~ Australian Films ~

AUSTRALIAN FILM AND TELEVISION OVERVIEW
A range of suitable links to information for students and teachers of film and drama including "An introduction to Australian film". Here one can explore a number of suitable topics giving detailed information.

Writings on Australian Film    many links here, but aimed at university students

Links to other Australian Film Resources    good starting point

Yahoo: Australia: entertainment : movies  

Top Australian films: an industry survey
Top Australian films: an industry survey As part of the Australian Centenary of Cinema in 1995, the Victorian Centenary of Cinema Committee and the National Film and Sound Archive conducted an industry-based poll asking what are the most...

Artbeat is the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts' newsletter, covering cultural issues, policies, programs and activities from the Department and across the portfolio.
To access the articles listed below, click on the hyperlink for the appropriate issue, then the title hyperlink.

January 1999    Australian Film, Television and Radio School - Happy 25th! by Erica Martin, The Commonwealth Film and Television Program
Summer 1998    Spotlight on Film Australia
                           Lights, camera ... action on film funding
Winter 1998      Scene stealing with SBSI
                           Now screening
Autumn 1997     Makin' movies...

 The Moving Image: The History of Film and Television in Western Australia 1895-1985 was published in 1985 and edited by Tom O'Regan and Brian Shoesmith to coincide with an exhibition on Film and Television in Western Australia at the Alexander Library in Perth (WA).

 David and Goliath: The Grand Theatre Company and the National Exhibition Chains
Ina Bertrand's article looks at the changes which took place in cinema exhibition in Perth around the 1930's looking in particular at cinema closures and acquisitions in the central city area.

 Movies Under the Stars: Drive-ins and Modernity
John Richardson's article examines the change in cinema exhibition in Australia that occurred in the 1950s with the arrival of the drive-in. This piece focuses on the representation of the drive-in as an index of modernity in newspaper stories and advertisements in Western Australia during the 1950's. 

WA Screen - Western Australian film, television and video
Writings Reading List Site Links WA Screen is part of the Culture and Communication Reading Room at Murdoch University and is dedicated to providing information on all aspects of the Western Australian screen industry and screen culture...