Press Release from Sydney Film School
Sydney Film School is excited to announce that two graduate films have been selected to screen at annual ideas festival TEDxSydney, which will be held at the Sydney Opera House on May 4th. Film school graduates Eleonora Mignoli and Lauren Teiko Bayliss were selected to create a “Tasty Video Bit” (TVB) that will refresh and provoke people between talks.
About two dozen creative agencies and some student bodies submitted concepts to TEDxSydney. Curators then narrowed the selection down to fourteen entries that would form part of the 2013 program.
Lauren and Eleanor’s TVBs will be played through live feed around the Opera House precinct, satellite events around Australia, on the ABC, and on the internet via YouTube live and Livestream.
Lauren and Eleonora join a growing number of Sydney Film School graduates who have been successful professionally and now work in the film and television industries, in Australia and abroad.
“It is great that Eleonora and Lauren are part of TEDxSydney. This is a great event and an incredible opportunity for both of them to not only share their work but to be involved in inspiring change in the wider community. I look forward to seeing their TVBs at the Opera House in between the TEDxSydney speeches,” Sydney Film School Director Ben Ferris says.
The mandate for the TVBs was to create palette cleansers during what is a day of thought provoking talks and aim to delight, inspire and amuse. The goal was to blow the audience away with creativity, smarts and passion.
“The TVBs are the little cones of sorbet that jolt us and change our perspective. We were looking for delightful, brilliant moments to share at TEDxSydney that were original, smart, refreshing and inspiring. What I liked about Eleonora’s and Lauren’s was that they took a simple idea and made it real,” says Marque Owen Head of Video Content at TEDxSydney and a film and television director in his own right, who also acted as Executive Producer on the projects.
Lauren Teiko Bayliss’ TVB ‘Tomorrow's Great Thinkers’ provides the TEDx'ers with an insight into the kinds of innovative ideas young people are having about changing their world today. “This reflects the mission of TEDx in sharing inspirational ideas and I am so excited to be involved,” she says.
Eleonora Mignoli’s TVB ‘Everything is Made of Colour’ is about solving conflicts and realising that everybody is free to express their nature. “I strongly believe that difference is what makes our world a beautiful place, and I wanted to create a story that transmits my message in an accessible and enjoyable way. It’s so wonderful to participate in such an amazing event,” she says.
Twenty-six year-old Eleonora is one of Sydney Film School’s most recent Advanced Diploma graduates, having moved to Australia from Italy.
After graduating from Sydney Film School, twenty-nine year-old Lauren immersed herself within the film industry. She has worked as a Field Producer for National Geographic and Shine, been a Production Manager for Channel Seven, Disney Playhouse, Nickelodeon, Sony Music Australia, Universal Music, and was also a Video Tape Assistant on “Tomorrow When The War Began”.
After May 4, the Sydney Film School graduate TVBs will also be available on www.sydneyfilmschool.com
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ABOUT SYDNEY FILM SCHOOL
Sydney Film School (SFS) is one of the top film schools globally, renowned for its focus on storytelling. Its production house model delivers comprehensive hands on training. Sydney Film School graduates are employed in the screen and media industries throughout the world. Student films are distributed to festivals and film markets worldwide. SFS films gain industry recognition through numerous awards and attract commercial attention through international sales. When students join SFS they become part of a global community for life.
More than 140 quality documentaries, dramas and individual thesis films (exploring all manner of cinematic forms) are being produced each year, many of them participating at prestigious local and international festivals. To date 102 films have screened in more than 141 festivals worldwide, winning over 40 first prizes.
The Sydney Film School family includes established filmmakers such as Academy Award winner and Industry Patron of Sydney Film School Emile Sherman (The King’s Speech), feature filmmaker and School Director Ben Ferris (Penelope), and alumni emerging filmmakers such as Gracie Otto, Maya Newell, and Brian Lye.
Sydney Film School also has a strong global network and is affiliated with international schools including the Ecole Supérieure d’Études Cinématographiques (ESEC) in Paris.
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ABOUT TEDx
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organised events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organised events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organised TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organised.
ABOUT TEDxSydney
TEDxSydney is an independently organised event licensed from TED by longtime TEDster, Remo Giuffré and organised by a network of fellow thinkers and long-time collaborators. TEDxSydney is made possible by the generous contribution of its partners, sponsors & volunteers.
ABOUT Marque Owen
Marque Owen, former Executive Producer at Telstra and prior to that CEO of the Aurora Television Channel, is an independent television and motion picture director. Marque acted as Executive Producer on all this year's TVB's. More at: au.linkedin.com/in/marqueowen