2008 Conference
ASPERA Conference 2008
The 2008 ASPERA Conference was hosted by RMIT University
Dates: 14th to 16th July 2008
Location: Cnr Swanston & Latrobe Streets, Melbourne
Venue: Kaleide Theatre.
Convener: Leo Berkeley
(leo.berkeley@rmit.edu.au / 03 9925 3014)
Administrator: Jade Purtell
Conference Papers
Refereed papers that were presented at the Conference are published here.
Conference program
Monday, July 14
The Conference began at 1.00pm with Filming By Degrees - a free public event that focused on the relationship between the higher education sector and the screen production industry.
At 7.30pm there was a screening, showcasing recent films produced as postgraduate research projects.
Tuesday, July 15
9.00 President’s address
9.30 Session 1: New Technologies & Industry Practice (Chair: Leon Marvell)
- John Cumming, Rachel Wilson, Dominique Sweeney, Bill Mousoulis - Digital Archiving, Distribution and Access
(external panellists sponsored by Deakin University) - David Price – The HD experience at VCA
- Nicholas Oughton - A safety induction ‘blue card’ for the film, television and new media industry in Queensland and Australia
11.30 Session 2: ASPERA Issues #1 (Chair: Lisa French)
- Innovation Review (Ian Lang)
- ERA (Nicholas Oughton & Rachel Wilson)
- Carrick/ALTC Briefing (Jenny de Reuck)
14.00 Session 3: ASPERA Issues #2 (Chair: Alison Wotherspoon)
- Gillian Leahy – Screen Works as Higher Research
Degrees: is benchmarking needed for examination?
- Peer Review for Screen Works (Leo Berkeley)
16.00 Session 4: Issues in Production & Research (Chair: Jenny de Reuck)
- Leo Berkeley – A Good Take: the process as a site for screen production research
- Kathryn Millard - Writing and Improvising the Digital Essay Film: The Boot Cake
- Jenny Stokes – Micro-budget film production
- John Hetherington - A Case Study: producing the non-linear documentary, A Satellite Solution
Evening: Conference Dinner
Wednesday, July 16
9.00 Session 5: Teaching & Learning – Issues & Innovations (Chair: Michael Sergi)
- Paul Ritchard & David Carlin - Encouraging Critical Practice in Media Students: the Digital Dossier Initiative
- Stephen Huxley – Swinburne Film & Television: Professional Learning
- Pat Laughren – Talking with Dinosaurs? (Teaching Documentary Production in an Era of Its Impending Obsolescence)
11.00 Session 6: The Networked Future (Chair: John Cumming)
- The Post-industrial Media Project
- Chris Caines - Lets take this outside: Narrative models for locative media
13.30 RMIT Tour
14.30 ASPERA Annual General Meeting (only financial members of the association may attend the AGM)
17.00 Closing drinks
Delegates
Through our constitution, two members from each institution can attend the conference for the membership fee subscribed by their institution ($500.00 per institution). The cost for extra attendees is $200 each.
Registration forms
Accommodation
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