Encore Magazine articles from April 2006

Encore Magazine archives from April 2006

Editor's note.
April 1, 2006... AS we go to press we learn of new challenges set to plague the ABC with news that the staff-elected Board position has been scrapped, depriving the broadcaster of anyone with production experience, and suggestions that paid adverts would work...

Delays plague Luhrmann.(NEWS)
April 1, 2006... THE increasing unlikelihood of a 2006 start date is behind the standing down of crew attached to Baz Luhrmann (see page 25)'s latest 'Gone with the Wind-style' epic. The Australian director confirmed to Encore that he was unsure of a...

'Mary' takes Chicago Gold.(NEWS)
April 1, 2006... THE Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant has received the Gold Plaque for best mini-series at the Chicago International Film Festival's Hugo Awards for excellence in Television and Mary Bryant director Peter Andrikidis (see page 21) won a Silver...

Jager joins AFC.(NEWS)(Claire Jager)(Australian Film Commission's (AFC) Film Development Division)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... WRITER/director and television producer Claire Jager has joined the Australian Film Commission's (AFC) Film Development Division as Project Manager. Jager is a principal of the production company Arcimedia, which currently has a number of...

Den Hartog to head AIDC.(NEWS)(Australian International Documentary Conference )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... THE Board of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has appointed Joost den Hartog to the role of conference director replacing Heather Croall, who has taken over as director of the UK's Sheffield International Documentary...

July shoot for Gray film.(PRODUCTION)(Richard Gray)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... The second placed feature screenplay in last year's inaugural Project Greenlight initiative looks set to go into production with an eight-week shoot scheduled to commence in Mildura, Victoria, on July 31. Set in fruit-picking country,...

FFC approves love doco.(PRODUCTION)(Film Finance Corporation Australia)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) approved just one new project at its March board meeting: a new documentary from Safina Uberoi, which tackles the profound dilemma of what people would do for love. Uberoi will direct and co-produce A...

Low-budget film lands Tribeca slot.(PRODUCTION)
April 1, 2006... Burke and Wills, the debut feature made on a budget of $20,000 by local actors/filmmakers Matt Zeremes and Oliver Torr, screened in competition at this year's Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Jointly written and directed by Zeremes and Oliver...

'Secret' set for Brisbane.(PRODUCTION)(The Mapha's Secret )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Writer/director/producer Jennifer Ussi is set to go into production on her debut $3.5 million feature with the shoot for The Mapha's Secret scheduled to commence in July at locations around Brisbane. Researched and written over a period of six...

Doll teams with Ward.(PRODUCTION)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Doll Collective producer Leah Churchill-Brown is in the early stages of development with two feature projects: one a follow up to her first feature Suburban Mayhem with that film's writer Alice Bell, and the other a separate project, to be...

'Animalia' comes to life.(PRODUCTION)(animated films)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Burberry Productions will team up with Los Angeles-based PorchLight Entertainment to produce the 40 x half-hour CGI adaptation of Graeme Base's picture book Animalia, with the animation work to be shared between Photon VFX in Queensland and...

Clarification.(Correction notice)
April 1, 2006... CLARIFICATION An image that appeared on page 18 of Encore's February issue was accompanied by a caption stating Animal Logic contributed VFX to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. While this statement is true this particular image was in fact...

Industry critical of digital proposals.(NEWS)
April 1, 2006... THE screen production industry has criticised the lack of diversity offered in the Government's proposed reforms to the Australian media landscape, which were announced by Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan on March 14. Screen...

Government ABC Board revamp provokes rally.(NEWS)
April 1, 2006... THE Government's decision to axe the staff-elected director position on the Board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) provoked critics to picket the ABC Board meeting held on March 30. Lobby group Members of Friends of the ABC...

'Love My Way' leads ASTRA noms.(NEWS)
April 1, 2006... NOMINEES for the pay TV industry's 2006 ASTRA Awards have been announced, with local drama Love My Way leading the charge with five nominations. The winners will be announced in Sydney on April 26. The ASTRA Awards are hosted by the...

Digital to solve doco's dramas? At this year's Australian International Documentary Conference speakers encouraged documentary filmmakers to embrace new distribution platforms. Ghita Loebenstein reports.(DOCUMENTARY--AIDC REVIEW)
April 1, 2006... The focus of this year's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) was the broadening opportunities that the digital age offers to filmmakers and their audiences. The four-day event, which took place in Melbourne from February...

Woody proves no 'Match' for Mendes' grunts.(ROUGH CUT)(Match Point)(Movie review)
April 1, 2006... Woody's English movie Match Point incorporates three of his pastimes (tennis, incompetent adultery and the knocking up of elfin blondes) into an absorbing suspenseful plotline which, like Crimes and Misdemeanours, involves us in a murderer's...

Incentives: Competition set to intensify at Locations Expo.(LA INSIDER)
April 1, 2006... Once a year representatives from Ausfilm, the State film offices, studio facilities, post and visual effect houses and other film related businesses gather in Los Angeles to represent Australia at a stand during the Association of Film...

The top 20 directors + producers: A celebration of the industry's finest.(FEATURE)
April 1, 2006... With all the talk of downturns, shrinking budgets, and disappearing timeslots it's easy to lose sight of why you're in this business: to entertain and inform. This month we turn our attention to the directors and producers who consistently...

Production report.
April 1, 2006... ENCORE's production report includes all known features and television drama and non-drama television programs which have a network presale. Projects in the planning stage appear once only and the listing ends when a project goes into post...

Producers stand to win in digital gamble: well connected industry columnist Harvey Shore keeps his ear close to the ground for the latest gossip doing the rounds at the major broadcasters.(HARVEY'S HEARSAY)
April 1, 2006... Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab have invented a Lover's Wine Glass for long distance romances. Using the latest WiFi technology, your hi-tech tumbler glows whenever your absent partner starts drinking...