SAE Institute Melbourne - Audio Engineering, Digital Film Making, and Electronic Music Production

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SAE Institute Melbourne offers certificate and diploma courses in audio engineering, filmmaking, electronic music production and more. Please click below for a full listing and details on availability...

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SAE Melbourne - Latest News

Congratulations SAE Melbourne - Degrees Approved with FEE-HELP!!!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

SAE Melbourne now has HE approval to Deliver Higher Education courses. Degrees are now offered in Audio and Film from our Sydney, Byron and Melbourne campuses.

SAE Melbourne is also FEE HELP approved! This will now allow eligible Australian citizens to study at SAE Melbourne with fee assistance from the Australian government. FEE-HELP is available for the following higher education courses: the Bachelor of Audio Production, the Diploma of Audio Production, the Bachelor of Film Production and the Diploma of Film Production.

For full information on FEE-HELP and to find out if you are eligible please visit www.goingtouni.gov.au


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International Conference

Wednesday, July 1, 2008

An International Conference
Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre
Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
1st - 4th July 2008

This international conference is for everyone who cares passionately about human rights and peace, and who wish to activate/re-activate human rights and peace and their importance in the twenty-first century.

The conference will provide a crucial and critical learning space for activating human rights and peace in relation to the fields of law, justice, culture, humanities, education, politics, spirituality and health.

A major focus of the conference is to invite participants to exchange ideas and experiences about human rights, questions of peace and their implications across these fields. The conference is interdisciplinary as well as activist in approach.
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New SAE Television Commercial

Friday, May 22, 2008

Checkout SAE’s new TV commercial which was shot in Sydney in May this year. Watch out for it in the next few weeks on Channel 10, and also keep an ear out for our commercial ads featured on NOVA 96.9Fm.


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New Music Business Workshops @ SAE Melbourne

SAE Institute, Melbourne recently launched a new non accredited short course known as Music Business Workshops.
The workshops are run by industry professionals from a variety of backgrounds and are delivered in an open forum environment.
They aim to provide participants with some of the trade secrets of Melbourne’s most successful operators and have so far proved to be very popular.

SAE MELBOURNE – STUDY FOR A DAY - 1st June 2008

Due to continual overwhelming success of the Study For A Day program, SAE Melbourne has scheduled another Study For A Day for Sunday the 1 June 2008 at our impressive South Melbourne facility. So, if you've ever wanted to go behind the scenes on the making of a professional music video clip - from either an audio or film perspective - call reception on 03 9681 8422 to book your spot! Numbers strictly limited. First in, best dressed

SAE Melbourne will also be having a second Study For A Day on July 20th.

WANT TO KNOW HOW THE MUSIC INDUSTRY REALLY WORKS?

For the first time in Australia...

PROFESSIONAL MUSIC INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS

Get all the inside information from some of the world's top professionals... find out what it takes to make it big from those who know best. SAE Melbourne is offering a select few access to an exclusive eight-week course featuring over twenty of Australia's most successful music industry experts

Covering promotion, touring, publicity, media, management, sales and many other aspects of the music biz, this is a unique opportunity to gain invaluable insight to the inner workings of the industry.

Lecturers actively work both nationally and internationally with clients that have included: Madonna, Michael Jackson, Toto, Motorace, Ice House, Anthrax, Zakk Wylde, Megadeth, Opeth, Nick Cave, Stevie Nicks, Nickelback, TV Rock, Operator Please and Carl Cox... Just to name a few.

Course starts the 8th of April 2008.

*$500 discount for the first 20 enrolments
*Get a 20% discount off selected SAE Melbourne Diploma courses

For registration and further enquiries contact infomelbourne@sae.edu or +61 3 9681 8422

*Non-Accredited
*Discount is valid for 6 months after completion of course
*Only available at SAE Melbourne

25 May 2008
SAE MELBOURNE – OPEN DAY 11am-3pm

  • Live demonstrations of band recordings (featuring Melbourne artists "Hot Little Hands") and filming activities
  • Free BBQ and price giveaways
  • Student films screening
  • Wander around our impressive facilities at your own pace
  • Or, take a guided tours with lecturing staff
  • Discuss your career options
  • Open to the public – no need to book!
     

SAE students film Push Over Festival 08

This year SAE Institute Melbourne sent 10 film students to film Push Over 2008. Push Over is a non profit, all ages music festival and this years line up was as big as ever. Featuring some of Australia's top acts such as, Shihad, Gyroscope, Cog, Young & Restless and The Getaway Plan just to name a few the day was a complete success. Capturing the performances on high definition Sony Z1P cameras, the shoot taught students how to film in the constraints of live sound. The students not only had to deal with a variety of different acts, but also had to work with the audio crew to receive sound from the mixing console. All in all it was a job well done and was a success thanks to the SAE Melbourne Film Department.

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22 November 2007
SAE MELBOURNE – FILM GRADUATION SCREENING

Held at the impressive ACMI cinemas at Federation Square on Thursday 22 November 2007, parents, friends and select industry personnel (strictly invite only, sorry) will witness the graduate screening of two of SAE Melbourne’s most recent film classes. 

SAE INSTITUTE SUPPORTS THE AGE MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2007

SAE Institute is proud to announce its involvement with the The Age Melbourne Fringe Festival 2007 - happening throughout September and October.  Established in 1982, the Melbourne Fringe Festival is one of Melbourne’s most loved inaugural arts events.  SAE Institute is proud to be supporting the development and profile of Melbourne contemporary arts practices and is especially excited to be able to place current SAE students into professional placement internships as part of SAE’s involvement with this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival. 

ROCK THE SCHOOLS WRAPS FOR 2007

The Boost Mobile Rock the Schools Tour powered by Motorola, of which SAE Institute is proud to act as the Educational Partner, has wrapped for 2007. For nearly 4 months the tour has rocked 50’000 kids in 70 schools in 4 states. The schools lucky enough to be able to participate in this tour were not only treated to some of Australia’s hottest new bands like Operator Please, Skybombers and Oh Mercy but were given the exclusive opportunity to attended SAE Institute workshops on sound production and music industry business. There are many careers available in the music industry and SAE Institute was delighted to be able to provide some insight into the career and post secondary course options for our next generation of up and coming industry stars.

SAE INSTITUTE SPONSORS FRINGE SPIN

As part of its sponsorship agreement with this year’s The Age Melbourne Fringe Festival 2007, SAE Institute is proud to be offering the grand prize for Fringe Spin – a colossal battle for DJ supremacy that will take place at the Festival Club as part of the festival.  The winner will walk away with a full scholarship to undertake the part-time Electronic Music Production course at SAE Institute, Melbourne – providing the perfect catalyst for the lucky winner to start producing their own electronic music tracks for clubs, commercials, movies and more!

DO YOU BELIEVE IN FATE?

Well, if rock music is your thing, ‘yes’ is the answer!  FATE is a battle-of-the-bands competition with a difference.  Staged simultaneously across three capital cities (Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide), over a six-month period, the winner of FATE will walk away with a prize pack including: recording, mixing and mastering time at Studios 301, a booking agency deal with Destroy All Lines and much, much more.  The promoters of FATE have requested SAE students to perform multiple tasks for the event, including technical assistance, filming and more.  What an opportunity!

SAE MELBOURNE’S BIGGEST OPEN DAY IN THREE YEARS!

Firstly, for those of you who attended the SAE Institute Melbourne Open Day on Saturday 4 August, please accept a warm thank you.  The day was a huge success.  The new-look Open Day, complete with a continuous live band recording, student filming demonstrations and informative industry seminars, afforded attendees a rare glimpse at the behind the scenes workings of the audio and film industries.  All events were immensely popular, but non-more so than the BBQ in the car park!  The rain held out all day and over 500 sausages were consumed by happy punters and their families.  As a result of the day’s success, only a few places are left for the Melbourne campus’ September intake.  Interested parties are advised to apply sooner rather than later to avoid missing out on the last intake for 2007.

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS STUDY AT SAE INSTITUTE FOR A DAY

Saturday 11 August saw 30 prospective students participate in a new SAE Institute initiative Study For A Day. Utilising the forthcoming single ‘Truth In Your Eyes’ from up-and-coming Melbourne band Burn The City, participants had the rare opportunity to experience the behind-the-scenes workings involved in creating a professional music video clip, from either an audio or film making perspective.  The day went off without a hitch.  The 30 budding digital film makers and audio engineers had a great time, with the audio stream recording and mixing the band in the main studio at SAE Melbourne, and the film stream learning storyboarding and scripting before heading down to film the band in SAE Melbourne’s full-sized green-screen room.  The interactivity of the day was great, with the 30 lucky attendees participating in all stages of making a professional music video clip. 

SAE Melbourne’s next Study For A Day is Saturday 17 November.  Due to the success of the first Study For A Day, places won’t last long.  So, interested parties are encouraged to contact the campus on 03 9681 8422 or infomelbourne@sae.edu at their earliest convenience to secure a place.

SAE INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH FLICKERFEST 2008

SAE & FLICKERFEST LAUNCH NEW AWARD CATEGORY FOR FIRST TIME IN 13 YEARS

As part of the partnership, SAE and Flickerfest are together launching a new award category, the ‘SAE Prize for Best Use of Digital Technology’ in a Short Film. Flickerfest, which is accredited by the Academy Awards® is considered in international circles as the leading Australian competitive short film festival, and increasingly filmmakers view it as one of the main festivals on the world circuit.

SAE will be a major digital education partner at Flickerfest and the partnership will allow SAE to extend its reach to an international base of aspiring filmmakers. The young demographic of Flickerfest keeps pace with technology trends and will be receptive to the education SAE provides.

Bronwyn Kidd, director of Flickerfest, said ‘the partnership celebrates the growing use of digital technology amongst a new generation of film makers and through Flickerfest’s partnership with SAE we will be able to acknowledge expertise in the use of this digital technology encouraging short filmmakers to strive for excellence in their craft”

“The fact that we have added the new award, the ‘SAE Prize for Best Use of Digital Technology in a Short Film’ recognises the growing role of digital technology in providing the tools that enable a new generation of film makers to bring their stories to the screen” said Ms Kidd.

Flickerfest’s recognition as Australia’s only Academy® accredited short film festival not only serves to highlight the calibre of the event but the global reach that the short festival has now acquired.

The film festival event runs from 4 to 14 January at Bondi Beach, showcasing the best of short films from around the world before embarking on a 16 venue tour around Australia.

For more information please visit www.flickerfest.com.au