SCREEN PRODUCERS AUSTRALIA

develops opportunities and strengthens partnerships that create and take great Australian stories to the world.

We are a national organisation that unites the Gogglebox, Endemol Shine Australia screen industry to campaign for a healthy commercial environment.

Jasper Jones, Porchlight Films

We are the home of the skilled and accomplished, the imaginative and passionate, the tireless and determined.

screenproducersaustralia.org.au Here Come The Habibs!, Jungle [email protected] WHAT WE DO Membership of Screen Producers Australia provides businesses with a number of professional advantages that fall into three core areas:

ADVOCACY

We provide leadership in building strategic alliances and supporting government frameworks. Our working groups assist us in the development of campaigns Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery, CJZ and submissions. INDUSTRY

We negotiate industrial agreements and commercial arrangements, offering members exclusive access to a diverse range of up to date resources and Secret City, Matchbox Pictures production advice.

EVENTS

We host a wide variety of events annually including industry briefngs, business classes, mentoring opportunities and the country’s

leading screen conference, Q&A at SCREEN FORVER 2015 Conference SCREEN FOREVER. screenproducersaustralia.org.au [email protected] MEMBERSHIP Join Australia’s leading screen content creators as we work to shape the future of our industry. We’ll embrace your passion by bringing together like-minded professionals and broadening your network.

Our members have exclusive access to professional advantages.

PROFESSIONAL ADVANTAGES In supporting our members we offer a wide range of negotiated agreements

Cleverman, Goalpost Pictures with industry stakeholders and template contacts that are available under licence to members. These provide certainty in Membership is specifcally tailored to your commercial transactions. They are encourage screen businesses of all regularly updated and are supported sizes and experience to join and by expert advice, troubleshooting and assistance with dispute resolution. beneft from our support:

PRODUCERS It includes lawyers, accountants, of industry professionals and a For established producers or completion guarantors, insurance range of business and production production companies with at companies, flm distributors, services and specialist advice. least one producer credit. Credits post-production houses and must have received a broadcast, studio facilities. A comprehensive AFFILIATE theatrical or online release. list of member businesses is This category is designed Broadcast credits must be available on the Services & specifcally for businesses no less than 30 minutes, and Facilities page of our website. seeking to participate in the wider theatrical credits must be no screen industry. The program less than 50 minutes. ASSOCIATE provides exclusive opportunities For early-career producers that to have meaningful year-round FACILITIES & SERVICES haven’t yet earned a full producer engagement with production For all those businesses that credit. Screen Producers Australia companies and screen provide the essential services Associate members receive industry leaders. access to our mentorship program, that directly contribute to the screenproducersaustralia.org.au production of screen content. the benefts of our wide network [email protected] HOW YOU CAN WORK WITH US We have developed strategic and engagement plans that will internally strengthen our organisation and membership, and help to drive the successful outcome of our external agenda.

AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

SCREEN PRODUCERS CEO & SECRETARIAT AUSTRALIA COUNCIL

POLICY INDUSTRIAL EVENT REFERENCE NEGOTIATION COMMITTEES GROUPS COMMITTEES

SCREEN PRODUCERS AUSTRALIA MEMBERSHIP

Our reputation is built on the work of our members. Together COMMITTEE AND we are a positive force REFERENCE GROUP for change in our ELIGIBILITY industry. We encourage all members to engage with our policy, industrial and events issues. Members may be eligible for our committees and reference groups, participants are selected from a diverse range of production companies with recent commercial releases. Eligibility is reviewed, and expressions of interest sought, in conjunction with our annual membership renewal process.

screenproducersaustralia.org.au Winston Steinburger & Sir Dudley Ding Dong, Sticky Pictures [email protected] ABOUT OUR MEMBERS We welcome production businesses, emerging producers, service providers and screen industry supporters. We encourage all screen businesses to join and team with Australia’s leading screen content creators as we work to shape the future of our industry.

TESTIMONIALS

“ Being a Producer is lonely. Screen Producers Australia is our version of the 12-step program. They're also great at defending our interests, being on the end of the phone in times of confict and providing invaluable resources. Very important.” Laura Waters, Princess Pictures Open Slather, The Divorce, 8MMM Aboriginal Radio, Jonah From Tonga, Ja’mie: Private School Girl, It’s A Date, , , We Can Be Heroes

“ I’ve been extremely impressed with the pro-active way in which Screen Producers Australia researched member priorities and acted on these. Producers need to come together to improve the state of the industry and Screen Producers Australia is the ideal vehicle for this.” Jason Burrows, Jungle Here Come The Habibs!, No Activity, The Moodys, Review With Miles Barlow

“ It’s important to have access to other producers to share information and ideas. It’s great that Screen Producers are able to provide the opportunity for this.” Jan Chapman, Jan Chapman Films Bright Star, Lantana, The Piano, The Daughter

“ By being a member, I am able to focus on my job as a producer knowing that Screen Producers Australia is campaigning for the best possible conditions for my productions.” Emile Sherman, See-Saw Films Lion, Macbeth, Life, Tracks, The King’s Speech, Shame, Oranges & Sunshine, Dead Europe, Mr Holmes, Banished, Top Of The Lake

“ In a fast moving environment Screen Producers provides essential services for our business: an interface with government decision makers, a coordinated approach to television networks, and an experienced and well researched voice in the industrial matters.” Bob Campbell, Screentime The Secret Daughter, Janet King, How Not To Behave, ANZAC Girls, Underbelly

screenproducersaustralia.org.au [email protected] ABOUT OUR MEMBERS Our members employ hundreds of producers, thousands of related practitioners and drive more than $1.7 billion worth of annual production activity from the independent sector. On behalf of these businesses we are focused on delivering a healthy production industry that balances cultural and commercial diversity.

PRODUCTION INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT

Independent49% producers account for 49% of screen content produced annually $3.5bn in Australia.*

Broadcasters51% MEMBER BUSINESS PROFILE SOLE TRADERS† 49% SMALL SCREEN BUSINESSES 30% MEDIUM SCREEN BUSINESSES 7% LARGE SCREEN BUSINESSES 3% SERVICE & FACILITIES 11%

The independent screen production sector employs more than 13,000 people annually.*

*ABS Film, Television & Digital Games Survey (cat.no. 8679.0)

†Excludes Associate members

screenproducersaustralia.org.au [email protected] INITIATIVES We host a wide variety of events, including industry briefngs, business classes, mentoring opportunities and the country’s leading screen conference. participants including Federal Parliamentarians and advisors, Department Representatives, Screen Producers Australia Council members, Screen Australia representatives and State Funding Agency CEO’s.

THE PRISM - PERSPECTIVES, POLICY, PRODUCTIVITY An invitation only event, The Prism is a thought leadership forum for Australia’s screen The Wizards of Aus, LateNite Films industry. Dr. Simon Longstaff AO, Executive Director St James (MOU) with CMPA (Canada), ONES TO WATCH Ethics Centre, hosted the 2015 PACT (UK) and CFPA (China) Ones To Watch is a mentor discussions in a round table At locations including Cannes, program for emerging producers format attended by over Berlin, London, Austin, New York, from around Australia who create 100 screen industry leaders from Hong Kong, Los Angeles and content for big and small screens. around the country. The program connects successful Shanghai (to name a few) we participants with a leading screen organise member-only initiatives SCREEN FOREVER 2016 industry mentor and provides and forums at the major markets 15-17 November in , unparalleled career opportunities. and festivals targeted at SCREEN FOREVER is one of the enhancing opportunities in the largest congregations of media PRIVATE BRIEFINGS international market. Membership and entertainment professionals Briefs for producers, CEOs and of Australian and international in the Southern Hemisphere. executives from small to medium associations has provided further Conference delegates sized production companies, exclusive opportunities for future include leading Australian focusing on providing collaborations. and international industry commercial insights from a range CELEBRATING practitioners involved in all of screen industry and business AUSTRALIAN SCREEN aspects of producing, creating, leaders. STORIES distributing and fnancing Screen Producers Australia screen content. Delegates have TRADE DELEGATIONS aims to raise awareness of local AND INTERNATIONAL unparalleled access to innovative ENGAGEMENT screen industry, both as a major thinkers, industry leaders and the employer and as a contributor industry’s biggest party of the Relationship building and to the cultural landscape, year at the SCREEN FOREVER enhancing opportunities for amongst federal politicians. Gala Party and the Screen engagement and co-production Our annual forum at Parliament Producers Australia Awards. Find internationally extends well House, Canberra creates out more at screenforever.org.au. beyond the our negotiated dialogue between key industry Memorandum’s of Understanding screenproducersaustralia.org.au representatives and talent with [email protected] OUR EXTENSIVE RANGE OF INDUSTRY EVENTS ARE DESIGNED TO ENGAGE ALL INVOLVED IN THE INDUSTRY AND INCLUDES:

THE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS NETWORKING: ROADSHOW: DEVELOPMENT: Our Breakfast Briefng series Provides an opportunity to Designed to educate and train provides an informal forum for engage each state with our producers on key aspects of the the industry to meet, network, industry, to sit down with local business of screen production, stay connected and be inspired. screen agencies to discuss local our Master Classes and Business Recent briefngs include: issues and shed some light on Essentials program includes: ABC, Managing Director, Mark Scott AO the policy agenda. International Sale of Tape and Formats Master Class BBC Worldwide, Global Editorial They also provide updates on Director, George Dixon Screen Producers Australia’s Top Offset Issues and What To Do About Them Master Class , Director, Jeremy current industrial negotiations. Podeswa Top Tips on Employment and Industrial Matters Master Class HOYTS Group, CEO, Damian Keogh Crowdfunding: The Wisdom of The OzTAM, CEO, Doug Peiffer Crowds Seminar Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Preparing for Market: Developing Men Tell No Tales, Executive Market Strategy Business Class Producer, Joseph Caracciolo Jr Low Budget Film Making in The SBS, Director TV & Online Content, UK Case Study Marshall Heald Distribution and Marketing: How The Shadow Attorney-General and Does The Money Flow? Business Shadow Minister for Arts, Mark Class Dreyfus QC MP Format Licensing Business Class Stan, Director of Content and Product, Nick Forward Are You Employing People in the Screen Industry? Master Class UM Australia, Chief Executive Offcer, Mat Baxter

Live streams and downloads are regularly available to members and industry.

The Katering Show, Katering Productions Our events, meetings and business classes are popular with members and non-members alike. In 2016 the number of industry professionals attending our informative and educational events continues to build signifcantly on previous years.

The Daughter, Jan Chapman Films

screenproducersaustralia.org.au Family Feud, FremantleMedia Australia [email protected] THE TOP Q&A OF MEMBERSHIP

grow…and fall apart completely good reason. Our industry relies 01 and then are reborn! The truth is on a range of direct and indirect we represent and support every government subsidies and I have some serious concerns scale and size of business and regulations and so a lot of our about the future of Australian understand the diversity of work is focused on ensuring that production across the board. business types within our industry. those policy settings are in place How do I get my opinions and Just consider the 2015 fnalists for and protected to the beneft of all ideas heard? the Screen Producers Australia producers. But we know that’s not We have a bunch of soapboxes Awards: 50 projects from 35 the full story. businesses across 10 genre-based and megaphones to ensure every Producers are reaching into categories representing large, voice has the opportunity to be the pockets of commercial medium and small businesses as heard. There is our elected stakeholders, from broadcasters well as sole traders. Screen Producers Australia and fnanciers to distributors, and Council as well as our appointed that means we’re working more Policy Reference Groups, closely with the commercial sector Industrial Negotiation Committees 04 to ensure that these partnerships and Events Advisory Committees, I get the impression you guys are squeaky clean. We want our plus the Annual Business Survey, sector to grow, so if you have a the National Roadshow and are just interested in large-scale drama production. new way of fnancing your project, Member-Only Briefngs. If you do we want to hear about it and Not true. Yes, we are active in want to join one of our Policy assist and support you through the campaigning for feature flm and Reference Groups, make sure you process. tell us when renewing your television drama production, but membership. we are also across many issues facing documentaries, children’s 06 programming, light entertainment 02 and interactive production. Government policies and industrial Feature flm and television does matters, do they really matter? But, no one understands my not maketh the industry, we get Like it or not, every Australian business better than me… that. The industry is made up production is impacted by of lots of businesses that work This industry relies on government settings. From the across lots of screens and each collaboration and partnerships amount of Australian content that is screen is an important part of and we would never ask you shown on television, to international the sustainability of the whole to hold hands and share tricks. trade arrangements, to local production community. We work However, our strength is our government support for location with all businesses to ensure unity and we need every member shoots, there is no escaping the fact that every part of our industry to work with their peers to face that our industry is inherently linked is commercially sustainable and fght the same issues we all to government policies. share. We need to fght together and that all productions are if this industry stands any accessible to audiences. As a producer you are the driving chance in succeeding locally and force of a production community internationally. of more than 15,000 skilled and 05 unskilled workers that contributes 100’s of millions to the local 03 Your focus is government economy. Without the producers funding. What about alternative input into the industrial framework, And, my business is constantly funding models and the how will there be a fair and balanced evolving and circumstances can commercial cash money I’m approach to the employment change. trying to secure for my projects? conditions for all productions? As they say, from little things big Good point. We do focus on screenproducersaustralia.org.au things grow…and shrink…and government funding, but for [email protected] 07

And the world’s getting smaller… We are very aware that local production businesses are increasingly looking overseas for investment/co-production opportunities and to improve the chance of format sales. Our international engagement program provides outstanding opportunities to build bridges Brilliant Creatures, Mint Pictures and open doors. In 2015 alone we have supported offcial But it’s not enough. We still need producing then you might need to delegations to Hong Kong, you, and every producer for that have a think about whether you mainland China, the USA and matter, to actively work with can afford not to be a part of your Canada with further opportunities other businesses to drive our industry organisation. sector forward. We all need to coming up in the second half of As you already know, the levy think about the bigger picture, the year in London, Edinburgh is 0.25% percentage of your the sustainability of the entire and on the Continent. We already production budget (that is 0.25% ecosystem of our industry. have membership affliations or $250 for every $100,000) and with a number of producer is capped on an annual basis. It is associations around the world a standard production expense, that provide our members with 09 forming part of your Qualifying on-the-ground support within That all makes sense, but why a Australian Production Expenditure their individual territories. In membership fee, then the levy? for the Producer Offset and, for addition our members receive What’s it for anyway? example, is factored into Screen discounted pricing to festivals, Australia’s A-Z budgets. markets and conferences and We understand times are tight So our levy may not cost- invitations to private networking so we’ve made our annual prohibitive as some think. Plus, events. membership fees affordable, between $429 and $951.50 (inc. remember all the industrial Screen Producers Australia gst) per year depending on the size resources (that can save your also works closely with federal of your business, and don’t forget production literally thousands) you and state government agencies this fee is tax deductible. If your will have access to including in- to co-ordinate delegations business is not earning a lot then house commercial and contractual and advertise the benefts this may seem like a huge chunk of advice, the negotiated agreements of partnering with Australian your turnover, but if you’re actively and template contracts and our producers as well as highlighting dispute resolution assistance, the strength, depth and talent should it come to that. Money in within the local industry. the bank right there! We all need to In a nut shell the money we receive 08 think about the from levies directly supports the bigger picture, ongoing health of the industry by How does my membership the sustainability funding the work we do for you assist the wider industry? and in turn supports the future of of the entire your business. Never before has the expression ‘there’s no ‘i’ in team’ been more ecosystem of relevant. When our members our industry. band together over issues affecting our industry you can screenproducersaustralia.org.au see the impact they can make. [email protected] FAST FACTS Our members employ hundreds of producers, thousands of related practitioners and drive more than $1.7 billion worth of annual production activity from the independent sector.

$5.8 billion to Australian gross programs. News and current CULTURAL IMPACT domestic product and about affairs programs accounted for The Australian people are proud 46,600 full time equivalent the largest proportion of these of their screen content, with nine employees. Of this, the hours at 46 per cent with an in ten people believing that it is independent production sector average cost per hour of $14,000. important for Australia to have contributes $1 billion to gross This contrasts with television a flm and television industry domestic product and more than drama and documentary producing local content. 13,000 jobs. programs that accounted for just over 1,000 hours and the highest Overall, 91 per cent of people In particular, production of costs per hour: adult drama at believe it is quite important or feature flms, television drama $560,700, children’s drama at very important that Australia has and documentaries generated $550,400 and documentaries at a flm and television industry $709 million worth of investment $280,200. producing local content. annually, including $124 million This sentiment is similar across in overseas fnance. This level At the end of June 2012, there all age groups. Even among of investment in narrative were 15,760 persons employed people classifed as ‘low’ production positively contributes across 2,773 businesses. consumers of Australian content, $331 million to GDP, taking into Employment among businesses 87 per cent felt it was important. account the direct and indirect independently producing flm impacts of production activity and television content (i.e. The single most important on the overall economy. (Source: excluding broadcasters) was beneft of having a flm and Deloitte Access Economics, 13,414, up 23 per cent from television industry is to make PricewaterhouseCoopers, Screen 2006/07. Softer growth occurred sure that Australian culture Australia) among commercial free-to- isn’t overwhelmed by American air broadcasters (12 per cent) culture on account of the amount PRODUCTION and there were employment of movies and television series CHARACTERISTICS falls in post-production, digital that Hollywood produces. and visual effects and games This is reinforced by the vast In 2011/12, businesses involved development as a result of majority of people agreeing that in the creation of flm, television structural change in their sectors. and interactive content incurred Australian screen stories are vital The operating proft margin for contributing to our sense production costs of $2,974.1 million. in the independent flm and of Australian national identity. television production sector (Source: Screen Australia) Television programs and feature remained steady at 8.2 per cent. flms accounted for 71 per cent This contrasts with commercial ($2,099.5 million) and 18 per ECONOMIC free-to-air broadcasters who cent ($540.4 million) respectively. recorded an increase in income, CONTRIBUTION These costs were inclusive of and a decrease in expenses, The flm and television sector development, pre-production, seeing their proft margin rise operates in a highly dynamic shoot and post-production from 19.2 per cent to 21.5 per environment, particularly in expenses. cent. (Source: Australian Bureau relation to changing technology. In terms of commercial television of Statistics) In 2012/13, flm and television production, there were 78,622 screenproducersaustralia.org.au sector directly contributed broadcast hours for frst release [email protected] www.screenproducersaustralia.org.au