Posted in friday on my mind on February 24th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Great Adaptations
Jennifer Byrne
As Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet starts shooting in Perth, the thoroughly well read Jennifer Byrne (host of the ABC’s First Tuesday Book Club) talks about what makes a “great Australian novel” ripe to become a great screen adaptation.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, February 26
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
Join me for this weekly AFTRS film event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.
Posted in friday on my mind on February 1st, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Friday On My Mind is back for 2010!
And who better to launch it than the legendary John Collee. Put it in your diaries folks! And turn up early to guarantee a seat.
Mastering the Craft
John Collee
Internationally renowned screenwriter John Collee (Happy Feet, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) divulges how to gain a command of the “method” of screenwriting, as well as sharing his ideas about the development process and a 7-step approach from idea to treatment to script.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, February 19
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.
Posted in my articles on January 29th, 2010 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Czechs & balances: Monika Charvátová reports new Czech film rebate
Czech producer Monika Charvátová, formerly of Film Studio Gatteo and now partner of US producer Steven North of Iskra Productions (Vukovar, The Last Butterfly), is in Sydney this week.
She reports that this month the Czech government has finally fallen into line with the rest of Europe by launching a 20 percent tax rebate for productions shooting in the country (Hungary had a similar incentive as early as 2004; Germany 2008 and France 2009.)
Films seeking to access the scheme must have 75 percent of their budget secured from other sources and must pass a broad test for Czech and/or European “culture point scale” – as required by the European Commission – that includes factors such as make-up of crews, script and local partners.
Locals are hoping it will help put the Czech Republic back on the map after the industry was seriously hit by a drop in ad production.
North is currently developing a project with Australian TV producer Paul Barron (Parallax), with Peter Andrikidis (East West 101, BlackJack) likely to direct.
Posted in friday on my mind on November 24th, 2009 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Seeing the Big Picture
Michael Petroni
A graduate of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles (AFI) and winner of both its Screenplay of the Year and the WGA/Scenario award for Best New Screenplay of 1996, Australian born writer/director Michael Petroni (Til Human Voices Wake Us, Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader) talks about his work in Hollywood amongst the likes of 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Spyglass Entertainment and Revolution Studios writing commercially rewarding films for an international audience.
With an aim to enhance the level of storytelling in Australia through his Australian production company See Pictures (with producer Jamie Hilton), Petroni discusses his work with local writers here to develop bigger stories and his own plans to write and direct projects in Australia in 2010/11.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, November 27
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.
Posted in friday on my mind on November 16th, 2009 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Warp Mentality
Anna McLeish
Following a Screen Australia grant of $400K, Anna McLeish spills the beans on what Warp Films Australia shares with Warp X (UK), the specific opportunity they see in Australian talent and how the local industry can best engage with their slate encompassing low-budget genre pics, mid-range features and Australia/UK co-productions.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, November 20
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.
Posted in friday on my mind on November 10th, 2009 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Primed Viewers
Vincent Sheehan & David Caesar
With its unique distribution strategy of advance screenings in regional NSW, Prime Mover is going to the heart of its audience. We talk to its director David Caesar (Mullet, Dirty Deeds) and producer Vincent Sheehan (Little Fish) about making and maximising films for an untapped regional market.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, November 13
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.
Posted in my inspiration on November 6th, 2009 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Anode Festival
Fools Gold ‘Surprise Hotel’
Director: Matthew Lessner
Producers: Brian Davila and Tim Clark
until December 5
Ah, for the days before liposuction. When it was still okay to have girls in high cut bikinis playing sax, and kissing monitor lizards on the edge of swimming pools, while dirty old men walk around in T-shirts.
The ’80s are definitely back, with ‘Surprise Hotel’, the latest clip from LA band Fool’s Gold.
The video is inspired, says US director Matthew Lessner, by “those innocent days of summer, just being proud and strong and free and soakin’ up the rays.” A perfect backdrop for the band’s unique blend of Moroccan beats, African jive and ’80s pop.
Director Lessner’s films have won awards at numerous film festivals worldwide, including Sundance, SXSW and Clermont-Ferrand. His work has been featured on Wholphin, Canal +, PBS, iTunes and MTV.
The clip will screen in Video From the Borough – six video artists from Brooklyn, NY who feature as part of the Anode arts events in Sydney and Melbourne until December 5.
Check out the video here.
Find more about Anode here.
Posted in friday on my mind on November 2nd, 2009 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Short Cuts
Festival strategies of the Future
How big is the short film festival audience? How can they best serve a filmmaker’s career? Which ones should you enter and in what order? With over 400 short film festivals in Australia, and a bevy of A-listers overseas, our panel of industry experts will help navigate the most effective route for both your film and career.
Special guests:
• Bronwyn Kidd – Festival Director, Flickerfest
• Ian Gardiner – CEO of Viocorp / online broadcaster Nice Shorts
• Angie Fielder – producer (Crossbow, I Love Sarah Jane, Netherland Dwarf)
• Craig Boreham – writer/director (Transient, Love Bite, Stray)
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, November 6
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.
Posted in friday on my mind on October 26th, 2009 by Rachael – Be the first to comment
Samantha Lang
Her Place
Having recently completed a stint on Penny Chapman’s innovative children’s series My Place, director Samantha Lang (The Well, Monkey’s Mask, L’Idole) talks about carving a niche for one’s self and evolving a personal visual style.
Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, October 30
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter
Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.
Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.
Posted in my inspiration on October 22nd, 2009 by Rachael – 3 Comments
Whether it be shooting micro-budget or marketing to the masses, the message of the moment is to just bloody do it!
If that doesn’t rouse you, get a load of this fabulous letter faxed by Hunter S. Thompson to the then production exec Holly Sorensen re progress on adapting The Rum Diary here.
That should get you going.
