A few questions our film and TV industry are asking themselves at the moment: Why are Australian films not hitting the mark with the under 40's demographic? Should we be making films for our own market or aiming at international sales? Does distribution of films over the internet risk losing income through piracy? Surely asking [...]
Seems like the whole Australian animation and film industries breathed a huge sigh of relief when Happy Feet opened in the US taking $40 million US in its opening weekend. And there was follow on box office success during Thankgiving meaning the film was on par with what Madagascar achieved this time last year (a [...]
While we’re on animation, an article in Animation World Magazine (AWN) offers some interesting perspectives on where animation execs see the future of the business. Needless to say, it’s distribution via portable media, vodcasts and broadband portals that are providing new opportunities for small independents to break into the market. This is a quote from [...]
Arizona State University has launched a new course called EnterTech. Not sure about the name but the ideas behind it are interesting. The link to the article can be found on our Emerging Media News list and was published in the NY Times. It profiles a new film school approach to education which is interdisciplinary [...]
A series of presentations on the Digital Content Industry Action Agenda (DCIAA) have been held around Australia in the last two weeks. The DCIAA is an industry led initiative aimed at developing Australia’s nascent digital content industries. Tom Kennedy (Media Zoo, AFC Commissioner] led an industry leaders group whose report ‘Unlocking the Potential’ was released [...]
Staff attended a strategy day on Tuesday 20th June at the College of Fine Arts in Paddington. It was great to spend the day with everyone outside our normal work environment and we had a busy but fun day. It was a very productive day and here are a few things we came up with [...]