About this Event
Bison Arts Collective is a community of artists devoted to creating opportunities to practise, produce & perform, since 2016. We we are extremely excited to invite young actors & creatives to join us in this for the first time here in Australia.
About the program:
This program is for young people aged 11-18 who want to work with us to create an incredible short film, in a short space of time. Over the course of three days, we will come up with the concept, story & script and rehearse & shoot a professional quality short film. With lessons on screen acting, directing for camera & production skills woven into the experience, this is a chance to learn on the job.
We believe in the raw talent & creativity of young people and we are excited to harness it using top of the range, industry standard equipment and safe, contained, eye-catching locations with the intention of creating a festival worthy short film in just 3 days.
Spaces are extremely limited to ensure high quality work & plenty of hands on experience for everyone who takes part. We are just as interested in working with budding writers & directors as we are with young actors, and if you're interested in both - even better.
The total cost is $500 per participant, with a $100 deposit payable now to secure your place, and the remaining $400 due a week before the start of the program. The program includes 3 x 7.5hr days on location with professionals, digital delivery of the finished short film shot in 4K, 1 x actor headshot & our Bison mini-guide to working in film.
About the team:
Flora Ogilvy is an actress, voiceover artist & teacher from London and the founder of Bison Arts Collective. She has been acting in independent films for over 10 years, has performed in more than 25 stage productions, voiced more than 100 commercials/corporate videos and narrated 8 audiobooks. She also writes scripts, sketches, comedy & poetry. Flora spent last year running the Young Actor's Program at The National Drama School and before that taught for LAMDA in schools across London. Flora trained as an actress at Oxford School of Drama and has a BA Hons in Writing, Directing & Performance from the University of York.
https://www.floraogilvyvoice.com/
Samuel Galloway is a director, DOP & editor from New Zealand. He has written, directed, produced & edited three independent feature films, numerous award winning shorts and worked extensively as a Director of Photography including on the Screen Australia TV series Flunk. With experience in providing end to end video production services for a range of clients & industries he is the perfect person for a project like this. Sam is also Dad to three children.
https://www.samuelgalloway.com.au/
Flora & Sam first worked together on short film Bologna before embarking on feature film One, Another (out now on Amazon Prime) and have been collaborating ever since.
Both have current Working With Children Checks and experience working with young people.
About the location:
The program will take place in a secure, private building not accessible to the public. Our base camp will be in the large, comfortable private function room with options to shoot around the building, adding production value with a variety of scene locations. Everything should be fully accessible, but if you have any accessibility requirements, please discuss these with us first to ensure we are able to accommodate.
About Bison Arts Collective:
Bison Arts Collective is a theatre & arts company producing new writing and running events & workshops in London and now Melbourne. From plays and monologue nights, screenings to poetry nights and the pilot episode of a web series to a radio play podcast we make stuff happen. We also make space for artists to practise, from our hugely popular "Shakespeare Sessions" to the Therapeutic Creative Writing Workshops we hold at festivals. This program has been designed in the spirit of our herd's mentality.
For more info on Bison Arts Collective and our past productions & workshops, please check out our Instagram (@bisonartscollective), X (@Bison_Arts) or Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bisonarts/
Safety & permissions:
Please note there will be a separate parent consent form for all participants under 18 to complete in order to allow participation. All adults will have a current Working With Children Check and have read and agreed to the Victorian government's Child Safety Code of Conduct - https://www.vic.gov.au/child-safety-code-conduct.
If you have any questions please do not hestitate to contact us on [email protected].
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Richmond, Australia
AUD 107.19
