morazzano
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the state of the australian film industry
hi guys!
i think the subject is pretty clear 
now let me drop few lines about who i am ad why i am posting this ad...
my name is luca, i am an italian film editor, i got to know some months ago the existance of a bilateral agreement between the italian and australian goverment which allows both italians and australians to easily ask for a work permit...
so now what i need is a good advice. i would like to move to australia for a working experience (a year, maybe two), what i would like to know if the idea is completely crazy or not. i imagine the answer depends on the state of health of the industry, if it is in shape or not.
please let me know something!
eternally grateful
luca
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13/Nov/2007, 3:34 am
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Re: the state of the australian film industry
Hi Morazzano - I think people are not seeing your post down in the Soap Box section so I will post an attention-getter in the more popular FCP questions section. Thanks for your patience
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Re: the state of the australian film industry
Well it seems that no-one else on the board has much to say so I will at least chip in my 2 cents worth.
I suppose the answer to your question (is it crazy or not) in turn depends on the type of work you are looking for.
You say you are a film editor.
If you are coming to Australia for *film* as in Feature production... I'm sorry to say that there is precious little of that around.
Everyone has their own theory as to why that is, but it is unfortunately the case that the Ausralian feature film industry only exists because of the money it recieves from the government.
To me, it seems everyone's thinking of how to get the governement grant, no-one is thinking of how to create a film as a "for-profit" consumer product. I am an advacate of the abolishing of governement funding for film. And the filmmakers of Australia should sink or swim without it. It would hurt at first, but I believe it would wake the industry up.
Enough of that.
As an editor there is more work than ever in the markets of broadcast television, new media and small-medium companies with Final Cut Pro in house facilities.
This is, of course, due to the new accessibility of post production technology.
The good news about all that is that if you are an experienced, high quality FCP operator you will be in demand once your reel and name out there a bit. This forum is an excellent start.
Having said all this, I recently moved to London (not forever but for a decent stint).
Happily - I have not been out of work since I started There seems to be work everywhere here, and it is mostly a matter of networking.
I run the Final Cut Pro Talent Registry at www.FCPTalent.com - for Sydney and London. You might consider that avenue.
Feel free to continue asking questions here
Cheers!
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