Inside MDA
A series of documentaries showing from behind the camera, how TV drama is made. This "Not for Broadcast", inter-active DVD learning resource has been specially designed for High Schools, Colleges and Universities.
Meet the production team, both creative and technical - all are interviewed "on the job" - visit behind the camera to meet and learn from the many professionals who create this outstanding Australian series.
Meet the Producers, Writers, Directors and Actors. Browse and click on the chapters that interest you.
Learn from expert practitioners about Editing, Camera, Sound, Wardrobe and Production Design, (see full list below). Download script versions of relevant scenes.
A Glossary of terms is also included.
Witness the actuality of filming in the studio and on location - learn how Australia"s top professionals produce television drama.
For example: What does the CONTINUITY PERSON actually do? why is continuity important? How does the CASTING DIRECTOR contact, audition and assess the actors?
A ground breaking kit showing how television drama is made.
Scope
The 24 chapters of this DVD spans the making of four episodes of the series "MDA" during a four-week period of production (see flow-chart below). Each chapter is filmed in verite style, just as events occur. There different chapters cover production planning, readings, preliminary rehearsals, studio rehearsals, staging and blocking, and how the camera is variously placed for "two-camera" coverage. (Multi-camera techniques similar to "All Saints" "Neighbours" and "Home and Away"). Also included are chapters on auditioning, editing and sound post-production.
Price: AUD$80.00 Including GST and Australia-wide postage.
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