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6 items from 2011
Navigating The Pirates
13 October 2011 7:10 PM, PDT | Encore Magazine | See recent Encore Magazine news »
All independent filmmakers dream of seeing their film on the big screen. Seeing it appear on a pirate site first can mean financial death. However, becoming a ‘Filmmaker2.0’ will arm a director or producer against pirates, to turn a torrent into a revenue stream. Colin Delaney reports.
It’s the 21 Century filmmaker’s worst nightmare. Online piracy is costing the global industry billions of dollars. According to a recent report the Australian screen industry is worth $6.1B and supports 48,667 jobs. While this number is up by 5.1% since 2006-07, a study on behalf of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (Afact) showed that $1.37B in revenue was lost across the entire Australian economy due to movie and TV piracy while 6,100 jobs were forgone in 2010.
Filmmakers these days are well aware of the importance of protecting themselves against piracy before their film’s life has run its course but it only takes »
- Tim Burrowes
New courses at Aftrs 2012
1 September 2011 12:23 AM, PDT | Encore Magazine | See recent Encore Magazine news »
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (Aftrs) today announced new additions to the 2012 film and TV curriculum including two new masters programs.
Initiated by Neil Peplow, Director of Screen Content, the new courses will focus on building skills to create recognised career paths and springboards to the industry.
Brought over by Aftrs from the UK in May, Peplow – whose credits include co-producing Shooting Fish and Waking Ned executive producing Bright Young Things – had previously completed an audit of UK screen education courses with three of seven meeting the certified criteria.
With Aftrs, Peplow recognised graduates were eager to jump straight into their selected field. However, the new courses would, Peplow said speaking with Encore, build skills through workshops within specialised areas, teaching a realist approach, from the foundation diploma – for students with a passion for film but unsure where they belong – through to the masters courses.
Peplow’s aim »
- Colin Delaney
Margaret Tyzack obituary
28 June 2011 10:56 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
One of Britain's most distinguished actors, known for her roles on stage and screen
Margaret Tyzack, who has died aged 79, was one of Britain's greatest and most popular actors, working on stage, television and film for more than half a century. Sometimes described as being in the mould of Edith Evans and Flora Robson, she will be remembered particularly for performances in the golden age of BBC TV drama – Winifred in The Forsyte Saga (1967), Antonia in I, Claudius (1976) – as well as for stage performances such as Martha in the National Theatre's revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1981), for which she won an Olivier award for best actress, and Lottie with Maggie Smith in Lettice and Lovage (1987 and 1990), which earned her both Tony and Variety Club stage actress of the year awards. In 2008, well into her 70s, she scored perhaps one of her finest triumphs on stage as the wily, »
- Carole Woddis
Margaret Tyzack obituary
28 June 2011 10:56 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
One of Britain's most distinguished actors, known for her roles on stage and screen
Margaret Tyzack, who has died aged 79, was one of Britain's greatest and most popular actors, working on stage, television and film for more than half a century. Sometimes described as being in the mould of Edith Evans and Flora Robson, she will be remembered particularly for performances in the golden age of BBC TV drama – Winifred in The Forsyte Saga (1967), Antonia in I, Claudius (1976) – as well as for stage performances such as Martha in the National Theatre's revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1981), for which she won an Olivier award for best actress, and Lottie with Maggie Smith in Lettice and Lovage (1987 and 1990), which earned her both Tony and Variety Club stage actress of the year awards. In 2008, well into her 70s, she scored perhaps one of her finest triumphs on stage as the wily, »
- Carole Woddis
Hugh Grant Takes The Lead In The Pirates! Band Of Misfits
17 May 2011 1:19 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
An Aardman Production For Sony Pictures Animation Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Brian Blessed, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen Also On Board
Culver City, Calif. – Hugh Grant will voice the lead role alongside an all-star cast in The Pirates! Band Of Misfits, the new stop-motion, 3D, animated film produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation. The film, which will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, will be released March 30, 2012 in North America.
Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to »
- Michelle McCue
Aftrs appoints British filmmaker Neil Peplow
13 March 2011 10:54 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
The Australian Film and Television Radio School (Aftrs) has appointed British producer Neil Peplow as director of screen content. Peplow, who will begin in the role on May 2, will be responsible for developing training for the directing, screenwriting, documentary, screen business and screen studies courses across all levels of courses. He will replace long-serving director of screen content, Graham Thorburn. Peplow has 16 feature film credits to his name including The Proposition, Waking Ned Devine and Bright Young Things, and was most recently the director of film at the UK.s creative media skills and policy council, Skillset. While there, he worked in conjunction with the UK Film Council to develop and implement A Bigger Future 2 . the UK film industry.s skills »
- Brendan Swift
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