It’s election year. We need to examine what each of the main parties’ views are on the Screen industry, Arts, Culture and Heritage, as well as what they are going to do for society and the economy. Here’s a first cursory look from a screen perspective. To date, NATIONAL has shown its hand. Funding cuts […]
Petrol and diesel are inescapable costs for production. It doesn’t matter if it’s a two-person crew with a director, or a 3-500 crew on an international show; they all need fuel, particularly diesel. Gaffer, grip, and unit trucks, four wheel drives, SUVs, vans, personal cars—all those production vehicles clock up the mileage, and the IRD […]
The world is awash with bad news at the moment, whether it’s the war in the Middle East, the planned shutterings announced by Heinz Watties and McCain in Hawkes Bay, or the lack of domestic and international production in Aotearoa this year. It’s with a great deal of pleasure, therefore, that I got to watch […]
I remember the first director’s training session for TV I attended now many years ago. Our workshop facilitator, John Harris, who went on to establish production company Greenstone, told us that one way to think of directing was like shopping: we had a shopping basket, and we had to fill it up for the editor […]
While there has been a delay in the good weather arriving, it’s now back. At least for the moment where I’m sitting and writing this. In Auckland. It’s just one of the positives of the New Year. At the box office: Tinā is currently at $6,486,864 Pike River sits at $1,439,550 Prime Minister is recording […]