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Established
  
1983

Campus type
  
Suburban Adult

Faculty
  
3

Phone
  
+61 8 8275 8322

Principal
  
Peter Thurmer

Website
  
www.maps.sa.edu.au

Number of students
  
30

Type
  
Public school (government funded)

Enrolment
  
30 Diploma, 15 Advanced Diploma

Address
  
4/815 Marion Rd, Mitchell Park SA 5043, Australia

Hours
  
Closed now Thursday9AM–4PMFriday9AM–4PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday9AM–4PMTuesday9AM–4PMWednesday9AM–4PM

Similar
  
Hamilton Secondary College, Concordia College Senior C, SAE Institute Adelaide, Henley High School, TAFE SA

Profiles

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The Media Arts Production Skills (MAPS) film school is a media production school established in 1983 by then Vermont High School principal Richie Walsh. It is located within Hamilton College, a public secondary school. It offers training in all areas of film production. There are currently three faculty members teaching around 30 diploma students, and 15 advanced diploma students.

Contents

Areas of study at the school consist of cinematography, directing, producing, editing, screenwriting, production and post-production audio, photography, visual effects, film theory and digital media.

The school favours the production of short, commercially viable films over academic theory. Pedagogy centres on text creation. Assessment areas include creativity and problem solving. Alumni graduate with show reels exhibiting their work as editors, audio artists, production managers, and camera operators. Students must complete 12 days of work experience or internship during each course.

Both the Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses consists of a series of lectures, discussions, and appearances by entertainment industry guests.

MAPS celebrated its 30th anniversary on 4 February 2013.

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Professional programs

The School also offers non-degree courses after school operating hours. The MAPS Master Class short course in visual effects specialises in compositing and rotoscoping using Nuke digital compositing software. It is conducted by Rising Sun Pictures' Daniel Thompson, visual effects lighter on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Green Lantern. In 2012, the film school initiated the MAPS course in audio engineering conducted by James Currie, sound recordist on Red Dog and Ten Canoes.

Facilities

The school consists of a dedicated building for Diploma students and the Film School proper for Advanced Diploma. The school is outfitted with non-linear video editing facilities, 4K cameras and monitors and audio engineering studios equipped with industry standard software. The Advanced Diploma building contains a professional theatrical stage and lighting system.

Faculty

The principal teacher is Peter Thurmer, an established Adelaide stills photographer and Blues-Jazz musician. Assisting him is former Theatre Arts academic, Leigh Sutton, feature film director Ashlee Page and actress and acting coach Genevieve Mooy. A range of specialist part timers from the film and television industries, including Andrew Bayfield and Quentin Eyres (audio), Pete Hall (camera and lighting), Sam Davey (editing) and Michael Hill (directing), contribute to teaching the craft technical areas. Adelaide based media specialists Ernie Clarke (cinematography), Lyn Pike (crewing) and Teresa Crea (performance), sit on the school's advisory panel. Shoots and production companies in the Adelaide, Mt Gambier, Riverland and Port Lincoln region are populated with graduates of the school.

Awards and recognition

52 Tuesdays produced by Bryan Mason won the Crystal Bear for Best Film at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival and the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

Ashlee Page was honoured at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, as a recipient of the Mahindra Global Filmmaking (MGF) Award.

Daniel Soekov won the Gold at the ACS awards 2013 for his news story ‘Christmas Island Detention’.

At the SASA Awards held at Mercury Cinema, the following MAPS Film School student and alumni films were nominated.

2013

  • Best Feature - 52 Tuesdays: Bryan Mason
  • Best Short - Omega: Peter Ninos
  • Best Short - Deluge: Danny & Michael Philippou
  • Best Web Series/Animation- Peleda: Luke Jurevicius
  • Best Drama - Border: Nima Raoofi
  • Best Music Video - I Think I Might Be Dying: Adam Camporeale
  • Best Music Video - Tanks of Dust: Adam Camporeale
  • Best Music Video - The Church of the Technochrist: Adam Camporeale
  • Best Performance - Deluge: Michael Beck
  • Best Cinematographer - Deluge: Hussain Neissi
  • Best Editor - Close in Heart: Danielle Tinker
  • Best Sound - Deluge: Nicholas Steele
  • Best Sound - Carbon Daters: Beau Gosling
  • Best Writers - Deluge: Michael Beck, Danny Philippou
  • Best Writers - Close in Heart: Danielle Tinker
  • Best Writers - Omega: Peter Ninos
  • 2012

  • Best Film - Horace in Slow Motion: Luke Jurevicius[Andrew Kunzel]
  • Best Documentary - After Release: Hussain Neissi
  • Best Documentary - The Curse of Grong Grong: Rob Wright
  • Best Comedy - Horace in Slow Motion: Luke Jurevicius[Andrew Kunzel]
  • Best Animation- Horace in Slow Motion: Luke Jurevicius[Andrew Kunzel]
  • Best Music Video - Into Yer Bones (Lyla): Amy Handley
  • Best Music Video - Suddenly Smiling (Some Time Soon): Rihannon Miller
  • Best Music Video - You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man (The Beards): Daniel Principe & Nima Nabili Rad
  • Innovation in Digital Media - Big Stories, Small Towns: Nick Crowther [Sieh Mcawhala]
  • Best Direction: - Andrew Kunzel, Arthur Moody & Luke Jurevicius: Horace in Slow Motion
  • Best Direction: - Nicholas Steele: Laser
  • Best Direction: - Maxx Corkindale: A Tale of Obsession
  • Best Editing - David Ngo & Cleland Jones: Suburban Samurai
  • Best Editing - Zane Roach: Steak Knife
  • Best Composition - Caleb Jones: Captivated
  • Best Performance - Hew Wagner: Captivated
  • Best Feature Film - Yudum: Terry Cleary/Nick Cleary
  • A Dance in the Garden Reminds Me by Gemma Salomon received the SASA award in the 2012 Best Non-Narrative Film category.

    2013

  • Best Drama - Brake: Michael Philippou
  • Best Documentary - Born to Run: Hussain Neissi
  • Best Comedy - Pardesi: Danielle Tinker
  • Best Composition - Love Letters: Jed Summers
  • Best Direction - Pardesi: Danielle Tinker
  • Best Screenplay - Pardesi: Danielle Tinker
  • MAPS alumni Sandra Cook's The Ride won the 2013 SASA Best Feature Award and Daniel Vink won for his work on The Martyr.

    In June 2013 New Shoes by student Nima Raoofi surpassed the two million view count on YouTube, garnering media attention

    Alumni

  • Des Keneally - sound recordist on The Snowtown Murders.
  • Ashlee Page - director of The Kiss (2010) and The Turning: On Her Knees (2013).
  • Sonya Humphrey - producer of The Turning: On Her Knees
  • Andrew Kunzel - 3D CGI animation specialist on Lord of the Rings, King Kong and I, Robot.
  • Sandra Cook - director of The Ride (2012)
  • References

    MAPS Film School Wikipedia