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__**Producing film. Some comments and pointers:**__

See the NZ trade magazine http://www.onfilm.co.nz/

Who have been the risk takers with stories?

C micro- cinema. This is cinema funded at the community level e.g with kickstarters

If you are going to proceed with choice A or C you may take cinema as your topic.

read or print this handout and look up your key words

Students maintain these four key words in their thinking

RELATIONSHIPS OF PRODUCTION( the technologies,the investors)

ART AUDIENCE AND COMMERCE (business and scale of production)



Q. Does a Cannes award mean much? What is it?

read this typical chat about what's going on in the market Read the Mini-Major company article here in 2009 http://www.filmjournal.com/node/2970

__New Zealand Producers__ example 1) : Robin Scholes Once Were Warriors (1994)http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/robin-scholes Risks, deals and shenanigans 2 ) "audiences are getting fed up with the lack of original ideas and original stories"  Peter Jackson 2010  "films succeed when they are original"  3 )The Expatriots. See and 7476 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Many New Zealand directors have had the experience of being picked up by outside producers. e.g See Black Sheep and The Weinsteins <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weinstein_Company <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In [|January] [|2010], TWC announced more layoffs at the company after the box office failure of [|Nine].[|[15]] On February 21, 2010, The Weinstein Company made a deal with [|Sony Pictures Home Entertainment] releasing the DVDs through [|Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group].[|[16<ref Wikipedia. See more in the link )]] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blacksheep07.htm <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(4) =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">John Barnett = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">5) Robin Laing ( See below ) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Robin Laing Film Producer: RUBY & RATA,BREAD & ROSES, PERFECT STRANGERS, VINTNERS LUCK <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How did you become involved in The Vintner’s Luck? What was your producing role? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> I was invited to become involved at the time it was decided to produce the film as a NZ-France co-production.( See more below. See, also, Robin Laing produces Television)

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;"> a recent film produced by Jackson

http://emanuellevy.com/comment/district-9-superb-sci-fi-thriller-produced-by-peter-jackson-sleeper-of-the-summer-8/ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">media type="youtube" key="yfem7wKeNaU" height="340" width="560"

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Robin Laing Niki Caro: Vintner's Luck Imdb review below <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">I was thrilled to hear Niki Caro was going to make this movie, no one else would have been able to portray the 'basic' elements of the novel better than she could and very well did. From start to finish the movie consisted of a real feeling of love and life. More so that she exactly put just that into making this film. The importance of simple things which when given love, sweat and time grow into something special, which if you haven't read the novel is the basic idea. There is a heavy pagan love of the earth atmosphere in the movie ensuring an uplifting feeling. Leading me onto the visuals which where spot on, the sweeping French vineyards and valleys where just as I imagined them. The casting was perfect, Sobran who is played by Jeremie Renier provided us with a inspiring and moving look at the trials and tribulations experienced by a 19th century wine maker. I would hate to give this remarkable film any negativity but it does bare mentioning that Xas is completely neglected. Played by the fantastic Gaspard Ulliel much that could have been anticipated was actually not used at all. In fact almost all of the characters fascinating background such as his knowledge of there whereabouts of haven and hell, his relationship with another human, other than Sobran, and the reason why he is a fallen angel is not remotely even mentioned in the movie. The angel seams to be of no importance sadly and could in fact have been withdraw all together. Niki Caro sort of justified this in the Q&A "the movie is about life". It seams to me that she didn't want to add the philosophical characteristic's which was very sad to me, Xas is a captivating individual. Aurora De Valday (Vera Farmiga) was compelling but sadly Celeste (Keisha Castle-Hughes) fell flat in the second half. Many fans of the novel might be disappointed due to the amount of fundamental moments in the development of the characters which is simply dropped out all together. However I do strongly think that this is as great an adaptation as anyone could have hoped for. Also if its anything to go by I was at the gala presentation, after which it received a huge round of applause.

If you are interested in this debate, there is a College Textbook. Media Society. Industries. Images and Audiences. p 33The Economics of the Media Industry.