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5 Tips to Preparing a Film Brief
How to prepare for your first meeting with a production company.
Film making is a complicated business. Sometimes clients feel a little intimidated on their first meeting with us, the production company, because they don’t know how to talk ‘film’. They needn’t be. If you are thinking of commissioning a film, there are certain things the film-makers need to know, but these things aren’t tricky and they don’t involve technical film talk. Here are five things you should prepare for your first meeting.
Feature photo by Nick Macco.
The Year That Was 2012
Reflecting on the achievements of a busy year.
2012 was an exciting year for us, where we turned a corner from working on the business to working in the business. The year saw us launch a series of collaborative films with new partners in Ballarat, Daylesford and Melbourne, views of our fledgling YouTube channel increased tenfold from 260 to 2600, and we moved offices from inner-urban Footscray to regional Ballarat.
The Extraordinary Mr Dickens
The story behind the ‘About the Readings’ micro-documentary by Lucinda Horrocks.
The Reluctant Producer
I had never been much of a Dickens fan.
I found his writing convoluted and impenetrable. As I saw it, he sacrificed plot every time to indulge his detailed, unnecessary characterisations. I was a frustrated and impatient reader, skipping over paragraphs to get to the next part of the story. I often gave up early in a book attempt. Jary, on the other hand, is a huge admirer, and revisits at least one Dickens novel a year.
So I had mixed feelings when invited in 2009 to see a production of ‘Charles Dickens Performs A Christmas Carol’, with an eye to creating a video promotion. (Jary, needless to say, was delighted).
Welcome
Welcome to the Wind & Sky Productions blog.
We hope this blog will be a repository of things interesting, things memorable and things readable in the Wind & Sky Productions world. Here we will post a mixture of production questions and answers, stories about our films, stories about other people’s films, things which inspire us, and things which may be useful for those considering commissioning a film. We may even add some guest posts to spice things up.
What's New
New Film Tells Story of WW1 Missing
New short documentary celebrates volunteer heroes of the First World War and its aftermath.
Many Roads Story Highly Commended in Heritage and Design Excellence Awards
Wind & Sky Productions is Highly Commended for the project Many Roads in a Heritage and Design Awards ceremony.
Watching the World Change through Victoria’s Museums Parks and Gardens
Victoria’s cultural and scientific treasures are valuable assets to help understand what is happening with climate change, according to a new online project ‘Collections and Climate Change’.
Many Roads a Finalist in Local Heritage Awards
‘Many Roads’ is a finalist in the 2019 Ballarat Heritage and Design Excellence Awards.