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‘How Australian filmmakers can benefit from sharing information’- The Conversation (16/3/15)
The film industry is known for conspicuous display. Actor Tom Hardy has described its endless “white smiles and six packs. Long lines of beautiful people lining up to be incredible on film.” But when it comes to money and business, the industry is conspicuously modest – all buttoned-up and locked away. It is as though a switch were flipped, from Tell All to Say Nothing.
Now some filmmakers have begun to weigh the costs of too much secrecy. There is an emerging push for greater transparency in the industry. Below we report on this push and its implications for Australian filmmakers. (Full article)
Radio Adelaide Interview with Andrea Buck, March 2015
How Australian Filmmakers Can Benefit from Sharing Information, Screenhub (19/3/15)
Is the screen sector's passion for secrecy pathological? Here is an argument that transparency is not just possible, but a power for good.
Andrea Buck (The Jammed, 10 Terrorists) is an independent producer trying to develop her artistic and financial strategies despite the reflexive secrecy of the Australian sector. She has completed an MA at the AFTRS Centre for Screen Business with its leader, David Court, who is also confronted with the industry's data black hole. Here is an introduction to their thinking, published first in The Conversation.
‘Game plan for Transparency Project unveiled’, Don Groves, IF
The first steps towards creating a co-operative scheme to share information on Australian films’ costs and global revenues modelled on the Sundance Transparency Project will happen in Sydney this week.
One of the architects of the plan, Andrea Buck, will lay out the groundwork for the start-up phase at AFTRS on April 30. (Full article)
‘Call for greater transparency in screen industry’ By Don Groves, IF (19/3/15)
The Australian screen industry should set up a scheme to share information on local films’ global revenues modelled on the Sundance Transparency Project.
The scheme would enable Australian filmmakers to compare their work to similar films, identify all potential revenue streams and the distribution costs involved, and to guage how B.O. grosses co-relate to VOD and other online platforms. (Full article)
‘Momentum builds for Oz Transparency Project’, Don Groves IF (23/3/15)
Support is growing among producers, state agencies and sales agents for a proposal to create a scheme to share information on local films’ global revenues modelled on the Sundance Transparency Project.
The scheme would enable Australian filmmakers to compare their work to similar films, identify all potential revenue streams and the distribution costs involved, and gauge how B.O. grosses co-relate to VOD and other online platforms. (Full article)