Wide Angle Tasmania is pleased to host a masterclass with Sue Maslin - one of Australia’s most successful screen producers. Her latest feature, The Dressmaker(2015), grossed more than $20m and became one of Australia’s biggest box office smash hits. Other feature credits include Road to Nhill, Japanese Story, winner of 2003 AFI Award for Best Film, Dominick Dunne: After the Party and Hunt Angels, winner of the 2006 AFI Award for Best Feature Documentary Film. Sue is Adjunct Professor at RMIT’s School of Media & Communication and a recognised industry leader. Sue was the inaugural recipient of the Jill Robb Award for Outstanding Leadership, Achievement and Service to the Victorian Screen Industry and currently serves as President of the Natalie Miller Fellowship reflecting her ongoing commitment to gender diversity both on and off screen.

What will be covered?

Creative Producing

• Introduction to Creative Producing: at the intersection of creative/business and screen technologies
• What does a producer do? What are the qualities required in order to be successful?
• The role of producer in development, production, post-production and marketing
• Managing risk
• Producer/director relationship
• Building a business

Case Study – The Show Must Go On 

Development 

• Securing a property – Optioning and rights in relation to “true stories”.
• writer/producer relationship.
• Steps in the development process
• Establishing chain of title. 

Audience and Marketing

• Understanding the market, audience and social media
• Developing and monetising audience experience.
• Understanding key selling points and packaging your project.
• Understanding distributor and sales agent needs.

Developing finance plans that make sense

• Understanding what a film should cost in relation to its ambitions and market reality.
• Understanding rights and how to strategically exploit them.
• Sources of finance.
• Attaching distributors and sales agents.
• Managing the recoupment waterfall. 

Pitching and packaging

• What you need to take your project to market (including getting development funding).
• Understanding the world of Film Markets and Film Festivals and how to capitalise on them.
• Taking a project to market, what's needed, how to judge when to attend, who to meet and how to follow up.
• Pitching basics from the elevator pitch to the meeting with acquisitions executives.

Production / Post-production

• Managing schedule and budget
• Supporting the director.
• Producer’s role in post
• Delivery

When: 9.30am -12.30pm Thursday April 2
Where: online video conference 
Cost: FREE members, $20 non-members.  

‘Supported by Screen Tasmania’s Industry Development Program’

Following the ABC television premiere of documentary film The Show Must Go On, we will be presenting a Wellness Roadshow, that will tour nationally over the next twelve months. The Wellness Roadshow event will take place in Hobart on Thursday April 2, 2020 at the Village Cinema Hobart, supported by Wide Angle Tasmania. This is a free event and will include a screening of the film, followed by a panel which will be moderated by Sue Maslin and will include Ben Steel (writer/director) and Julia Edwards (Entertainment Assistant). The panel will discuss the issues raised in the film along with tools and resources available to individuals. To continue the conversation the Wellness Roadshow will tour nationally facilitating further screenings, conversations, panels and events with the aim to increase awareness of mental health issues within the entertainment industry. 

The Show Must Go On is the first film to tell the story of the mental health of the 42,000 people working in the Australian arts and entertainment industry. While 'show business' is often seen as glamorous, fun, exciting and well paid, recent and alarming world-first research from Entertainment Assist and Victoria University paints a darker picture for entertainment workers. Anxiety symptoms are 10 times higher, sleep disorders are 7 times higher and symptoms of depression are 5 times higher than the national average. Suicide attempts in the industry are double the national average. The film follows former Home and Away actor and debut documentary filmmaker Ben Steel on a soul-searching investigation into why are there so many arts and entertainment workers developing and struggling with mental wellbeing issues. Ben shares his intimate experiences living with depression and anxiety for the past few years, and along the way, we are witness to his intimate conversations with key creatives and crew, actors, dancers, musicians, performers - many of them household names - who have likewise struggled and how they have survived.  While this film may not reach and save every life, we hope it will have enough impact to at least save one, and that it will spark much-needed conversations about mental health. 

Where: Village Cinema Hobart
When: 3-5 pm Thursday April 2
Cost: Free 
Register: via Eventbrite here
Watch the trailer here

‘Supported by Screen Tasmania’s Industry Development Program’

The Wellness Roadshow would not be possible without the generous support of Wide Angle Tasmania, Screen Tasmania, Screen Australia, Stage and Screen, Flight Centre, Film Victoria, Creative Victoria, Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Sidney Myer Fund, Andyinc Foundation, Arts Wellbeing Collective, Entertainment Assist and Village Roadshow Limited.

www.TheShowMustGoOn.com.au

For further information please contact diana@filmartmedia.com

UPDATE: WAT Writers Group is now working remotely from home - unfortunately we're unable to accept new members to the group at this time.

A benefit of WAT membership is that you can now join our Writers Group. Writers Group meets weekly at 6 Washington St, South Hobart and for those outside Hobart, by video-conference. WAT Writers Group is coordinated by ex-movie studio writers executive, Robert Watson. Whether you are new to filmmaking, a bookworm who wonders how novels and plays are turned into screenplays, a filmmaker with an untamed film script, or a pro from any screen field, Writers Group provides a social setting to increase your screen knowledge and skills – and meet other film creatives.

You can come to explore film theory or practise skills that greatly improve (or kick-start) your own screen project. It is your choice to discuss your project or keep your writing entirely confidential. Perhaps you have only an idea, or you are stuck with a screen project in any format or genre. Perhaps this is a good way to meet others or achieve a creative goal. Enjoy the discipline of casual regular meetings with good creative energy. Your Writers Group coordinator Robert Watson is an ex-university screenwriting lecturer, has held elder permission for Aboriginal projects, has worked in Asia, the U.S. and Europe and is a qualified Early Childhood teacher. He comes from Ian Robinson's Melbourne writers group that first introduced Hero/Heroine Journey theory and other screen analysis skills to Australian writers at the Writers Guild conference.

Our ‘cafe society’ Writers Group meets every Monday between 1pm and 2.30pm.  You are invited to meet regularly or drop-in when you’re free.  If you are interested in joining our Writers Group but can’t meet on Mondays, please let us know your preferred meet-up times.

When:  1-2.30pm every Monday – starting March 16

Where: 6 Washington Street, South Hobart OR by video conference for those outside Hobart

Cost: free for WAT members

Brian Toggle is a self-proclaimed timekeeper and expert drummer who plays in Tasmanian art pop band, Sunset Thrills.

WRITER, DIRECTOR & PRODUCER: Ursula Woods
DURATION: 9mins, 52 secs
YEAR: 2019

Brian ‘Toggs’ Toggle is a seasoned drummer and self-proclaimed timekeeper from the town of Ulver-stone, Tasmania. Toggs talks to filmmaker Ursula Woods about dimensions of drumming and how the significant town clock influenced his rhythmic thinking as a child. Is time the most important element in the music we like to listen to? Clockumentary takes a look at life through a drummer’s lens. Playing with young art-pop group ‘Sunset Thrills’, Toggs encounters artistic differences with the band.

Screenings

Nerve 2019 Industry Screening - Hobart, February 2020

KEY CAST:
Mike Brooke – Brian Toggle
Michael Panton – Mick
Louisa Hogue - keyboardist
Oliver Gathercole - bassist

KEY CREW:
Writer/ Director/Producer - Ursula Woods
Executive Producer - Abi Binning
Mentor Producer & Script Editor - Troy Melville
DOP - Richard Williams & Mike Gissing
Sound Recording - Mike Gissing
Camera 2 - Jacob Collings
Assistant Director - Lucy Crispin
Editor / Associate Producer - Rose Vallentine
Composer - Jethro Pickett 
Sound Editing & Colour Grade - Mike Gissing, Digital City Studios

A young woman’s cross-town errand takes a dangerous turn when she encounters a dark figure from her past.

WRITER & DIRECTOR: Jeff Kirkland
PRODUCER: Tara Bufton
DURATION: 10mins 
YEAR: 2019

Red, a drug courier for a biker gang, is sent to deliver a bag of drugs to a local nightclub. On the way she encounters her possessive ex-boyfriend, Rafe, who wants her back in his life and won’t take “No” for an answer. She manages to escape and continue on her way but an angry and obsessed Rafe has no intention of letting her go that easily.

Screenings

Nerve 2019 Industry Screening - Hobart, February 2020

KEY CAST:
Mutha - Shane Rayner 
Red - Eleanore Knox 
George - Norman Alexander 
Rafe - Michael Gillan 
Tony - Stephen Ashton 

KEY CREW:

Writer & Director - Jeff Kirkland
Story By - Jeff Kirkland & Helen Kirkland
Producer - Tara Bufton
Executive Producer - Abi Binning
Mentor Producer - Emma Wilson
Script Editor & Mentor Director - Briony Kidd
Cinematographer - Andrew Walton 
Production Manager - Julia Hendy-Cartwright
Production Coordinator - Elise Stansfield
Assistant Director - Leisle Grant  
Sound Recordist - Stewart Mackay 
Production Designer - Ella Knight
Production Assistant - Emily Roberts
Location Manager - Julia Hendy-Cartwright 
Camera Assistants - Ben Nelan  & Emily Roberts 
Hair & Makeup - Hair & Makeup 
Stills - José Navarro & Mark Thomson
Fight Choreographer - Stephen Ashton
Catering - Henry East & Laura Hampton
Music - Gareth Dawson 
Editor - Jeff Kirkland
Sound Editing & Colour Grade - Mike Gissing, Digital City Studios

Applications are now open for help to make your film.  Mentor sessions are provided by phone/skype or in person at Wide Angle Tas.

Download Application Form (word)
Download Application form (pdf)

Do you want to make a film or tell a movie story? Not sure how to start? Or not sure how to make a better film? Wide Angle welcomes beginners and experienced filmmakers alike to learn industry skills for putting your film ideas into a screenplay.

Wide Angle has teamed up with Robert Watson to offer WAT members the opportunity for free one-on-one mentorship in story development during 2019.  This mentorship will provide you with the thinking skills to create your film idea as a screenplay. It can be a true or made-up story.

Robert Watson has long experience in both the world film industry and in Australian education, helping young people, new filmmakers and top industry filmmakers develop their film ideas. As a studio creative executive, Robert has worked with the screenplay ideas performed by Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Matt Damon, Judi Dench, Russell Crow, Katie Holmes, Heath Ledger and many other stars. Robert has mentored hundreds of teenagers and adults in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Tasmania as they explore their own film idea and recreate it as a screenplay. Your privacy, ownership and the confidentiality of your idea is respected and supported.

A limited number of free mentoring sessions are available.  To take advantage of this offer:

• you will need to be a current WAT member and signed up for WAT SHARES. Each session with Robert will debit your account of 1 WAT SHARE.
• Complete the application form and email it to info@wideangle.org.au

For questions, please email info@wideangle.org.auor call 6223 3844.

Wide Angle Tasmania is delighted to present the following screenings.  Please click through for more information about each screening and to reserve your seat.

Each year Wide Angle Tasmania runs special initiatives to help develop Tasmanian screen practitioners by learning and making.

Upcoming events can be found here.

Current opportunities are listed above as OPEN.

An ongoing initiative is WAT SHARES - a time bank for Tasmanian filmmakers to trade their skills and experience.  Check it out here.

END GAME is a 3 month programme of goal-setting, peer support, coaching and reflection designed to help you transform your great idea into action.  Applications for Round 4 (starting June 2019) will open soon.

The Washington Residency provides Tasmanian screen practitioners with the opportunity to concentrate on their screen project or screen business for a period of between one and three months.  Applications for April residencies are open now.

You can also check out the previous initiatives that have been offered by Wide Angle Tasmania here.

In 2019 Wide Angle provided Tasmanian screen practitioners with their first shot at production through our annual initiative NERVE.  Teams received a cash budget and Wide Angle support to go through the full process of making a short screen project. Previously called Raw Nerve, this model of mentoring, training and support aims to provide screen practitioners with their first experience of an industry standard production that will progress their career, educational and/or creative aspirations.

In 2019, the filmmakers and films supported included:
Jeff Kirkland - RED
Ursula Woods - Clockumentary
Sam Tooker - Dennis & Shake

Since 2008, Wide Angle Tasmania has helped dozens of Tasmanian screen practitioners to create their first funded short film through this highly successful model of mentoring, training and support. Opportunities to learn through doing are vital for directors, contributing to strong career outcomes.  Shaun Wilson (currently directing Rosehaven series 3) directed his first funded short film Henry Finn through this initiative in 2008.  Other alumni include Vivien Mason (now studying an MA in ‘Digital Storytelling’ at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London) and Rebecca Thomson (award winning director of the webseries Women of the Island).

The three films produced in 2018 are between 5 and 10 minutes in length. Wide Angle Tasmania helps filmmakers take their idea from script, through each stage of production, to a finished film ready for national and international festival release by December 2018.

Each filmmaker receives a package valued at over $30 000 that includes;
• mentoring from an experienced screen industry practitioner 
• advice through the script editing process 
• $3 000 cash budget
• free enrolment in relevant WAT training
• $7 500 value of production and post production equipment hire from WAT
• insurances for the film and volunteer cast and crew
• a colour grade and sound mix provided by a post-production studio
• a gala launch of the films

State Growth supported NERVE by contributing funds to employ nationally recognized script editors and mentor producers for Red, Clockumentary and Dennis & Shake

Download the Guidelines and Application pack here (pdf)

Download the Guidelines and Application pack here (word)

Have you got a killer idea for a short film that you know audiences will love?  Need some funds to make it? In 2019 three short films will be produced through Nerve 2019 – and this is your chance to be selected.

NERVE 2019 is  delivered by Wide Angle Tasmania for Tasmanian filmmakers. If selected, you’ll have an experienced  filmmaker mentor you throughout - from honing your story through to distribution. You’ll receive $3,000 cash to fund the production of a short film (3 – 7minutes) that will play well to festival audiences.  You’ll also receive access to equipment, facilities, insurances and a professional colour grade and sound mix… and we’ll launch your film at a gala industry event.

What’s the timeline?
If you’re selected for NERVE 2019 it’ll consume most of your thoughts and time from September to November.  If you have a great team around you, you’ll be able to share the load, but make sure you can balance the demands of the programme with your other obligations – the timeline below isn’t flexible. 

Am I eligible for NERVE 2019?

This initiative is designed to support early career Tasmanian filmmakers who are seeking a mentored approach to developing and producing their screen project.  Read below to make sure that you and your team meet all of the following eligibility criteria.  If you have any questions about whether or not you are eligible, get in touch.

• You and your key team members must be permanent residents of Tasmania who are financial WAT members.
• You must hold the rights to make the film and/or be able to demonstrate access.
• The team must include an early career director. We define this as a director who has never had any work commissioned for television, nor received production funding from any state or federal agency.  Teams may include experienced producers/editors/cinematographers.  We strongly encourage teams with a track record of collaboration to apply.
• You and your core team have a history of engaging with WAT and the Tasmanian screen community.
• The project must be an independent production - projects cannot be produced as part of any coursework.

How do I apply to NERVE 2019?

1. We are here to help – make a time to come and discuss your project or ask for help if there are any barriers we can help you to overcome in preparing your application, including chain of title queries.Contact us during office hours on 6223 8344 or email info@wideangle.org.au. 
2. Copies of Raw Nerve films produced in previous years can be borrowed from the WAT resource library for free.
3. Application Form and Attachments must be emailed by 4pm August 5. You will receive an email to confirm the receipt of your application no later than 4pm Aug 6
4. Shortlisted applicantsmay be invited to attend an interview with the selection panel
5. 5.  All applicants will be notified of the outcome no later than Aug 31. This email will include a summary of the panel’s feedback about the strong points and the weaknesses across all the applications that were received.  We can’t provide feedback on individual applications, and the panel’s decision is final.

How will my application be assessed?

The panel assesses each application against theses criteria:

1. The strength of the story(eg. Is it actually a story or just an issue/character sketch? Does the story excite or inspire the panel? Is it likely to resonate with an audience?  Is it best told as a short film?)
2. The strength of the style/structure(eg. Is the proposal or story told in a bold/innovative/compelling way? How strong is the visual storytelling?)
3. The strength of the team(eg. is this the right team to tell this story?Does the team have the skills to manage, shoot, edit and distribute the film? Does the team recognise their weaknesses? Have they collaborated previously? With the support provided by the initiative, will the team be able to manage the production effectively?  Is this team contributing to a vibrant, diverse and renewable Tasmanian screen culture?)
4. The benefit to the team (eg. will this project help the team achieve their screen aspirations? Will this project help build collaborative partnerships?)
5. The level of engagement the team has had with WAT and the Tasmanian screen community
6. The value of allocating resources to THIS project and team ( Is the project and team a good fit for the initiative? Are all elements of the initiative likely to be valued by the team? Is it likely to be realised effectively through the initiative? How does this project/team align with Wide Angle’s strategic objectives? How does this project and team rate against other applications? Can the project be funded elsewhere?)

More info found in the guidelines.

We are grateful for the support of State Growth – their support provides funds for the attachment of mentors to the team and project.

When a country football team loses its sponsor, the homophobic team captain enters a drag pageant to raise the money.

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Mick Lowenstein
PRODUCER: Mick Lowenstein & Tracey Cosgrove
DURATION: 8mins 17secs
YEAR: 2018

After winning the country football grand final, Jade the team captain, finds out that the club’s major sponsor has pulled out. The team manager, Russell, tries to convince Jade to enter the “You Little Beauty” Pageant to help raise funds. In an op shop, Jade and his mates run into Matthew, a young gay man and tease him. Matthew stands up for himself, inflaming Jade’s aggression. Matthew compares Jade’s violence to his father, which forces Jade to reflect on his actions. Jade reluctantly takes part in the pageant but the event is upstaged by Matthew appearing in stunning drag. The player’s taunting becomes violent. Jade finds the courage to stand up for the person he’d previously abused and points out Matthew’s courage to the rest of the town.

Screenings

Nerve 2018 Industry screening - Hobart, January 2019
Flickerfest 2019 - Cygnet, May 2019

KEY CAST:
Jade - Connor Carthy
Matthew - Joshua Scott
Russell - Matthew Stolp
Bender - Jared Goldsmith

KEY CREW

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Mick Lowenstein
PRODUCER: Mick Lowenstein & Tracey Cosgrove 
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Abi Binning
MENTOR PRODUCER: Dick Marks
Script Editor - Ranald Allen
Director of Photography - Aaron Luke Wilson
Production Manager - Cathy Allen
Assistant Director - Cathy Allen
Sound Recordist - Frederic Moll
Boom Operator - Tom Roberts
Continuity - Victoria Woodfall
Camera Assistant/B camera operator - Atak Ngor
Gaffer - Richard Williams
Gaffer - Ralph Williams
Best Boy - Brad Harris
Production Designer - Nicole Winspear
Art Assistant - Eleanor Stancombe
Costume Designer - Nicole Winspear
Make-up Artist -Matthew Stolp
Make-up Artist - Jane Howard
Specialised make-up - Andrew Michael
Stills Photographers - Ken McColl and Brad Harris
Unit Manager - Ruby Grant
Unit Assistant - Tom Roberts
Catering - Tracey Cosgrove and Ruby Grant
Production Assistants - Oliver Potter and Felicity Wilkinson
Casting Director - Cathy Allen
Graphic Design and VFX - Aaron Luke Wilson
Editor - Justin “Pyrate” Smith
Sound Editor and Colour grade– Mike Gissing, Digital City Studios

Two young adults, Andrea and Caleb, come face to face with the complexities of sexual consent and realise technology won’t provide the answers.

WRITER: Adam Ransley
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: George Underwood
DURATION: 9mins 43secs
YEAR: 2018

In the not too distant future sexual consent is still presenting problems for humans. Andrea and Caleb use an app that records each others consent, but there’s something not quite right about Karen, Caleb’s AI home computer. Andrea asks for her to be put into sleep mode before they get intimate, but when things are well under way Andrea notices Karen still standing in the corner of the bedroom, filming them. Movie-staring her. Caleb’s making secrete pornos. Andrea storms out, but not before enlisting Karen’s help to turn the tables on Caleb.

Screenings

Nerve 2018 Industry screening - Hobart, January 2019

KEY CAST:
Samantha James-Radford - Andrea
Felix Jarvis - Caleb 
Sara Cooper - Karen 
Emalisa White - Chloe 

KEY CREW
Director/Producer - George Underwood 
Writer - Adam Ransley 
Executive Producer - Abi Binning
Script Mentor - Claire d'Este
Mentor Producer - Di Drew 
Director Of Photography - Aaron Luke Wilson 
Production Manager - Emma Wilson
Ellie Smith - Assistant Director
Rose Schramm - Sound Recordist
Ville Karvonen - Boom Operator
Rachael Cleary - Continuity
Mathew Farrell - Gaffer
Caleb Schenk - Best Boys
Lauren Watson - 1st Assistant Camera
Fiona Lloyd - Production Designer
Fiona Lloyd - Props
Oliver Potter - Set Dresser
Emily Roberts - Standby Props
Joanne Collins - Costume Designer
Kaja Piatek - Make-Up Artist
Brad Harris - Stills Photographer
Lauren Wilson - Stills Photography
Emma Wilson - Unit Manager
Cathy Allen - Casting Assistant
Brad Harris - Drone Pilot
Adam Ransley - Drone Pilot
Oliver Potter - Stunt Driver
Jeff Kirkland - Green Screen
Driftwood Restaurant – Catering
Tim Berry - Runner
Holly Bearman - Production Assistant 
Nick Storr - Composer
Saxon Hornett - Composer
Mike Sampey - Visual Effects
Benjamin Nelan - Visual Effects
Mike Sampey - Editor
Mike Gissing (Digital City Studios) - Sound Editor
Mike Gissing (Digital City Studios) - Colour Grade 

Thanks for booking equipment, tickets or registering for a course with Wide Angle Tasmania.  If you'd like to pay online, you can do that here!

Please click the 'other' amount and enter the amount on the invoice.  You will be redirected to paypal where you can pay using your credit card or paypal account.

If you already have an invoice number already, please reference that so that we can track your payment.

You will receive a receipt from paypal that the payment has been made.  WAT will email you an invoice once we have received confirmation that the funds have been received.

Cheers!  Any problems, please contact us on 6223 8344 or email info@wideangle.org.au

WAT provides quality film production equipment in Tasmania and offer a 30% discount on gear hire to all current financial members.  All prices include GST and insurance.  

To book, please call 0362 238 344, email info@wideangle.org.au or make a request through our website here.

Download a printable RATE CARD here.

Click through for tech specs and tutorials for each piece of equipment. 

Collecting the equipment: If you are in Hobart, collect from our office. Otherwise, we can courier to most locations within Tasmania; for WAT members, this service is free for 1 parcel for each $75 value of hire).

Allow 20 mins to collect & return gear.

All gear must be paid for before being hired.

Length of Hire:

24 Hour: Pick up between 10am and 4:00pm, return at the same time the following day (only available Mon - Thurs)

Weekend: Pick up between 10am and 4:00pm Friday, return at 10am Monday morning.

Week: Pick up between 10am and 4:00pm Mon - Fri, return at 10am one week later.

Longer hires (eg. Monthly) can be easily negotiated

Wide Angle Residency... the keys to the Wide Angle Screen Centre for up to three months to work on your screen venture.

Download the Application and Guidelines here for the April - June 2020 Residency

Applications must be emailed to info@wideangle.org.au by 10am Friday February 28, 2020

The Wide Angle Residency provides Tasmanian screen practitioners with the opportunity to concentrate on their screen project or screen business for a period of between one and three months.  This “gift of time” will allow filmmakers to work without distraction to break new ground and progress their screen venture.  The Wide Angle Residency provides a home base, resources and facilities for individuals or teams of screen practitioners.

What’s on offer:

• Free office space at Wide Angle Screen Centre (6 Washington Street, South Hobart - includes electricity, water and Wi-Fi).
• Free access to the studio/cinema, meeting room, common areas and WAT Film Kit (negotiated at application)

Applications are now open for Residencies for the next block of three months for 2020.  Applicants should nominate their preferred length for the residency (one, two or three months) and start date – no earlier than March 30.

ELIGIBILITY

This initiative is open to all Tasmanian screen practitioners wishing to advance a project, enterprise or business that contributes to a vibrant, diverse and renewable screen culture.    

Applications are due 10am Fri Feb 28, 2020 by email to info@wideangle.org.au.  You are welcome to visit the Wide Angle Screen Centre to check out the space available and discuss the terms and conditions in more detail with Wide Angle Tasmania staff.

Please note that an administrative processing fee will be charged for each application. $15 for WAT members.  $80 for non-WAT members (this fee includes a 12 month WAT membership).  All applicants MUST be WAT members for the duration of the residency.

IF YOU ARE SELECTED FOR WIDE ANGLE RESIDENCY…

What do we expect?

• A clear goal to be achieved by the end of the Residency. This may include completion of a script, editing a screen project, launch of a screen business or screen product etc.  This outcome will be shared with the Wide Angle Tasmania community at the end of the Residency (the nature of how the outcome will be shared will be negotiated with the residents).
• All applicants must be current WAT members throughout the Residency period
• Short video testimonial (under 3mins) and 50-100 word written testimonial of the value of the residency within a week of completing the residency
• A copy of any film on DVD and stills (if a screen work is produced)
• Logo credit/bio acknowledgement (as negotiated)
• Contribution to a WAT programme during the Residency (eg. Taking stills at an event, filming an interview etc. – to be negotiated at the time of offer, based on the skill set of those involved)
• An agreement will be made with Residents that outlines the expectations of all parties

Wide Angle Residency has been awarded to: 

Oct-Dec 2019: Electric Yak

Sept 2019: Joel Wilson

Aug 2019: Oliver Potter

Feb 2019: Ninna Millikin & Takani Clark

Jan 2019: U25 Enterprise

October - December 2018: Mark Thomson

July - September 2018: Lisa Gormley and Aeshlie Wheeler

Resident Testimonials

Ninna Millikan and Takani Clark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdSiP2EAjEM&feature=youtu.be

"A huge thanks to Wide Angle Tasmania for The Washington Residency opportunity. This proved immensely valuable to Electric Yak. In our time spent there we were able to focus on our development slate, submit funding applications and execute some crucial in-house development tasks. Whilst working in a community hub we were able to engage with the wider screen community here and even entered into discussions with new and emerging local creatives. Having access to this space enabled us to achieve our primary goal of finalising the financing of our new web-series and were able to commence production shortly after."
Paul Moran, Electric Yak Dec 2019

"TAS CASTING are so incredibly thankful for the support of Wide Angle Tasmania and the Washington Residency for giving us a productive and positive office space to establish our business. As part of the Washington Residency we received invaluable guidance in regard to our industry and direct contact with film makers and industry professionals. The space was positive, quiet and productive with all the resources we needed to get our business functioning professionally. We were also lucky enough to be enrolled in the End Game initiative which greatly supported us in achieving our goals over the 3 months."
Lisa and Aeshlie, TAS CASTING

"I had access to an office, some equipment and was able to use the hall and mini cinema for the events I had planned. A benefit of this residency was that it allowed me the luxury of failure and to make mistakes. This in turn has led to reflection on how to modify the idea do it in a better and more practical way.  In the meantime, by doing something rather than talking about it, I’ve engaged a number of key stakeholders... and also met some great collaborators who have experience in streaming and have provided some valuable advice on how to do it differently going forward."
Mark Thomson

In 2018 and 2019 Wide Angle provided Tasmanian screen practitioners with their first shot at production through our annual initiative NERVE.  Teams received a cash budget and Wide Angle support to go through the full process of making a short screen project. Previously called Raw Nerve, this model of mentoring, training and support aims to provide screen practitioners with their first experience of an industry standard production that will progress their career, educational and/or creative aspirations.

Three first-time film directors were selected for support through the Wide Angle Tasmania’s short film initiative NERVE 2018. The aim of NERVE is to produce high quality films on a small budget to showcase emerging talent and provide a pathway to industry.  This year three filmmakers were selected, all directing their first funded film.  Click through for more information:  
Mick Lowenstein – Little Beauty
Victoria Bremner – Printed in Ink and
George Underwood - Karen

In NERVE 2019, the filmmakers and films supported included:
Jeff Kirkland - RED
Ursula Woods - Clockumentary
Sam Tooker - Shake & Dance

Since 2008, Wide Angle Tasmania has helped dozens of Tasmanian screen practitioners to create their first funded short film through this highly successful model of mentoring, training and support. Opportunities to learn through doing are vital for directors, contributing to strong career outcomes.  Shaun Wilson (currently directing Rosehaven series 3) directed his first funded short film Henry Finn through this initiative in 2008.  Other alumni include Vivien Mason (now studying an MA in ‘Digital Storytelling’ at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London) and Rebecca Thomson (award winning director of the webseries Women of the Island).

Each filmmaker receives a package valued at over $30 000 that includes;
• mentoring from an experienced screen industry practitioner 
• advice through the script editing process 
• $3 000 cash budget
• free enrolment in relevant WAT training
• $7 500 value of production and post production equipment hire from WAT
• insurances for the film and volunteer cast and crew
• a colour grade and sound mix provided by a post-production studio
• a gala launch of the films

Bremner and Foster participated as part of a Youth Arts Project, assisted through Arts Tasmania and Screen Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts.  State Growth have also supported NERVE by contributing funds to employ nationally recognized script editors and mentor producers for Little Beauty, Karen, Shake & Dance, RED and Clockumentary.

Wide Angle Tasmania provides Tasmanians with access to quality film production equipment and facilities to make, watch and meet.

We have a wide range of prosumer film equipment including cameras, lenses, sound recording, tripods, projectors, lights and much more. Check out the available gear and hire info here.

The Wide Angle Screen Centre includes a 70 seat cinema/studio, micro-cinema, meeting room, foyer and kitchen available for hire.  Check out the information about our facilities here.

Current financial WAT members receive a 30% discount on equipment and facility hires. 

Wide Angle also provides subsidised access to equipment and facility hire through a range of initiatives that are offered throughout the year (including Washington Residency, End Game and Nerve). 

A great turn-out to the info webinar last night - thanks for the questions and enthusiasm! If you missed it - you can check it out here (skip ahead to where we start at 3mins 32).

Next step? To participate in the 3 pre-registration webinars you'll need to complete an EOI this week (it's quick and relatively painless I promise!) http://www.wideangle.org.au/eoi_step-out