AFTRS Short Courses

17/12/2024

Learn the skills to join one of the most exciting and competitive fields in radio and TV.

Our Voice Over Fundamentals course will help you discover the correct techniques to make the most of your voice and get started in the industry. Held in our studios over two days, learn from our expert practitioners who share their industry experience and insights in voice-over and broadcast.

🎙️ Apply appropriate vocal and microphone techniques to deliver a professional read.
🎙️ Interpret and perform a wide range of scripts, incorporating creative direction and timing.
🎙️ Recognise industry standards and the professional expectations of a voice over artist.

Courses start Saturday, 18 January and Thursday, 13 February. Enrol.

Take your first steps in voice over and discover the elements that bring scripts to life.

16/12/2024

Develop essential editing skills with Premiere Pro - Understand the ins and outs of the timeline-based editing software and spend two days in AFTRS’ Computer Labs learning fundamental tools and how to apply them so that you’re ready to start editing your next projects.

🖥️ Understand the Adobe Premiere Pro workspaces, set up and preferences.
🖥️ Demonstrate video editing principles to import rushes, assemble footage, sync audio, and export a project.
🖥️ Identify effects, transitions, and graphics to enhance and refine an edit.

Premiere Pro Workshop starts Saturday 18 January.

This introductory editing course covers Premiere Pro basics and is designed for beginners, with no previous experience or knowledge required.

14/12/2024

Accelerate your growth as a screenwriter! Dive into the art of screenwriting with AFTRS' Screenwriting for Film Bootcamp! At the end of this course, you will be able to:

▪️ Apply principles of screenwriting and cinematic narrative.
▪️ Analyse what makes engaging characters and a variety of structures to drive a compelling narrative.
▪️ Write key documents essential to the screenwriting process and pitching.

Ready to bring your film ideas to life? Whether you're a writer, director, actor or media professional, this 5-day intensive course will teach you the essentials of crafting compelling stories for screen.

Learn from Australia's premier screenwriters and gain industry insights and individual feedback on written exercises.

Screenwriting for film Bootcamp starts Monday 13 January. Enrol now.

Gain foundational writing and analysis skills as you develop your story ideas and work towards the first draft of your screenplay.

13/12/2024

Elevate your craft as a director in storytelling, script analysis and working with actors.

🎬️ Analyse the role of the director from pre- to post-production for scripted screen projects.
🎬️ Demonstrate practical and creative skills in scene blocking, leading rehearsals and auditions.
🎬️ Apply your directorial voice to communicate effectively with actors and heads of department.

Secure your spot and enrol before the end of the year using the code ‘SUMMER2025’ for 15% off the full course price.

Directing Intensive starts 13 January and 3 February.

Learn from leading industry professionals as you build on your directing skills and experience, with the opportunity to practice these skills in hands-on workshops and exercises with professional actors.

13/12/2024

Take a short film script from page to screen as you explore each step of the filmmaking process.

🎬️ Analyse how a script is interpreted by key creatives and crew to be production ready.
🎬️ Implement industry standard on-set practices across directing, cinematography, sound, and the art department.
🎬️ Apply knowledge of post-production processes to manage data, edit, and sound mix.

Secure your spot and enrol before the end of the year using the code ‘SUMMER2025’ for 15% off the full course price.

Filmmaking Intensive starts 13 January and 3 February.

Explore the technical, creative and logistical considerations of filmmaking over five days of practical and collaborative learning in the classroom and on set.

12/12/2024

Learn everything about natural and artificial light, colour temperature, direct/bounce light, soft/hard light, cutters and diffusion gels with our Lighting Intensive.

This five-day course taught by Anna Howard ACS in our state-of-the-art studios will give you insights into basic lighting skills in cinematography and how they apply to the visualisation of a story or concept.

Further your knowledge on lighting continuity, contrast ratios, camera techniques to assist Lighting and types of film lights, camera filters and basic lighting equipment packages for use on location.

Secure your spot and enrol before the end of the year using the code ‘SUMMER2025’ for 15% off the full course price.

Lighting Intensive starts Monday, 6 January at AFTRS.

Learn from leading industry professionals as you unpack basic lighting skills in cinematography and how they apply to the visualisation of a story or concept.

09/12/2024

Summer at AFTRS! Step into our state-of-the-art Moore Park campus and get hands-on as you learn from our team of industry experts.

Enrol in a January or February Intensive before the end of the year and use the code ‘SUMMER2025’ to receive 15% off the full course price! Head to one of the Intensives below to find out more.

▫️ Lighting Intensive
▫️ Directing Intensive
▫️ Filmmaking Intensive
▫️ Avid MC101 Intensive & Avid MC110 Intensive
▫️ Assistant Editor (Unscripted) Intensive
▫️ Videomaking Intensive

Find the right summer course for you.

Step into our state-of-the-art Moore Park campus in the new year and get hands-on in directing, filmmaking, lighting, editing and more.

04/12/2024

Unlock the power of podcasting, Podcasting for Your Brand will will equip you with everything you need to develop, produce, and promote a compelling podcast series.

🎙️ Gain insight into the power of podcasts.
🎙️ Develop an understanding of your audience.
🎙️ Apply skills in planning and producing on-air content for a variety of purposes.

“Good mix of theory and practice, great hands-on experience, great trainer, encouragement of interactivity” – Youth arts co-ordinator, Health network

If you’re interested in learning more about how you can use audio to build an audience, strengthen your brand and communicate with teams, this course will give you the necessary skills to plan, structure, and produce branded podcast content while also developing your writing and ideation skills.

Podcasting for Your Brand is delivered online or on campus. Find the right dates and location for you.

Learn how to use audio to build an audience, strengthen your brand and communicate with teams. Develop skills to plan, structure, and produce branded podcast content, while also developing writing and ideation skills.

03/12/2024

If you need to create a great story idea for your video, organisation or pitch, the Storytelling for Business short course will empower your communication toolkit through understanding and implementing:

👉️ the five critical elements of a powerful story that will capture an audience
👉️ how a story can make a message stick in a compelling and memorable way
👉️ how to translate these techniques to deliver your own clear and irresistible call to action

This workshop uses practical exercises to ensure you can apply these creative communication skills directly to your work. Before the course, you will be asked to submit an idea you will develop during the workshop.

Learn more.

Become an engaging storyteller with this one-day AFTRS workshop covering the creative techniques that filmmakers use to connect with their audience on an emotional level.

02/12/2024

Perth - see you on Saturday! We have partnered with WA Screen Academy at Edith Cowan University (ECU) to deliver the Intro to Producing and Screen Business short course in Western Australia. Learn how to:

▪️ Explain the various roles of a Producer and how they differ across production formats and platforms.
▪️ Outline how a Producer leads a project from conception and funding to production and market.
▪️ Identify a Producer’s practical responsibilities including budgeting, legals, WHS and supervising production.

This course is ideal for aspiring producers, film students and other filmmaking professionals looking to understand producing and screen business fundamentals. It is also ideal for media students, professionals and educators, law professionals, and professionals from other backgrounds who want to transition into the screen industry.

Intro to Producing and Screen Business starts this Saturday 7 December. Enrol now.

In partnership with ECU, learn all facets of a producer and their responsibilities from the conception of a screen project to bringing it to market.

27/11/2024

Melbourne! Ready to transform your accounting expertise into an exciting career in the screen industry?

Presented in partnership with RMIT University, this 5-day practical course will teach you the specialised skills you need to become a production accountant.

Taught by industry experts, you’ll gain in-depth knowledge and insights on screen finance and budgeting, and hands-on experience with industry-standard software, so that you're ready to fast-track your career in this in-demand role.

Production Accounting Intensive starts Monday, 2 December at RMIT Melbourne City Campus.

Enrol now.
https://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-course/production-accounting-intensive-melbourne/

27/11/2024

Present with confidence and authenticity. Gain insights on how to speak in a public setting and develop engaging techniques to deliver exceptional presentations to your audience.

“It was really well organised and taught, and directly about how to implement this in an online setting. The time flew by, and I am re-energised for presenting again!” – Research & Innovation Director, Market research company

👉️ Use body language, gestures, eye contact along with voice to engage your audience
👉️ Find your authentic voice to build a persuasive and lasting connection
👉️ Small groups allow for practical exercises, immediate feedback and coaching to improve technique

Enrol.
https://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-course/presentation-skills/

26/11/2024

Early-bird ends tomorrow! Develop media-facing communications skills and understand techniques to navigate media interactions and represent your brand.

Learn with Tracey Spicer AM, a multiple Walkley Award-winning author, journalist, and broadcaster who has anchored national programs for ABC TV and radio, Network Ten, and Sky News.

👉️ Explore the different types of media and what they expect from an interview.
👉️ Develop strategies for staying on message and on brand.
👉️ Increase your authenticity and impact.

If you are the first line of contact for media in your company, or if you are a leader in your business or industry, this course will equip you with the tools to remain calm, ask the right questions and screen enquiries to present your organisation with a professional media “first line”.

Enrol now.

Learn how to represent your brand and navigate media interactions with finesse.

21/11/2024

And… Action. Explore the role of a director! Learn all facets of directing and a director’s responsibilities from pre-production to post-production, including coverage, visual storytelling, acting and on-set procedures.

🎬️ Describe the Director’s role in translating stories to the screen through pre-production, production and post-production.
🎬️ Outline how the Director leads a creative team through collaboration with various heads of department.
🎬️ Identify approaches to collaborating with actors, from preparation to screen.

Taught by Australia’s premier directors, become familiar with story essentials, how to build relationships with actors and production departments, and what makes a great director.

Intro to Directing starts online Monday, 2 December. Enrolments close next Monday – don't miss out!

Explore all facets of directing and a director’s responsibilities from pre-production through to post-production, including coverage, visual storytelling, actin

19/11/2024

Take your first steps into the world of VFX and 3D animation with AFTRS!

▫️ Recognise the principles of both 3D animation and VFX, including terminology, workflows and processes.
▫️ Understand what differentiates 3D Animation from VFX and what properties they share.
▫️ Identify company structures, industry practice and work opportunities.

Our Intro to VFX & 3D Animation short course is perfect for anyone curious about creating immersive, digital worlds. Learn foundational skills, get hands-on experience with industry software, and discover what it takes to bring imagination to life on screen!

Intro to VFX & 3D Animation starts Monday, 2 December. Enrol now.

Get to know the processes, terminology, workflow and jobs behind contemporary digital post-production, visual effects and animation

18/11/2024

Melbourne! Ready to transform your accounting expertise into an exciting career in the screen industry?

Presented in partnership with RMIT University, this 5-day practical course will teach you the specialised skills you need to become a production accountant.

Taught by industry experts, you’ll gain in-depth knowledge and insights on screen finance and budgeting, and hands-on experience with industry-standard software, so that you're ready to fast-track your career in this in-demand role.

Production Accounting Intensive starts Monday, 2 December at RMIT Melbourne City Campus.

Early bird ends today! Enrol now.
https://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-course/production-accounting-intensive-melbourne/

15/11/2024

Explore the world of film, TV, and the creative industries! AFTRS' introductory short courses are your gateway to essential skills and hands-on experience, perfect for beginners aged 16 and up.

From directing and producing to screenwriting and VFX, explore various creative disciplines with Australia's top industry experts.

Choose from online or on-campus options at AFTRS's state-of-the-art Moore Park facilities.

Discover AFTRS' introductory short courses.

AFTRS introductory courses are entry-level short courses designed to help you become familiar with key roles in the screen industry and their responsibilities on film and television productions.