Casting

Wednesday, April 21 (10:00am and 7.00pm).

Presented by Andrena Finlay and Daphne Paris

Overview:

In this Skills Lab, we will explore the producer/casting director relationship, and how/when to start casting. Learn to ask yourself important questions from the outset: is a “name” lead actor necessary for your project, how is that decision made (and with whom), and who makes the approach? We will drill down into cast agreements with detail on a cast picture deal memo, calculating and negotiating cast fees, appropriate buy-outs for ancillary rights, loadings, penalties and additional work such as publicity and promotion. For micro budget productions, learn strategies for rights buy-outs: balance purchasing up front vs. what can be held and paid later when you make a sale.

Lab Presenters: Andrena Finlay & Daphne Paris

ANDRENA FINLAY

Andrena Finlay is the founder of Screen ABC. She has a passion to inspire and inform emerging screen practitioners on the art of producing. She has been an independent film producer for nearly 40 years, taking her projects from development to release. Her production credits include Goddess, Razzle Dazzle, Me Myself I and Blessed. Her day jobs have included drama investment manager for the Australian Film Finance Corporation (precursor of Screen Australia), and Head of Producing for AFTRS. She has written her first book (with producer Sue Milliken) called Producing for the Screen: A Handbook. This book, and now the Skills Labs, are designed to demystify and illuminate the producing journey.

DAPHNE PARIS

Daphne Paris has worked in the screen industry for over 30 years as script supervisor, associate producer, writer and director on feature films and television. Her credits include Crocodile Dundee I and II, Lorenzo’s Oil, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Babe, Babe: Pig in the City, The Dismissal, Vietnam, Dirtwater Dynasty, Heartbreak High and the Going Home series. During her time as Production Executive and Head of Production at AFTRS, Daphne combined her passion for filmmaking with teaching to support, mentor and supervise young filmmakers on 400+ short films plus several features.

Cost: $79.20  ($72 excl.GST)  with 20 discount . Codes for membership of:

Screenworks code: SCREENWORKS20; Screen Vixens Screenworks code: SCREENWORKS20; Screen Vixens code: VIXENS20; ADG code: ADG20; AWG code: AWG20; Equity Code: EQUITY20; WIFT code: WIFT20; Screen ABC code: SABC20; New Zealand Film Commission code: NZ20; E/S Collab. code: ESCOLLAB20

$99 (incl. GST) per lab without a code.

(Discount promo codes cannot be combined). Codes applied at checkout. 

Date: Wednesday, April 21

Session Times: 10.00am and 7.00pm

Duration: 2 hours

Location: Online via Zoom