Cole Larsen

Cole Larsen is currently the Coordinator of Screen Production and Natural History Film-Making.

Cole initially trained in acting, television and film before transferring to journalism and Aboriginal studies in the mid 1980s. He worked as a research journalist and photojournalist for ten years before returning to study at Flinders University.

After completing a postgraduate diploma in Screen Studies in 1995 he worked in commercial television, health and educational documentary and advertising.  He has been working in the Screen Studies department since 2003.

Teaching:

SCRN1070 Production techniques and script analysis - Part 1
SCRN1071 Production techniques and script analysis - Part 2
SCRN2071 Screen Production Techniques 3A: Experimental narrative and short drama production
SCRN 3051 Screen Production Techniques 3: Experimental narrative and short drama production
SCRN3070 Screen Production Techniques 4: Community production
SCRN7051 Production.com
SCRN8024 Natural history film-making 4: Natural history online
SCRN8025 Natural history film-making 4: Natural history online

Research interests:

Cole’s main areas of interest are experimental narrative and fiction. He has worked extensively on site in the Australian landscape and in 2006 received an Australia Council grant for a residency and exhibition of experimental art narratives in Singapore.

Cole Larsen is currently working on a creative PhD project to develop a low budget feature film model for the university environment. He is writing a 30,000 word thesis and will collaborate on a feature film project as a director. He is working with fellow PhD candidate Tom Young, who is working from a producer's perspective. The production component of the project will take place in late 2009 or early 2010.

Current supervisions:

Honours Production students
Seth Williams, Ari Cellin, Krystle Penhall & David Raftery
Master of Natural History Film Making students
Cheyne Benjamin, Eddie Powell & Aaron Felton