AFTRS Short Courses

26/09/2025

Ready to create captivating videos? Join the Videomaking Intensive short course at AFTRS and learn how to shoot, edit, and tell compelling stories that stand out.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

▪️ Implement interview techniques, scene coverage and planning for effective visual storytelling.
▪️ Demonstrate efficient operation of DSLR camera, sound and lighting equipment.
▪️ Apply knowledge of post-production processes to manage data, edit, and export your video.

This course is ideal for corporate video producers, marketing and communications professionals, and content creators looking to gain practical, ready-to-use skills and elevate their video content production.

The Videomaking Intensive starts Monday 24 November. Enrol now.

Unpack the technical, creative and logistical considerations of making video content in this videomaking crash course.

23/09/2025

Develop essential editing skills with Premiere Pro - Understand the ins and outs of the timeline-based editing software and spend two days in AFTRS’ Computer Labs learning fundamental tools so that you’re ready to start editing your next projects.

🖥️ Understand the Adobe Premiere Pro workspaces, set up and preferences.
🖥️ Demonstrate video editing principles to import rushes, assemble footage, sync audio, and export a project.
🖥️ Identify effects, transitions, and graphics to enhance and refine an edit.

Premiere Pro Workshop starts Saturday 18 October. Enrol now.

This introductory editing course covers Premiere Pro basics and is designed for beginners, with no previous experience or knowledge required.

21/09/2025

Curious about role of a screen producer? Explore this in-demand role and explore how to:

▪️ Explain the various roles of a Producer and how they differ across production formats and platforms.
▪️ Outline how a Producer leads a project from conception and funding to production and market.
▪️ Identify a Producer’s practical responsibilities including budgeting, legals, WHS and supervising production.

This course is ideal for aspiring producers, film students and other filmmaking professionals looking to understand producing and screen business fundamentals. It is also ideal for media students, professionals and educators, law professionals, and professionals from other backgrounds who want to transition into the screen industry.

Intro to Producing and Screen Business will be delivered in Brisbane on 25 October and online starting Monday, 24 November. Enrol now.

Learn all facets of a producer and their responsibilities from the conception of a screen project to bringing it to market.

19/09/2025

Accelerate your growth as a screenwriter! Dive into the art of screenwriting with AFTRS' Screenwriting for Film Bootcamp. At the end of this course, you will be able to:

▪️ Apply principles of screenwriting and cinematic narrative.
▪️ Analyse what makes engaging characters and a variety of structures to drive a compelling narrative.
▪️ Write key documents essential to the screenwriting process and pitching.

Ready to bring your film ideas to life? Whether you're a writer, director, actor or media professional, this 5-day intensive course will teach you the essentials of crafting compelling stories for screen.

Learn from Australia's premier screenwriters and gain industry insights and individual feedback on written exercises.

Screenwriting for film Bootcamp starts Monday 13 October. Enrol now.

Gain foundational writing and analysis skills as you develop your story ideas and work towards the first draft of your screenplay.

18/09/2025

Take your first steps into the world of VFX and 3D animation with AFTRS!

▫️ Recognise the principles of both 3D animation and VFX, including terminology, workflows and processes.
▫️ Understand what differentiates 3D Animation from VFX and what properties they share.
▫️ Identify company structures, industry practice and work opportunities.

Our Intro to VFX & 3D Animation short course is perfect for anyone curious about creating immersive, digital worlds. Learn foundational skills, get hands-on experience with industry software, and discover what it takes to bring imagination to life on screen!

The Intro to VFX & 3D Animation course starts Monday 17 November. Enrol now.

Get to know the processes, terminology, workflow and jobs behind contemporary digital post-production, visual effects and animation

16/09/2025

From TV concept to pitch. Learn the fundamentals of creating viable and original TV series concepts with AFTRS’ 10-week online course on the essentials to create a successful TV series.

📺️ Determine the essential elements to make an engaging series, including the dramatic world, compelling characters and story engines.
📺️ Analyse and apply different series formats, structure and narrative arcs.
📺️ Create key script documents necessary to take an idea from concept to pitch.

Learn with Jane Allen, an accomplished screenwriter, script producer, and script editor with over 20 years’ experience in the film and television industry. Jane’s credits include In Our Blood, Janet Kin, Cleverman, Last King of the Cross and Troppo Series 1.

Gain industry insights and individual feedback as you complete written exercises and work towards conceptualising your idea.

Creating a TV Series Bootcamp starts Monday 6 October. Enrol now.

Learn the fundamentals of creating viable and original TV series concepts.

14/09/2025

Develop essential editing skills with Premiere Pro - Understand the ins and outs of the timeline-based editing software and spend two days in AFTRS’ Computer Labs learning fundamental tools so that you’re ready to start editing your next projects.

🖥️ Understand the Adobe Premiere Pro workspaces, set up and preferences.
🖥️ Demonstrate video editing principles to import rushes, assemble footage, sync audio, and export a project.
🖥️ Identify effects, transitions, and graphics to enhance and refine an edit.

Premiere Pro Workshop starts Saturday 18 October. Enrol now.
https://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-course/premiere-pro-workshop/

13/09/2025

Develop essential camera and sound operation skills! Learn the techniques and practical skills to shoot high-quality footage with minimal equipment and crew.

🎥 Demonstrate efficient operation of industry standard full-frame cinema camera.
🎥 Implement professional audio practices to capture quality sound.
🎥 Understand essential shooting considerations including framing, lighting and coverage.

Learn on campus with Rob Gunn, an experienced Shooter Producer specialising in crafting stories for factual and reality television, with a credit list including Ambulance Australia, This Time Next Year, Air Rescue, The Great Australian Bake Off and The Embassy.

Unlock your shooting skills and develop your understanding of technical requirements for screen storytelling.

Camera and Sound Workshop starts Thursday 25 September. Enrol now.

Working with professional full-frame cameras, sound and lighting equipment, gain skills and knowledge in framing and coverage, camera setup and audio recording, working with different lighting conditions, and working in solo or two-person crews versus larger crews and projects.

12/09/2025

Explore the world of Documentary!

Taught by Australia's premier documentary filmmakers, become familiar with what makes a great documentary:

▪️ Identify a range of documentary formats, styles, and aesthetics.
▪️ Understand interview techniques and their relationship to visual storytelling.
▪️ Recognise current industry practice, including financing, funding, festivals and distribution.

Learn on campus with award-winning writer/director Kate Vinen (Acts for the Invisible, Hopeful Romantic), who works across narrative and documentary.

The next Intro to Documentary online course starts Monday 17 November, and on-campus on Saturday 29 November. Enrol now.

Learn to tell powerful true stories and connect with your audience through documentary.

11/09/2025

Are you passionate about numbers, film and TV? Our Production Accounting Intensive short course will enable you to develop the knowledge and skills required to work as a Production Accountant:

▪️Identify the production accountant and accounting department’s role and responsibilities at each stage of production.
▪️Analyse relevant production documentation essential to accounting procedures, reporting and audit.
▪️Apply production accounting skills using screen industry standard software.

Fast-track your career to become a Production Accountant with the Sydney course starting Monday, 22 September, or the Brisbane course starting Monday, 3 November. Learn more.

https://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-course/production-accounting-intensive/

09/09/2025

If you need to create a great story idea for your video, organisation or pitch, the Storytelling for Business short course will empower your communication toolkit through understanding and implementing:

👉️ the five critical elements of a powerful story that will capture an audience
👉️ how a story can make a message stick in a compelling and memorable way
👉️ how to translate these techniques to deliver your own clear and irresistible call to action

This workshop uses practical exercises to ensure you can apply these creative communication skills directly to your work. Before the course, you will be asked to submit an idea you will develop during the workshop.

Learn more.

Become an engaging storyteller with this one-day AFTRS workshop covering the creative techniques that filmmakers use to connect with their audience on an emotional level.

08/09/2025

And… Action. Explore the role of a director! Learn all facets of directing and a director’s responsibilities from pre-production to post-production, including coverage, visual storytelling, acting and on-set procedures.

🎬️ Describe the Director’s role in translating stories to the screen through pre-production, production and post-production.
🎬️ Outline how the Director leads a creative team through collaboration with various heads of department.
🎬️ Identify approaches to collaborating with actors, from preparation to screen.

Taught by Australia’s premier directors, become familiar with story essentials, how to build relationships with actors and production departments, and what makes a great director.

Intro to Directing starts Monday 17 November. Enrol now.

Explore all facets of directing and a director’s responsibilities from pre-production through to post-production, including coverage, visual storytelling, actin