Training
Customised Training
IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU!
Upon request, courses are designed to suit the needs of individuals, groups or business.
As a Registered Training Organisation with a 35 - year history of delivery quality training, OPEN CHANNEL is able to draw on its extensive resources to customise training to meet your needs.
We offer one-to-one and group workshops for individuals, corporations or community organisations with particular training needs in the film, television and multimedia areas.
We can tailor comprehensive courses, complete with assessment and nationally recognised Certificates that utilise the National Training Package; or design intensive short workshops and/or seminars to get you up to speed.
Customised Training can be delivered at OPEN CHANNEL's premises in Docklands or at your preferred location, anywhere in Victoria. We also provide training resources including production and editing equipment, access to post-production software, handbooks, tailored information handouts and DV or DVD media stock. All trainers are experts in their field and are actively working in the film, television and multimedia industries.
We also provide advice on production equipment for your specific needs and assist with sourcing equipment from a number of our industry partners. Previous clients include, SBS Radio, ABC, Billinook Secondary College, Australian Defence Department, Channel 31, Homesglen TAFE, Koori Heritage Trust, and Burrinja in partnership with the Shire of Yarra Ranges Youth Services team.
Case Study
In 2007, OPEN CHANNEL was proud to be involved in a unique training program teaching filmmaking skills to young people, helping to breakdown the myths and misconceptions of mental illness.
Burrinja in partnership with the Shire of Yarra Ranges Youth Services team and OPEN CHANNEL worked with a group of young people aged 14 to 21 helping them create a short film exploring mental health issues through personal experience. The young people were participants of the Shire’s highly successful TRACTION program, for young people with a mental health issue, and the PATS program, for young people with a parent experiencing mental health issues. This program is part of Burrinja’s dynamic youth arts program that in partnership with VicHealth uses art to connect with young people at risk of social isolation.
In addition to creating a thought-provoking short film called PERIPHERAL, the participants gained a range of filmmaking skills working closely with OPEN CHANNEL tutors. The OPEN CHANNEL team was able to create an environment where sometimes painful issues could be raised and worked creatively into the storyline in a non threatening way. PERIPHERAL was launched by the Yarra Ranges’ mayor Tim Heenan on October 11 2007 as part of Mental Health Week, at Burrinja in Upwey, in partnership with the Shire of Yarra Ranges Youth Services team, VicHealth and Uniting Care community Options.
Testimonials
“OPEN CHANNEL was very helpful - provided a lot of assistance to ensure the training would be what we needed.”
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA
Country Football Living Memory Project 2006
“Most satisfactory areas of the training was being able to ask any questions, having the course tailored to our requirements and the approachability / friendliness / knowledge and experience of the staff”
Caroline, November 2007
CAMERA & LIGHTING TECHNIQUES
“The Tutor’s flexibility and delivery of material to the individual was amazing. His honesty and integrity was so welcome (if he didn't know an answer he would research it for the next day). The course was great because we were taught at our own pace and style. The class size was great! (The Tutor) was perfect for us! Loved his experience; he easily explained shortcuts/ materials in a way that I could retain"
FINAL CUT PRO INTERMEDIATE, September 2007
For a free quote contact the Short Course Coordinator on:
Phone: (03) 8610 9308
Email: shortcourses@openchannel.org.au
