Entries by Tui

Lo-budget Content Making Draws A Crowd

DEGNZ Screenlink in partnership with WIFT and Nga Aho Whakaari saw approximately 50 people come together to hear Lanita Ririnui Ryan and Guy Pigden speak about their experiences in their respective lo-budget arenas of interactive and feature film–stimulating conversation. A great night was had by all!    

Online Content – Take 2

It’s rare that I raise the same issue two weeks in a row. But the contracts that online platforms are seeking to put in place—or are with those who either don’t know what they’re signing or don’t care—are so unfair that that the guilds are extremely concerned. There are four key issues at stake: 1. […]

Web Series – Opportunities or Rorts?

Ever since Auckland Daze transitioned from online to TV, web series have been seen as an opportunity for young scripted programme makers to get the break they so desperately want and have been effectively shut out of in broadcast in New Zealand. Of course there are those who see YouTube and other online platforms as […]

Just Do It?

I was listening to an interview with British director and editor Ben Wheatley on a podcast the other day. Wheatley in case you don’t know him is considered the new enfant terrible of British film. He started out making videos for YouTube and got noticed, went on to create online content and then moved into […]

Newsflash

I try to stay up to date with what’s happening in the film and TV industry both at home and abroad by reading as many items and articles as I have time for. A few things have caught my attention in recent times that I would like to share with you. Some bode well for […]