The Hunter: Dafoe vs Tasmania
Hunting the mythical existence of an animal declared extinct, the filmic adaptation of Julia Leigh’s novel, The Hunter sees Willem Dafoe turn in a tense performance while showing off Tasmania’s striking landscape. Colin Delaney spoke with director Daniel Nettheim and producer Vincent Sheehan.
Suburban Mayhem: Adapting The Slap
Originally a book by Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap has been adapted into an eight part mini series.
Georgina Pearson spoke to its creators about the challenge of adaptation.
The visual translation of print to film is a familiar road, one well travelled by Hollywood. However; delivering a virtually seamless translation requires a tad more finesse – and is an art now increasingly rare. Even more so, if the print in question is a critically acclaimed, award winning novel of international popularity.
Science Friction: The ups and downs of Terra Nova
Filmed on the Gold Coast, Steven Spielberg’s latest TV offering, Terra Nova is the most expensive show ever made. It goes to air in Australia this weekend.
Between floods, inflation and fired staff, the production has had as many dramas off screen as on.
Bringing the A-Game: Outdoor broadcasts
Whether it’s NRL, AFL or a cooking contest, everyone loves to watch ‘the big match’. Colin Delaney goes on location to meet the unsung heroes of the outdoor broadcast team.
It’s the grand final and all events of the past winter have led to the next two hours. A nation’s eyes are tuned into the green pitch. True fans wear their team’s colours while the rest of the country have decided on which side they hate the least.
Bridging the Gap: Rising Indigenous filmmakers get deadly
While the annual Deadly Awards highlight the achievements of the Indigenous film and television community, Georgina Pearson looks at how the industry is bridging the gap between our current successes and the professionals of the future.
Smoke and Mirrors: A spotlight on production design
With the inaugural Australian Production Design Guild Awards this month, Joanne Whitehead speaks with a selection of Australia’s leading production designers about the state of their sector in the industry.
While we so often hear the tired ‘it’s an honour just to be nominated’, during the awards season, for Australian production designers, the ceremony itself will feel like a reward, as their achievements are finally recognised on September 21, when the Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) will hold their inaugural awards.
The eye of the filmmaker: Fred Schepisi
The Eye Of The Storm recently won The Age Critics Award at MIFF. Director Fred Schepisi spoke with Alice Terlikowski about his return to Australian storytelling, upcoming projects and the industry at large.
Roxanne, The Russia House and Six Degrees Of Separation, to name a few, are all under the belt of Australian director Fred Schepisi but it’s his latest work starring Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis that holds a particular significance to the Australian industry.
Totally Epic: the red-volution continues
RED is back with the Epic. Due to the ambitious nature of the camera, compounded by the Japanese tsunami, delays were had, but that’s only added to the anticipation. Daniel Graetz gives the Epic a 360 degree analysis.
Back in late 2009, the RED Digital Cinema Company unveiled plans for Epic, the successor to its revolutionary RED One Digital Cinema Camera. In the last few months a small number of handmade Epic bodies have been released to early adopters as well as feature film productions such as Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, and a rumoured 50+ units to James Cameron for a possible Avatar follow-up.
Face to Face with Michael Rymer
Face to Face director Michael Rymer talks about his new film, working on a low budget, and the Australian film system’s accountability.
To sci-fi nerds around the world Michael Rymer might best be known as one of the driving forces behind Battlestar Galactica’s resurrection, directing 22 episodes and producing 40 episodes. To Australian audiences, he directed Angel Baby starring Jacqueline McKenzie and John Lynch.
National Lampoon: At Home with Julia
At Home with Julia’s executive producer, Rick Kalowski is confident, his show will remain relevant for its full four week run on ABC1. Despite calls for Gillard to step down as Prime Minister after the mess of the ‘Malaysian solution’ Kalowski told Encore, “It would be annoying to see the PM replaced in the next four weeks, but I don’t see it happening.”