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Thereโ€™s Something In the Air

Itโ€™s a shook-up screen world out there: TVNZ โ€“ RNZ merger Screen Sector Investment Review Screen Industry Worker Bill Reform of Vocational Education Throw in: Netflix losing 200k subscribers, forcing a change in direction. โ€ฆ
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Editor Anastasia Doniants: How I Got Started in the Industry

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The Accidental Editor It was 2009 and Iโ€™m working at Unity Books in Auckland, my specialty โ€“ childrenโ€™s picture books and classics of literature. Itโ€™s been 2 years since I quit my career as an art director in advertising with no intentionโ€ฆ
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SIWB โ€“ You Canโ€™t Ignore it Any Longer

The biggest change ever to happen to the New Zealand screen industry is fast approaching. No, itโ€™s not the merger of TVNZ and Radio NZ. Itโ€™s the Screen Industry Workers Bill (SIWB). Before the end of the year, the SIWB is almost certainโ€ฆ
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Director Jamie Lawrence: How I Got Started in the Industry

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Iโ€™m 18, with frosted tips, earnest to a fault, about to graduate from South Seas Film & TV School. I post out my CV to every production company I can find: nobody bites. (Though, I did send it with a bar of soap wrapped in 16mm film andโ€ฆ
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Editor Jochen FitzHerbert: How I Got Started in the Industry

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I should preface by saying that I never planned to be working in the film and television industry. The honest truth is that when I finished school and decided to go to university, Film and Television papers seemed like a fun choice in amongstโ€ฆ
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Screen Investment Review

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At the end of 2021 the Government announced a review of government investment in the screen sector. The review will be led by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. There is a document outliningโ€ฆ
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Editor Brendon Chan: How I Got Started in the Industry

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I originally studied cinematography at film school and ended up getting work in the lighting department for about four years on TV commercials, TV drama and films. I'm a fairly quiet person and had romantic notions of being quiet, cowering behindโ€ฆ
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Here We Go Again

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I do hope everyone had a restful and restorative Christmas and New Yearโ€™s break, because here we go again. Like 2021, a false sense of security across the summer has been ended this year, quicker than last, with COVID bashing down the doorsโ€ฆ
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Director Leanne Pooley: How I Got Started in the Industry

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I am a Film School dropout and my slow but steady trajectory from PA to Director/Producer is the classic example of working my way up from the bottom. In the mid-eighties I was studying at one of the best TV/Film Schools in Toronto, Canada;โ€ฆ
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Editor Rฤhera Herewini-Mulligan: How I Got Started in the Industry

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When I was in primary school, I never knew I was Mฤori, or should I say I never understood what being Mฤori was. I always thought I was a little bit darker than a lot of the other kids, but that was ok. I was introduced to te reo Mฤori andโ€ฆ
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Getting Ready

๏ปฟHere at DEGANZ, we are working through an educational and information campaign as part of our work around the Screen Industry Workers Act (SIWA). One of the things we are asking editors, assistant editors, and directors to do for themselvesโ€ฆ
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Big Days

This week sees the marking of two significant days on the annual calendar: World Intellectual Property Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Two things close to the heart of DEGANZ. Copyright is an expression of Intellectual Property.โ€ฆ
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The Interminable Wait Is Nearly Over

It was close to a year that the NZ Film Commission was without a permanent CEO. That was resolved when Head of Sky Originals Annie Murray was announced as the new CEO, replacing David Strong. The response from the industry has been overwhelminglyโ€ฆ
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Director Wade Shotter: How I Got Started in the Industry

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I was born curious and enjoy figuring out how things work, which is essentially what I still do today as a director. I drew a lot as a kid and wrote and illustrated comics at school. Art was always my focus, so it seemed like a natural progressionโ€ฆ
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ANZSE Career Spotlights

Read about the illustrious careers of ANZSE-accredited editors.

A Kลrero With…

In this guest blog series, we speak to screen professionals to find out more about their job and what most people might not know, including those working in the industry. This blog offers an inside look into different parts of the industry and offers insights into how directors and editors can be successful in the collaborative process of their mahi.

How I Got Started in the Industry

In this guest blog series, our members reflect on how they made their way into assistant editing, editing, and directingโ€”with no two stories the same. They offer advice for those starting out.