Main Course Films

Process•Technology•Craft•Imagination

[Main Course Films @MainCourseFilms]

FINAL “DARK NOISE” Q&A Screening in Sydney! #darknoisemovie

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

Sydney peeps! Last chance to see DARK NOISE tomorrow night 630pm @randwickritz Frogs 🐸 + Coffee ☕️ + Cocaine 💰…an environmental thriller #SupportIndieFilm

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

Sydney friends! We’re finally bringing our film back home for the finale of our epic Q&A tour next Wednesday Oct 11 at the @randwickritz #darknoisemovie

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

Left Sydney in pitch black to drive north to present a filmmaking workshop to senior high school students at The Armidale School with @BenAllanACS #darknoisemovie

[Main Course Films @MainCourseFilms]

#frogs #environmentalthriller

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

Frogs 🐸 Coffee ☕️ Cocaine 💰. An environmental thriller. Frog biologist Michael McFadden from @tarongazoo was our amazing frog advisor on the film and Josie Styles recorded audio for each individual hero frog call #darknoisemovie @MainCourseFilms @BenAllanACS

[Main Course Films @MainCourseFilms]

@leeherbet @BenAllanACS Thanks Lee!

[Main Course Films @MainCourseFilms]

@BenAllanACS delves deep into the iPad and #fcp

[Matthew Allard ACS @mattallardACS]

The Long Game– A Closer Look at FCP for iPad
Editing https://t.co/rs2utnt49u

[Main Course Films @MainCourseFilms]

See “Dark Noise” on the big screen! @BenAllanACS

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

Very excited to announce we are finally able to continue our theatrical run of “Dark Noise”. Save the dates and hope you will join us! Booking links coming very soon #darknoisemovie #indiefilm

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

Very proud #darknoisemovie is one of the two projects featured here. Indie films can lead the way in showing the benefits of shorter working hours. We are all in this together - respecting collaborators is key to keeping this industry safe. @MainCourseFilms @BenAllanACS

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

New York • Sydney • Armidale collaborations @MainCourseFilms @BenAllanACS

[IF magazine @insidefilm]

.@MainCourseFilms names Catherine Waldby head of business and strategy https://t.co/cNAqF4ECG0 @BenAllanACS @ClaraChongMCF

[Main Course Films @MainCourseFilms]

Would appreciate your vote!!

[Ben Allan ACS CSI @BenAllanACS]

We are very excited to announce we are in running to present MAKING NOISE: HOW COVID SHOWED US A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR INDIE FILM at Session Select at SXSW SYDNEY 2023 in October 15-22

We’d really appreciate YOUR VOTE!!

https://t.co/Xr2o8YfuwO

[Main Course Films @MainCourseFilms]

#DiversityandInclusion #australianfilmindustry

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

1/5 Australia, for the most part, is a beautiful cultural melting pot where people look different, talk different, but are still Australian. But working in the film industry as a minority, you learn to become hyper aware of gender and race. @MainCourseFilms @BenAllanACS

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

According to Screen Australia there were 592 feature films (total) made over the 24 yrs 1998-2021. Of these, 422 were directed by Caucasian males named:

14 John/Jon/Jonathan
12 Michael
11 David
11 Tony/Anthony
9 Mark
8 Richard
7 Paul
6 Peter

..8 were directed by Asian females

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

You’re most likely to direct a feature film in Australia if you’re male, Caucasian and named John, Michael, David or Tony #DiversityandInclusion

Source: @MainCourseFilms from Screen Australia published data set 1998-2021

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

S4E8 with Mark Bliss ACK is out now! From his childhood behind the iron curtain to defecting through Austria as a teenager to settling in Australia, @BenAllanACS chats to Mark about his extraordinary journey to becoming a cinematographer. #podcast @MainCourseFilms

[Ben Allan ACS CSI @BenAllanACS]

Looking like the absolute stars they are, here’s Oscar & BAFTA Nominees Mandy Walker ACS ASC and Greig Fraser ACS ASC. If you want to know how they do their magic, check out “An Artist & A General” and “Lions, Rogues & Darkness” on THE T STOP INN wherever you like your podcasts.

[Main Course Films @MainCourseFilms]

Ethics and morals are how we make change sustainable

[Ben Allan ACS CSI @BenAllanACS]

Film making at all levels can be a healthy and sustainable industry, it just takes a broad commitment to ongoing change.

[Clara Chong @ClaraChongMCF]

Thank you to the Australian Cinematographers Society for inviting @BenAllanACS and I to talk about how we made #darknoisemovie last night. So wonderful to see a packed house and meet such a diverse mix of those new and experienced in the industry.

[Ben Allan ACS CSI @BenAllanACS]

When I saw the film THE MIDNIGHT SKY, I was so blown away by the unique look of the film. Equal parts subtle and dramatic. So pleased to have been able to break down how that came together with the cinematographer responsible… Martin Ruhe ASC.
Out now on THE T STOP INN podcast

[Main Course Films @MainCourseFilms]

Season 4, Episode 6 of The T-Stop Inn with Martin Ruhr ASC podcast is out now! @BenAllanACS chats with Martin about working with George Clooney, Netflix, the ARRI ALEXA 65 and legendary colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld at Company 3 https://t.co/YFWj3MzXS9