Submissions Open – Guild Table Reads

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Round Three 2016 – Apply Now!Guild Table Read

Bringing Writers Directors & Actors together for Table Reads.

A core cast – max. six actors – together with a writer & director team (OR writer/director) will collaborate on each script-in-development table read.
The script must have a director attached and have been through a development process.

Writer & Director: either/both must be a member(s) of NZWG/DEGNZ.
Actors must be a member of Equity to apply.

 

DEGNZ members and/or NZWG members are invited to apply for the script component:

Submit full-length draft feature film script to go into the draw for a day-long table read*

Four reads per year, Saturdays @ NZWG HQ
400C Great North Rd, Grey Lynn

Third Table Read: Saturday 5 November 2016 – 10am start

Script Submissions Deadline: Monday 10 October

WRITER/DIRECTORS or WRITER & DIRECTOR TEAMS – contact Guild HQ. Email: guildhq@nzwg.org.nz
ACTORS – Apply at Eventbrite

 

A Joint Initiative brought to you by:
NZWG, DEGNZ & EQUITY Foundation
With warm thanks to the New Zealand Film Commission

 

*Names remain for subsequent draws.

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Call for Applications: Drama Editing Masterclass with Dany Cooper

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Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites you to apply for a 2-day Drama Editing Masterclass with multiple award-winning Australian editor Dany Cooper for up to 8 participants.

Dany Cooper is one of Australia’s best-known and respected film and television editors. This year, she has completed work on U.S. film Measure of a Man and is currently editing Breath, adapted from a book by Australian novelist Tim Winton, and directed by Simon Baker. Her recent editing credits also include Holding the Man, Chasing Satellites, Deadline Gallipoli, The Killing Field and Puberty Blues.

Dany won her first AFI Award in 1994 for the film Angel Baby. She was again nominated for an AFI in 1997 for The Well and in 2006 for Candy, starring Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish, which also won Dany her first ASE Award. Amongst her list of accolades, Dany has also won an ASE Award for her work on Beneath Hill 60 and Oranges and Sunshine. She was also nominated for an ASE Award and won an AACTA Award for editing the 2012 film The Sapphires, which screened at Cannes, Melbourne, Telluride and other top international festivals. Internationally, Dany was nominated for a 2004 Emmy for TV series Battlestar Galactica.

The masterclass will be held across two days on Saturday and Sunday, 1 and 2 October in Auckland. Travel assistance will be available to some members coming from out of Auckland. Lunch will be provided each day.

All applicants must have a working knowledge of AVID edit systems.

Cost: DEGNZ members free, Non-members $100.
When: Saturday 1 October & Sunday 2 October, 9am – 5pm.
Where: Unitec, Auckland

To apply, please send your application in ONE PDF to tema@deganz.co.nz with ‘Dany Cooper Masterclass’ in the subject line.

In your application, please provide:

  • CV
  • links to samples of your work
  • a maximum one-page letter stating why you should be selected.

Application Deadline: Wednesday 14 September 2016, 5pm.

This initiative is brought to you with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission.

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Call for Applications: Rehearsal Dynamics Workshop with Brita McVeigh

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The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites you to apply for a 1-day Rehearsal Dynamics workshop with story and performance coach Brita McVeigh. The workshop will be held on Saturday 10 September in Auckland. 

Brita McVeigh is a story and performance coach who works with actors, directors, writers and producers in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. In less than a decade, Brita’s working methodology has contributed to the development of more than 123 feature film, short film, television and theatre projects. She is a regular guest acting tutor at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School and a mentor through Script to Screen’s FilmUp Mentorship programme – working with directors on how to deepen their working process with actors. 

This workshop will explore the following:

  • How to build trust with your actors
  • How to explore character and relationship with your actors
  • When to rehearse scenes, why to rehearse scenes, why and when you don’t need to rehearse scenes
  • How to sharpen your script with your actors

All selected participants will be required to do some preparation prior to the workshop. 

What: Rehearsal Dynamics workshop with Brita McVeigh

When: Saturday 10 September, 9am – 4pm

Where: TBC, Auckland

Free for DEGNZ members, $100 for non-members

Travel assistance will be available to some members coming from out of Auckland.

TO APPLY:

Please send your bio, filmography and a maximum one-page letter as to why you wish to attend in one document or PDF (not separate documents) to  admin@deganz.co.nz by 9am, Wednesday 24th August.

This initiative is brought to you with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission.

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Call For Applications For Drama Editing Workshop With Award-Winning Editor David Coulson

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DEGNZ invites you to apply for a drama editing workshop with award-winning editor David Coulson (The Zookeeper’s Wife, McFarland USA, North Country, Whale Rider, Broken English, Desperate Remedies) for up to 10 members of DEGNZ.

The workshop will be held across two days on the Saturday and Sunday of 20 and 21 August. Lunch will be provided each day.

All applicants must have a working knowledge of AVID edit systems.

Cost: DEGNZ members free, non-members $100.
When: 9am-5pm, Saturday 20 August and Sunday 21 August
Where: Unitec, Auckland

To apply, please send your application to admin@deganz.co.nz with Drama Editing Workshop in the subject line your application in ONE pdf, to include:

  • CV
  • links to samples of your work
  • a maximum one-page letter stating why you should be selected.

Applications are due by Monday August 1, 9am. 

This initiative is brought to you with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission.

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Jesse Warn’s Directing Toolkit: In Pictures

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Thanks to Jesse Warn for hosting a fantastic Directing Toolkit workshop over the weekend. The feedback for the 2-day intensive workshop has been overwhelmingly positive and participants received loads of practical information, tips and inspiration. P1020475 P1020483 P1020489 P1020497

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