EVENT: 22 APRIL 2010, AUCKLAND
A one-day seminar for writers, directors and producers with US indie producer Christine Vachon
Don’t miss this opportunity to spend a day with one of the world’s leading producers of cutting edge cinema…
9.30-4.30, Thursday 22 April, Jubilee Hall, the Jubilee Building, 545 Parnell Road, Auckland
$90, $60 concession* book now online, or you can call us on 09 360 5400 to make an alternative arrangement.
Killer Films‘ producer Christine Vachon is at the forefront of independent American cinema having made many successful, critically acclaimed and much talked about features including Poison, Kids, Happiness, Boys Don’t Cry, Far from Heaven and I’m Not There.
Christine Vachon is taking a one-day seminar in Auckland: Everything is New Again: Create, Aggregate, Liberate. Focusing on the changing climate of the indie film industry, Christine will talk about all areas of filmmaking from developing script to reaching an audience. The seminar will include finding the right distribution for your films, using new distribution models and non traditional marketing methods, developing script, nurturing a director’s vision, casting actors and finding finance – all in a new era.
“These days, it’s getting harder to remember that film is an art form. Movies get treated like a commodity business, some abstract uptick or spiral down on the Hollywood stock exchange. Small-town newspapers print box office returns in the Arts pages so even your parents can know that Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid opened big. I’m not sure when this ha ppened, or why, but I’ll tell you this: it misses the point. For me, film isn’t about the margins, boffo weekend numbers, or the back end … Film is about the process — a long, complicated, passionate process toward something larger than the sum of its parts. In production every film is different and most are accidents waiting to happen. Amid all the chaos and cold coffee of production, the art of film can be hard to keep in mind. But it’s what I live for — the flash of magic that eclipses everything.” – Christine Vachon
Visit the Killer Films homepage for links to the full excerpt from Christine Vachon’s book, A Killer Life and to interviews…
$90, $60 concession*, book now online, or you can call us on 09 360 5400 to make an alternative arrangement.
*You qualify for concession if you hold a paid membership to an industry organisation, are currently a student a senior citizen, or a beneficiary.
Thank you to the New Zealand Film Commission for its generous support.
