Thursday
25
Aug
2022
Filming With COVID or Predicting the Unpredictable (WTN)

Filming With COVID or Predicting the Unpredictable (WTN)

Posted Thursday 25 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: 

  • Lisa Chatfield - Producer, One Lane Bridge
  • Michelle Turner - Producer, Under the Vines
  • Tui Shadbolt - COVID Manager, Rings of Power & Stonehenge

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: Thursday 25 Aug 2022
Location: Taia Studios, 4 Bay Rd, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Time: 6:00pm drinks for a 6:30pm start

Thursday
25
Aug
2022

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So many questions and so much information to be shared!  AND, what is Sharon going to do now?  Come along to this essential workshop to find out!

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RSVP essential to office@wiftnz.org.nz

WIFT NZ members FREE, non-members $15 cash at the door (includes wine and nibbles).

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Producers know that without the cashflow they would be generally unable to complete production. And in some cases innovative and creative financing solutions are needed to get stories to screen.

What is cashflow finance? How are productions being financed in our post-COVID world? How has finance changed over the 15 years Sharon led Fulcrum? Sharon will share tips to make cashflow financing easier and decrease financing costs.

So many questions and so much information to be shared!  AND, what is Sharon going to do now?  Come along to this essential workshop to find out!

Facilitator: Sarah Cull
Sarah is an entertainment lawyer with over 20 years experience in the film and television industry.  Her clients include producers, government funders, private financiers, directors, writers, distributors and international studios.

RSVP essential to office@wiftnz.org.nz

WIFT NZ members FREE, non-members $15 cash at the door (includes wine and nibbles).

Programme is brought to you with generous support from the NZ Film Commission and Foundation North.