgolpolov, Benson Wu, Adrian Samson and Allan Coker

Overview

Photograph - media wall, interaction

Shooting video - highlight of the event, the interactions between people (audiences, film makers, producers, actors and actresses)

Stephen Dupont

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Interview

Question

Audience

What makes you want to come?

Where do you hear or see this film festival / pitch competition?

What are you looking for?

Which pitch interests you the most?

Have you came to the film festival last year?

2. Participants / contestant

Could you introduce your project?

Is there any other contestant's pitch that attacks your interest?

3. Staff

Is there anything different from last year's film festival?

What do you want to share about this film festival?

What do you want to achieve in this year's film festival?

Which film do you like the most / will you recommend the audience to watch?

4. Volunteer

Which film do you like the most?

Is there any interesting thing you want to share?

VoxBox

A system to gather opinions from crowds

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Film Festival

Inner West Film Festival

Sydney Film Festival

Sydney Underground Film Festival

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Pitch

Preference

1. Inner West Film Festival

I'm really interested in film festival, wants to learn a lot about organize / prepare a film festival. Heard there will be comedy films this year. Comedy is really difficult. Great experience for other nations' or international film festival in the future.

2. Spectrum

I'm really interested in post-production. Future career may be editor or Foley artist. This seems to be a big company with mature internship system.

3. Studio 13 - Francis Cai

I'm always interested in art. Great chance to learn how an artist prepares for his artwork and exhibition. This may be helpful for my future career decision-making.

After the pitch, the question about future 5 years:

I can see myself be an editor, sound recordist or Foley artist in a team

or be an artist, do small art projects by myself / collab with friends

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Research

Inner West Film Festival

For 2024 IWFF is bringing over 50 films across 70 sessions in venues like Dendy Newtown, Palace Norton, Marrickville Golf Club, Actors Centre Australia and town halls. There will be pitching and short film competitions, parties, Q&As, location tours, special events and much much more.

2 short film programs and 1 music program

Location: Headquarters

Time: Before or / and during 11-21 April

Copy-writing, Administration, Graphic design, On-site assistant, Social media, Photography, Video shooting and Editing

Advantage:

Experience of operating social media and graphic design

Experience of photo and video shooting, and editing

Internship experience of administration assistant

Why:

Interested in film festival and comedy

Great chance to know about film festival and meet many talent creators and artists

Great experience that may be helpful for working in other film festivals or big events, even in other nations

Spectrum

Do the post-production for many famous films, documentaries and TV series

Time: After early April

Location: Moore Park

Client service, provide administrative support...

Advantage:

Experience of operating social media and graphic design

Internship experience of administration assistant for a lawyer team: knows about client service, supporting a team and keeping secrets

Good computer skill: Word document, PowerPoint, Excel...

Why:

Interested in post-production

Big company with mature internship system

Great chance to learn about script

Studio 13

Francis Cai: Fine art photographer, Visual Artist and XR film director with unique perspective in psycho-geography, focus on surreal landscapes and rising self-awareness in the post-pandemic era

The Daylight Moon (2022)

Time: Every Monday or Thursday

Location: Paddington

Production and post-production, PR, PS...

Advantage:

Bachelor of Visual Arts, Major in Screen Arts

Knows photography and video shooting, PS and PR

Taking course, Mixed Reality this semester

Held a small installation exhibition in 2023

Language: Chinese & English

Why:

Interested in how to prepare an art exhibition in this industry

Eden Collective

Time: March 5th -

Location: Surry Hills

Production management, Audio, Camera, Lighting...

Audio/ video editing, logging and workflow management

Advantage:

Have studied Lighting / Photo-media

Experience of audio recording, video shooting and editing

Why:

Great chance to learn a lot

Catalyst ABC

Australian science journalism television program broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Time: May 13th - 24th for 6-8 days

Location: Ultimo

Working on the new series of Catalyst in May

Full-time / 3-4 days a week for 2 weeks

Meeting with Penny in late March for a general introduction after signing the Schedule

Need to be very organised as the essay is due soon after the placement

Advantage:

Watched some science TV program

Why:

Great chance to learn how TV program work

Visakesa Chandrasekaram

Sri Lankan film director, community law practitioner, human rights lawyer, activist, writer, novelist, dramatist, songwriter, artist, stage performer and academic

Forbidden Area (1999)

Time: March 30th (16 hours) / May 30th (24 hours)

Proposed activities/ time-frame and dates for 40 hours of placement

Approx 7-8 x 5 hours sessions or 6 x 6 hours sessions

Research for screenplay development & develop a preliminary shooting schedule

Advantage:

Internship experience with a lawyer team

Why:

Great chance to learn about research for screenplay development and develop a preliminary shooting schedule

Links

Inner West FF

https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-west-film-fest/

Studio 13

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cai-francis99/

Catalyst ABC

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-penny-palmer-8b934828/?originalSubdomain=au

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6004 – Questions

Inner West Film Festival

Will one Internship / Placement Supervisor be responsible for only one intern, or a few interns, or many interns and volunteers?

Will there be any other interns from other universities?

What's your expectation to us, the interns? Any difference of the expectations between interns and volunteers?

Is there any standard for clothes?

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FASS Student Placement Information Manual

Understanding Workplace Culture

Observe how others in the workplace act and mirror that

(for example, a preferred font or format)

Work out or ask workplace supervisor about the workplace norms and follow them

Interact effectively with people from different cultures

Professional Workplace Expectations

Maintaining confidentiality regarding information accessed on any clients, members, customers, employees, organizations and products or services

Reporting to the workplace on time, and completing the minimum work hours according to an agreed plan as part of internship / student placement agreement

Late: Always be punctual and notify Placement Supervisor

Absences: need to complete make-up days which should be discussed with Placement Supervisor and Academic Coordinator or Student Placement Officer

High standards of professional and ethical behavior

Carry out tasks to the best of abilities

Engaging in positive, ethical, legal behavior while exhibiting respect for everyone

Using appropriate written and verbal expression in all interactions

Be aware that communication and behavior needs to be appropriate for the work place (includes appropriate use of work emails and office telephone mannerisms)

Recognizing and abiding by reasonable rules and regulations / policies required by the Internship / Placement Organization and Placement Supervisor

Observe all established safety and sanitation codes

Participating in any pre-placement orientation or any human resources requirements established by the Internship/Placement Organization

How to Be Your Best during Your Internship/student placement

Ask thoughtful questions and soak up information

Maintain a positive and enthusiastic attitude and develop listening skills

Stay focused and don’t use social networking sites or text friends

Take challenging projects with optimism and eagerness to learn

Provide quality over quality: take time, pay attention to details

Network as much as possible, make connections in field

Be receptive to feedback

Put the skills and knowledge gained at university to use and try to recognize the functions and concepts in action

Be professional

Meet people from different teams and learn about their roles: learn about all of the different function of the industry and profession

Appropriate Attire

Dress in a professional and appropriate manner for work and to meet standards the Internship / Placement Organization sets for their employees

Be Seen to Be Professional

Keep desk neat and tidy at all time

Keep a dairy or list of tasks to do

Make notes in meetings

After finish task, be proactive and ask for another

Social Media

Ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the organization and clients

Familiarize with the organization’s polices and requirements on the use of social media and consequences

Must discuss the content with Placement Supervisor first and ask for advice on what is permissible

Benefits to Students

Knowledge and practical experience within a professional and business environment

Learn about company cultures and work ethics, an appreciation of business processes and management

Engage in analysis, decision making, problem-solving and face the challenges of the professional world

Develop the professional skills

This can be of great assistance in making decisions about career choices

Directly observe the variety of skills and qualities needed for this profession and will provide the opportunity to decide whether it is a good fit

Network with people in profession and determine what skills are required to be successful

Benefits of an Internship / Placement to host Organizations  

Bring a new perspective to the working environment

Talented, motivated young professionals are dynamic and add value to the organization

Intellectual Property

Internship / Placement Organizations may have specific conditions around intellectual property and commercial confidentiality

Workplace Health and Safety

Preparing for a Student Internship / Placement

Inform particular WH&S issues associated with the Internship / Placement Organization or workplace

Any H&S concerns or issues: immediately advice Academic Coordinator or Student Placement Officer to address the issues and provide the support

The University undertakes responsibility not to place any student within an Internship / Placement Organization or workplace that poses any obvious or tangible risk

While Undertaking a Student Internship / Placement

The Internship/Placement Organization must provide a WH&S induction or orientation prior to undertaking any duties (This should cover issues such as working hours, leave, WH&S, and dress and behavior code, location of amenities, what to do if you identify a workplace hazard or if you are involved in a WH&S incident, and what to do in case of an emergency, including first aid arrangements)

If do not receive a WH&S induction or orientation, notify Academic Coordinator and Student Placement Officer immediately

Identify a potential safety hazard at the workplace:

Notify Internship / Placement Supervisor immediately, following the procedures of the induction

Immediately contact Academic Coordinator and Student Internship / Placement Officer

Any unfair expectation of workplace duties and performances: immediately advise Internship / Placement Supervisor, and let Academic Coordinator know

A health and safety workplace incident occur:

Notify both Internship / Placement Supervisor and Academic Coordinator immediately

May be asked to provide further details to track and resolve any issues

Can be removed from the workplace of Internship / Placement Organization by Academic Coordinator, if they feel that work safety health or well-being could be compromised

After a Student Internship/Placement

May be asked by Academic Coordinator to provide information about the Internship / Placement Organization or workplace conditions based on experience

Insurance

Three University of Sydney insurance policies

- Public liability: for any claims of personal injury / property damage by a third party (that is, a member of the public, customer or client) as a result of negligence by a student undertaking duties as directed by the Internship / Placement Organization during student internship / placement

- Professional indemnity: any claims by a third party (that is, a client or customer) as a result of damages arising from acts, omissions or breaches of professional conduct and duty by a student undertaking duties as directed by the Internship / Placement Organization during their student internship / placement

- Personal Accident: any claims of personal injury made by the student while on their student internship / placement (e.g. at work, on the way to and from work and on other sites they visit as part of the duties associated with the student internship / placement) p.s. the Medicare gap is not covered in any financial payments made

The Public Liability Insurance of the Internship/Placement Organization: during internship, the student suffers an injury or damages — due to the Internship / Placement Organization's negligence — the Internship / Placement Organization's insurance will cover any claims of personal injury by a student (p.s. student on a student internship / placement is not covered by Internship / Placement Organization's Worker's Compensation Insurance because they are not an employee of the Internship / Placement Organization)

If suffer / cause an injury or damages during internship:

Immediately contact Academic Coordinator, Student Placement Officer and Internship / Placement Supervisor

Special Arrangements and Special Consideration

If student is sick or unable to attend student internship placement workplace for any reason, immediately contact Internship / Placement Supervisor and copy Academic Coordinator in on any correspondence

Special Consideration

Special Consideration: for serious illness or misadventure

Special Arrangements: for specific commitments or requirements that may need to accommodate by the Internship/Placement Organization

Simple Extension: a short extension for workplace attendance or assessment tasks on the grounds of illness or misadventure

Privacy and Disclosure

Information may need to be provided: resume, academic transcripts, resumes, emergency contact details, and any other information specific to the student internship/placement

Responsibilities

To inform USYD of any physical or medical conditions which may affect your comfort or safety or the safety of others during the student internship / placement, or any issues that you are aware of that might impact your performance in a designated workplace

To meet the documentary or information requirements of Internship / Placement Organization before commencing your student internship / placement (include the provision of Working with Children or Police checks, or emergency contact details)

General Student internship / placement expectations

Enroll in the relevant unit of study and obtain appropriate departmental permission as required

Agree to comply with the Student Internship/Placement Schedule. Please keep your own copy

Non-conformance with any requirement of the student internship / placement program or the Internship / Placement Organization may be referred to the Academic Coordinator, and your student internship/placement may be terminated

Pre-Placement Briefing Session

Pre-Placement Briefing Session Students undertaking approved internship/placements will be required to attend a pre-placement briefing

Details of this briefing will be advised by the Faculty Office, Academic Coordinator or Student Internship / Placement Officer

Supervision and Contact Hours

The day-to-day supervision of the students during their internship/placement is the responsibility of the Internship / Placement Organization

The Placement Supervisor will monitor your progress and will be 12 your primary contact point if there are any concerns or problems during student internship / placement, and will provide regular feedbacks

Academic Coordinator is responsible for monitoring overall progress and will maintain contact with you throughout your internship / placement to ensure you are meeting the learning objectives of the Internship/placement

Must ensure that you keep to the agreed contact hours with the Internship / Placement Organization and Academic Coordinator, and respond promptly to any requests for information

If you have any other concerns, discomfort or uncertainty relating to the placement program at any time, please contact Academic Coordinator as soon as possible

Attendance and Absences / Sick Level

If you are absent for reasons of illness or misadventure, you must always notify both Academic Coordinator and Placement Supervisor as soon as possible via phone, email or both

Need to take leave due to personal reasons, such as carers leave, please advise Academic Coordinator at least one week in advance (p.s. maybe required to complete an online documentation to record placement hours)

Termination of Student Internships / Placements

Have the right to decline to attend the placement for any reason, or to leave the Internship / Placement Organization location at any time, if you feel that your personal safety or wellbeing is at risk (The University reserves the right to exclude any student from participation in the internship / internship / student placement program for reasons which the University believes are justified)

If the internship / internship / student placement is terminated by the Internship / Placement Organization through no fault of your own, such as lack of work or company liquidation, you must complete an internship/internship / student placement elsewhere with the approval of the Academic Coordinator

If you terminate the internship without just cause, USYD is under no obligation to provide another internship, which may result in fail grade for the unit of study

Feedback and Evaluation

Feedback will be sought while students are on placement and upon completion of the internship/student placement

May be asked to provide feedback on the nature and quality of your workplace supervision and the overall value of the placement experience in relation to your unit of study or degree

Internship / Placement Organization likewise will be asked to provide feedback on student’s level of preparation for, and student's performance while on placement

Placement Evaluation

Meet the Placement Supervisor on a regular basis throughout the placement to discuss work matters and to receive feedback

Have regular contact with Academic Coordinator to discuss the progress, assessment tasks and any other matters related to the placement

Post-Placement De-Briefing

Required to attend a de-briefing session to provide feedback on the experience

Managing Expectations

Consult Academic Coordinator or Student Placement Officer for support in assessing challenges regarding your internship

Faculty Internship / Student Placement System

The SONIA platform will assist us in managing your internship / placement as you will receive forms and other internship / placement materials throughout experience

Receive information on how to use SONIA during internship / placement

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