Taking the temperature: Section 5 – Future of the Australian screen industry
Results from Encore Magazine‘s industry-wide survey into the mood of the sector and the EncoreLive panel discussion that followed.
Which of these statements best represents your general impression about the Australian film industry:
It’s living up to its potential – 7.8%
It’s seen better days, but it’s recovering – 36.3%
It’s struggling and there’s no relief in sight – 43.8%
It’s a lost cause – 7.8%
No response – 4.1%
Taking the temperature: Section 4 – Working overseas
Results from Encore Magazine‘s industry-wide survey into the mood of the sector and the EncoreLive panel discussion that followed.
Have you ever considered:
Leaving the country to look for work overseas – 34.8%
Staying in Australia, but leaving the industry to pursue another
type of work – 34.4%
None of the above, I’m happy doing this job in Australia – 28%
No response – 2.6%
Taking the temperature: Section 3 – Australian television industry
Results from Encore Magazine‘s industry-wide survey into the mood of the sector and the EncoreLive panel discussion that followed.
How strongly do you agree with the following statements about the Australian television industry:
Strongly disagree = 1 Strongly agree = 5
The introduction of digital multi-channels has benefited
Australian producers – 3
Opportunities for TV Drama projects are limited – 4
Pay TV should be given further incentives to commission more
local content – 4.5
The local industry is doing enough in terms of online and
cross-platform work – 2.5
TV currently receives the same level of funding support as feature film – 2.5
My big Italian movie: marketing Big Mamma’s Boy
Big Mamma’s Boy’s Matteo Bruno and Franco Di Chiera had the challenge of marketing a rom-com set in Melbourne’s Italian community two ways, to the cultural minority and the mass majority. Colin Delaney reports.
“For me it’s a romantic comedy and that’s it,” says Franco Di Chiera, director of Big Mamma’s Boy about an Italian-Australian career man by day, jazz singer by night who falls for a non-Italian girl, while still living with his mother.
Taking the temperature: Section 2 – the screen agencies
Results from Encore Magazine‘s industry-wide survey into the mood of the sector and the EncoreLive panel discussion that followed.
How strongly do you agree with the following statements about public funding available to screen creatives:
Strongly disagree = 1 Strongly agree = 5
Funding is equally available to anyone with a good idea – 0.8
Funding is restricted to those with experience – even if they haven’t delivered strong results, making it difficult for emerging people to break through – 2.8
Funding decisions should be more transparent then they currently are – 3.1
Funding bodies should be publicly questioned about results of the projects they’ve supported – 3.2
Taking the temperature: Section 1 – State of the industry
Results from Encore Magazine‘s industry-wide survey into the mood of the sector and the EncoreLive panel discussion that followed.
Is the screen industry your main source of income? If not what percentage comes from your screen work and what is your main source of income?
Yes: main source – 67.4%
No: my income comes from other activities – 30.3%
No response: – 2.2%
Hot and Cold: Taking the temperature of the Australian screen industry
In the lead up to June’s EncoreLive Conference we conducted an indepth, industry-wide survey into the mood of the sector. At the conference the results were revealed before a panel of industry experts to discuss the findings and give their professional views and opinions.
Hell Razor: On the set of Underbelly’s latest
For the fourth series of Underbelly, we’re taken back to the mean streets of the 1920-30s when Darlinghurst was nicknamed ‘Razorhurst’ and two women ruled the streets. Colin Delaney steps back in time.
It wasn’t too hard to make Sydney’s Eveleigh St. terraces and Redfern’s infamous ‘block’ look run down and dilapidated. But build a couple of extra facades, roll in some beautiful old cars, bring in a few kids with grubby faces plus a few loitering, rugged old chaps and you’re thrown back to Darlinghurst in the hell-raising ‘20s. Gentrification has taken a turn for the worse: Read more »
I’ll take that as a comment: Twitter on TV
Embracing Twitter can offer audience interaction and instant insight into how your program is being received beyond just a ratings number. At EncoreLive, moderator Magdalena Roze and panellists Amanda Collinge, Steven Murphy and First Dog on the Moon (Andrew Marlton) waded into the Twitterstream.
Beyond Productions score Emmy nomination for Mythbusters
Sydney-based production company Beyond Productions have secured an Emmy nomination for program MythBusters in the Outstanding Reality Program category.
The nomination is the company’s third in as many years for the category. Last year it was beaten by Jamie’s Food Revolution and before that Intervention, a show about interventions.