Australian documentary makers today launched a campaign to boost the ailing numbers of single docs commissioned by the ABC and Sbs and for more investment from Screen Australia.
Indiedoco is campaigning for five key changes to the current distribution of Australia's public documentary subsidies, calling for:
- The ABC and Sbs to follow the example of BBC2 by reinstating single documentary strands that 'will allow the very best filmmakers to find and tell stories that will illuminate, provoke and reveal modern Australia in all its staggering variety.'
- Screen Australia to remove the requirement for a broadcaster pre-sale for the National Documentary Program and to set up a new panel to select projects for Ndp funding based on creative, cultural and artistic criteria.
- Screen Australia to reinstate a slate development program for documentary filmmakers similar to the General Development Investment Program that was offered by the Australian Film Commission.
Indiedoco is campaigning for five key changes to the current distribution of Australia's public documentary subsidies, calling for:
- The ABC and Sbs to follow the example of BBC2 by reinstating single documentary strands that 'will allow the very best filmmakers to find and tell stories that will illuminate, provoke and reveal modern Australia in all its staggering variety.'
- Screen Australia to remove the requirement for a broadcaster pre-sale for the National Documentary Program and to set up a new panel to select projects for Ndp funding based on creative, cultural and artistic criteria.
- Screen Australia to reinstate a slate development program for documentary filmmakers similar to the General Development Investment Program that was offered by the Australian Film Commission.
- 11/6/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The single documentary is an endangered species in Australia but there are a number of solutions to address the crisis in the documentary industry.
That.s according to documentary filmmaker Jennifer Crone, who aims to use a session at next week.s Australian Directors Guild conference to explore new paths to financing docus.
Bob Connolly will moderate the November 7 session entitled Tell Us the Truth: The Demise of the One-Off Documentary with a panel comprising Crone, Tom Zubrycki, Trevor Graham and Genevieve Bailey.
Crone quotes a new study by Sharon Connolly which shows just 21% of TV documentaries funded by Screen Australia in 2012-2013 were single docs, versus 79% for series. Since 2008 when Screen Australia launched, the average number of hours of single docs funded by the agency has fallen by 22%.
.Documentary filmmakers are in an absolute state of crisis,. Crone tells If. .It.s really very dire. Very few people are making a living any more.
That.s according to documentary filmmaker Jennifer Crone, who aims to use a session at next week.s Australian Directors Guild conference to explore new paths to financing docus.
Bob Connolly will moderate the November 7 session entitled Tell Us the Truth: The Demise of the One-Off Documentary with a panel comprising Crone, Tom Zubrycki, Trevor Graham and Genevieve Bailey.
Crone quotes a new study by Sharon Connolly which shows just 21% of TV documentaries funded by Screen Australia in 2012-2013 were single docs, versus 79% for series. Since 2008 when Screen Australia launched, the average number of hours of single docs funded by the agency has fallen by 22%.
.Documentary filmmakers are in an absolute state of crisis,. Crone tells If. .It.s really very dire. Very few people are making a living any more.
- 10/29/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian TV drama is being widely hailed for its excellence but many directors are being treated badly by networks and production companies, according to Australian Directors Guild executive director Kingston Anderson.
The perceived lack of respect for TV directors is one of the key issues to be addressed at the Adg.s conference Directing in the Digital Age next month. Among other topics to be canvassed are the demise of the one-off documentary, the Adg.s fight to ensure directors get a share of the copyright, and the need to train new directors in how to work with actors.
Anderson will moderate a plenary session with the provocative title Do We Really Need Directors? with producer Brian Rosen, director Michael Thornhill and transmedia director Michaela Ledwidge of Mod Productions.
.In the past two years we.ve seen a lack of respect for directors, particularly TV drama directors,. Anderson tells If.
The perceived lack of respect for TV directors is one of the key issues to be addressed at the Adg.s conference Directing in the Digital Age next month. Among other topics to be canvassed are the demise of the one-off documentary, the Adg.s fight to ensure directors get a share of the copyright, and the need to train new directors in how to work with actors.
Anderson will moderate a plenary session with the provocative title Do We Really Need Directors? with producer Brian Rosen, director Michael Thornhill and transmedia director Michaela Ledwidge of Mod Productions.
.In the past two years we.ve seen a lack of respect for directors, particularly TV drama directors,. Anderson tells If.
- 10/22/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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