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Digital Kapow!
Blog10 July 2015 We are being assaulted by digital technology and the digital realm and its effects on our chosen careers and our livelihoods are irrevocable. I have written about this previously, but recent events bring it once again to theโฆ
Measuring Success
Blog26 June 2015 With the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) just around the corner, I thought it interesting to look at what parts festivals and box office play in the working lives of directors and editors. While televisionโฆ
Talking Documentary
Blog10 June 2015 Documentary is a hot topic at the moment. I recently attended the Documentary Edge Festivalโs Screen Edge Forum in Auckland, opened with an address by Chris McDonald, the president of the second largest documentary filmโฆ
That Old Chestnut Copyright
Blog29 May 2015 As Dotcom seemingly inches closer to extradition, copyright has raised its head here at the guild enough times recently for me to decide to write about it. And before your eyes glaze over at the thought of reading boring copyโฆ
Are You Ready?
Blog15 May 2015 An old boss of mine used to say that with great change came great opportunity. It would seem that the opportunity in New Zealand is finally arriving from the shakeup in the screen industry predominantly driven by new digitalโฆ
Pay Rates
Blog1 May 2015 Pay rates continue to be a hot topic here at DEGNZ. Itโs understandable as the impact of digital technology continues to drive down pricing in many instances. Just this week I was speaking with a voiceover agency ownerโฆ
What Are You Worth?
Blog17 April 2015 On Tuesday evening the DEGNZ board debated the effect that low-budget filmmaking has had on the pay rates of members. When the Escalator low-budget feature film scheme was introduced by the NZFC, it formalised for featuresโฆ
Being Mฤori
BlogTฤnฤ kotou katoa. I have had two very different experiences in the last week that were refreshers on what it is to be Mฤori in the New Zealand film industry. The first was when I attended the down-homeย Mฤoriland Film Festival inโฆ
Hopes and Dreams
BlogThanks to the New Zealand Film Commission, I was fortunate to attend the Cannes Film Festival 2018 where hopes and dreams are realized or not, and was reminded of where we Kiwis sit in the global film industry with our 5 โ 15 films each yearโsomewhereโฆ
NZFC +
BlogThe New Zealand Film Commission has just announced its Te Rautaki Mฤori strategy and thatโs a great achievement, even though it comes 15 years after New Zealand On Airโsโbetter late than never. Itโs no secret that Mฤori films areโฆ
The Big Picture
Advocacy, BlogThereโs a lot of big picture stuff going on at the moment, so I thought I would take the time to discuss it a little further. DEGNZ together with other guilds, screen industry bodies and representatives, the New Zealand Council of Tradeโฆ
Editing for Success
BlogThe professional development programme for this year is well underway at DEGNZ. I wanted to let all the editors in the Guild know about the opportunities available so that you stay on the lookout for them as they arise. Editing Workshop
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RNZ Minus?
BlogWhen Broadcasting, Communications & Digital Media Minister Clare Curran announced her plan to ramp up Radio New Zealand to RNZ+ with additional funding of up to $38 million, there were a lot of smiles out there including on my dial. I loveโฆ
Where’s the Data?
BlogBroadcasting Minister Clare Curran last year shared her vision for RNZ+ as a non-commercial, audio-visual and multi-platform entity, with its services expanded to include a free-to-air non-commercial television service ... progressively developedโฆ