Adele Vuko, Christiaan Van Vuuren and family.
Screen Australia has assured producers that all the production funds for At Home Alone Together will go direct to the writers, performers and production teams whose concepts are commissioned for the eight-part ABC comedy.
The agency stressed that none of the funding will go to ABC employees. While the ABC will own the program’s IP, the content creators can exploit the IP of their characters by sharing the sketches on social media platforms and YouTube
If questioned the commissioning and funding process after being contacted by two producers who feared the funding might go to the ABC as an in-house ABC production, thus setting a precedent.
They expressed concern that producers may have to compete with the public broadcaster for direct subsidies from Screen Australia even if the production companies are then commissioned by the ABC.
Hosted by Ray Martin, each half-hour...
Screen Australia has assured producers that all the production funds for At Home Alone Together will go direct to the writers, performers and production teams whose concepts are commissioned for the eight-part ABC comedy.
The agency stressed that none of the funding will go to ABC employees. While the ABC will own the program’s IP, the content creators can exploit the IP of their characters by sharing the sketches on social media platforms and YouTube
If questioned the commissioning and funding process after being contacted by two producers who feared the funding might go to the ABC as an in-house ABC production, thus setting a precedent.
They expressed concern that producers may have to compete with the public broadcaster for direct subsidies from Screen Australia even if the production companies are then commissioned by the ABC.
Hosted by Ray Martin, each half-hour...
- 5/1/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Ray Martin.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, ABC and Screen Australia have partnered in a comedy initiative designed to culminate in eight-part series, At Home Alone Together.
Dubbed a “lifestyle show for a world in which nobody has a life”, At Home Alone Together will be produced by the ABC and gather comedians and actors to give audiences advice on how they can live their best life in the time of Covid-19.
Hosted by Ray Martin, each half-hour episode will feature regular contributors, including comedians Anne Edmonds, Ryan Shelton, Becky Lucas, Christiaan Van Vuuren and Adele Vuko, who will share their knowledge, inspirations and advice on how to achieve self-improvement during the corona crisis, covering a range of topics, including D.I.Y, wellness, parenting and personal finances.
Martin said: “I’ve worked in journalism for over 50 years, but it’s always been my dream to front a lifestyle show.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, ABC and Screen Australia have partnered in a comedy initiative designed to culminate in eight-part series, At Home Alone Together.
Dubbed a “lifestyle show for a world in which nobody has a life”, At Home Alone Together will be produced by the ABC and gather comedians and actors to give audiences advice on how they can live their best life in the time of Covid-19.
Hosted by Ray Martin, each half-hour episode will feature regular contributors, including comedians Anne Edmonds, Ryan Shelton, Becky Lucas, Christiaan Van Vuuren and Adele Vuko, who will share their knowledge, inspirations and advice on how to achieve self-improvement during the corona crisis, covering a range of topics, including D.I.Y, wellness, parenting and personal finances.
Martin said: “I’ve worked in journalism for over 50 years, but it’s always been my dream to front a lifestyle show.
- 4/29/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Stephen Page and Bonnie Elliott on location (photo credit: Jacob Nash).
Australia.s best DPs are gearing up for the 46th National awards for Cinematography, to be held at Nsw Parliament House this Saturday, May 6.
Again hosted by Ray Martin, the awards will recognize work across 18 categories — student projects, documentary, music videos, TV news and the return of the kids category, CineKids.
.We.re trying to encourage primary-school children up to the age of 15 to get involved, and these kids are coming along in leaps and bounds,. says Acs president Ron Johanson. .I think we have 30-40 members all around Australia — these fantastically talented young kids..
Last year.s expo will not be repeated, says Johanson. .We spoke to the sponsors and they felt they.d give it a miss this year because it.s close to Smpte, so we.ll probably have one next year..
Instead the Acs is...
Australia.s best DPs are gearing up for the 46th National awards for Cinematography, to be held at Nsw Parliament House this Saturday, May 6.
Again hosted by Ray Martin, the awards will recognize work across 18 categories — student projects, documentary, music videos, TV news and the return of the kids category, CineKids.
.We.re trying to encourage primary-school children up to the age of 15 to get involved, and these kids are coming along in leaps and bounds,. says Acs president Ron Johanson. .I think we have 30-40 members all around Australia — these fantastically talented young kids..
Last year.s expo will not be repeated, says Johanson. .We spoke to the sponsors and they felt they.d give it a miss this year because it.s close to Smpte, so we.ll probably have one next year..
Instead the Acs is...
- 5/3/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Stephen Page and Bonnie Elliott on location (photo credit: Jacob Nash).
Australia.s best DPs are gearing up for the 46th National awards for Cinematography, to be held at Nsw Parliament House this Saturday, May 6.
Again hosted by Ray Martin, the awards will recognize work across 18 categories — student projects, documentary, music videos, TV news and the return of the kids category, CineKids.
.We.re trying to encourage primary-school children up to the age of 15 to get involved, and these kids are coming along in leaps and bounds,. says Acs president Ron Johanson. .I think we have 30-40 members all around Australia — these fantastically talented young kids..
Last year.s expo will not be repeated, says Johanson. .We spoke to the sponsors and they felt they.d give it a miss this year because it.s close to Smpte, so we.ll probably have one next year..
Instead the Acs is...
Australia.s best DPs are gearing up for the 46th National awards for Cinematography, to be held at Nsw Parliament House this Saturday, May 6.
Again hosted by Ray Martin, the awards will recognize work across 18 categories — student projects, documentary, music videos, TV news and the return of the kids category, CineKids.
.We.re trying to encourage primary-school children up to the age of 15 to get involved, and these kids are coming along in leaps and bounds,. says Acs president Ron Johanson. .I think we have 30-40 members all around Australia — these fantastically talented young kids..
Last year.s expo will not be repeated, says Johanson. .We spoke to the sponsors and they felt they.d give it a miss this year because it.s close to Smpte, so we.ll probably have one next year..
Instead the Acs is...
- 5/3/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
First Contact. Sbs.s First Contact will return for a new season this November, hosted again by Ray Martin.
Reconciliation Australia has found that six out of 10 Australians have had little or no contact with the nation.s first people.
The first season of First Contact generated headlines and debate in 2014 when Martin took six Australians into Aboriginal Australia for the first time.
This year, Martin takes a group of six well-known Australians with diverse, deeply entrenched preconceptions and opinions about the nation.s Indigenous people on the same journey.
They include Natalie Imbruglia, former One Nation politician David Oldfield, Ian .Dicko. Dickson, Tom Ballard, Former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris and Nicki Wendt.
The show has been produced by Blackfella Films (Deep Water, Redfern Now, Mabo) in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Sbs.
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.First Contact season one gave Australians the chance to gain greater understanding and insight...
Reconciliation Australia has found that six out of 10 Australians have had little or no contact with the nation.s first people.
The first season of First Contact generated headlines and debate in 2014 when Martin took six Australians into Aboriginal Australia for the first time.
This year, Martin takes a group of six well-known Australians with diverse, deeply entrenched preconceptions and opinions about the nation.s Indigenous people on the same journey.
They include Natalie Imbruglia, former One Nation politician David Oldfield, Ian .Dicko. Dickson, Tom Ballard, Former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris and Nicki Wendt.
The show has been produced by Blackfella Films (Deep Water, Redfern Now, Mabo) in association with Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Sbs.
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.First Contact season one gave Australians the chance to gain greater understanding and insight...
- 10/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
A landmark cross-platform programming event on Sbs will investigate the gay hate crime epidemic that blighted Sydney.s coastline during the 1980s and 1990s.
Blackfella Films. Deep Water is among the highlights of the multicultural broadcaster.s 2016 Upfronts unveiled in Sydney today.
The schedule is heavy on local and international documentaries (400 hours on the main channel and 100-plus on Sbs 2), food programming (100-plus hours on Sbs plus the Food Network which launched today) and imported dramas (more than 100 hours on Sbs and 70-plus on SBS2). The line-up includes 24 documentary commissions including 10 Indigenous productions but just one local comedy, the previously announced The Family Law from Matchbox Pictures.
Funded by Screen Australia in June, Deep Water will screen as a 4-part series, a feature documentary and an online prequel series, produced by Darren Dale and written by Jacob Hickey.. The gay crime wave resulted in as many as 80 murders and 30 unsolved cases.
Blackfella Films. Deep Water is among the highlights of the multicultural broadcaster.s 2016 Upfronts unveiled in Sydney today.
The schedule is heavy on local and international documentaries (400 hours on the main channel and 100-plus on Sbs 2), food programming (100-plus hours on Sbs plus the Food Network which launched today) and imported dramas (more than 100 hours on Sbs and 70-plus on SBS2). The line-up includes 24 documentary commissions including 10 Indigenous productions but just one local comedy, the previously announced The Family Law from Matchbox Pictures.
Funded by Screen Australia in June, Deep Water will screen as a 4-part series, a feature documentary and an online prequel series, produced by Darren Dale and written by Jacob Hickey.. The gay crime wave resulted in as many as 80 murders and 30 unsolved cases.
- 11/17/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road), the late Andrew Lesnie (The Water Diviner) and Benjamin Shirley (The Pack) shared the prize for best cinema feature at the 2015 Nsw/Act annual awards for cinematography.
Seale also collected the Ross Wood senior judges award for 2015 best entry.
The prize for drama or comedy series and telefeature went to Jules O'Loughlin for Black Sails episode 16 and Bruce Young for The Code episode 4.
Steve Arnold ( JFK - Smoking Gun) and Dave Cameron (The Monster of Mangatiti) shared the dramatised documentaries gong.
The awards were presented on Saturday at the Sydney Masonic Centre hosted by Ray Martin, with Gillian Armstrong as guest of honour. The winners from each of the Acs branch awards will compete for national awards in Adelaide next year, where there is a gold tripod award for each category. From those, the Milli Award for Australian cinematographer of the year is selected...
Seale also collected the Ross Wood senior judges award for 2015 best entry.
The prize for drama or comedy series and telefeature went to Jules O'Loughlin for Black Sails episode 16 and Bruce Young for The Code episode 4.
Steve Arnold ( JFK - Smoking Gun) and Dave Cameron (The Monster of Mangatiti) shared the dramatised documentaries gong.
The awards were presented on Saturday at the Sydney Masonic Centre hosted by Ray Martin, with Gillian Armstrong as guest of honour. The winners from each of the Acs branch awards will compete for national awards in Adelaide next year, where there is a gold tripod award for each category. From those, the Milli Award for Australian cinematographer of the year is selected...
- 11/8/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Andrew Lesnie was remembered as one of Australia.s finest cinematographers and a warm and generous bloke at a celebration of his life and career on Sunday.
Dozens of collaborators and friends including Sir Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Cate Blanchett, George Miller, Chris Noonan, Bill Bennett, Craig Monahan, Jack Thompson and Andrew Mason gathered to pay tribute to Lesnie, who died in April after a heart attack, aged 59.
Ray Martin hosted the event, Remembering Andrew, staged by the Australian Cinematographers Society at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction.
Video tributes from Russell Crowe, Bruce Beresford, Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen, Barrie Osborne, Don McAlpine, Richard Roxburgh, Dean Semler and Peter Menzies Jnr, among others, were screened.
Among the clips of his work shown were The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (for which he won an Oscar) and other Jackson-directed films, The Water Diviner, Babe, Healing and Two If By Sea.
Dozens of collaborators and friends including Sir Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Cate Blanchett, George Miller, Chris Noonan, Bill Bennett, Craig Monahan, Jack Thompson and Andrew Mason gathered to pay tribute to Lesnie, who died in April after a heart attack, aged 59.
Ray Martin hosted the event, Remembering Andrew, staged by the Australian Cinematographers Society at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction.
Video tributes from Russell Crowe, Bruce Beresford, Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen, Barrie Osborne, Don McAlpine, Richard Roxburgh, Dean Semler and Peter Menzies Jnr, among others, were screened.
Among the clips of his work shown were The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (for which he won an Oscar) and other Jackson-directed films, The Water Diviner, Babe, Healing and Two If By Sea.
- 7/12/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The independent review of the controversial Q&A program broadcast on June 22 commissioned by the ABC will be undertaken by Ray Martin and former Sbs MD Shaun Brown.
The ABC board said Q&A executive producer Peter McEvoy "acknowledges the failure of editorial process and judgment around this episode" and has been given a formal warning under misconduct provisions of the ABC's industrial agreement.
The review will look at the full range of Q&A programs during. the first half of 2015 and take into account the key editorial decisions that impact on the delivery of the program including:
. audience selection; . panel selection and make-up . subject selection . social media strategy, including on-air tweets
Their report will be published later in the year.
The ABC board said today it agrees with ABC management.s statement last week that the decision to allow Zaky Mallah, the former terrorism suspect and convicted. criminal, to...
The ABC board said Q&A executive producer Peter McEvoy "acknowledges the failure of editorial process and judgment around this episode" and has been given a formal warning under misconduct provisions of the ABC's industrial agreement.
The review will look at the full range of Q&A programs during. the first half of 2015 and take into account the key editorial decisions that impact on the delivery of the program including:
. audience selection; . panel selection and make-up . subject selection . social media strategy, including on-air tweets
Their report will be published later in the year.
The ABC board said today it agrees with ABC management.s statement last week that the decision to allow Zaky Mallah, the former terrorism suspect and convicted. criminal, to...
- 7/1/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
This article originally appeared in If Magazine #147 (June-July 2011).
Anita Jacoby
I met Andrew in the early 1990s because I used to work with Jen Byrne, his other half, at 60 Minutes. I did a lot of stories with her so I met Andrew socially.
In 1995 I was asked by Seven to produce a one-hour special on Kevin Costner and Andrew and I worked fairly closely on that. Then in about 1999, when I was executive producing an interview show for Foxtel hosted by John Laws, I asked Andrew to come on as a guest. He did and was probably one of our best interviews in the three years.
I also asked him to be a guest at one of Foxtel.s seminars at which professionals in the industry talk about how they got started, what they like about the industry and so on. I got to know him more then too.
I...
Anita Jacoby
I met Andrew in the early 1990s because I used to work with Jen Byrne, his other half, at 60 Minutes. I did a lot of stories with her so I met Andrew socially.
In 1995 I was asked by Seven to produce a one-hour special on Kevin Costner and Andrew and I worked fairly closely on that. Then in about 1999, when I was executive producing an interview show for Foxtel hosted by John Laws, I asked Andrew to come on as a guest. He did and was probably one of our best interviews in the three years.
I also asked him to be a guest at one of Foxtel.s seminars at which professionals in the industry talk about how they got started, what they like about the industry and so on. I got to know him more then too.
I...
- 8/6/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Ben Nott was crowned Australian cinematographer of the year for his work on director Stuart Beattie.s local hit Tomorrow When The War Began at the annual national awards of the Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs).
Among the 15 other cinematographers also presented with Golden Tripods at the presentation at Sydney.s Manly Pacific Hotel were Mark Wareham for Cloudstreet in the television drama section, Nick Matthews for The Palace in the section for fictional drama shorts and Brad Dillon for episode 13 of the dramatized documentary series Fatal Attractions.
The other winners were Iain Mackenzie and Aron Leong (commercials), Mark Lamble (wildlife/nature), Campbell Munro (non-fiction television), Peter Barta, Daniel Soekov and Tarryn Southcombe (news and current affairs), Callan Green (music clips), Andrew Deubel (promos), Daniel Graetz (experimental) and Boris Vymenets (student).
Television personality Ray Martin was master of ceremonies at the awards, held at Sydney's Manly Pacific Hotel, and actor Rebecca Gibney was a special guest.
Among the 15 other cinematographers also presented with Golden Tripods at the presentation at Sydney.s Manly Pacific Hotel were Mark Wareham for Cloudstreet in the television drama section, Nick Matthews for The Palace in the section for fictional drama shorts and Brad Dillon for episode 13 of the dramatized documentary series Fatal Attractions.
The other winners were Iain Mackenzie and Aron Leong (commercials), Mark Lamble (wildlife/nature), Campbell Munro (non-fiction television), Peter Barta, Daniel Soekov and Tarryn Southcombe (news and current affairs), Callan Green (music clips), Andrew Deubel (promos), Daniel Graetz (experimental) and Boris Vymenets (student).
Television personality Ray Martin was master of ceremonies at the awards, held at Sydney's Manly Pacific Hotel, and actor Rebecca Gibney was a special guest.
- 5/7/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Emmanuel Lubezki Asc AMC has won the Acs's international award for cinematography for his work on Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.
It is the second time that Lubezki has won the Australian Cinematographers Society award after the 2006 sci-fi film Children of Men.
The Tree of Life, a poetic film about childhood in the 1950s starring Brad Pitt, won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or.
It was shot using an Arricam Lite and Arricam 235 with Arri/Zeiss Master Prime and Ultra Prime lenses, according to American Cinematographer magazaine. Lubezki used Kodak Vision2 500T 5218 and 200T 5217 film stock.
Lubezki's body of work also includes Burn after Reading, The New World, Sleepy Hollow, Ali, Meet Joe Black and he is currently shooting another film with Malick, titled Lawless.
Previous recipients of the Acs's international award for cinematography include Dion Beebe Acs Asc, Roger Deakins Bsc Asc, Anthony Dod Mantle...
It is the second time that Lubezki has won the Australian Cinematographers Society award after the 2006 sci-fi film Children of Men.
The Tree of Life, a poetic film about childhood in the 1950s starring Brad Pitt, won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or.
It was shot using an Arricam Lite and Arricam 235 with Arri/Zeiss Master Prime and Ultra Prime lenses, according to American Cinematographer magazaine. Lubezki used Kodak Vision2 500T 5218 and 200T 5217 film stock.
Lubezki's body of work also includes Burn after Reading, The New World, Sleepy Hollow, Ali, Meet Joe Black and he is currently shooting another film with Malick, titled Lawless.
Previous recipients of the Acs's international award for cinematography include Dion Beebe Acs Asc, Roger Deakins Bsc Asc, Anthony Dod Mantle...
- 4/26/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Lindsay
McLennan
A new series of live talks backed by veteran Nine and Seven journalist Patrick Lindsay is looking for a sponsor.
The format, which targets 40-somethings, is based on five 20-minute speaker sessions with novelists, broadcasters and journalists that will run as a national series.
Called Topic Talks, the project is the brainchild of Lindsay and Colin McLennan, entertainment entrepreneur and father of News Corp Evp Hamish McLennan.
The duo are planning to hold 100 events across the country within the format’s first year.
“We are out to ‘own’ the intelligent, live presentations of topics and issues affecting us all,” McLennan told Mumbrella. “We believe that many people feel they are slipping off the pace as technology races away from them. We want to provide a forum where they can reconnect to fascinating people with intriguing ideas and have fun as they do it.”
The first series of events...
McLennan
A new series of live talks backed by veteran Nine and Seven journalist Patrick Lindsay is looking for a sponsor.
The format, which targets 40-somethings, is based on five 20-minute speaker sessions with novelists, broadcasters and journalists that will run as a national series.
Called Topic Talks, the project is the brainchild of Lindsay and Colin McLennan, entertainment entrepreneur and father of News Corp Evp Hamish McLennan.
The duo are planning to hold 100 events across the country within the format’s first year.
“We are out to ‘own’ the intelligent, live presentations of topics and issues affecting us all,” McLennan told Mumbrella. “We believe that many people feel they are slipping off the pace as technology races away from them. We want to provide a forum where they can reconnect to fascinating people with intriguing ideas and have fun as they do it.”
The first series of events...
- 3/23/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Aussie TV star Ray Martin has suggested that Hey Hey It's Saturday host Daryl Somers is too old to be on television. The variety show, which will return to screens regularly from February 2010 after 10 years off air, will still feature Somers and the rest of the original lineup. Martin told marketing blog Mumbrella that althought the programme would "work every Saturday night... you'd (more)...
- 12/4/2009
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
The Ross Valley Players proudly presents the Tony Award-winning play, "The Miracle Worker," a beautiful, profoundly moving story that's become a classic, based on the inspiring life of Helen Keller.
Blind, deaf and mostly mute, Helen lives in a world of silence and frustration. Then the inventive teacher Anne Sullivan arrives, and her dedication and determination help Helen discover the power to communicate. It's powerful, lyrical and an all-time favorite for the whole family.
Directed by Linda Dunn
When: November 6 to December 6, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. (Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6),
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. (Nov. 12, 19, Dec. 3)
"Pay What You Will Preview" on Nov. 5, 2009
Special Events: Buzz at the Barn: 7 p.m. Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
Buzz at the Barn is pre-performance reception event, featuring complimentary beverages and appetizers.
Buzz at the Barn reception events are included in the price of performance admission.
Reservations recommended.
Where: Ross Valley Players' Barn Theatre,...
Blind, deaf and mostly mute, Helen lives in a world of silence and frustration. Then the inventive teacher Anne Sullivan arrives, and her dedication and determination help Helen discover the power to communicate. It's powerful, lyrical and an all-time favorite for the whole family.
Directed by Linda Dunn
When: November 6 to December 6, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. (Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6),
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. (Nov. 12, 19, Dec. 3)
"Pay What You Will Preview" on Nov. 5, 2009
Special Events: Buzz at the Barn: 7 p.m. Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
Buzz at the Barn is pre-performance reception event, featuring complimentary beverages and appetizers.
Buzz at the Barn reception events are included in the price of performance admission.
Reservations recommended.
Where: Ross Valley Players' Barn Theatre,...
- 11/6/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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