In order to have a more formalised approach to knowledge sharing, and to promote the creative and logistical contributions of the location department, a group of location managers have officially launched the Australian Location Managers Guild.
Our 'Location, location, location' series canvasses leading location managers from across the country to find out their favourite places to shoot. First up is Mary Barltrop, based across NSW and Queensland, whose recent credits include 'Extraction' 1 and 2, 'Poker Face', 'Blaze' and 'The Artful Dodger'.
Ausfilm will convene a working group to address below-the-line workforce capacity with the Office of the Arts, Screen Australia, the state screen agencies, AFTRS and NIDA, with aims to ultimately develop a national framework to support growth.