Did anyone else see the article in the Dominion Post that I saw a week or so ago about the $3,500 grant to bands filming in Wellington?
I think Rhian Sheenan was one of the first to qualify.
The thing is as far as the internet is concerned this deal does not exist. Was I dreaming?
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You weren't dreaming. The idea is ...
You weren't dreaming. The idea is that once you have scored yourself a NZonAir grant, the Council tops it up by $3500 as long as you film on location in Wellington. It's to promote the city.
Sounds like a great incentive to me.
Sounds great if you can actually get ...
Sounds great if you can actually get the grant to start with.
Sounds great if you can actually get ...
Sounds great if you can actually get the grant to start with.
is there an echo in here?...
is there an echo in here?
WOW thats great do you have to be a ...
WOW thats great do you have to be a Wellington resident or not ??
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no apparently not...
no apparently not
when i saw this dealie on Night line ...
when i saw this dealie on Night line about a month back, I got the impression that the deal was the NZOA grant would be topped up with money and discount hire of equipement, equal to but not greater than the grant itself.
I must admit I was suprised not to see it as a hot topic over the next few days.
Let's all shoot in Wellington (cue ...
Let's all shoot in Wellington (cue shots of Bucket Fountains and Cuba St).
Nah seriously it's good to finally see a council getting behind it's artists. Well done WCC!
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how bout that bucket fountain.....you ...
how bout that bucket fountain.....you could think you really cool and take a piss in it like that Lord of the rings twat
the deal is wcc gives you an extra ...
the deal is
wcc gives you an extra 1500 in cash (after seeing your receipts) and you also get a a basic 16mm kit at a cost of $500 per day (including GST) through Panavision Wellington... (cheeeeeaap)
what you gotta do is -
-have nzonair funding for music viddie
- produce this music video in the Wellington region (the area governed by Wellington, Hutt City, Upper Hutt and Porirua City Councils).
- Agree to include the “Made in Wellington” logo in your music video
i questioned them on having to shoot it 16mm.. and chris from smart wellington said "Panavision deal is not obligatory -- nor is 16mm -- as long as you can provide the necessary proof in your claim that the vid was "made in wellington"."
his email is - Chris smartwellington.co.nz (nice guy)
so - it sounds bloody good to me.. yes amino - you must now shoot all you viddies down here.. p-s im coming up your way next week - so watch out
criteria that you must //Agree to ...
criteria that you must //Agree to include the “Made in Wellington” logo in your music video
it's product placement, but that's nothing new... Please someone do a video featuring anti-Kerry Prendergrast imagery and it will attain a happy balance.
You can usually get a camera kit out of ...
You can usually get a camera kit out of Pana for about $700 if you tighten the thumb screws enough, but $500 is pillage. Do you get their first born son too?
Am interested to know why they want to look at receipts. I assume the $1500 is to go into the making of the video, but does that mean that producers/directors put up the money first and then get it back from the council after they have spent $6500? Or will it go to those luckless buggers in Post Production as money left after the shoot? I like the accountability of it all though. There's nothing worse than seeing an NZOA video that looks like it was done by a 5 year old with a mighty pad and some crayons, and someone's pockets got lined.
Anyway you look at it it's a good thing, and it brings us back up to the funding levels when the NZOA grant was first established. Since then, the level has stayed at $5K, and given the inflation we've had since then that's a 30% drop - a $5000 music video grant in 1991 is equal to a $6600 grant today!
(source: Dept of Statistics)
coming up for 48hrs? we'll have to go out for a wee drinkie then.
R
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I also wish you could apply it ...
I also wish you could apply it retrospectively.
;)
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This does sounds like a cool idea ... ...
This does sounds like a cool idea ... bands get extra money and who doesn't love seeing Wellington on tv!? Ah starting to get misty eyed ... :)
yes, it's all so absolutely ...
yes, it's all so absolutely positive.
But James are you somewhere else?
I'm in Dunedin!...
I'm in Dunedin!