SPAA submits response to review
In its response to the industry review, the Screen Producers Association of Australia has heavily focused on changes to the Producer Offset; from on-costs and early acquittal to suggesting its administration be transferred from Screen Australia to the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
SPAA executive director Geoff Brown also called on government “to respond in kind by announcing the Strategic Film and Television Industry Plan, prior to the election [… ] a first term election commitment.”
The 15 recommendations include an increase in the drama/doco quotas and their application to the digital multi-channels, a market door film debt facility and enhanced PDV and location offsets by relaxing spend requirements and introducing a ‘frequent spender reward’ and incentives for international TVCs.These are SPAA’s recommedations:
Find it a sad indictment of our industry that the SPAA ED is so well versed in bureaucratic speak. Never ceases to amaze how producers continually blame everybody except themselves for the mess we’re currently in. Believe me – lack of entrepreneurial vision and simple common sense within SPAA ranks is breathtaking. They inhabit a society built on private enterprise yet have the gall to claim ‘commercial success cannot be identified’? Whenever the appalling AUS producers percentage figures are released they wheel out the US blockbuster bogyman – we can’t compete etc – can remember when the very same argument was used against the US auto industry – where’s Detroit now? More importantly where’s Toyota? Not happy Jan.
Ford Zephyr, what do you think of the actual recommendations?
Pass brother – just a dumb screenwriter storyteller – this is producer accountant territory – they got us in this mess – they can get us out. – though I’m not holding my breath. We (industry) shouldn’t be in the position where we’re continually forced to go cap in hand to unacountable state & federal bureaucrats.
Two most successful industries in this field (Hollywood & Bollywood) don’t emply this model – so why the hell are we? Far as I’m concerned SPPA & Geoff Brown – to use a Kerry Packer quote “are pissing jobs against the wall”.
Time they had a good hard look at themselves?
How does one submit a completed full length movie script?
DS – suggest try your local dysfuctional state film body? Into SIMA ? (self inflicted mental anguish) Screen Oz.. Good Luck.