Baz Luhrmann's AUSTRALIA Educates and Inspires Aspiring Filmmakers with "Set to Screen Series" Podcasts.Launches April 15 on iTunes LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Twentieth Century Fox and renowned filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, the Oscar[R] nominated director of Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (French for Red Mill or windmill) is a traditional cabaret, built in 1889 by Joseph Oller, who already owned the Paris Olympia. and William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. , are collaborating on a special series of 10 podcasts that will follow the making of the epic film AUSTRALIA, on which Luhrmann is writer, producer and director. The "Set to Screen Series with Baz Luhrmann," launching today on the iTunes Store The iTunes Store is an online business run by Apple Inc. which sells media files that are accessed through its iTunes application. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28 2003, it proved the viability of online music sales. (www.itunes.com), is designed to educate and inspire high school and college filmmakers, taking them behind the scenes of AUSTRALIA, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman - and inside the creative process of Luhrmann and his production team. Every few weeks through October, aspiring filmmakers can explore AUSTRALIA's on-set photography, costume design Costume design is the design of the appearance of the characters in a theater or cinema performance. This usually involves designing or choosing clothing, footwear, hats and head dresses for the actors to wear, but it may also include designing masks, makeup or other unusual forms, , cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special , scoring, editing, and more. In addition, students inspired by what they've learned from the podcasts will be invited to create and share their own film projects for a chance to join Luhrmann on the film's promotional tour and have their project included in AUSTRALIA's DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. release as well as other rewards. For additional information, please visit: www.apple.com/go/settoscreen Twentieth Century Fox releases AUSTRALIA everywhere on November 14. About AUSTRALIA: A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World War II, AUSTRALIA centers on an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Hugh Jackman) to drive 2000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. With his new film, director-writer-producer Baz Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle. About Fox Filmed Entertainment One of the world's largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE FFE Fédération Française d'Equitation (French governing body for equestrian sport) FFE Fédération Française des Échecs FFE Food for Education FFE Flat File Extractor FFE Frontier: First Encounters : Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Atomic, and Twentieth Century Fox Animation. |
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