Ann Macbeth
Ann Macbeth
Ann Macbethwas a British embroideress and author, a part of the Glasgow Movement and an associate of Charles Rennie Mackintosh...
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reflection years training
Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the mineral boom happening, so there was immense growth for industrial training films, documentaries to do with the mining, and the outback world.
independent america enough
Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so.
cost investment hiring
Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment.
adding coming english-author people trained
We are getting more and more not only the trained but also internationally well-experienced people coming here. So it's all adding up.
agreeing council difficulty english-author fund great minister terms
We're under the Arts Council under the Minister for the Arts. The Minister for the Arts and the Minister for Industrial Development have great difficulty in agreeing over who should fund what in terms of film.
based english-author filmmaker large move
We probably do not have a large enough industry here to ably support the independent filmmaker to move in and out. Much of the industry is based on full-time jobs here, institutionalised jobs.
america britain deal discovered english-author great interest keen kinds material produced
We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally.
english-author expand people production
It will never be Hollywood, the same way people think it should be. I think it will grow and it will be healthy and it will expand into more than one production house.
english-author full point sufficient time
We are not yet at the point where our size, our being the drama industry, is sufficient to support full time professional crews, and that is very very important.
believe english-author existing makers otherwise produce
The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say.
english-author experience favour production quality sitting video
I am very much in favour of video because the quality of production of video is now so good. It is a different experience to sitting in a cinema.
aspects english-author people time
For the first time in one place in the west, there were important people from all the other states, all aspects of the film world.
art financial film
The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base.
art years battle
All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year.