New Zealand will be the star of a new project that’s offering aspiring film-makers the chance to get their work in front of director Peter Jackson.
Launched in Wellington today, Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Pure New Zealand ‘Your Big Break’ competition will see five budding film-makers direct and produce their own three-minute short films on location in New Zealand.
The finalists will be flown to New Zealand by Tourism New Zealand, where they will work with The Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne and Wellington’s Park Road Post Production facility. [click to continue…]
A $175,000 budget Kiwi film from two twenty-something actors turned writer, director, and producers is set to make a splash at the New Zealand International Film Festival, and is attracting international interest.
After years in front of the camera, James Napier Robertson (The Tribe, Power Rangers, Shortland Street, Being Eve) and Tom Hern (The Tribe, Power Rangers, Shortland Street), aka Six String Pictures, have stepped well outside their comfort zones to pull off what many would consider a near impossible feat.
Their debut feature, I’M NOT HARRY JENSON, was shot and edited entirely with private investment. The only funding the pair received through conventional channels was a $25,000 grant from the New Zealand Film Commission, that allowed the filmmakers to give the digital feature the polish of a full colour grade, musical score and sound mix. [click to continue…]
