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AIDC 2014: the formalities of format rights
In less than a decade, format sales have become a market with its own specialised rules and secret handshakes. And…
Ratings: Monday, 10th March 2014
Whlle Secrets and Lies continues to wallow with Ten's dwindling hopes on a five city figure of 366,000, Love Child…
DOCO & FACTUAL TV: INTRO TO DOCUMENTARY, INTERVIEWING SKILLS FOR FACTUAL TV, WRITING FOR FACTUAL T
Hot courses this weekend: INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING with Steve Vidler and AVID FOR PRODUCERS. Upcoming documentary and factual TV courses…
Brief: The Real Housewives of Melbourne v Wentworth
Why bother with all that writing down stuff? Wentworth only just beat The Real Housewives of Melbourne, as the locals…
Brief: Screen Australia rewards a certain kind of success in Enterprise program
The recipients of the second round of the Feature Enterprise program are similar in a very obvious way...
Populaire
The fantasy of Populaire outweighs any attempts at feminist statements, though its comic sensibilities remain apparent.
AIDC: silencing the devil's advocate
Would we go to the Australian international Documentary Conference if we weren't hoovering up vast amounts of copy for ScreenHub?…
Completion Guarantor: nude-nutted in a good cause
Anni Browning, veteran guarantor at Film Finances, is taking a literal rather than a financial haircut to raise money for…
Wendy Hughes: dead at 61
Wendy Hughes has died of cancer. She was a classy, classy person and a performer, who grew and aged with…
Ratings: 5-10th March 2014
With the Screenhub crew at the AIDC, we temporarily left the normal world. Here is a quick summary of the…