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Creative Arts training courses in Sydney from the University of Sydney – Creative Arts courses open to everyone. From creative writing to drama, film, music, photography, drawing, painting, sculpture and more, there’s sure to be a course to express your artistic creativity.
Adobe Photoshop Elements Course: The Complete Guide
This Adobe Photoshop Elements training course in Sydney encompasses everything from the absolute basics to advanced photo-editing techniques with Photoshop Elements. Classes are structured round six, face-to-face, three-hour meetings and 18 assignments that are delivered online and individually assessed between the monthly meetings. The flexibility of online delivery gives participants the best opportunity to fully comprehend and complete the course material however busy they might ...
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Writing for Children Course
So you think writing a 50-word picture book is easy, or that you could be the next JK Rowling? Come along for discussion and exercises on writing for young people of all ages. Advice is also given on manuscript presentation and the state of publishing for children in Australia and overseas. Course Content Starting Points Part 1 Finding stories within Starting Points Part 2 Getting underway, questions to ask yourself Dialogue How kids talk and what to do with what they say Characters...
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Writing to Know Yourself Course: The Examined Life
Writing thoughts on paper is one of the oldest and most widely practised forms of self-help through writing. Blank paper is the most patient and discreet of listeners and the physical act of handwriting is a meditative and soothing way of working through life’s challenges. You don’t have to be an expert writer to gain the benefits of writing as meditation, exploration, clarification and comfort. This course is for those who would like to use reflective and expressive writing to enha...
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Art Basics Course
Put theory into practice and develop your artistic competency by learning the ‘rules’ to art. Working with the elements and principles of design participants will learn perspective, how to draw illusions, create powerful designs, apply texture and value, understand colour theory and the colour wheel and learn to draw the face. A variety of mediums including ink, colour pencil, pastels and paint will be utilised. There are no prerequisites for this course. Course content This art bas...
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A Beginner's Guide to Opera Course
“Opera is about life and everything that entails – love, hate and passion.” – Lesley Garrett. This course provides a guide to the appreciation and enjoyment of opera for the beginner, as well as a deeper exploration of the history and elements of opera for the more experienced listener. We explore the history, forms and structures of opera, considering the work of composers such as Mozart, Wagner, Verdi and Puccini, and listening to performances by some of the great singers. No musi...
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Genre Movies Course with Andrew L Urban: What's So Funny?
Explore the diversity and complexity of screen humour, from classic to contemporary, from light to black, through examples from around the world, from hidden gems to mainstream hits. Each session will focus on a particular type of screen comedy, illustrated by a relevant feature film. At the conclusion of each film, the course presenter, Andrew L Urban, will provide briefing notes and commentary; participants will be invited to discuss the various aspects of the film, exploring how ...
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Creative Writing Course
Designed to give participants the practical skills to approach their creative writing projects with confidence, this workshop is built around particular topics integral to the writing process, such as voice, character, structure, theme and editing. Using exercises to get started, participants will look at the basic elements of fiction and at ways to develop their work. This creative writing workshop is an invaluable way to find your voice as a writer. Course Benefits FREE guide to l...
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A Beginner's Guide to Classical Music Course
Interested in classical music but don’t know how to start? Been listening for a while but need some guidance? This course provides a framework for understanding classical music, examining the major periods of music history, the music of the great composers, and the main classical genres. Each week we will listen to some works and examine their historical, social and musical context. You will be able to explore your own taste in music and learn how to find more of what you like. No m...
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Aristotelian-Inspired Screenwriting Course
This course starts by taking students inside the head of the audience to understanding what people like about films. We use this knowledge as the basis for building characters and subsequently a story. We follow a step-by-step approach to learn an appreciation of the way screen characters and stories actually work to affect audiences, to move, challenge, confront, excite, seduce, amuse, arouse, inspire, intrigue and ultimately entertain. The course is highly accessible and useful fo...
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Masterpieces in Focus Course: Inside 'The Great Gatsby'
The much awaited release of Baz Luhrmann’s film ‘The Great Gatsby’ is sure to stir controversy, especially in the context of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s concern with the perennial tension between the past and the present, between idealism and pragmatism and between constancy and change. We look closely at Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation of this classic and compare and contrast it with a number of others including Fitzgerald’s own. This course is a follow-up to Ray Younis' Masterpieces in Fo...
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