This is a playlist on basic video production which introduces students who are interested in the topic to things that are necessary to production, including camera operation, audio, lighting, and editing.

Special effects supervisor: also known as the special effects coordinator, the sfx supervisor is the head of the department and designs and directs all the special effects needed on the job. This position requires special skills in pyrotechnics, rigging, engineering and safety. Construction coordinator: The head of the crew responsible for constructing all the sets in a production. Locations manager (LM): The head of the department responsible for...

Costume designer: designs, creates, acquires and supervises the construction and fitting of all costumes and wardrobe. Works in consultation with the production designer and the director. --Camera operator: Responsible for the actual operation of the camera. --1st assistant camera: responsible for adjusting the focus of the lens while filming. Also known as the focus puller. --2nd assistant camera: Responsible for marking the actors places, slating,...

Head (or key) hair stylist: styles the hair on all on-camera talent. Also supervises the fitting of any wigs or mustaches, as well as hair tinting. Head of department. production coordinator: Provides organizational, logistical and clerical support to the production. Responsible for setting up and managing the office, arranging for travel and permits, creating and distributing paperwork such as scripts, script changes, call sheets, schedules and location...

Hailed by the New York Times as "An unexpected masterpiece," A slave of love is a witty and haunting film about moviemaking from the acclaimed Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov (Burnt by the sun). Within the sun-drenched beauty of the Crimean summer, a Russian movie crew grapples with film shortages, Tsarist secret police scrutiny, and their own dysfunctional dynamic to churn out one more silent melodrama before the revolution in Moscow consumes the...

Ten award winning Australian playwrights talk candidly about their best known plays. Each writer reveals their writing process and discusses the themes and characters within their work. The dynamic presenter, Dr. Tess Brady, provides a critical commentary for each play. Jack Hibberd talks about bringing down the forth wall in Dimboola and the existential clown in A Stretch of the Imagination. Debra Oswald explores the ugly ducking story underlying...

Ten award winning Australian playwrights talk candidly about their best known plays. Each writer reveals their writing process and discusses the themes and characters within their work. The dynamic presenter, Dr. Tess Brady, provides a critical commentary for each play. Joanna Murray-Smith discusses the power of words in Nightfall and explores love, identity and belonging in Honour. Louis Nowra talks about shedding the misconceptions of childhood...

Provides information and advice on putting on all kinds of stage shows, discussing such topics as scripts, learning to act, working backstage, costumes and make-up, and sound effects.