Press release from SPAA Fringe
Commissioning Editors from Foxtel, ABC and SBS will be in attendance at SPAA Fringe 2009 for a series of one-on-one’s to receive pitches from delegates for new television projects.
This is an opportunity for all emerging producers, directors or writers to get their work in front of the real decision makers, and turn their ideas into reality.
Also new to SPAA Fringe 09 is The Clinic, a cross platform hothouse for redefining distribution strategies. As well, the SDA Pitch returns with prizes worth over $3,000.
1 on 1
Delivering a unique opportunity for a private 15-minute face to face to pitch your compelling idea, the SPAA Fringe ‘1 ON 1’ is an entry point into a career in television production. For all students, graduates and up and comers, this represents an opportunity that may otherwise take years to access.
In 2009, the entire factual team from FOXTEL will be available, ready to receive ideas for the next great documentary to appear on the Crime Investigation Network, The History Channel, National Geographic, BBC Knowledge or Discovery Channel.
Executives from ABC TV attending include Carla De Jong, Head of Commissioning & Development for Children’s TV; Amanda Duthie, Head of Arts Entertainment and Comedy; Alan Erson, Commissioning Editor for Documentaries; Dasha Ross, Executive Producer and Edwina Waddy, Development Producer.
Executives from SBS will include Vincent Beasley, Executive Producer for Factual Entertainment; Caterina De Nave, Executive Producer for Drama and Comedy; Erik Dwyer, Executive Producer for Food & Leisure and John Godfrey and Peter Newman, Executive Producers for Factual Commissioned Content.
THE CLINIC
New to SPAA Fringe in 09, The Clinic will help you define or refine your distribution strategy.
Three specialists in distribution, Dr Peter Broderick, Dr Peter Giles and Dr Gary Hayes will be leading intensive sessions to enable filmmakers to individually and collectively analyse their distribution plans. Each clinic will be one hour in duration and between one and three projects will be chosen to be analysed. Delegates must be able to clearly outline their project in a few sentences. Any type of project will be considered.
Dr Peter Broderick
Are you suffering from the dreaded films ‘not-getting-out-there-and-making-money’ disease? Are you bed ridden with out-dated distribution techniques? Peter shares his special remedies including innovative theatrical service deals and hybrid video strategies (mixing retail and direct sales online).
Dr Peter Giles
Discover remedies to enhance even the most analogue of projects and be prescribed strategies to ensure you connect with wayward audiences, not only in their lounge rooms, but on their mobiles on the bus.
Dr Gary Hayes
Solutions for ailments including: losing audiences, not being playful enough, boring web presence and lack of online conversation.
SDA PITCH
If you have an idea for a screen project and are wondering if it has legs, then this session is not to be missed. Finalists from a nationwide search of pitching workshops (held in each state by members of the SDA) will pitch their projects to a panel of television & film executives and be in the running to win prizes valued at more than $3,000.
Entrants may pitch any genre, form and duration from TV series and features to shorts, animation and multi-platform content. A ‘Wild Card’ component to the session will be allowed, time permitting.
Prizes include:
• SPAA Conference 09 registration
• $1800 cash prize from SDA (and $200 for a ‘Wild Card’)
• Software and post production package from Azure Productions including a full copy of the new Final Draft 8 Scriptwriting Software valued at $329, a copy of your short film project output on DigiBeta tape, 50 DVD copies of your project in DVD cases with full colour printing.