Storytelling Through Film One-Day Short Course

Join this interactive one-day workshop to refine your story ideas, learn practical filmmaking skills & connect with other creatives!

Facilitated by award-winning filmmaker and producer Amie Batalibasi, you will explore storytelling techniques and hands-on filmmaking activities to inspire creating your own screen content such as short films, video art, web series, YouTube content, personal videography and more.

In this small-group workshop, we’ll cover:

STORYTELLING

• How to get started
• Storytelling frameworks for screen
• Getting your ideas on paper - scripts, treatments, synopses

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES

• Technical elements - visual language, camera, sound, lighting
• Practical filming & editing exercises on the day

TOOLS & METHODOLOGIES

• Learn what tools you need for filmmaking success
• How to get your projects off the ground including low-budget indie filmmaking

You don’t need fancy equipment or loads of experience to join this workshop, just a curiosity to learn more!

This workshop is ideal for:

• beginners, hobbyists and creative-curious folk seeking professional development;
• emerging creatives who want to develop skills and hone the tools needed to produce projects;
• you!

PARTICIPANT INFORMATION

General:

• Light snacks provided. BYO lunch, water bottle/ keep cup.
• Certificate of Completion, learning resources and links provided.
• All participants receive a free tote bag with goodies!

Minimum requirements for workshop activities:

• Phone/ tablet with video data space and editing app installed (free: CapCut or Edits)).

Optional:

• If you like, you can bring your own camera (small portable size) with cables, data storage and charger.
• Laptop with editing software. Free suggestions: Da Vinci Resolve or CapCut. Subscription suggestion: Adobe Premiere Pro.

Cost:

• $255 + BF

Workshop Facitator:

Amie Batalibasiis an Australian-Solomon Islander filmmaker, creative producer and founder ofColour Box Studio. Her short films, exploring issues of social justice, human rights and cultural diversity are award-winning and have screened at festivals around the globe.

Amie’s directing credits include the short narrative films BLACKBIRD, KA PUTA KO AU, DOCKED and SPACIOUS 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT IN LA; the documentaries TIDE OF CHANGE and AEASI; and the comedy web series FRESH! BLACKBIRD, inspired by the history of Australia’s sugar slaves, screened at 69th Berlinale and is currentlystreaming on SBS OnDemand.

In 2017, Amie was awarded Sundance Institute’s year-long Merata Mita Fellowship, and she is a Berlinale Talents and Toronto International Film Festival Filmmaker Lab 2018 alumna. Her television directing credits include an episode of Matchbox’s MUSTANGS FC (ABC) and two episodes of THALU (SBS, NITV), a First Nations children’s series based in the Pilbara, WA.

Over the last 15 years, Amie has produced dozens of short films by first-time filmmakers through projects with First Nations and CALD communities in Australia and in the Solomon Islands including Pacific Stories (2010, 2012), Young Media Maker Project (2010), Australian South Sea Islander Stories (2014), NLFF Filmmaker Lab (2024). Amie has worked as a teaching associate at Monash University in the School of Media, Film and Journalism and an assessor for the Film and Television Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts.

Most recently, Amie is a producer of the short form comedy web series, CEEBS, funded by Screen Australian and VicScreen. Released onTikTokandInstagramin 2025 it has gained over 1.5 million views. She also produced the podcast seriesCreative Conversations with Colour Box Studiorecorded live at the Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne.

Above: Amie Batalibasi directing on the set of THALU produced by Weerianna St Media. Photo: @mellenburns

Terms & Conditions:

• Full Refund: Cancellations made with more than 14 days notice before the workshop date will receive a full refund.

• Non-Refundable: Cancellations made with less than 14 days notice are non-refundable. * Missed Attendance: We are unable to provide refunds for missed workshops.

• Cancellation: In the unlikely event that Colour Box Studio cancels a course, you’ll receive a full refund (less booking fee).

• Equipment: Participants are solely responsible for any loss or damage to their personal equipment or items brought to the workshop.

• IP: Intellectual Property Rights in any works created during the workshop are owned by creator/s of the works.

• Agreement: By registering for this workshop, you agree to these terms.