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DOCUDRAMA MASTERCLASS WITH ALAN ROSENTHAL
Date: Thursday, 23 February 2012
Time: 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM
“The challenges of writing and producing docudrama and documentary today”
Alan Rosenthal is an award-winning documentary maker. His films have won an Emmy and Peabody Journalism Award and a Christopher Award (USA highest humanitarian award). He has written seven books on documentary including the well known Writing, Directing and Producing Documentaries, Writing Docudrama and most recently Succeeding as a Documentary Filmmaker: A Guide to the Professional World.
Alan has worked in England and America where he has made over 40 documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 UK, PBS, CBC, ABC, Arte and ZDF. He has also taught at many of the world’s film schools.
This Masterclass has a special focus on docudrama, from concept to final film, with an emphasis on shape and ideas, scripting, writing narration using Rosenthal’s recent production ‘The First Fagin’ as a case study and mainly dealing with the challenges confronting the writer/director.
Presented by the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand with support from the University of Auckland
Cost: $35 for SDGNZ Members and University of Auckland Students
$55 for Non-Members
Venue: University of Auckland, Arts 1, Room 315, 14A Symonds St, Auckland
MEDIA RELEASE: DIRECTOR'S VOICE PROVIDE CHECKS AND BALANCES
A healthy democracy needs a free and open broadcasting environment.
The recent moves by NZ On Air (NZOA) to question the timing of the broadcast of Inside Child Poverty and then to seek to legal advice on controlling the scheduling of programmes “likely to be an election issue” is counter to their politically neutral position.
The Electoral Commission has stated that Inside Child Poverty: Special Report has not breached the Electoral Act 1993 or Broadcasting Act 1989.
“In the Commission’s view, the programme was not election related for the purposes of sections 221A of the Electoral Act, given the fact that it is issues based and does not feature or comment on politcal parties or candidates contesting the 2011 election or the election itself. In any case, section 221A does not “restrict the publication of any news or comments relating to an election in a … television broadcast made by a broadcaster within the meaning of section 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1989” (refer section 221A(4)). TV3 is the broadcaster in this instance and the programme is a documentary that would clearly fall within the term ‘comment’” – The Electoral Commission.
Under the current system any programmes scheduled during an election period are subject to both the scrutiny of the Broadcasting Standards Authority and the Electoral Commission. These organisations provide a sufficient check on the content of any programme. To load NZOA up with a complicated political brief will only create tension between the funding body, programme makers and broadcasters.
The SDGNZ supports the continued use of the current channels to assess the legality and impartiality of programmes rather than NZOA taking on this role.
The role of NZOA Board Member Stephen McElrea, who is also John Key’s Electorate Chairman and the National Party’s Northern Region Deputy Chairman, is now under scrutiny. Mr McElrea first raised concerns over the screening of the documentary as reported by Tom Frewan.
"Was NZOA aware that this doco was to be scheduled four days before the election?" he [Stephen McElrea] queried on Thursday 17 November 2011 to NZOA Board Chairman, Neil Walter, and Chief Executive, Jane Wrightson.
“While we understand that NZOA board members are often political appointments, our members are very concerned that a board member such as Mr Stephen McElrea would seek to use his position to influence programming when this is clearly not his role,” says Janette Howe (Acting Executive Director, Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand).
“Some SDGNZ members believe that Mr McElrea should resign now that he has shown such a lack of judgement over this issue and many have expressed to me concerns about their projects going forward for funding before the NZ on Air board.”
“Programme makers are worried that their proposals will now be assessed in terms of a perceived political influence rather than simply on the merit of the project,” states Howe.
Download the PDF here
2011 MEDIA RELEASES:
October 2011
Love Story to Hollywood
23 September 2011
NZ Directors Bypassed
15 August 2011
SDGNZ launches call for entries for USA distribution showcase
15 July 2011
Mass Extinction of Public Broadcasting
18 April 2011
SINZ: New combined screen industry group formed
15 April 2011
SDGNZ supports academics' position on TVNZ7
7 April 2011
Demise of TVNZ7: End of an era
16 March 2011
SDGNZ is extremely conerned about the potential demise of TVNZ7
2011 PAST EVENTS & INITIATIVES:
- Editing Workshops in Wellington
- SINZ Political Forums
- SDGNZ AGM
- Film Talk: Love Story
- Filmmaker Talk: Talking Snowtown
- Filmmaker Talk: The story behind Love Story
- Masterclass & Bootcamp with Peter Gilbert (Auckland & Wellington)
- Film Talk: Reflections of the Past
- Screen Discussion Series: Shutting the door with Chris Plummer
- Film Talk: Hook, Line & Sinker
- Film Talk: Tracker
- Leverage your audience with interactive tools
- Masterclass & Bootcamp with Peter Gilbert (Auckland)
- In the trenches: Workshop with Rob Sarkies
- Director's Voice: At the Death House Door with Peter Gilbert
- Film Talk: My Wedding and Other Secrets
- Life after tape - an essential guide
- ADG Scholarship
- Film Talk: Love Birds
- Film Talk: 127 Hours
- Film Talk: The Life and Times of Gazza Snell
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