Perth’s not exactly Hollywood, but it is on the West Coast . . . of Western Australia that is. This is where we live. The heat is dry and the air, sandy. It’s possibly the most conservative town in the whole of Australia. Maybe that’s not a bad thing. And it’s where some filmmakers choose to make their movies.
But . . . Perth?
Sure – in Perth, every time you go location scouting, you get a call from the cops. One or two km’s over the speed limit, and you’ll be chased down – while your house is being robbed.
But that’s Perth. We roll with the bogan king-hits and the random, alcohol-fuelled stabbings.
It’s your life, pal. I’m chasing the stars. I’m off to Sydney first . . . or Melbourne. And then it’s Hollywood or Bust.
Good luck to you!
There’s one really great thing about Perth, besides it’s small population (1.5m), only 245 rain-free days per year, magnificent unpopulated beaches and an average yearly temperature of around 24°C . . . Nobody knows it’s here.
So – shhhhhhhhhh!
I like the look of your site. i am going to make it my home page.
Cheers M.
:) hahaha, i love it! im definately making a couple of films in perth once i actually start going to school and learning about it.
Just wondering, did you guys go to a university or get ‘taught’ about film making or did you just wing it?
Thanks.
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reply on email. :]
Passion, education and self discovery are how you achieve it, Hayes.
We did go to university, but I think TigerLeo covers the main points there. If you haven’t been to school, now is a good time to begin a career in filmmaking. You’ll only learn bad habits at school. Kindergarten is another matter. Most of the ground work can be done there.
I don’t agree with Tiger Leo and Ed. You may actually learn a thing or two at school, however when you leave you will still be barely trained, even if you went to the best film school and paid full attention. If you realise that you’re there to learn the basics and nothing more, you’ll do okay.
What Mr Trivia states is correct – however he [it??] has taken my reference to ‘education’ as being the deciding factor: education is just part of the experience as the overall summation with one’s own passion and self discovery is what makes things happen.
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” so to speak – education hopefully will make the self discovery process a little more meaningful and less repetitive and/or redundant. Education, however, is no substitute for passion, although education may enhance one’s passion with the right lecturers, or even inspire you to prove them wrong if they are crap – which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing either… as long as the passion remains strong for continued self discovery.
BTW: what I of course failed to include in “Passion, education and self discovery” was ‘inspiration’, or in other terms, a degree of creativity – one can not learn creativity through education apart from methods to enable what it is you may have… C’est la vie!
thanks guys, yeah im thinking of just doing a short course to learn the basics and then take it from there, as you said youll still come out of it with only the basics. ive booked my first music video though which is cool. Whats the best-cheap video camera out there nowdays, I’m thinking of buying just a small compact handheld but then if I want to use it for bigger things that could be a problem.
You’ve all been most helpful.
x
Hey guys,
im 20, live in perth and have finished cert. 3 in screen (film and tv) and am now halfway through cert 4…im studyin at central tafe and its brilliant…the lecturers (mostly) are great and you dont just learn the basics, you learn everything…get to use the latest/broadcast quality/ industry standard equipment, and we are shooting so much already! have a look on my myspace page if you want to see some stuff i did in cert 3 (before that course i had barely picked up a camera let alone shot a short film!!)
there is more stuff on its way very soon (A LOT BETTER QUALITY lol)
if you need any info on the tafe course, please give me a shout and ill be glad to help!
good luck with whatever u choose guys!
Hi Guys,
I am Indian dude, have a passion of film making since childhood, and have done TV soap in India. I am here in Perth since 2009 as a permanent Resident and looking forward to work with Aussie TV and Film Industry. Wish to start a perth based local film making group. where writers, cameraman, directors, editors, music composer and everybody else who has the passion of film making can come together and work for each other freely to get their job done so everybody can get a chance to make their dream true. would like to make short films for festivals. I have a good experience in camera n direction, i also do editing. so looking forward to hear from you guys, you can search my indian Group on Facebook as Film Makers Pune. also you can search me as Vijay Shinde Perth on facebook. Hope you would like to come together for this good cause. can call me on 0401428806.