Film

Rating Summary: week of 22-25 Feb 2015
Diverted by serious matters, we offer a chirpy summary for this week. Normal service for the statistically starved on Monday.

AIDC/NET-WORK-PLAY: How to think in a blizzard of change
Ground zero for massive change was last year, said Philip Vafiadis - but we are well placed to survive.

Producing Animation, No Such Thing As A Lock Off, Multiplatform Writers Workshop & More @ AFTRS Open
Great courses this weekend: PRODUCING ANIMATION, INTRO TO AFTER EFFECTS, Vicki Madden’s INTO THE BOX: AN INTRO TO WRITING FOR…

How tech is disrupting the art world
Technology makes everyone a creative with a distribution network so where does that leave the professionals?

Net-work-play: launched with affection and a touch of contradiction
The launch of the 2015 gathering of the documentary clans turned into intense speeches, heartfelt thanks and a celebration of…

Super-commuters go the distance for arts jobs
Arts jobs are so sought-after some people travel two or three hours a day or take a monthly 20-hour flight…

Arts Party Leader stands for NSW Parliament
As the Arts Party gathers its forces, leader PJ Collins is putting himself on the ticket in NSW.

Ratings 15 Feb - 20Feb, 2015: all the drama of fighting February
Thursday - unfair audience puts Auntie on hiding to nowhere - we can only hope for the power of iView.

Baz Luhrmann: bazzle dazzle truly multicultural
Baz Luhrmann is at it again - the director of Australia adds another US deal via a Japanese owned company.

Children's TV: pride, pressure and prospects
Crisis in children's television? A new book covers the production dilemmas and the policy swamp.