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Shakeup In the Digital World
BlogI was privy to a recent seminar from Italy-based independent consultant Linda Beath on the shakeup in the digital world and thought I would pass along to you a number of (substantiated) facts that she presented, and some of my opinion. Internetโฆ
Time to Change It Up
BlogKia ora and welcome to 2017! I hope that you all had an enjoyable Christmas and New Yearโs holiday period, whether you were working or relaxing. Next week I am going to be talking with my counterparts at the Australian Directors Guildโฆ
Been There, Done That
BlogAs 2016 draws to a close it's time to look back and prepare for 2017. First item on the agenda is my editorial of two weeks ago titled โItโs Up To You (Unfortunately)โ. Some people mistook this to mean that the guild wonโt go intoโฆ
It’s Up To You (Unfortunately)
BlogIn the past couple of weeks I have been contacted twice about director terms and conditions. The first was from a director who had worked on a number of projects that required out of town travel and no allowances were paid for per diems, accommodationโฆ
What’s Happening to Your Screen Tax Payer Dollars?
BlogI was at the Screen Producers Australia โ Screen Forever conference last week in Melbourne. An interesting issue was brought up by highly regarded independent Australian producer Trish Lake, who highlighted the fact that many of the primetimeโฆ
Wherefore Art Thou Public Service Content Provider?
Blog10 November 2016 New Zealand On Airโs recent announcement of changes to its funding strategy and to a lesser extent the mooted desire of TVNZ to take over Freeview have brought discussion of public service broadcasting once again to theโฆ
An Inspiration
Blog26 October 2016 Itโs been a helluva busy year, and Iโve been offshore more than once, the latest in October when former head of the Council of Trade Unions Helen Kelly died of lung cancer. I never met Helen Kelly. I only knew her fromโฆ
Shakin’ It Up
Blog29 September 2016 Last week I was at the No Borders Coproduction market in New York, which is part of IFP Film Week. Across 6 days I mixed with mainly American writers, directors and producers who were trying to get their narrative featuresโฆ
To Be or Not to Be? That Was the Question.
BlogAlmost a year ago, the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ membership voted to become a union. At this yearโs AGM on Saturday 5 October, DEGNZ will adopt a new constitution that will allow the Guild to formalise its status as a union and affiliateโฆ
Just Not Cutting It
BlogJust over four years ago a group of senior editors were sitting around on a Sunday afternoon in Auckland lamenting the fact that standards just werenโt like they used to be. They questioned each other as to why that was. The answer they cameโฆ
The Future of (NZ) Film
BlogWhen Bob Iger of Disney speaks about the future of film, itโs worth listening. Why? Because amongst the hundreds of companies that sit under the Disney umbrella are 20th Century Fox, Lucas Film, Marvel, and Pixar. Brands number in theโฆ
Is It Time for TVNZ to Revert to Public Broadcasting?
BlogMy op-ed this week is devoted to personal musings in the lead up to the NZ Screen Sector Strategy hui, and the changing nature of the screen industry as we know it. Colin Peacock on the Radio New Zealand website wrote on the weekend aboutโฆ
Where to From Here?
BlogThe Screen Sector Strategy has announced the dates of its intended hui in 3 locales to gather industry input into a strategy document for the New Zealand Screen Industry. This will be taken to Government in the first half of 2020. This isโฆ
Are We Missing the Streamer Boat?
BlogItโs hard not to bang on about streaming services when they are continuing to upend the screen industry as we know it. Media intelligence service FilmTake recently reported that Disney, WarnerMedia, and Apple are expected to spend betweenโฆ