Covering the essential elements you need to work in the industry, no matter what your job. The workshop will be presented by Word Ninjas who have been running their creative business since 2013. You'll learn how to invoice, pay taxes, be insured, and set up your super - everything you need to establish good business foundations when working or contracting in this industry. Business Basics is for everyone - from writers to gaffers to composers and everything in between.
Pete Monaghan
Head Writer at Word Ninjas
MCX Open House • Networking
Ask us questions and let us know how we can support you in your screen career, plus meet your fellow Springboarders before weekend one.
Writing Workshop • Day 1 of 2 Jessica Redenbach•Yolanda Ramke
This workshop will: • Develop and increase your understanding of screenwriting • Cover the core principles of character, story, structure •vHelp you identify your audience • Teach basics such as industry formatting • Outline best practice • Focus on writing short form storytelling - whether live action, animation, documentary, episodic, comedy or drama
Jessica Redenbach
Writer & Filmmaker
Yolanda Ramke
Writer/Director
Writing Workshop • Day 2 of 2 Jessica Redenbach•Jessica Tuckwell
This workshop will: • Develop and increase your understanding of screenwriting • Cover the core principles of character, story, structure •vHelp you identify your audience • Teach basics such as industry formatting • Outline best practice • Focus on writing short form storytelling - whether live action, animation, documentary, episodic, comedy or drama
All These Creatures (2018) The Moogai (2020) Roborovski (2021) What Was It Like? (2021) Chicken (2019) The Egg (2019) Lost & Found (2018) Doug the Human (2019)
Producing Workshop • Day 1 of 2 Lisa Duff
This workshop will cover: • Copyright • Development and Collaboration • Budgeting and Admin • Scheduling and Logistics • How to build a team • How to define and find your audience • Fundraising • How to prepare, plan and produce a short over pre-production, production and post-production
Lisa Duff
Head of Scripted at EQ Media Group
Producing Workshop • Day 2 of 2 Lisa Duff
This workshop will cover: • Copyright • Development and Collaboration • Budgeting and Admin • Scheduling and Logistics • How to build a team • How to define and find your audience • Fundraising • How to prepare, plan and produce a short over pre-production, production and post-production
Lisa Duff
Head of Scripted at EQ Media Group
Directing Workshop • Day 1 of 2 Erin White
This workshop will focus on: • Breaking down scripts • Designing coverage • Storyboarding • Shot listing • Directing actors and/or real people • Working on a set • Collaborating with Heads of Department • How to write a compelling vision statement
Erin White
Director
Directing Workshop • Day 2 of 2 Erin White
This workshop will focus on: • Breaking down scripts • Designing coverage • Storyboarding • Shot listing • Directing actors and/or real people • Working on a set • Collaborating with Heads of Department • How to write a compelling vision statement
Erin White
Director
Springboard Shorts Screening #2- Award-winning International Shorts
Liberty (2019) Sister (2018) Dieorama (2019) Boxed (2019) Please Hold (2020) Bambirak (2020) Broken Orchestra (2019) Passage (2019) Emergency (2018)
Script Reading Workshop • Day 1 of 2 Pete Monaghan•Kelly Schilling•Diana Ward
Hear your short script read out loud by actors and be guided through discussion facilitated by development experts.
Pete Monaghan
Head Writer at Word Ninjas
Kelly Schilling
Writer/Director and Development & Production Executive of Mercury CX
Diana Ward
Production Executive at Mercury CX
Script Reading Workshop • Day 2 of 2 Pete Monaghan•Kelly Schilling•Diana Ward
Hear your short script read out loud by actors and be guided through discussion facilitated by development experts.
Pete Monaghan
Head Writer at Word Ninjas
Kelly Schilling
Writer/Director and Development & Production Executive of Mercury CX
Diana Ward
Production Executive at Mercury CX
Springboard Shorts Screening #3 • SASA winning shorts
The Recordist (2020) The Better Angels (2021) My Ba (2020) Welcome to Iron Knob (2013) The Still Point (2017) Dead Centre (2021)
Business Enterprise Workshop Chloe Gardner•Pete Monaghan•Ian Murray•Morgan Wright•Gena Ashwell
Creative business advisor, Ian Murray of 113 Partners, will talks us through ways to successfully create and develop viable screen businesses. You’ll learn about strategic planning, different business structures, and what to consider when deciding whether to set up as a sole trader, company or joint venture.
Then, join our panel of guest speakers as they give us an inside look into their particular career pathways, sharing the pros and cons and the challenges they’ve experienced within their current business models - covering independent producers, collaborative partnerships, creative company directors and writing partnerships.
Chloe Gardner
Senior Producer at Beyond Content
Pete Monaghan
Head Writer at Word Ninjas
Ian Murray
CEO of 113 Partners
Morgan Wright
Producer at Repeater
Gena Ashwell
Company Director/Producer of Dancing Road Productions
Legals & Grant Writing Workshop William Littleton•Pete Monaghan•Alies Sluiter•Diana Ward•Nara Wilson
Day two of the final Springboard weekend, we’ll be covering the ever-important legal considerations and provide insight into applying for grants, funding and fellowships, alongside a hands-on workshop on how to approach and write grant applications.
You’ll hear from Nara Wilson from the SAFC, multiple grant, fellowship and funding recipient Alies Sluiter, and her producer William Littleton, and MCX Production Executive Diana Ward as an assessor across all of these areas.
Then Word Ninja's Pete Monaghan will guide through the grant writing process.
And finally, we dedicate some time to answering your questions about Quicksilver and provide relevant and useful information that will assist you in preparing your applications to Quicksilver to be as competitive and compelling as possible.
William Littleton
Producer
Pete Monaghan
Head Writer at Word Ninjas
Alies Sluiter
Writer/Director/Producer/Founder of Blue Soup Productions
Diana Ward
Production Executive at Mercury CX
Nara Wilson
First Nations Industry Development Executive at South Australian Film Corporation
Springboard Wrap Networking Drinks
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