From the College Future Pathways Leader
JMC Academy - Work Experience
JMC Academy offers a work experience program for students in Year 10 and Year 11. The program is a four-day program, this year’s program will take place from Monday the 27th of May until Thursday the 30th of May.
There are six work experience programs to choose from – depending on your areas of interest and passion you can choose from the following areas:
Acting;
Audio Engineering & Sound Production;
Design (Visual Communication);
Film & TV Production;
Game Design; or
Music.
Interested students are encouraged to visit this link for more information and to complete the online application.
Students needing assistance with their application are asked to contact Ms May. Students who are successful in their application need to also complete the CSPD Work Experience paperwork.
JMC Academy Competitions
This year JMC Academy is holding four competitions for students in Years 9 to 12 to demonstrate their creative abilities. The competitions are:
The Canvas Art Award
All artists are unique in their abilities, to reflect that JMC Academy is opening the competition to various mediums. Students can submit artworks from the following categories:
- Analogue Artwork - using non-digital/traditional materials such as pencils, paints, paper and canvas
- Digital 2D Artwork - using digital tools such as a tablet or computer
- 3D Artwork - three dimensional art work such as 3D modeling or animation
- Comic Strip - is a visual representation of a story and a chronological narrative, which can be hand drawn or on a computer, maximum 6 boxes
- Interactive Novel - great explainer video can be found here
- Storyboard - is more of a guide of your story and can be done traditionally or digitally. Students can include descriptions of camera angles
- Any combination of the above.
Interested students are encouraged to visit this link for more information and to apply.
Mocktail Film Award
Students are invited to submit their best short fiction, short documentary, short animation, television commercial or music video clip, to be reviewed by industry professionals.
Interested students are encouraged to visit this link for more information and to apply.
Songwriting Award
Students are invited to submit a demo of an original song. Entries must be the exclusive original work of the entrant (or entrants) and must not infringe any copyrights or any other rights of their parties. Song entries must contain both lyrics and music. Compositions that have been commercially released and/or are available for sale or monetisation through streaming channels are not eligible for entry.
Interested students are encouraged to visit this link for more information and to apply.
Monologue Competition
Students have total creative freedom to deliver a monologue in whatever way they would like. It can be a comedy, drama or musical. Students can sing their monologue, perform it as a comedy, relate it to current societal issues, or deliver it in the context of how/when it was written. Students are also encouraged to think about their costumes, sets, props and location to add a flair and excitement to their performance.
Interested students are encouraged to visit this link for more information and to apply.
Competitions are an excellent way to build portfolios. I wish all students entering these JMC Academy Competitions all the very best.
Therese May
College Future Pathways Leader