CONTENTS WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION Winter 2008
3 GRASS ROOTS 4 SORTING THE 8 OI GIRL! NEWS BIG STUFF Film Team Be Part of the Story With Sian Jaquet Takes Honours
Executive Update 2
Grass Roots News: Current TV 3
Sorting the Big Stuff: Sian Jaquet 4–5
National News 6
New Members: Auckland & Wellington 7
Oi Girl!: 48HOUR Film Festival 8
Membership Info and Form 9–10
Table Plays: Regional Drama Series 11
What I Do: Claire Cowan 13
Membership Discounts 14
Photo: S5hiara, flickr.com WIFT Magazine Winter 2008 EXECUTIVE UPDATE W FT NZ Executive Anne O’Brien UPDATE Executive director
The last few weeks have been rather wet, An Island Calling has been on the international celebrate them in style but, in the meantime, I do dark and cold and it can sometimes be hard Festival circuit. Burying Brian started its season want to acknowledge our fantastic family of naming run, Outrageous Fortune is rocking on, Sian Jaquet rights sponsors, headed up by Eyeworks joined by to remember the bright warmth of summer. (profiled on page 4 of this magazine) is doing the de- Great Southern Film & Television, MiNDFOOD, The winter blues hover but lucky for those clutter business in The Big Stuff, and there was that South Pacific Pictures, Television New Zealand and of us who simply adore the moving image, wedding on Shortland Street. TVWorks, alongside SKYCITY, Heritage Hotels and Waiwera Artesian Water. there’s an upside... Winter’s also the perfect time for a party to lift Indulging your screen addiction is the perfect the spirits and what better way than to celebrate Bringing the industry together to create opportunities guilt-free way to avoid dreary days, and luckily women’s achievements at the annual WIFT New is what WIFT’s about and we aim to deliver on that programmers know it. Film festivals, favourite Zealand Awards set down for 11 August. A gala party goal everyday through initiatives like the online programme seasons on the telly, extra Shorty for everyone and a chance to honour all the great handbook which is now complete, our e-news and episodes—there’s something to be said for the work that continues to entertain, provoke and inspire magazine, networking and events and, of course, the opportunity the dark provides to immerse yourself in us from all the nominees. Awards which are the biggest networking event of the year. Put down that pen/camera/script for a minute the magic of screen stories. You have just a few days to round up your friends and and come be part of the family. WIFT members and supporters have been particularly book tickets for this outstanding SKYCITY Theatre busy with the work of Athina Tsoulis (Jinx Sister) and event. The very reasonable entry price includes See you there. Pietra Brettkelly (The Art Star and the Sudanese Matua Bubbly and antipasto, post-ceremony wine and Twins) featuring in the New Zealand Film Festival, canapés, entertainment, iconic film clips, goodie bags, alongside productions brought to us by Rachel spot prizes, awards presentations, DJ Leza Corban Gardner, Angela Littlejohn and Catherine Fitzgerald. and dancing. Don’t miss it. Linda Niccol has enjoyed a fabulous run with Second The Awards are made possible by a huge cast of Hand Wedding and Annie Goldson’s latest doco supporters and the next issue of this magazine will
WIFT Magazine Winter 2008 2 GRASS ROOTS NEWS GRASS ROOTS NEWS Caley Martin Want to be a news maker? Current TV sources nearly a third of its programming through unsolicited Handy with a camera? viewer contributions. Users (called VC2 Current TV could be your chance to get your Producers) upload their three-to-seven material broadcast on cable television … and minute ‘pods’ (short programs) on a be paid. variety of subject matter. Content is then filtered by registered users on the Making short films has never been easier, with website through a voting process, before technological advances improving accessibility to being ultimately approved or rejected equipment and opportunity. But ensuring that a by Current’s on-air programming wide range of material finds a platform is much department. Approved pieces are then more complicated. broadcast on the channel under contract. Stepping into this arena is award winning Pod topics are wide and varied and independent media company Current TV, a cable news footage ranges from major world news network started by presidential election Al conflicts and crises to slice of life Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt after the 2000 stories celebrating the interesting, the Submitting content to Current TV is an excellent election. fun and sometimes the just plain weird. opportunity to get material aired and to hone Current TV is a viewer-generated channel aimed documentary and news reporting skills. It is also Current TV also commissions pieces in response at 18–34 year olds and is inspired by a desire to a great way to view what other filmmakers are to current events, either on the basis of a pitch ‘democratise’ the news. The network boasts an creating as well as keeping up with the news. or by contracting freelance producers whose audience of around 51 million homes worldwide The chance of being paid for submitted material work they’ve been impressed by. And they accept primarily in the US, UK, Ireland and Italy, and can or becoming a regular freelance producer for the viewer-created ad messages, an initiative that’s got also be viewed online. network makes it well worth checking out at advertisers such as Sony and Toyota interested, and www.current.com The aim is to break down the stranglehold the students submitting creative assignments. major networks have on defining what is news and All work broadcast is paid for under contract. The encourage people on the ground to tell the stories channel retains exclusive broadcast rights for all that matter to them. It is 24-hour television, divided media in perpetuity on viewer-submitted pods, and into two hour random-programmed segments, and in some cases complete ownership of the pod and based around viewer-created content, or VC2, which its raw footage, but this is negotiated on a pod-by- can be submitted by anyone. pod basis.
WIFT Magazine Winter 2008 3 FEATURE SORTING OUT THE BIG STUFF Kelly Lin
ove it or leave it”, WIFT sponsor Sian Jaquet L coaxes, in the TV3 show The Big Stuff. It’s a philosophy not only for the families she works with each week, helping them to sort through their possessions and their lives, but one she has wholly embraced in her own life.
Fronting The Big Stuff, alongside co-host Gez Johns, Jaquet applies her trademarked FoundationsTM coaching system to guide families to de-clutter their lives. The programme is based on the concept that how we live in the environment affects our general success. Jaquet believes that the pace of life has become so fast that we forget to take time out to care for ourselves and get the foundations right, a situation she’s committed to changing. This new TV career is a logical progression in a life which has taken Jaquet from eight years of acting followed by residential social work in the UK, to life coaching and now life-designing in the South Pacific. Jaquet spent 20-odd years in the English health system, particularly involved with the elderly, pre- schoolers and people with learning disabilities, as well as a stint as head of one of the country’s Sian Jaquet inspection services. She describes herself as a “pioneering maverick” in public health, driven at all times by a passion for working with and for the vulnerable. Making the move from Britain to New Zealand
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SORTING OUT THE BIG STUFF (cont.)
in 2002, prompted by her partner’s work, Jaquet Jaquet’s title of ‘life designer’ was conceived by the Sian will run a two hour WIFT felt the time for a career change. A suggestion she show’s production crew during filming because they workshop on taking your life consider life coaching did not hold much initial thought it was the best term for what she was doing forward on Friday 19 September appeal, but she decided to give it a go anyway. – helping people to design their lives and future. at 7pm. Contact the WIFT Auckland office for more details. “Within an hour of starting training, I had a Jaquet’s vigour for helping people is infectious, “lightbulb” moment,” she declares with enthusiasm. as she speaks with brio about the experience of The Big Stuff airs Thursdays “I realised that the life-coaching focus on who you filming. For her the most amazing part of making at 7.30 pm on TV3 until 21 are now and tomorrow rather than what’s in the the show was witnessing the trust developed August. Sian Jaquet’s website, past, was completely in line with my working ethos between crew and families, nurtured by the crew’s with information on her in the health field.” shared commitment to honouring the programme’s Foundations programme, is at ethos rather than just simply doing their job.” www.sianjaquet.com Over the next few years, Jaquet built a blossoming private practice, working with individuals as well “There have been magic moments of revelation as supporting the WIFT internship programme and and breakthrough, most of which never air on working on NZ Idol. television,” Jaquet exclaims. A full life, it took yet another turn when she was “My gratification comes from the extraordinary approached by Brigid Reilly and Derek Stuart, of process of helping families see their lives in a new production company Factory TV, to design different way, as they clear the clutter out ... and a television format based on the concept that focus more on relationships and how their lives are families’ lives can be changed through working with led,” she continues. them to change their environment. Helping people is something Jaquet can’t imagine Encouraged by Factory TV’s determination to not being central to her worklife going forward. produce reality television with integrity, and finding “I can’t not do it. I don’t choose to do it. It’s the a mirror for her own commitment to helping way I am and what I do, and it’s taken me a long people, Jaquet was convinced to proceed. However, time to understand that. There have been times she was somewhat taken aback after embarking when I thought to myself, ‘I don’t want to be doing on the project when commissioning channel TV3 this anymore’. But I absolutely adore my life and I asked that she also front the show. Pushed beyond feel very privileged - it’s an amazing gift I’ve been her comfort zone, but loyal to the project, she given.” eventually agreed.
WIFT Magazine Winter 2008 5 NATIONAL NEWS National News
May 2008 Kirsty MacDonald returned to New Zealand after conversation between Clare O’Leary and Sima Stu Barnaby from Digital Video Technologies, her mentoring placement on The Vintner’s Luck. Urale to coincide with the New Zealand premiere of Apron Strings. supported by Renaissance Apple, delivered two The second part of the annual Robin Laing hands-on editing workshops in Auckland focussed on Scholarship charity event (the first was a March Coming Up Final Cut Pro basic and advanced skills. screening of 2 Days in Paris) featured an exclusive The WIFT New Zealand Awards are coming up on June 2008 preview of Sex and the City, courtesy of Roadshow 11 August—don’t miss them. Also watch out for a In June WIFT Auckland hosted visual effects Entertainment, at Park Road Post in Wellington. group workshop with Sian Jaquet (September), a producer Arnon Manor (City of Lost Children, It was a glamorous and fun event which sold documentary hui follow-up meeting, a networking Garfield, Charlie’s Angels, Laundry Warrior) in a out within a couple of days of being announced. event at Digipost and an Actors Workshop. Highlights of the evening included a jazz quartet, three hour evening seminar on the visual effects The coming months also sees meetings to move belly dancers (including one WIFT member), spot industry. forward on national partnership. prizes for best outfit, best shoes and handbag and a 45 young women gathered with 28 industry charity auction. practitioners for small group discussions on various aspects of the screen industry, in our lively annual July 2008 Welcome To The Firm Event, supported by Clarins Taking work online was the theme of a three hour and Starbucks. hands-on workshop with internet trailblazer Paul Reynolds, teaching skills to maximise the potential WIFT Wellington held their AGM. Lee Jane of the web community to profile work. It also saw Bennion Nixon stepped down as President and the birth of a WIFT blog which we’ll be developing Natalie Crane stepped down from the Executive in the coming months. after ten loyal years. The new executive is: Glenis Giles (President), Catherine Fitzgerald, WIFT’s breakthrough mentoring programme got Zelda Edwards, Lee Jane Bennion Nixon, Clare underway with a six month pilot matching ten O’Leary, Annette Scullion, Virginia Pickering women to experienced practitioners for professional (Treasurer), Kathy Dudding, Catherine Juniot, development. Gemma Gracewood, Rose O’Conner and Sophie WIFT Auckland welcomed AUT students Janelle Cherie (intern on the board). Daria Malesic was Ericksen and Talia Alexander on work placements. presented with the Robin Laing Scholarship and the membership agreed to support moves towards a WIFT Wellington hosted drinks for Juliette Veber national WIFT merger. and Kathy Dudding to celebrate the Festival screenings of their work; and also presented a
WIFT Magazine Winter 2008 6 WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS WIFT Handbook Update
New Auckland Rachael Patching Shirin Brown Nicola van der Fran Hodgson Helen Carr Members Animotion Student Meijden Shortland Street Personal Assistant to Camera Operator / Vision Switcher, Drama Philippa Boyens Natalie Malcon South Pacific Pictures Video Editor Head of Factual Angela Hovey Director / Producer Kathe Calis Anya Satyanand Programming Love Your Work Ltd Annette Eggers Shortland Street Wellington High School Production Manager Sarau Media Ltd Polly Green Lisa Hubbard Director’s Assistant Teacher / Post-graduate Flair Films Director / Producer / Editor Roadshow Film Distributors student Chloe Smith Editor / Producer Andrea Kelland General Manager 53 Productions Azean Majid Shortland Street Melissa Pentecost Producer TVNZ Emma Brannam Desray Armstrong Casting Director / Actor TVNZ News and Current Affairs TV Presenter / TV Reporter StanStrong Ltd Writer / Researcher Camelia Petrus Editor Producer Andrea Hinchey Tuatara Tina Chongko Screen Canterbury Sonja Cabrera Producer / Writer Hayley Maria Student Philippa Campbell Production Assistant Director Screenwriter Escapade Pictures Ltd Deanna Borren Janice Mulligan Adrienne Dunlop Producer Carla Potter Pacific Superheroes LTD Sharon Duncan Account Director The Brat Agency Film Wellington Freelance Editor Broadcast Arts Film & Video Sara Wiseman Producer Film Co-Ordinator Aston Garratt Unit Ltd Actor / Writer SetStage Productions Lauren Granshaw Natasha Kushnir Producer Student Student / Editor Anna Geddes NZ Film Commission New AUCKLAND Accounts Assistant Sarah Bridge Nicole Wood Great Southern Television Caroline Oakley Picture Talk Productions and Film TV3 CORPORATE Jules Lovelock Mahoney Trendall Jack Production Assistant / Senior Production Manager Senior Publicist MEMBERS Student Risk Manager Assistant Producer Claire Logan Amanda Rees Pania Elliot Sharlene McDonald Rachel Lorimer Great Southern Television Great Southern Film Angel Theatre Ltd Production Assistant Mahoney Trendall Jack Publicist / Producer and Film Casting Director / Actor and Television Risk Manager Stacey Ferdinands Darmyn Calderon Marion Douglas Veronica Rentsch Kiwa Media Film Wellington Wendy Adams Editor Life Long Learning Co. Composer Programme Manager Sound Recordist Educator Shortland Street Lauren McKenzie Jessica Wiseman Sian Jaquet The Primrose Group Britta Johnstone South Pacific Pictures Melissa Brown South Pacific Pictures Sian Jaquet Foundations Director Director Muckart Life Designer Legal and Business Affairs Executive Assistant / Manager Nicola Castle Dragana Yelavich New Wellington Production Co-Ordinator Bridget Ellis-Pegler Editor / Director / Writer Audio Engineer / Production Writer Pip Lovell-Smith / Facilities Co-Ordinator Members Raechel Rees Paula Jones South Pacific Pictures Student Anna Marbrook South Seas Film and TV Production Assistant Maria Handas Director Jessica Ponte School Eyeworks National Geographic Films Producer / Tutor / Executive Producer / Co-Ordinator Documentary Director Producer / Head of Factual Programming
WIFT Magazine Winter 2008 7 FEATURE OI GIRL! Caley Martin mongst the hundreds of passionate filmmakers want them to be doing what they want and not being Amadly giving it their all on the weekend of asked to help out by one of the teams primarily made 16–18 May in pursuit of 48HOURS glory, were up of men. teams competing for the newly introduced Best All I’m not preaching to the converted and I’m not doing Girl Team Award. it to point out the obvious to WIFT members—I’m 48HOURS is New Zealand’s largest film competition. doing it so young women can start making films and Teams have just one weekend to make a short film hold onto those positions of authority ... I think we
and the entire filmmaking process—writing, shooting, had 15 all-women teams competing this year—that Pictured are: At the back Sophie Fransham-Smith, Cleo Hall editing, musical soundtrack—must all occur within a means at least 13 more with women in key roles than Strom, Rose Matafeo, Sharna Granwal, Lynda Granwal and at the front Alex Casey, Nick Macduff and Eva Trebilco. 48 hour window, beginning Friday at 7pm. last year.” (Nick was their one male participant as the rules stated they could have men in their team in acting roles). And to ensure teams don’t cheat, genre and random For the participants in this year’s winning Best All team where in the past, anecdotally, women have elements (this year Kerry Post the perfectionist, the Girl Team Oi Girl, who created Westmere Story, the found themselves challenged to give up key roles in phrase “wait a minute”, a brush included as prop) are competition certainly delivered. predominantly male teams. all advised at the last minute. Lead actress Rose Matafeo, who also received the At sixteen Matafeo is determined to forge a career in Alongside established awards such as Best Auckland award for best actress, says it wasn’t writing and directing. Currently considering a number Cinematography, Best Teen Team and the coveted difficult to work in a female only team, although of different tertiary study options, she is already Grand National Prize, this year 48HOURS organiser she was initially somewhat dismayed at drawing the working part-time for production company Pickled Ant Timpson introduced a separate award for women. musical genre. Possum which makes Sticky TV, Action Central, The It’s controversial, with some 48HOUR forum “Attending an all girls’ school, we are all used to Go Show and Kidzone. participants criticising the introduction of working together as a female group and things went Matafeo says that 48HOURS was definitely a discriminatory team criteria, and others unhappy with really well for us, once we’d watched some musicals worthwhile experience and she’d love to compete the use of the word ‘girl’ rather than ‘woman’. for inspiration and made a decision to model our film again next year. Ant Timpson certainly hopes she does. on Westside Story” she said. But Timpson has a clear vision for what he’s trying to “[Oi Girl] did terrific work and that Rose is a talent to achieve with the category and vigorously defends the Matafeo was involved at every stage of the watch,” he declares. decision. competition process, co-writing the script and taking a turn at directing, acting, shooting and editing, a 48HOURS exists for both experienced and “I wanted an award to encourage young women reflection of her commitment to learning everything inexperienced filmmakers and there are always to take positions of control in film from the get go. about the craft. And she’s not convinced that she teams looking for members each year. Check it out at From the very first production they’re involved with, I would have had the same opportunities in a mixed www.48hours.co.nz and get ready for 2009.
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WIFT Magazine Winter 2008 10 TABLE PLAYS TABLE PLAYS Kelly Lin t’s a simple-enough recipe ... maybe ... six Iemerging writers, six half hour dramas set in each writer’s regional location, no more than four characters, one table of any kind; stir together and bake. Serve fresh from the oven on Maori Television. FROM LEFT: Rob Siataga-Kavanaugh, Anna Marbrook, FROM LEFT: Anna Marbrook, Rob Mokaraka, Kim Davey, Table Plays is the brainchild of Richard Thomas and Ange van der Laan. Mia Blake is into production of its second season expanding from billiard and dining table to tables as yet throughout the process from script to rehearsal to because that’s what it’s all about—communicating unscreened. Born in the humble beginnings of a filming to editing, a scenario that’s rare in a world ideas, dreams and inspiring ourselves,” says Fala. Dunedin studio, it’s now grown wings and headed where writers are often separated from other areas Whilst Marbrook is feverishly supportive of into the provinces including shoots in Invercargill, of production. the value of these dramas for the cultivation of Christchurch, Hawkes Bay and Gisborne. The second area of focus is to take productions production and writing talent in the regions, she is WIFTee Anna Marbrook, whose experience spans away from the centres of Auckland and not unaware that, in a television world driven by theatre, television and film, is directing four of the Wellington and embrace the talent of the regions, the demands of the market, projects such as this six dramas. Armed with a small production crew particularly in the South Island. Apart from the are always a risk. she’s been travelling the South Island working on a skeleton crew that travels from city to city and In this regard, she reserves particular praise minimal shooting structure: each drama is filmed in manages the organisational side of production, for Maori Television for its innovative approach three days, limited to one location, and shot live in crew and cast are chosen from the region to programming and its commitment to valuing multi-cam. whenever possible. projects for more than their commercial impulse. The limitations help keep production costs low but For Marbrook, one of the greatest joys has been Mirroring their faith, Marbrook is upbeat not only also support one of the primary intentions of the working with skilled professionals from outside the about the success of the series she’s just shot but project which is to nurture new writers. Marbook main centres who are passionate about working about the future of the project and she cherishes has been inspired by the quality and ingenuity of locally and creating drama in their own regions. visions of more seasons in more regions with the scripts she’s been working with and believes This view is shared by fellow Table Plays director exciting new talent. the simple structure provides the catalyst for an and producer Whetu Fala. intensely creative process. The second season of Table Plays airs on Maori “I live and work in Te Waipounamu—and so do Television in October. Marbrook is passionate about the opportunity Table one million other people. I love seeing our stories Plays provides to work with and nurture writers told, [that is] broadcast to the rest of this nation
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WIFT Magazine Winter 2008 12 PROFILE What I do... CLAIRE COWAN FILM COMPOSER www.clairesmusic.com What is the worst thing What advice do you have about this job? for women thinking about Tight deadlines and long hard hours. getting into this line of work? Not getting much sleep! Not always knowing where my next pay cheque is Get a good grounding in musical theory, coming from! Also the big responsibility and listen to everything you can get that comes with placing music next your hands on. Then contact the people to another art form, being careful to you admire and want to work with, and complement, not distract. try and convince them to give you a chance! Be tough and keep trying no How did you get into this line matter what happens. Keep that ego at of work? bay because it won’t get you anywhere! I started scoring short films at university whilst studying for my Bachelor of Where to next? Name your... Music degree. I studied composition and In September I’m moving to New electronic music at Auckland, and whilst York to pursue musical collaborations Favourite film: studying, undertook my own projects and immerse myself in the arts scene Strictly Ballroom, Dancer in the What does your job entail? of collaboration with friends who were there for a while. After that, maybe Dark, Once Writing music for live performance, film dancers, film makers etc. Now freelance to Europe, and back to NZ to settle Favourite TV programme: and tv, theatre productions, and dance I work with creative people throughout eventually. My long term goals include Six Feet Under, Kath and Kim, performance. NZ and, more recently, the U.S.A. writing a NZ feature film soundtrack, Outrageous Fortune and maybe an opera. What is the best thing about Describe a highlight of your Favourite piece of music: this job? career to date? At the moment, it’s All is full of Bringing films and theatre to life with Being composer-in-residence with the love by Bjork. I used this to initiate music, and being able to make people NZSO National Youth orchestra. This my new speakers. experience things more deeply. Also was so much fun, and an incredible Industry role model: I cherish being able to work with opportunity to get to know 70 of NZ’s Heiner Goebbels—creative genius, amazing inspiring creative people in a finest instrumentalists. composer and director. variety of fields.
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