Sunshine Coast August Teacher Professional Development Day

Essential Screen Skills is running a professional development day designed to enhance your technical skills with workshops to increase your confidence with cinematic lighting.

Limited places available. 

Workshops include:  

• Cinematic Lighting Tips and Tricks. Hands on practical activities for teaching cinematic lighting led by Lara Masselos. You must bring your own laptop with the latest Adobe Premiere Pro installed and headphones. Your laptop must be fully charged and it is advised to bring adapters for USB or USBc flash drives and your own external hard drive to copy footage and timeline from. 

  • The following equipment will be provided:

    · SD card readers (Windows and Mac)

    · Tripods

    · Studio lighting equipment and modifiers

    · Access to studio spaces for filming activities

• Careers in the Screen Industry presentation delivered by Moneth Montemayor from Essential Screen Skills.

• Swap and Share resources - a chance to network and collaborate with your colleagues to trade Units, Lesson Plans, TLAPS, Assessment items (bring something to swap and share!)

• Lunch is sponsored by Pacific Lutheran College. Please BYO water bottle.

• Afternoon tea is sponsored by Canon.

Lara Masselos – Head of Department, FTVNM, Pacific Lutheran College

Before teaching, Lara Masselos operated Lara Masselos Productions for more than 20 years, specialising in travel, fashion, food, and short documentary filmmaking. Lara now draws on this industry experience to adapt professional cinema production techniques for classroom use, supporting to students create cinematic footage using entry-level cameras and Adobe Premiere Pro.

Moneth Montemayor - Project Manager, Essential Screen skills

Moneth Montemayor is a passionate Arts Educator who firmly believes that a quality arts education will enable young people to develop skills in empathy, expression and understand themselves, others and the world around them. She has worked in the Department of Education (QLD) for more than 11 years as a teacher, year level coordinator, pedagogy coach, master teacher and Head of Department.

As an advocate for arts education Moneth holds the positions of Co-Chair of the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) and is a board member of the National Advocates for Arts education (NAAE) representing Media Education. Previously she held the positions of Co-Chair Queensland Advocates for Arts Education (QAAE) and was a long-term President of ATOM Queensland. 

Greg Sullavan - Account Executive - Canon Australia

Greg Sullavan is an award-winning photographer and account executive with Canon Australia’s professional imaging team, based in Brisbane. Holding a Bachelor of Photography from the Queensland College of Art and backed by years of experience, he has refined his expertise in colour management, lighting, composition, and fine art printing.

As the founder and director of Sunburst Studio in Brisbane’s southeast bayside, he offers a diverse range of photographic services, workshops, and unique experiences. Greg has had the privilege of collaborating with renowned brands, mentoring aspiring photographers, and capturing timeless images that resonate with clients worldwide.

Cost:

Early Bird - $35 (closes 17 July)

Gateway Ticket - $35 (will be available after Early Bird)

General Admission - $45 (will be available after Early Bird)

Registration closes 4:00pm 4 August

Tickets include an ESS flash drive.

Tickets are subsidised through sponsorship from Pacific Lutheran College, Canon and Essential Screen Skills Screen and Media Gateway to Industry Schools Program.

Essential Screen Skills delivers the Screen and Media Gateway to Industry School Program, proudly supported and funded by the Queensland Government and Essential Crew.

By attending this event, you acknowledge and consent to the recording of your image, video or likeness by event organisers, photographers and videographers. These recordings may be used in promotional materials, social media, websites and other media outlets related to the event or future events.