Production of Tom Cowan’s feature “Life Class” in Candelo, 2014

27 May 2015

SEA SCREEN: South East NSW Screen Industry Development Strategy 2015/16 – 2017/18

CONTENTS 1. Vision p 3 2. Purpose p 3 3. Executive Summary p 3 4. Context p 5 5. Goals and KPI’s p 6 6. Strategies and Activities p 12 7. Year 1 Program p 16 8. Engagement and Marketing Plan p 17 9. Management Plan p 17 10. Financial Plan p 18 APPENDICES p 19 A. Identified industry development needs B. SEA service region and industry maps C. Program from Strategy Development Workshops D. Contact database from mapping process E. Schools database

Keo Films’ “River Cottage”, filmed in Tilba, 2014

Vision By 2018 there will be a networked self managing cluster of screen practitioners in the South East NSW region, creating vibrant screen content that is reaching regional, national and international audiences.

Mission To build the capacity of screen content creators and practitioners in South East NSW.

Executive Summary South East Arts Inc (SEA) aims to support screen industry development as a core program for three years from 2015/16 – 2017/18. The South East Region of NSW has clusters of professional and emerging screen content creators and producers. The region is also home (full time or part time) to industry professionals who travel to Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and internationally to work. There is a particular strength in production of factual programs as well as regional corporate and community programs including online content. Interactive content developers are networked through IntoIT Sapphire Coast, with an established IT co-worker space in Bega. Professional drama production has been identified as a gap, with only a small number of professionals living locally but working outside the region. However there is a group of emerging practitioners who are passionate about short drama production, working together and sharing resources under the informal banner of Bega Filmmakers Coop. The diverse locations have attracted incoming productions, and the region is home to the River Cottage Australia series, filmed in Tilba by Sydney based Keo Films Australia, using local crew. Overall levels of professional production are low and very little screen funding or investment is coming into the region. The SEA SCREEN industry development strategy has been developed in response to a scoping study, including consultations with approximately 80 people and stakeholder feedback on needs and priorities at two regional forums held in Bega on 9 and 10 April 2015.

Key elements of the SEA Screen industry development strategy:

• Supporting screen practitioners to establish a regional network or production hub that can become self sustaining

• SEA Screen Summit – annual future focused professional development and capacity building forums

• SEA Screen Clinics – one on one feedback sessions for local practitioners with

experienced professionals (eg script editor, producer/developer)

• SEA Screen Pitch – in the third year, private one on one pitching modeled on SPA Ready Steady Pitch

• Facilitation of incoming productions

• Supporting young people with a passion for screen content creation

• Showcasing local culture and stories on screen

The SEA Screen strategy is tailored for emerging and experienced practitioners and focused on current and future trends, such as crowd funding and audience development through social media. Building on the strengths in factual and interactive content and passion for short drama, it aims to build capacity by connecting and informing practitioners about audience and market opportunities including online, VOD, short film festivals and interactive games markets. Training and education pathways and opportunities for young people in the region are also identified. The strategy proposes potential partners for each activity, including industry and training organisations, and will be resourced through:

• SEA core program • Local government and industry support • Resource sharing by local practitioners • User pays – eg fees for clinics or script feedback, seminar registrations • Grants including Screen NSW Screen Industry Development program

Summary of goals and strategies

GOALS STRATEGIES

1. to facilitate a self- managing network of screen practitioners

1.1 develop an accessible online database of practitioners

and production equipment

1.2 launch and facilitate SEA Screen Program

1.3 kick start regular networking events

1.4 assist formalisation of self managing SEA Screen network

2. to increase capacity for professional production in region

2.1 present a professional development program (including information about grants, crowd funding and market investment – what is available and how it works)

2.2 facilitate skills development through clinics, mentorships and attachments on professional productions

2.3 facilitate access to industry market channels and exhibition opportunities

2.4 facilitate incoming productions

3. to support young screen content creators

3.1 identify and connect young people to opportunities and career pathways

3.2 present annual Yoof Tube program

4. to broaden audiences for regional stories and culture on screen

4.1 integrate screen and digital story telling into SEA arts and cultural development programs

4.2 facilitate documentation and creative expression on screen to Indigenous culture and stories

Context Internal South East Arts (SEA) is one of fourteen Regional Arts Boards in NSW. A not for profit association managed by a skills based volunteer board, it is funded by Arts NSW and local council to support regional cultural development. SEA has 2.2 EFT staff:

• General Manager/Regional Arts Development Officer • Finance and Administration Officer • Communications and Development/Fundraising Officer • Aboriginal Creative and Cultural Engagement Officer

Over the past 2 years SEA has supported the YOOF tube short film competition and has included digital video in some of its arts and cultural projects (eg Indigenous Music workshops, interviews for the Price Café exhibition). However it has not previously engaged with the broader screen sector or included the sector in its triennial program. SEA is now developing its strategic plan for 2015 – 2018, and plans to support screen industry development as a priority area for the first time. To service this new sector it will establish a screen industry advisory group, and also require additional human resources, such as part time or casual project officers. The longer term aims are for:

• the network of local screen practitioners to become self managing; • SEA to continue to support the network through its core programs such as

communications and to facilitate user-pays clinics and seminars.

External context The South East region SEA services an area of 62,200 square kilometres, comprised of the five Local Government Areas of the South East region of NSW:

• Bega Valley Shire Council 31,950 pop. • Bombala Shire Council 2,409 pop. • Cooma-Monaro Shire Council 9,773 pop. • Eurobodalla Shire Council 35,741 pop. • Snowy River Shire Council 7,508 pop

Two-thirds of the region’s people live in the two coastal LGAs, with National Parks and State Forests make up large areas of the region. As a region of villages, transport and service infrastructure is relatively limited. There are three small airports - Merimbula, Moruya and Cooma-Snowy Mountains (currently closed), and Canberra is the nearest major airport. The 2011 ABS Census data identified that there were 3109 people within the region who identified as an either an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Despite the relatively small population and limited cultural infrastructure1, there are high levels of participation in cultural activities in the region, a high proportion of resident artists, and significant arts organisations such as fLiNG Physical Theatre and Four Winds Festival. Inspired by the beauty of the region, many professional visual artists, musicians and performing artists have made their homes in the region. The SE regional screen sector Levels of professional screen production in the SE NSW region are low – both in terms of locally generated and incoming location work. There has been no formal screen industry development support since the closure of Screen Illawarra South East in 2013, and there is little screen industry funding coming into the region. In several other parts of NSW regional screen practitioners are supported by screen industry development organisations and projects. There are regional screen industry organisations in the Northern Rivers and Hunter/Central Coast regions. In other regions the Regional Arts Boards are supporting screen industry development as part of their creative industry and cultural programs (ArtsNW, ERA, Orana Arts). The screen sector in the South East NSW region is comprised of:

• A small number of professionals producing or working on documentary productions for regional, national and international audiences

• An ongoing factual/lifestyle series River Cottage Australia, produced by Sydney based Keo Films, which employs local crew

• A number of small businesses producing corporates, ads, wedding and event videos, community productions, and video content for websites.

• A few people who live in the region and work professionally on drama productions outside the region

• A small number of people creating amateur local short drama • Sporadic incoming features shooting in regional locations (little engagement

with regional practitioners) – see Appendix B.

1 SEA 2013-15 Business Plan

There are clusters of screen practitioners in Bermagui (including established documentary makers who work between Sydney and Melbourne and have houses in The Murrah) and in the Bega/Merimbula/Candelo areas. There are very few practitioners working in professional drama production, and those who do work outside the region. There is an identified gap in skills to support development, financing and production of drama projects. In 2014 a low budget feature film “Life Class” was filmed in the region engaging local actors and crew. This inspired a group of amateur filmmakers to establish an informal filmmakers cooperative in Bega, with a facebook group to facilitate collaboration and sharing of resources. The members have produced a number of short dramas over the past year, including adaptations of short stories by Olga Masters, set in Bega. The connection of the Masters family to the region could be developed as part of the SEA Screen program. SEA also has a track record of supporting theatre and performing arts in the region, and has developed skills in writing, acting and staging theatre productions. SEA now has an opportunity to build audiences by adapting theatrical works for the screen, and, by encouraging cross over between the performing arts and screen sectors, to increase production, quality and audiences for short drama and media arts. SEA has also worked with local communities to support Indigenous arts and cultural development, including story telling and music videos. Several attendees at the SEA Screen forums have also documented Indigenous cultural programs and interviewed elders and community members. However most have not completed these works or found audiences. The SEA Screen program will enable SEA to include digital story telling and screen production across all of its Indigenous cultural programs, to help local practitioners connect to audience opportunities, and to connect emerging Indigenous filmmakers with the range of funding and support opportunities that are currently available (eg through Screen Australia, Metro Screen, NITV). Many of the production companies in the region have professional equipment and are willing to share resources. There are also several experienced documentary filmmakers in the region who are willing to mentor or share their knowledge and experience.

There is a cluster of IT and software engineering professionals and businesses in the region (some employing over 20 people). The sector is networked through an established not-for-profit organisation called IntoIT Saphire Coast. Run on a voluntary basis by members, its core function is to capture and share knowledge and skills in

the usage of technology through networking and programs such as only regional residency for IT startups (the annual South Coast Startup Camp),

IntoIT supports CoWS, Bega’s digital co-working space, which has a shared office space with capacity for 14+ and meeting rooms, offering low monthly, weekly and daily rental rates to ICT and creative professionals who work mainly from home. CoWS runs monthly skills sharing events, is interested in establishing regular screen networking events and shared work days.

Industry development needs identified through consultations (see Appendix A): • Networking and sharing resources • Professional and creative development • Funding and information • Industry connection

Industry development opportunities identified through consultations: • Potential mentors – experienced professionals in the region • Production companies with equipment • River Cottage Australia being filmed in the region • Local Government is supportive of screen production in the region • ABC Open, Metro Screen, AFTRS Open workshops • Support from SEA and Screen NSW • Models from other regions

Potential screen industry partners outside the region The project will establish links and partnerships between SEA and screen industry networks and organisations, including identifying opportunities for connections between practitioners and both regional and significant NSW organisations. There are a range of NSW and national organisations providing screen funding and training, and production companies with linkages to the region who are potential partners for screen industry development in the region. These include:

• Screen NSW • Metro Screen • Flickerfest • Keo Films/River Cottage • Rebel Films • Jumping Dog Productions • 2pi Software

• IntoIT • CoWS • Schools • AIE Canberra • TAFE Illawarra • Uni of Wollongong • AFTRS Open

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Local government Each local council in the region has an identified film liaison officer. Eurobodalla Shire Council has facilitated locations access for River Cottage and is interested in supporting capacity-building for local screen productions and partnering with SEA on this project. Bega Valley Council supported the SEA Screen Industry forums and its Renew empty spaces program could also present opportunities for the filmmakers co-op to establish a physical hub. Screen education and training

Several of the high schools in the region are teaching digital production or creating opportunities for students to produce digital video projects (including Bega High School, Eden Marine High School, Narooma High School and Moruya High School. ABC Open runs digital story telling workshops and supports community content creators, and there have been occasional short workshops (eg recent workshops by AFTRS Open presented by Bega Regional Gallery, and workshops supported by SEA and youth and community organisations). However there is no formal ongoing training in screen production in the SE NSW region. University of Wollongong (UOW) and TAFE Illawarra have campuses in the region. Both also provide courses in screen and digital media from their Wollongong campuses, and would support information programs for school students in the region, eg through Career Fairs or a teleconference for high school careers advisors. There is potential for students to commence a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Bega campus of UoW (including film studies), then transfer to Digital Media at Wollongong after the first year or semester. Outside the region there are a range of specialist training and education providers, the closest being in Wollongong, Canberra and Sydney.

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Relevant courses and degrees offered, Wollongong, Canberra, Sydney

University of Wollongong • Bachelor of Digital Media • Bachelor of Communication and Media

Studies

TAFE Illawarra • Media (Cert III) (Wollongong) • Screen and Media Production (Diploma)

(Nowra, Wollongong) • Digital Media Technologies - Web

development (Cert IV) (Nowra) • Digital Media Technology - Multimedia (Cert

III) (Wollongong West)

Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE), Canberra • Diploma of Screen & Media - 3D Animation &

VFX for Film • Advanced Diploma of Professional Game

Development - Game Art and Animation • Cert III in Media - Game Design Foundations • High School programs including Cert IV

Animation, Cert II Game Programming and Cert III Game Design

University of Canberra (UC): • Bachelor of Screen Production • Bachelor of Games and Interactive Design • Bachelor of Media Arts and Production

Australian National University (ANU), Canberra • Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Design

Arts (Media Arts, Animation and Video)

University of Technology Sydney (UTS) • Bachelor of Arts in Communication

(Media Arts and Production) • Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Digital

and Social Media) • Bachelor of Design in Animation

Metro Screen, Sydney • Digital Content Producing –Diploma • Practical Filmmaking – Diploma • Short courses including Intro to Screenwriting,

Directing, Camera, The Editing, The Online Storyteller, Multiplatform Production, Directing Documentary, young filmmakers workshops, scholarships and tailored training programs

Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Sydney

• BA in Screen • Range of Diplomas including Directing,

Camera, Design for the Screen, Editing, Factual Television, Visual Effects

• Short courses in broad range of craft areas from writing to post production

• Tailored programs for schools, such as screenwriting, filming and editing, acting and presenting, digital animation, teacher training

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Goals and KPIs

GOAL KPI TARGET YEAR 1

TARGET YEAR 2

TARGET YEAR 3

1. to facilitate a self-managing network of screen practitioners

Industry advisory group established Y

Practitioner and equipment database established Y

Physical hub/co-worker space established Y

# networking events 2 2 2

Network formalised Y

2. to increase capacity for professional production in region

Funding and partners in place for professional development program

Y Y Y

# professional development activities 2 2 2

# participants at professional development activities 30 35 40

# location stills to Screen NSW Real Scout/instagram 40 40 40

3. to support young screen content creators

# young people identified and supported 2 2 2

YOOF Tube event supported Y Y Y

4. to broaden audiences for regional stories and culture on screen

# arts and cultural programs with screen components 1 2

# Indigenous screen programs 1 1 1

#Indigenous screen practitioners supported 2 3 4

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Strategies

GOAL 1 – facilitate a self-managing network of screen practitioners

Strategy Key Activity Year Partner/Resources

1.1 develop an accessible database of practitioners and production equipment

Survey of professional skills and equipment 1

SEA core program

Develop and launch online database and directory 1 SEA core + Arts NSW

1.2 launch and facilitate SEA Screen Program and Network

Establish and support Screen Industry Advisory Group

1 SEA core + LG + industry

Launch SEA Screen Program with high profile guest speaker – eg Sue Masters 1 SEA core + LG + industry

Work with LG and partners to research options for co-worker space/s 2 SEA core + LG + industry

Open physical shared space for the network (new space and/or partnership with CoWS)

2 SEA core + LG + industry

1.3 kick start regular networking events

Establish a face book group 1 industry

Facilitate networking events with local guest speakers (eg ABC Open, Compositing/VFX, Post production of “Tyke Elephant Outlaw”) or informal Expo style events where practitioners present information about their company, projects, equipment and services.

1,2,3 SEA core, Councils support speakers, tickets/donations to cover catering

1.4 assist formalization of self managing network

Support practitioners to identify future shape of network after the SEA Screen 3 year strategy, and assist establishment and transition to self sustaining network.

2,3 SEA core + industry

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GOAL 2 – increase capacity for professional production in region

Strategy Key Activity Year Partner/Resources

2.1 present a professional development program

Annual SEA Screen Summit

YEAR 1 (for example):

• Concept development for market (Keo Films, Julie Hanna, Development Director) • Crowd funding case study, “Black As” (Rebel Films – David Batty, Producer) • Metro Screen – funding, festivals & audiences for short films, Metro programs • AIE – opportunities in games development, AIE programs • Day 2 user pays workshops (AIE games and Metro Screen Online Storytelling)

1 Keo Films/Rebel Films/Eurobodalla Council/ Metro Screen / AIE/ Screen NSW

YEAR 2 (for example):

• Screen NSW – development and production funding – how it works • Concept to Pitch - with experienced factual producer (eg Jumping Dog

Productions) and drama producer.

2 Industry partners/ LG / Screen NSW

YEAR 3 (for example):

• Making money from online content • What the market wants (see 2.3)

3 Industry partners/LG/ Screen NSW

2.2 facilitate skills development through clinics and attachments on professional productions

Annual SEA Screen Clinics

YEAR 1: Career and Project Clinic – experienced producer to give feedback sessions to people on their concepts and projects and professional pathways

YEAR 2: Writers Clinic – feedback on concepts and scripts

YEAR 3: Pitch package clinic prior to the Speed Pitching session

1,2,3 SEA / user pays

Broker attachments on professional productions in region, seek funds for allowance 1,2,3 Prod Cos / Screen NSW

2.3 facilitate access to industry and market/ audience opportunities

SEA Screen Pitch – formal time limited one on one pitch sessions (modeled on SPA Ready Set Pitch) with networks/VOD/market reps (following SEA Screen Summit)

3 Screen NSW

Summit speakers - short film and factual exhibition – eg YouTube, VOD (see 2.1)

2.4 facilitate incoming productions

Photographic survey of region, photos shared with LG and Screen NSW SEA / LG / Screen NSW

LG film liaison officers meeting SEA / LG

Training for location scouts and location managers SEA / LG / Screen NSW

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GOAL 3 – support young screen content creators

Strategy Key Activity Year Responsibility

3.1 identify and connect young people to opportunities and career pathways

Produce a screen training and career pathways resource and promote to high schools and careers advisors, eg through education forum.

2 SEA + funding partner

Seek education partners/funding for video production workshops as part of high school curriculum

2,3 SEA + education and funding partners

Develop and seek funding for a formal mentoring program for a small number of young people who have demonstrated passion for screen content creation

3 SEA + funding partner

Seek sponsor for SEA Screen Scholarship to enable young person to undertake a Metro Screen certificate IV program or similar opportunity

2,3 SEA + Metro Screen + sponsor/donor

3.2 present annual YOOF Tube program

Continue to support and develop YOOF Tube short film competition and program 1,2,3 SEA

GOAL 4 – broaden audiences for regional stories and culture on screen

Strategy Key Activity Year Responsibility

4.1 integrate screen and digital story telling into SEA arts and cultural development programs

Develop artistic programs that respond to local stories/ adapt SEA programs for screen (eg performing arts programs)

2,3 SEA, Bega Regional Gallery

Partner with ABC Open to run video production workshops and produce video portraits and mini documentaries for SEA arts programs and artists

1,2,3 SEA / ABC Open

Establish a SEA Screen YouTube channel 2 SEA

4.2 facilitate documentation and creative expression on screen to Indigenous culture and stories

Develop and seek funding for Indigenous story telling program – eg matching emerging practitioners with a mentor to record elders stories, then develop into short documentaries, drama or media arts projects.

2,3 SEA / Arts NSW / NITV / Indigenous Culture Support funding program

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Year 1 Screen Development Program June – December 2015

• June 2015 - Locations Workshop, Thredbo o Media Launch of SEA Screen Strategy o Practical Workshop - Managing Locations and Photographic Surveys o Presenters Colin McDougal and Matt Carroll

• August 2015 – Launch of Advisory Committee/networking event

o Confirm partners and funding for 3 year Strategy o Recruit Screen Industry Development Officer p/t o Establish regional Screen Industry Advisory Group o High profile guest speaker (eg Sue Masters) and networking event

• September 2015 - SEA Screen Clinic 1 - Screen Projects and Pathways

o Experienced producer to give one on one 25 minute feedback sessions to people on their concepts and projects and professional pathways (cost $60 per session)

• Ongoing program

o Survey of professionals skills and equipment o Development of online database and directory o Increase locations photographs on Reel-Scout o Establish a face book group o Facilitate networking events with local guest speakers

ABC Open Compositing/VFX Post production of “Tyke Elephant Outlaw” Informal Expo style events where practitioners present information about

their company, projects, equipment and services.

January – June 2016

• May 2016 - Annual SEA Screen Summit o Concept development for market (Keo Films, Julie Hanna, Development Director) o Crowd funding case study, “Black As” (Rebel Films – David Batty, Producer) o Metro Screen – funding, festivals & audiences for short films, Metro programs o AIE – opportunities in games development, AIE programs o Day 2 user pays workshops

AIE games Metro Screen Online Storytelling

• Ongoing program

o Support and develop YOOF Tube short film competition and program o Partner with ABC Open to run workshops and produce video portraits and mini

documentaries for SEA arts programs and artists o Develop Youth and Education program for year 2 o Confirm Tear 2 program partners

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Engagement and Marketing The participants for the SEA Screen strategy are:

• professional screen practitioners and content creators in the region • emerging screen practitioners and content creators in the region • other industry and education stakeholders and partners.

SEA will build on the network established through engagement with approximately 80 practitioners and stakeholders during the development of the strategy (see Appendix D). To date consultations have been focused primarily on clusters of practitioners in the coastal areas. In June 2015 SEA will partner with Screen NSW to present a Locations Workshop in Thredbo, which will broaden the engagement with practitioners in the High Country, as well as content creators, local government and corporate partners throughout the region. The strategy will evolve in response to stakeholder needs. The SEA Screen program of activities will be promoted via the SEA e-news and social media, and through direct invitations via the stakeholder database which has been developed as part of the scoping study. The strong engagement in the forums held to inform the development of the strategy in April 2014 indicate the real need for support, networking, connections and professional development for screen practitioners. The program has been designed to respond to particular needs identified by the practitioners who will be the participants. There will be a media launch for the strategy, targeting the print media, radio and TV across the region, as well as screen industry publications and blogs, including Screen NSW news, IF and Screen Hub, and regional arts publications such as SEA and Regional Arts NSW e-news.

Management The project will be managed by South East Arts:

• SEA Board – management • SEA General Manager • SEA core staff • Casual Screen Development Officer/s • Additional grant funded project workers for screen/arts projects

A Screen Industry Advisory Committee will be established to guide the implementation of the strategy and bring professional networks and connections to the region. The members will include screen industry professionals with experience and networks in the different sectors of the industry, including factual and corporates, drama, games, applications and online production, and who come from across the region.

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Financial Plan SEA SCREEN BUDGET 2016 - 2018

2016 2017 2018 INCOME

Funding: Screen NSW SID 20,000 20,000 20,000 SEA core program (survey/database) 2,000 Screen NSW - Locations workshop 3,000

Youth education funding - pathways and workshops 10,000 6,000 Sponsor - SEA screen scholarship 1,000 1,000 Indigenous arts grant (Arts NSW/ICS) 25,000 Sub Total 25,000 56,000 27,000

Self generated income: Summit - registrations @ $25 per head 750 875 1,000 Day 2 Workshop registrations 3,000 Clinics @ $60 per 30 min consult 420 420 420 Local government - speakers fees/travel 1,000 1,000 1,000 Sub Total 5,170 2,295 2,420

Total Income: 30,170 58,295 29,420

EXPENDITURE

SEA Screen development officer p/t 15,600 15,600 15,600 Project officer travel 500 500 500 Survey/Database/Directory 2,000 Locations workshop 3,000 SEA Screen Summit: Speakers fees (Metro screen) 500 500 500 Other speakers - in kind/partners 0 0 0 Travel- speakers for Summit x 2 1,000 1,000 1,000 Meals/accommodation (speakers x 2) 600 600 600 Venue/Technology - LG in kind 0 0 0 Promotion, materials etc 250 250 250 Day 2 Workshop costs 3,000 SEA Screen Pitch (Year 3) staging costs 0 2,200 Clinics 400 400 400 Indigenous digital stories project (Year 2) 25,000 Education pathways/workshop (Year 2,3) 10,000 6,000 SEA Screen scholarship 1,000 1,000 SEA Administration/communications 3,320 2,262 2,526 Sub Total 30,170 57,112 30,576

PROJECTED BALANCE 0 1,183 -1,156 ACCUMULATED BALANCE

1,183 27

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APPENDIX A Industry development needs identified through consultations and forums: Networking and sharing resources:

• support for a formal filmmakers group/network • point of contact for local industry • crew and equipment database • local teams, local producers • U-tube channel • more sharing of resources • sharing of knowledge/mentoring • local production infrastructure/companies

Professional & creative development:

• developing local stories/culture • screen writing workshops - staged • workshop on new era of crowd funding/online/how to monetise • funding for youth screen & media arts projects • improve skills and production values • local training including post production/software • pitch training (including online) and opportunities • seed funds • support for creative development of local stories • development of concepts for identified markets or audiences • support for individuals and projects eg attachments and mentoring by

experienced professionals • help with transition from amateur to professional • access to training in production and technical skills • workshops on crafting story and pitching, then pitching to networks • support for young people creating screen content, including high

schools • identifying training and career pathways • continued support for YOOF tube project • support for Indigenous practitioners and story tellers • documentation of Yuin language and elders stories

Funding & information:

• information about funding available and how it works/eligibility requirements

• Information about other finance methods including investment, crowd funding and philanthropy

• Information about market outlets and agencies, how it works, what they are looking for

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Industry connections: • connections to professional industry and markets - bringing key market

reps to the region – eg broadcasters • partnerships with established production companies • workshops on crafting story, pitching, then actual pitching

opportunities to networks Vision for 2018 from strategy workshop: In 3 years time:

• there will be a vibrant group of filmmakers working from a hub/physical space and facebook group forum, holding regular events and telling local stories on screen that are finding broad audiences

• young screen content creators will be included, supported and will understand career pathways

• local practitioners will be collaborating on creative projects and sharing resources, and have the skills to produce content of high production values

• there will be a focus on commercial viability and producing content for identified markets

• SEA will be supporting a directory of local practitioners and resources and an annual professional development forum, and will continue to produce YOOFtube

Ideas for topics/speakers/professional development program:

• Grants • Crowd funding • Compositing/VFX • Concept development • Pitch training then pitch opportunities –bring in producers, networks,

commissioning editors • Eurobodalla/LG funded capacity building workshop in partnership with

River Cottage – KEO development officer • Attachments on River Cottage and any other professional productions

in region

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APPENDIX B South East Arts region and industry mapping

Practitioners at the Screen Industry Strategy Workshop, Bega, 10 April 2015

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Location of screen industry practitioners consulted

Location of productions in region