Film Making Sydney

What Love Smells Like: Olfactory Cinema

Viewing options Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMbAc6gpFok](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMbAc6gpFok&fbclid=IwcGRvZgFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFOazhnMTMwNmNDSTE3WmlWc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHoQnuPTuzjQea8NOJZlepCMV5kMwsbc92ulGabsLQpUtxH9ERlfVOKCR4Gfo_aem_IPS1dXvmQ-J3JqLPckroSg) Scent of a Woman / Profumo di donna (1974) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjfmIFmSsOw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjfmIFmSsOw&fbclid=IwcGRvZgFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFOazhnMTMwNmNDSTE3WmlWc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuOx9ZmjN3sfkJmz2S3IzhirlZRzKNAL7e9DaIVdHaNFMbcNgqTcrI48yFXm_aem_5YU-oaTeAqA1AGpNcv_CeA) This is Dino Risi’s Italian original, later remade in Hollywood with Al Pacino. The Five Senses (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DsEljD1CAw This month we explore cinema’s most elusive sense: smell. In Perfume, an extraordinary sense of smell becomes an obsession with capturing beauty and human essence. In The Five Senses, smell becomes a way of recognizing intimacy and even love. In Scent of a Woman, a blind former army captain navigates the presence and attraction of others through scent. Together, the films ask: Can we know another person through smell? What can scent reveal that sight cannot? And how does cinema make us imagine a sense it cannot actually transmit? And bring your favorite perfume to the meeting. We may put our own noses to the test.

Hope (2026) + Dinner/Drinks

Shorts Off - Video Creators Play Session

**Monthly play session for content creators! Come mingle with your fellow creatives, team up, and having a blast making short videos.** **Event rundown:** **3:00pm Creatives mingle (light refreshments)** **3:30pm Session begins! A theme is introduced.** **Guests pitch ideas, vote, and form teams.** **4:00pm Teams write, shoot & edit an under-1-minute video.** **6:30pm Screening! And more mingling.** **Whether you're a pro or just love creating, come join the fun. Bring your gear (optional), meet new people, and make something awesome.** **Check out www.shortsoff.com for more info.** **You read this full description, here is a $5 off promo code as thank you!** **Promo: HIGHFIVE** **https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/shorts-off-video-creators-play-session-tickets-1998168559952?aff=oddtdtcreator** ******************* **Questions? hello@shortsoff.com**

MASTER MANUAL

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Playtime (1967)

Playtime a 1967 satirical comedy film directed and co-written by Jacques Tati. One of the greatest examples of architecture and cinema colliding, the work is notable for its enormous set, which Tati had built specially for the film, as well as Tati's trademark use of subtle yet complex visual comedy supported by creative sound effects. Come see this rare and interesting French New Wave film with us, with drinks and discussion about it afterwards!

SSP TUE - CITY LIGHT & SHADOWS IN MONOCHROME : Kings Cross

Explore the light, shadows, architecture and street life of Kings Cross, Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay on a monochrome photography walk following the City of Sydney’s “Passion: Sydney’s Wild Side” cultural route.(see Photos for details) Coffee before the walk and an optional group pub lunch afterwards. **First meeting point:** For those who like coffee, from 10:00 am **Uliveto Café** Location: Bayswater Road, Kings Cross, close to Kings Cross Station **Second meeting point** (Walk starting point): The Coca-Cola Sign, at 10:30 am **Group lunch** Lunch time: Approximately 12:00–12:15 pm Location: **Kings Cross Hotel,** Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross **Photography theme: City Light and Shadows** During this walk, look for: **Pools of light:** Wait for a person to walk through a brightly lit section of pavement while the surrounding area remains in shadow. ↳ **Silhouettes:** Photograph people against bright walls, windows, the sky or reflective surfaces. Exposure compensation may help preserve the highlights and turn the person into a strong graphic shape. **Layers and framing:** Use doorways, railings, stairways, tree branches and architectural openings to divide the frame or surround your subject. **Human gestures:** Street photography can include people as important subjects. Look for an expressive stride, a conversation, an unusual interaction, a moment of solitude or a figure whose position completes the composition. ↳ **Tonal contrast:** Search for scenes containing very bright and very dark areas. In monochrome photography, separation between tones can be more important than the original colours. **Textures and traces of history:** Weathered walls, stone steps, iron fences, old façades, signs and pavement details can communicate the character of the neighbourhood. **Suggested shooting areas** **The Cross and Darlinghurst Road** The walk begins amid the visual intensity of Kings Cross. Look for shopfront reflections, signs, traffic, pedestrians emerging from the station and contrasts between older façades and contemporary street life. This is a good place to practise **layered compositions**. Rather than photographing one person against an empty background, try combining foreground reflections, a middle-distance subject and architectural detail farther away.↳ A slower shutter speed can introduce movement into passing pedestrians or vehicles, while a faster shutter speed can isolate gestures and brief interactions. **Victoria Street and 202 Victoria Street** As we move away from the commercial centre, the visual rhythm changes. Terraces, apartment entrances, balconies, fences and trees create repeated lines and alternating patches of light and shade. Look for people entering and leaving buildings, figures partially hidden by trees, and subjects framed by gates or doorways. In monochrome, small differences in texture—paint, brick, stone, foliage and clothing—can become important. **Butler Stairs and McElhone Stairs** The stairways are among the strongest locations for our theme. Steps, handrails and retaining walls naturally produce leading lines, repeating geometry and deep shadows. Try photographing: \*a single person ascending or descending the stairs * shadows cast across the steps \*a figure positioned between railings↳ * a high-angle or low-angle composition \*the contrast between a sunlit landing and a darker staircase Be considerate here, as the stairs are public access routes. Keep camera bags close and leave space for residents and pedestrians. **Embarkation Park** The park provides a visual transition from the dense streetscape to a more open environment. Trees can create broken or dappled shadows across paths, walls and people. Look for small figures within larger compositions and relationships between people, foliage, surrounding buildings and open sky. This can be an opportunity to make quieter photographs rather than concentrating only on dramatic contrast. **St Vincent’s College, Challis Avenue and surrounding streets** The institutional architecture, mature trees and residential streets offer strong vertical lines, formal façades and framed views. Challis Avenue may provide opportunities to photograph café activity, local residents, deliveries and everyday interactions. Watch for people passing between sun and shade or appearing briefly between parked cars, trees and building entrances. **Yellow House** Around Yellow House, consider the relationship between the neighbourhood’s artistic history and its present-day appearance. Instead of making only a straightforward record of the building, look for fragments, details, reflections and human activity nearby.↳ A person walking past an unusual façade can give the image scale and turn an architectural photograph into a street photograph. **Elizabeth Bay House and nearby streets** This section introduces more formal heritage architecture and landscaped surroundings. Columns, gates, windows, paths and symmetrical elements can be used as compositional frameworks. Try waiting for a person to enter a carefully arranged architectural composition. The human subject does not need to dominate the frame; a small figure can provide scale, contrast and narrative. **Kingsclere, Tusculum and Wayside Chapel** These locations bring together different layers of the area’s architectural and social character. Look for contrasts between grand buildings and ordinary street activity. At Wayside Chapel and the surrounding streets, approach photography with particular sensitivity and respect. Do not photograph people who may be vulnerable or experiencing distress merely for visual effect.↳ Strong street photography is not only visually interesting—it should also recognise the dignity of the people being photographed. **Orwell Street and Llankelly Place** This area offers narrow streets, pedestrian movement, café activity and changing light between buildings. It may be one of the best locations for using shop windows and reflections. Experiment with: * photographing through glass \*combining reflections with people inside or outside * waiting for several figures to occupy different parts of the frame \*underexposing slightly to preserve bright highlights * using narrow passages to create depth **Fitzroy Gardens and Darlinghurst Road** Near the end of the walk, Fitzroy Gardens provides opportunities for candid moments involving people sitting, walking, talking or moving between the trees and surrounding streets.↳ As we return to Darlinghurst Road, the busier environment gives us another chance to work with pedestrians, signs, traffic and strong graphic contrasts. Consider how your photographs from the end of the route differ from those taken at the beginning.

All About Composition - 4 hr hands on PAID Workshop

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SSP WED - Northside Photography Chat

Meet for chat over a drink and snack or dinner. Tonight, if you are in the mood, we can discuss camera setup, technique, editing images or photo critique. If you wish to discuss any aspects of your camera or photography technique, please bring the manual and your camera. You may bring your laptop with your editing software installed & I will bring a laptop with Lightroom Classic installed. We can discuss any aspect of editing your images. Most image editors are similar, so even if using a different editor, the techniques are similar, mainly due to the menu system. Feel free to bring image(s) on a usb stick, SD, microSD memory card or an iPhone that supports Airdrop. Using Lightroom we can work on extracting the story of the image. If you want photo critique, pls bring print, or full size images, preferably not resized, on a usb stick, SD, microSD memory card or an iPhone that supports Airdrop. Please do not ask for a critique on images displayed on a mobile phone, too small a display to be critical. More info on the venue here chatswoodrsl.com.au Plenty of free parking available nearby as well as the bus stop at the door or metro & rail just 50m away.

Online Photography - The letter P

Film Only B&W: Parramatta

It's time to dust of your film camera and use a roll of Black and White, one roll of 36 will probably do the job. The aim of today is to take images of people going about their business, street performers, portraits or even try some architectural photos. The meetup point is in front of the old town hall in Parramatta at 10.30. The idea is to look for opportunities and to train your eye for an image that may suggest a story. Being film photography, we may have to be more selective than using a digital camera. Hence, the challenge. The second meetup point is the old town hall, and we can decide where to go to lunch. The time would be 12.15 for 12.30. I would like to suggest the Commercial Hotel near the railway station however Parramatta has a variety of options. Come along and give film photography a go.

SSP.. TUE. ...CITY WANDER

We will go a wandering and shooting. from our usual food court to ........

SSP THURSDAY ... CQ NITE LIGHTS.

This series of night events will be a monthly meetup at various locations around Sydney. Nominally the second Thursday of the month but occasionally on a Friday night. The event will be held regardless of the weather. Location: Tonight we will walk in the tourist & dining locations of the northern CBD. Schedule: 1800 attendance checkin 1805 depart food hall, walk up Pitt Street Mall to Martin Place then Angel Place then up to the street area below AMP. Find some interesting locations and wait for your images & grab the shots. We then walk to the Opera House and grab some images and then walk through Circular Quay back to Pitt Street & Alfred Street. 1950 Meet at Alfred & Pitt Street intersection 2000 Optional dinner &/or drink, at The Ship Inn