Orientation June 2018

Submitting Assignments

Meet our Staff

Please note, there is limited time for each task so please stay together!

ANY QUESTIONS?

Joel Loxton

2IC & Senior Lecturer

Peter George

Head of Department

Trimester 1 Welcome Packs

AVID MEDIA COMPOSER - EDITING SOFTWARE

• 11:30am JMC Academy welcome - All new students
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm BBQ Lunch
• Walk to Backlot Studios @ 12:45pm for 1:00pm film screening
• At 3:00pm onwards drinks and social event at Water Rat.

When submitting assignments, refer to your subject overview for the requirements.

In your Welcome Pack, there is guide for submitting your assignments:

• Video + Plato submission (Production Projects, Editing ect): Steps 1-7

• Plato only submission (essays, plans, etc): Steps 6 & 7 only

AVID Media Composer is the chosen editing software program of JMC Academy. It is available for use on all JMC FTV computers for students. If you wish to purchase the program for your own personal computer, student discounts are available. Student prices are $9.99 per month, or you can purchase the program out right for $295.

The Trimester 1 Welcome Pack you have been given contains important information about:

• Your subjects and class groups
• Your JMC email account
• Logging in to Plato
• Vimeo Submissions
• Checkfront - our online equipment booking system
• Academic and student support services
• Information on purchasing AVID Media Composer, Celtx and Academic Texts

Tomorrow's Activities

CELTX - SCRIPTING, PRODUCTION PLANNING SOFTWARE

Elycia Revell

Facilities Assistant

Ryan Gaskett

Facilities Assistant

Celtx is a program that allows you to create scripts, breakdowns, schedules, budgets, and cast and crew reports for your production. Celtx is available on all JMC FTV computers for students to use. If you wish to use Celtx on your own personal computer, to use only the scriptwriting feature, it is free. To utilize all of the programs features, you can purchase the program for $9.99 per month or $99 per year (two months free)

The rest of the orientation session will spent with the following activities:

• Entering your details into our System.
• Getting to know you game
• Getting your student ID photo taken at the Library (time permitting)

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Today's Activities

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Joel Loxton - 2IC & Senior Lecturer

Trimester 1 Coordinator

Joel will contact you individually through the trimester to check in on your progress and to offer guidance and support.

Assignment Extensions

At times students have mitigating circumstances that may result in them not being able to complete their assignments. If you feel you might need to apply for an extension you must do so BEFORE the due date of your assessment

To apply you must fill out a request form at RECEPTION with the correct unit code, assessment number and reasons for your application

Peter George or Joel Loxton will then assess the situation to determine if your situation warrants an extension

Our on-site counsellor Sarah is available by appointment only if you feel you need to talk to someone - appointments can only be made by Jill the librarian

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OHS is very important to us, so you MUST wear closed toe shoes at all times on campus.

Like any camera rental company, you need to follow a set of rules when borrowing equipment:

• Check your gear when you pick it up: It’s the student’s responsibility to check all equipment when they are picking up an order. Make sure everything is accounted for and working BEFORE you sign it out. If something is missing or broken when it is returned, you might be held responsible for it.

• Report problems and breakages: When returning equipment students must report any broken or faulty items to the facilities staff. This helps ensure that the equipment is in perfect working condition for everyone.

• When you are at fault: If a student has lost/broken something, they may need to pay for the repair/replacement before they are allowed to borrow any more equipment. The amount will be either for the replacement of the item or the insurance excess on more expensive items.

Equipment Booking Tier System

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What happens if I break something?

As a JMC student, you will have access to some of the top state-of-the-art camera and audio equipment. But what happens when something goes wrong? We understand that things break and accidents happen. However, students can be held responsible for equipment that break or go missing due to negligence and irresponsible behavior.

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As Trimester 1 students you are ONLY allowed to hire the

Canon XF300 Camera and Manfrotto Tripod.

We work on a tier system at JMC - the further into your studies you get, the more access you have to a wider range of equipment.

As Trimester 1 students you are NOT permitted to hire out any lighting.

In our FTV Studio you will be supervised in correct lighting practices.

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Welcome to JMC Academy's Film and Television Orientation

Academic Support and Student Counselling

At JMC, we offer both Academic Support and Student Counselling.

Our Academic support representative Malini Trickey can assist you with time management, study skills, assignment research, outlines, drafting as well as editing and referencing.

Sarah our student counsellor, can assist you with concerns ranging from anxiety, coping skills, depression, addiction, adjusting to college life, financial stress, housing stress, mental health referrals, and help for a friend.

ACADEMIC SUPPORT – Malini Trickey (mtrickey@myjm.edu.au)

STUDENT SUPPORT – Sarah Neville (Book through Library)

Equipment Booking

For more information, please refer to p. 12 of your Welcome Pack.

Trimester 1 Subjects

Equipment bookings must be made NO LESS than 24 hours in advance

The FTV Office is open from 8am until 5pm from Monday to Friday. Equipment can be picked up within these hours however must returned by 5pm at the latest, unless there is a special arrangement.

If equipment is lost or damaged, you will be responsible to pay either the cost of the item, or the price of the insurance excess.

FTV201 - Producing 1

FTV202 - Post Production 1

FTV203 - Camera and Lighting 1

FTV204 - Production Project 1

For your class groups, please refer to the welcome pack and search for your name on page 3

External Hard Drives

JMC Student Emails

It is vital that you have an external hard drive while studying this course as you are not permitted to store files on the computers as they are cleaned out every two weeks

The hard drive you end up getting should be 7200rpm. Video files are quite large and so your drive needs to be 7200rpm to allow the computer to read your files and transfer data more effectively

Each student receives their own personal JMC email.

To log into your account go to:

www.outlook.com/jmc.edu.au

or

https://login.microsoftonline.com

Your email address will be:

Initial of your first name/your surname@myjmc.edu.au

NB: Unless you have a popular / common name, where a digit might be added

EXAMPLE:

jbloggs@myjmc.edu.au

Passwords will be your eight digit date of birth, eg) 20/05/1991 = 20051991

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Personal Computers

While it is not compulsory to have your own computer, here are some recommended specifications required if you are thinking about buying one.

• 13-inch MacBook Pro - $2,854.00
• 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display
• 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
• 16GB 1233MHz memory
• 256GB SSD
• Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

www.apple.com.au

15-inch MSI GL62VR 7RFX Gaming Laptop - $1,999.00

• i7-7700HQ processor
• 16GB 2400 MHz memory
• 1TB SATA HDD
• GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5

www.scorptec.com.au

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G-Technology 1TB G-DRIVE mobile USB Portable Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

$120

- 1TB Capacity with 7200 RPM Drive Speed

- Transfer Rates up to 136MB/sec

- USB 3.0 Interface and USB 2.0 Compatible

JMC FACEBOOK GROUPS

Plato

SanDisk Extreme 500 480GB Portable SSD

$249

- 480GB Portable Solid State Drive

- USB3.0

- 415/340 MB/s

At JMC, we use Facebook groups to get information out to students. We have a number of different groups which are used for different purposes.

• Trimester specific Facebook group
• JMC Academy Melbourne Film and Television group
• JMC collaboration Facebook group. (This enables you to approach students from other disciplines to work/collaborate with them on specific projects).

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The Martini Film Awards

The Martini Film Awards is an award and screening night for the students of JMC.

Submitted films are judged by a panel of industry professionals to go in the running to win an award.

The event is organised by and overseen by the Facilities staff.

The event is attended by up to 500 people.

The next Martini Film Awards night will be held in the first half of 2019 on a date and location to be announced.

Ticket information will be revealed closer to the date.

Existing students can obtain a free ticket from this site but you will need to have your Student ID on the night to collect tickets.

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JMC Academy Film Screenings

Each trimester we will host two screening nights at The Backlot Studios. The Backlot Studios is Australia’s first purpose-built private cinema. The auditorium, complete with the latest in digital technology, is set inside a converted warehouse complete with cafe/bar/function. This is where we will be holding our regular screening nights including the Martini Screenings and Graduation Screenings.

JMC Academy Film Screenings

- Screening student projects from Trimesters 2-4 including Documentaries, Short Films, Music Videos and Animations.

- Our next screening night will be held later in the trimester (July / August) from 7pm

Graduate Film Screenings

- Screening our graduate students projects ranging from short films, music videos, animations and documentaries.

- The next graduate screening night will be held later in the trimester (July / August) from 7pm

Mocktails

- Early 2019 we will program secondary school level films to screen at a special screening events.

Pepi

Editing Support

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Pepi is for administrative information and correspondence, assessment results and timetables. You can access Pepi through the Student Portal on the JMC website.

Your login details will follow this format:

USERNAME: Student Number

PASSWORD: 8 digit date of birth – dd/mm/yyyy eg, 01101992

Once you have logged into you JMC email account you will have an email from JMC with your temporary Plato login (Student Number) and password.

When you first log into your Plato account you will be pre-enrolled into all 4 of your units so you can start studying at JMC. Plato is a vital tool which will enable you to access class resources and submit assignments.

You can also find the Student Handbook on the Home Page

If you have any issues with you JMC email, Plato, or Pepi, please see administration as soon as possible so you do not miss out on important information.

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Students are able to book free private one on one editing support tutorials with some of our editing lecturers.

You can book a session if you:

• Require guidance/assistance with editing programs (No matter how big or small)
• Need advice on progress cuts/sorting files
• Need extra help for editing based assessments
• If you are having issues with your workflow
• Have a series of questions/issues that cannot be solved by the FTV facilities team in 10 minutes

These sessions can be booked on Checkfront

https://jmcacademy.checkfront.com/reserve/

Then click on Spaces

Please refer to your welcome pack on how to navigate through Plato.

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JMC Mentor Program

Online Equipment Booking - Checkfront

We use an online booking system called Checkfront to hire film equipment to our students for your assignments

jmcacademy.checkfront.com/reserve

Equipment hire is for ASSESSMENTS ONLY - equipment can not be hired out for personal use

If you want to hire equipment out for personal use you MUST email your reasons and a project brief to Peter George at pgeorge@jmc.edu.au

You must allow 3 days processing time and we will only accept requests for non-commercial projects. If approved JMC would effectively be sponsoring your project, a JMC logo would need to be included a final copy of the film for sign-off.

Peter and the facilities staff will then assess your application

In the interest of supporting our students and helping to ease the transition into JMC Academy and Melbourne, a Mentorship program is made available to all first year students commencing their studies at JMC Academy.

Students from Trimester 4 will be nominated as Mentors to help new students by providing information regarding the systems and processes JMC undertakes on a daily basis.

To make contact with a Mentor please email Luke Hill, our Champion Mentor @ lhill@jmc.edu.au to organise.

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