Open Channel Podcast

Strategic Foresight facilitators Tim Kreibig and Stephen Reimann imagine the future of microbudget movie making in Victoria and worldwide. This session was sponsored by Innovation and Business Skills Australia. Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference 2015. For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

Barbara Connell spoke via video conference to UK producer Olivier Kampfer about how new modes of funding, marketing and distribution can bring audiences and filmmakers together. Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference 2015. For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

US independant filmmakers Kimberley Dilts and JT Arbogast talk to Kylie Eddie via video-conference about making why they decided to go from low budget to micro budget. Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference 2015. For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

How do you achieve high production values with a limited budget? Jane Corden talks to Jesse O’Brien (Arrowhead); Matthew Holmes (Legend of Ben Hall); Jessica Pearce (Legend of Ben Hall); Maggie Miles (Van Diemen’s Land) and Shane Burrell (Final Post.) Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference 2015. For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

Which ideas make for great microbudget movies? With Katrina Sedgwick (ACMI); Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood); Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays); Chris Kamen (Small is Beautiful.) Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

Andrea Buck talks to Julie Byrne (Touch, The Dead Speak Back); Jonathan Roper (The Babadook); Shaun Miller and Rick Chen (Pozible) about finding the money to finance your micro-budget movie. Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference 2015. For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

Christine Rogers (I am Evangeline) talks to Jamie Houge (Sugar Mountain, Blinder); Steve Mitchell (The Heckler); Chris Pender (The Dream Children); and Rob Mond (The Subjects) about the creative ramifications of making a micro-budget movie for a global audience. Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference 2015. For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference 2015. Acclaimed documentary maker Amiel Courtin-Wilson speaks from Tokyo in a special pre-recorded video message, then Richard Harris talks about the South Australian Film Corporation’s FilmLab project. For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference 2015. Dr Greg Ferris talks to Stuart Simpson (Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla); Glenn Maynard (CSV): Ben Plazzer (The Heckler); and Alkinos Tsilimidos (Em4Jay) about working working with actors. For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

Recorded live at the Generation Next: Microbudget conference 2015. What do you need to develop a great micro movie script? With Dr Ian Dixon, (Crushed); Sandy Cameron (The Infinite Man); Aaron Wilson (Canopy); Dame Hill (Pawno.) For more details of the speakers at the conference visit openchannel.org.au

Simon Britton speaks with Producer Tamasin Simpkin and Social Media Manager Zoë Harrold about developing and marketing an online series. Recorded at Open Channel, May 1st 2015

Ros Walker talks with Writer/Director Zak Hilditch and producer Liz Kearney on the making and success of their critically acclaimed feature film, These Final Hours. Recorded at Open Channel, November 2014.

Recorded Live at the St Kilda Film Festival, four filmmakers share their tips and tricks to making a high quality, compelling short film on a small budget and getting it seen. Panellists include producer Andrea Distefano (The Globe Collector, Bran Nue Dae), producer, director Donna McRae (Johnny Ghost, Lonesome Dog Blues), producer Tom Davies (Dinner for Three) and producer, director Summer DeRoche (The Globe Collector, Small). Moderated by Caroline Waters (Open Channel).

Open Channel invited Matthew Deaner, Executive Director of Screen Producers Australia, and producer Dan Lake to talk about the work done by the Screen Producers Australia, and the role of a producer in the larger context of the Screen Industry. Recorded live at Framed April 2014.

Producer Jonathan Roper and writer/director Christine Rogers share their experiences and discuss the process of creating their low budget, independent sci-fi feature film, I Am Evangeline. This Framed session looks at the challenges involved in funding, developing, making and marketing an independent feature film in the Australian market. Recorded live at Framed March 2014.

Mark Fennessy (CEO, Shine Australia) and Rory Callaghan (Executive Director, Shine Australia) have unparralleled experience in entertainment and format television. In this conversation with Stephen Luby they look back at the changing face of unscripted television production in Australia. Recorded live at the Generation Next: Facing Up to Reality conference.

So you've made your short film, finished your course or written that feature, now find out how to forge your pathway to a career in the screen industry. A panel of young industry professionals give insight to the many opportunities available for early career filmmakers. Recorded live at Framed December 2013.

Stephen Luby talks to Deb Stewart, Consultant EP on Big Brother, about the process of putting together a major reality show every week, and how the right casting, writing and editing transforms ordinary people and events into prime time entertainment.

Making factual stories into compelling and entertaining television. A discussion recorded at the Generation Next: Facing up to Reality conference of December 2013. Featuring producers Craig Graham, Lucy MacLaren and journalist Paul Kalina.

Highlights from the Generation Next Conference, Part Three. How to make your ideas live outside the broadcast schedule by taking them into an immersive, interactive environment.