Film & Television

Kurt Russell in Season 1 of Monarch Legacy of Monsters

Monster deal for Screen Queensland

Production is under way on the largest-locally filmed television series, after filming of latest season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters was moved to Queensland. The next
Read more 15 August 2024
Action movies stimulate the brain the most according to new research - Newsreel

Actions films evoke deep emotional response

New research suggests that we set our film preferences based on how much they stimulate our brains. A study led by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg compared
Read more 3 August 2024
An artist's impression of the proposed Shadowbox studio on the Gold Coast. | Newsreel

Shadowbox plans production studio on Gold Coast

Major film studio Shadowbox will build a state-of-the-art production studio on the Gold Coast. City of Gold Coast today backed the project, to be developed on city-owned
Read more 22 July 2024
Carla McGrath and Professor Scott Harrison, Screen Queensland Board members. | Newsreel

New Screen Queensland Board members

Carla McGrath and Professor Scott Harrison have joined the Board of Screen Queensland, starting their three-year tenures this month. Screen Queensland Chair Roslyn
Read more 12 July 2024
The Bachelorette contestant Sam Frost

Pause the drama. Reality TV without villains

By Rebecca Trelease and Jodi McAlister Often when we think about reality TV, we think about mess, conflict and scandal – three things usually grouped under the
Read more 8 July 2024
Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser. | Newsreel

Wahlberg in Queensland Balls Up

Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg will be out and about in South-East Queensland over the coming weeks as feature film Balls Up begins filming. The Peter Farrelly (Green
Read more 3 July 2024
Professor Gayle Kerr, a leading academic in advertising at QUT. | Newsreel

50 years of teaching the art of advertising

The first Australian university degree in advertising was offered 50 years ago and the industry is celebrating. While television advertising in Australia began soon
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Family watching sport on TV. | Newsreel

Laws a barrier to free sport on digital TV

As more Australians ditch television aerials for internet-based services, proposed anti-siphoning laws mean many would not watch free sport, according to a new
Read more 18 June 2024
Girl looking at vape. | Newsreel

Anti-vaping campaign uses Tik Tok

A new Federal Government campaign will for the first time advertise about the risk of vaping on Tik Tok. The Give Up For Good campaign is the first national
Read more 10 June 2024
Blue Heelers promo shot

Aussie dramas disappearing from television

Australian stories are disappearing from Aussie screens, with a QUT study finding local television drama hours dropped by 55 percent over the past two decades. The
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