Image: Behind and in front of the camera, Cleverman is the current face of diversity on Australian screens.
On a $10m feature film, with name cast, a producer can spend $2m on the script, actors, director and producing team, and shoot for six weeks at $150,000/per day. That is a fierce whoosh of burning money, which ensures that filmmaking is a tough business full of tenacious people who work calmly for long hours.