Posted Monday 15 Aug 2022
Here's a not-to-be-missed workshop for those interested in story development - whether you're a writer or not!
Scriptwriter Rachel Lang is one of the writers on a major production coming to Christchurch: Dark City: The Cleaner, which received funding funding from Te Puna Kairangi – Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund in May. She will join producer Nadia Maxwell (Human Traces, Reunion) in Christchurch for a discussion about story development.
Rachel has written some of New Zealand's best-known and loved television series: Outrageous Fortune, Shortland Street, The Almighty Johnsons, Nothing Trivial, Go Girls and many others.
She's a talented writer and an industry stalwart and we're over the moon to have her do a workshop with us!
The discussion will cover, among other things, the following topics:
· What a showrunner does;
· How you get to be a showrunner;
· How Covid has changed the practicalities of writing for television;
· What the ingredients for a successful writers room are;
· Tips for creating ideas and how to market them.
Bring your questions and Rachel will do her best to answer them!
Park in Car Park 2 off Solway Ave.
Parking is free after 5pm.
WIFT members free; non members $15 cash; includes drinks and nibbles.
RSVP essential to office@wiftnz.org.nz
Date: 17 Aug 2022
Location: Jack Mann Auditorium, Digital Screen Campus, University of Canterbury
Time: 6:00 drinks for 6:30pm start
Posted Monday 15 Aug 2022
We're bringing you this very timely and topical workshop with the latest information and advice, stories and strategies for filming with COVID from those at the coal front.
Still fresh from their Queenstown locations, producers Michelle Turner and Lisa Chatfield will share their perspectives on the ongoing changes and flexibilities required when filming in 2022 - including management strategies, new production considerations (for catering, transport, accommodation, location selection etc), new budget lines, new layers of administration and the ripple effect a single production can have right across the industry.
We're also pleased to have experienced public health professional Tui Shadbolt join the panel. Tui worked in disease prevention including infection control, outbreak investigation and Health and Food Safety compliance for more than 20 years prior to joining the GSR Rings of Power crew in 2020. Tui has now moved on to the Stonehenge project.
Supporting them on the panel is Vicki Jackways, who is also right across the stories from the front line as Special Projects Manager - Screen Recovery Fund with the NZFC.
Moderator: Robin Laing, Producer
Panel:
WIFT members free; non members $15 cash; includes drinks and nibbles.
Date: Thursday 25 August 2022
Location: Taia Studios, 4 Bay Rd, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Time: 6pm networking for 6:30pm start
RSVP essential to office@wiftnz.org.nz
Date: 25 Aug 2022
Location: Taia Studios, 4 Bay Rd, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Time: 6:00pm drinks for a 6:30pm start
Posted Monday 15 Aug 2022
Having control over one’s stories and the right to determine the direction of these stories is an essential and ongoing korero.
Some of the topics and questions the panel will explore are:
This is an important and multi-layered conversation which we hope will add to the discourse on Story Sovereignty and Cultural Safety.
Moderator: Dr Hana O’Regan, Tumu Whakarae - Chief Executive Officer, CORE Education (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha).
Dr Hana O’Regan has worked in the areas of language revitalisation, identity and cultural development, te reo Māori and education for over 25 years. Dr O'Regan is a published author and composer and is recognised internationally for her work in indigenous language acquisition and revitalisation. In 2021 she was appointed as a member to The Waitangi Tribunal.
Panellists:
Date: Thursday 25 August
Time: 6:00pm drinks for a 6:30pm start
Location: Jack Mann Auditorium, Digital Screen Campus, Dovedale Ave, Ilam.
WIFT members FREE; non-members $15 cash. Includes a drink and nibbles.
RSVP essential to office@wiftnz.org.nz
Park in Car Park 2 off Solway Ave.
Parking is free after 5pm.
Date: 25 Aug 2022
Location: Jack Mann Auditorium, Digital Screen Campus, Dovedale Ave, Ilam
Time: 6:00pm drinks for a 6:30pm start
Posted Thursday 11 Aug 2022
Continuing in our series examining key relationships for directors, we now bring you this workshop on the Director - Director of Photography relationship in collaboration with DEGANZ.
**WIFT NZ and DEGANZ members are free**
RSVP essential to office@wiftnz.org.nz
Our experienced panel will be discussing the following questions:
Moderator:
Bayley Broome-Peake
Experienced 1st AC and DOP Bayley Broome-Peake will moderate this discussion. Bayley has worked in the camera department in Australia and New Zealand and her work spans TV commercials, TV series, music videos, webseries, and short film. Her work in New Zealand includes TV series Under The Vines, Sweet Tooth, The Panthers and Mean Mums.
Panel:
The discussion panel will be followed by a Q&A session, so bring your burning questions along with you!
Time: 6:00pm for 6:30pm drinks
Date: Wednesday 31 August
Location: Click Studios, 145 Carrington Rd, Mt Albert, Auckland
RSVP to office@wiftnz.org.nz
WIFT NZ and DEGANZ Members FREE, non-members $15 cash at the door.
Date: 31 Aug 2022
Location: Click Studios, 145 Carrington Rd, Mt Albert, Auckland
Time: 6:00pm drinks for a 6:30pm start
Posted Monday 15 Aug 2022
Continuing in our series examining key relationships for directors, we now bring you this workshop on the Director - 1st AD - Producer dynamic in collaboration with DEGANZ.
**WIFT NZ and DEGANZ members are free**
RSVP essential to office@wiftnz.org.nz
Facilitator: Mark Westerby, Producer, Managing Director Taia Studios.
Panellists:
Rob Sarkies, Director (Scarfies, Out Of The Blue, Two Little Boys, Jean, Consent, The Gulf, Wanted)
Rob is a highly regarded multi-award winning New Zealand filmmaker whose work spans feature film, series television and commercials. He is a passionate storyteller who works across multiple genres from comedy to true-life tragedy. Rob was a director on the Matchbox/NBC Universal production Wanted shooting in NZ and Thailand, and on the first two seasons of the acclaimed German-NZ series The Gulf.
Bruno de Bois, 1AD, Director (The Hobbit Trilogy, Zealandia, Savage, Don't Make Me Go, Mortal Engines)
Belgium-born Bruno moved to New Zealand in 2006. He started working as an Assistant Director on the first Avatar Movie. Since then, he worked on multiple international and local productions such as The Hobbit Trilogy, Avatar 2 & 3, Ghost in the Shell, Mortal Engines, Savage, Don’t Make Me Go. Bruno also directed three short films: Serial Killer, Dangerous Game and Zealandia which were selected and won many awards in festivals around the world.
Desray Armstrong, Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Ngāti Porou, Producer (Millie Lies Low, Coming Home in the Dark, Juniper, Stray, Wellington Paranormal)
Desray's films have hit A-list international film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin and SXSW. She has worked on many local and international productions including A Wrinkle in Time, What We Do In the Shadows and Mortal Engines. In 2021 she produced three feature films during the Covid pandemic: Coming Home in the Dark, Juniper and Millie Lies Low.
Our experienced panel will be discussing the following questions:
Date: 21 Sep 2022
Location: Taia Studios, 4 Bay Rd, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Time: 6:00 drinks for 6:30pm start
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