Screen Australia Podcast

Screen Australia Project Manager Kelly Vincent walks us through the ins and outs of creating a strong application with an accurate budget. Kelly gives her advice on a broad range of topics including: how to make sure your budget reflects your script, why a production accountant is worth their weight in gold, why you need to include marketing and publicity spend, the meaning of terms such as completion guarantor, and how to know how much items will cost. Subscribe to Screen News here where you’ll get all the latest features, videos, podcasts and funding announcement delivered straight to your inbox: screenaustralia.gov.au/subscribe Have any feedback? Email us at podcast@screenaustralia.gov.au    OTHER RESOURCES Motion Picture Production Agreement (MPPA) https://www.meaa.org/download/mppa-summary-2018/ The Production Book http://productionbook.com.au/ Broadcasting and Recorded Entertainment Award https://www.meaa.org/download/brea/ AZ Budgets can be found in the Screen Australia document library: https://www.s

Producer Kristina Ceyton reveals what stories resonate with Causeway Films and their approach to film festivals. Ceyton discusses how she and writer/director Jennifer Kent came to work together on their debut feature The Babadook, how The Nightingale came about, and other features on their slate. She also walks listeners through which markets they try to attend, the process of getting a sales agent and how significant a world premiere at a top-tier film festival can be. For an expanded breakdown of Ceyton’s approach to film festivals alongside comments from Screen Australia representatives, read the Intel piece The Babadook to Nightingale: Festival Release Strategies: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/Screen-News/2019/06-11-festival-release-strategies Subscribe to Screen News here where you’ll get all the latest features, videos, podcasts and funding announcement delivered straight to your inbox: screenaustralia.gov.au/subscribe Have any feedback? Email us at podcast@screenaustralia.gov.au

Screen Australia investment managers Lee Naimo and Alyce Adams answer the questions any burgeoning (or existing) online creator might need to know before hitting that ‘submit’ button on their application. As investment managers, Lee and Alyce assess applications for online support in development, production and completion funding, and they reveal what they’re looking for, how to know how much money to ask for, and why you should get in touch before you apply. The pair also talk about success stories, including The Katering Show, Bondi Hipsters, Aunty Donna, Kacie Anning, Superwog and the Gender Matters-supported series Sheilas, and they discuss the power of niche audiences – clearly seen in the views behind hits such as Mining Boom on Starting From Now. This is essential listening for any Aussie online creator. Subscribe to Screen News here where you’ll get all the latest features, videos, podcasts and funding announcement delivered straight to your inbox: screenaustralia.gov.au/subscribe Have any feedback? E

Writer/producer Raelle Tucker (True Blood, Jessica Jones, Sacred Lies) and director Jeremy Podeswa (Game of Thrones, The Handmaid’s Tale, Six Feet Under, American Horror Story) discuss how TV has changed – and what they’ve learnt within it. While in Australia, Raelle and Jeremy, who met making an episode of True Blood together, talk about balancing the roles of a writer and director and an issue on set they had to navigate together. Jeremy reveals the role a director plays even in large established series such as Game of Thrones (with the season 7 finale an example). And Raelle also discusses how creating the Facebook Watch series Sacred Lies differed from making a traditional series – especially when it came to measuring its success. Subscribe to Screen News here where you’ll get all the latest features, videos, podcasts and funding announcement delivered straight to your inbox: screenaustralia.gov.au/subscribe Have any feedback? Email us at podcast@screenaustralia.gov.au

Scripted Ink Head of Development Tim Pye discusses being an Australian screenwriter in 2019 – why writers need to think internationally, practical tips for those starting out, and the pros and cons of SVODs. Pye explains how the showrunner of NCIS: LA Shane Brennan is helping change and educate the local industry, how he believes the term ‘showrunner’ in Australia differs to the US, and even breaks down the difference between a ‘story by’ and ‘written by’ credit. Pye also demystifies the three organisations working behind the scenes to help – the Australian Writers’ Guild, the Authorship Collecting Society AWGACS, and Scripted Ink. Subscribe to Screen News here where you’ll get all the latest features, videos, podcasts and funding announcement delivered straight to your inbox: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/subscribe

Writer, producer and showrunner Dominic Minghella (Doc Martin, Knightfall) gives his insight into the highs and lows of creating television in this latest episode from the Screen Australia podcast. Minghella reveals his “radical answer” to how Australians and Brits can compete with global productions, how to stop the brain drain to the US, and how the UK financing model works. *This episode contains some strong language* Subscribe to Screen News here where you’ll get all the latest features, videos, podcasts and funding announcement delivered straight to your inbox: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/subscribe

GLOW writer and co-executive producer Sascha Rothchild dishes out advice on writing in this wide-ranging interview.

Executive producer Nathan Ross (Dallas Buyers Club, Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects) on the importance of creative collaborations, launching Crazyrose, and how his background as a talent agent informs his approach to producing.

The co-founders of Emmy award winning studio Ludo on creating a business that’s sustainable, yet bursting with creativity.

Hear from Screen Australia’s CEO Graeme Mason in this extended interview on everything from production activity to deals, distribution and the Producer Offset.

The CEO of Screen Producers Australia Matt Deaner discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Ladies in Black producers Sue Milliken and Allanah Zitserman break down the financing and distribution of their new feature.

In this wide-ranging interview, the CEO of the ADG discusses everything from royalties to the impact of streaming.

The producer and founder of Practical Pictures, Sheila Hanahan Taylor, on the art of pitching – what to do, what not to do – and how the Australian industry is different to the US.

Australian producer Kylie du Fresne from Goalpost Pictures joins journalist Caris Bizzaca to talk about Upgrade, the genre feature she produced with Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions (Get Out, Paranormal Activity). She talks about the differences between the US studio system and the Australian screen industry, what she learnt about creating genre films from Upgrade’s writer/director Leigh Whannell (writer of the Saw and Insidious franchises), and why Upgrade was brought to Australia in the first place – including the importance of the Producer Offset in getting it made. Links: Producer Offset 101 video; Find out more about the Producer Offset; More podcast episodes, and more, at Screen News.

Screen Australia Senior Development Executive Nerida Moore and Senior Manager of Program Operations Diana Burnett join journalist Caris Bizzaca from Screen News to discuss what development funding actually is, what the big changes in these guidelines are, and what they will mean for the Australian screen industry.

Directors Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling talk about their experience directing their first feature film Cargo. Ramke and Howling discuss how their viral success with their Tropfest short film led to the opportunity to develop the idea into a feature, how they sought to elevate the story by including the perspective of Indigenous Australians, and how it became the first Australian Netflix Original feature film. Watch the video interview at: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-news/2018/04-26-cargo-meet-the-filmmakers      

A look at Official Co-productions through the eyes of documentary producers who’ve done it.

Sydney Films’ Head of Production Mark Lazarus gives his advice on making an Official Co-production with China.

Rosemary Blight and Ben Grant from Goalpost Pictures talk to Screen News journalist Caris Bizzaca about Official Co-productions in TV.