Black Shot lab for Indigenous cinematographers

Nine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from Alice Springs, Broome, Perth, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Yirrkala will participate in Black Shot, a lab intensive for emerging Indigenous cinematographers this week.

The five-day intensive at AFTRS is facilitated by renowned Indigenous cinematographer Allan Collins ACS, with opportunities for placements and mentorships for participants.

“The workshop aims to develop the cinematography skills of emerging Indigenous cinematographers who have demonstrated ability and willingness to pursue opportunities to develop their craft,” said Kyas Sherriff, Head of the AFTRS Indigenous Unit.

“The AFTRS Indigenous Unit wants to create a pathway for cinematographers to get deeper into their craft and art with strategic mentoring and skills training. In the workshop they will learn core craft skills of cinematography including operating commercial cameras, lensing and exploring depth of field for storytelling and visual language as well as on set cultural practices,” Ms Sherriff said.

“This talent lab is designed to embed craft and inspire the next wave of Indigenous cinematographers. It’s 20 years since Warwick Thornton, Allan Collins, Jason Ramp and Murray Lui trained here at AFTRS and our most recent graduate was Cornel Ozzies in 2011. We want to proactively develop the next generation of Indigenous cinematographers. I am very pleased to say that we have one Indigenous student studying cinematography this year and I hope that Black Shot will inspire others to join him.” Ms Sherriff said.

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