TESTIMONIALS
“These labs are extraordinarily useful. Part encyclopaedia / part cheat sheet / all genuine sharing of valuable insight from highest level hands-on industry experts.”
– Kath Raphael
“The screenabc skills labs are a great way to formalise and put structure around what you know and highlight the gaps in what you know. Really powerfully useful to me and I would suspect many of the new to it kitchen skin producers, as so many of us are in this freelancing world. Do them, a great investment in yourself!
– John Davies
“These labs are insightful and incredibly useful and practical. The honesty and “real world” experience is unique and demystifying. Andrena’s experience and willingness to share her war stories is amazing and really helps contextualise the learning. This is something we need more of to really help our sector grow and flourish. Thanks for providing them. Can’t wait to do some more.”
– Dale Corlett
“Having attended a number of the skills labs Screen ABC offered this year I was able to attain a greater level of knowledge in key areas of post production, finance and general deal making and production matters. I would recommend these sessions to both emerging creatives wanting a deeper understanding of topics and also to any seasoned practitioner looking to brush up on their skills for an upcoming project.”
– Jessica Liley
“When you combine experienced presenters with some great handouts you have a winning formula.”
– Mark Brigden
“As a new producer in the immersive space, I found the ABC’s frank and nuts and bolts approach to building finance models super practical.”
– Raqi Syed
“Screen ABC’s Producer Labs are as informative as they are intense. Intense is good for me, I like it. The presentations are clear and the presenters and moderators run the sessions smoothly. Questions are addressed live and you come away from it with very practical knowledge. Perfect for producers at all levels if you are new to the game or more experienced and feel like a bit of a refresher or clarification in any particular topic. I am looking forward to many more. Thanks Andrena and Screen ABC.”
– Serena Hunt
“I only found out about the Skills Lab a couple of days before the Financing Now lab. And I’m glad I found it just in time! As I am currently developing a project to pitch to Screen Australia, it provided me with some valuable information on how I now need to structure and propose our finance plan. I’ve searched around to find information specific to Australian pitching, but haven’t found it elsewhere! There is so much value from this course alone, that I feel confident, as a first time applicant to SA, I would be able to hand in a stronger pitch and will be able to carry this knowledge on to my future projects.”
– Taysha McFarland
“Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed both of the Skills Labs that I participated in over the last two weeks (Development and Production Matters)! Yourself, Liam, Daphne and Sue were great as hosts and were so helpful with communicating the processes involved at different stages of production, particularly for emerging producers that are still learning how to get their projects off the ground. Hearing all of the personal stories from the hosts gave the Labs an intimate and engaging feel that I really appreciated as well. Will definitely be on the lookout for anymore upcoming workshops that might pop up down the line! Thanks so much for offering this opportunity during such a difficult and uncertain time.”
– Ben Allen
“Andrena is so generous with her information. These are the secrets that many producers don’t want to share.”
– Monique de Groot
“Just wanted to pop in and give my heartfelt thanks to you, Sue and Liam for yesterday’s production development workshop. It was by far the most comprehensive, inspiring and invigorating film-related workshop I have attended this year. I am truly grateful.”
– Lynnaire MacDonald
“Thanks, Andrena. What a great weekend that was! Learnt so much. It’s a great course, thank you for sharing all your knowledge like that, really worthwhile.”
– Annie Kinnane
“The Film Financing workshops were the most helpful and practical workshops I’ve ever attended. With an abundance of industry knowledge, Andrena is a natural teacher and motivator, and has the ability to make something that’s very complex much easier to understand. If you have a feature in the pipeline, these workshops are for you.”
– Vanessa Ballard
“Andrena’s workshops are invaluable and we have all learnt so much. Thank you for creating them. I feel so much more confident with the terms and the world of financing.”
– Leonie Marsh
“Andrena is a wonderful subject matter expert and an exceptional teacher, able to make complex subjects – like constructing a finance plan – relatively simple. The hands-on workshop combined the best elements of theory and practice, meaning I walked away with a strong working knowledge; which became even clearer when speaking with my producing peers at the European Film Market and Berlin Film Festival I attended shortly afterward. I would highly recommended this course for anyone who wants to truly understand how to construct the financial framework for your film – which should be all of us.”
– Pete Ireland