I have had more than one occasion lately to discuss a number of issues over what some regard the plights of editors and others the realities. A number of senior editors convened recently over a drink and lamented the lack of an assistant editor in the cutting room, more particularly with one-off dramas and feature […]
A conversation with director Rebecca Tansley and DOP Simon Raby In their first collaboration, documentary filmmaker Rebecca Tansley and DOP Simon Raby crafted a film the NZ Herald gave four stars to. A mixture of Run n Gun and highly staged production, Crossing Rachmaninoff called on all of Rebecca’s communication skills and Simon’s deep knowledge […]
(A reworked version of this article appeared for an industry audience in today’s edition of Screenz.) As the Executive Director of the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ and a board member of Ngā Aho Whakaari I get to see a lot of what goes on behind the scenes not only at our guild but […]
I had someone who came to see me recently who had worked on an American production shooting here in NZ. This person unfortunately ended up the worse for wear from a situation where protocols about what you can and cannot do were breached—doubly worse as this individual had until this opportunity came along been unable […]
Our regular column this week has been given over to writer/director Glenn Standring who writes on the passing of friend and colleague Paul Swadel. This week our very dear friend and colleague, Paul Swadel, died in Christchurch. Paul was only 47 years old and with many things yet to achieve in life. Shockingly, not much more […]