INTERACTIVE SKILLS LAB 2020

SKILLS LABS

Producing is multifaceted – naturally there can be gaps in your knowledge. 

Use these individual courses run by multi award-winning practitioners Andrena Finlay and Daphne Paris to upskill or refresh, with a wide selection of bite-sized Skills Labs.

Skills Labs have been designed to be affordable, time-flexible (day or night sessions options to work around “day job”), limited numbers of participants and a dynamic “classroom” setting. 

Avoid sitting in a weekend long seminar; pick and choose the 2-hour courses that suit you. 

WHAT?

– 8 x 2-hour Skills Labs on different subjects relevant to the producer journey.
– Versatile, can build your own selection of courses to fill in gaps in skills as needed.
– Delivered live via Zoom. Interactive, not webinar.
– Two Skills Labs per week. Each repeated twice – once in the AM and once in the PM.
– Capped at 15 participants.

SKILLS LABS COURSES

1. Option & Purchase Agreements
2. Development
3. Post-Production: Start it Early
4. Production Matters: Shaping your Script
5. Pitching
6. Financing Now: Exploring New Frontiers
7. Recoupment Waterfall
8. Music

WHEN?

– Rolling out from July 20th. See individual courses pages for specific dates and times.

WHO ARE THESE FOR? 

– Anyone can attend – no “auditioning” or base level of producorial experience.
– Suited for Emerging or Early Career:

– Producers
– Line producers
– Production managers
– Production accountants
– Screen practitioners of other disciplines such as writers, directors, heads of department
– Related professionals such as financiers, agents, lawyers
– Anyone sitting at home with an idea and wondering how to start! 

SCREEN ABC BIOS

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 8 x 2 hour 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.

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