Author name: Mark It

Making a short film can be your ticket into creating a name for yourself in Hollywood. It feels like all content these days are getting shorter and shorter. When you look at streamers like Quibi, they’re creating content that’s fifteen…

When award-winning film director Glendyn Ivin was given the green light in May 2021 to create the streaming TV series, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, he struggled to find local Australian film crews to help in production. With big names…

Actor Bernard Hill, best known for roles in Titanic and Lord of the Rings, has died aged 79. He played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film and King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings. His breakout role…

It’s been 12 months since Waikato Screen became fully funded and operational after two years of efforts to raise awareness among councils and stakeholders. Tracy Hampton, film office manager and one of three company directors behind the not-for-profit organisation, has…

In a fascinating NAB 2024 session titled “The Art and Science of IMAX” Bruce Marko, who is SVP Head of Post Production and Image Capture at IMAX, elaborated regarding the upcoming new fleet of IMAX film cameras. If you are…

Buckle up, filmmakers! Get ready to dive deep into the thrilling world of camera cars with the exclusive Filmotechnic Camera Car Masterclass, brought to you in collaboration with Filmmakers Academy. This comprehensive virtual workshop peels back the curtain on the…

A couple of years ago, I looked into whether erotic thrillers were indeed dying out or if it was just availability bias due to the fact that the main examples which come to mind are mostly from the 1980s. More…

Actor. Producer. Director. Comedian. TV presenter. You’re unlikely to find a star of New Zealand screen and stage with a more powerfully diverse CV than Ginette McDonald.  NZ On Screen celebrates Ginette’s prolific screen career, both in front and behind…

There’s a moment in The Moon is Upside Down where frazzled anaesthetist Briar (Loren Taylor) gets her period on a road trip with her long-distance beau. Hastily winding toilet paper around her gusset in the toilet of a roadside tearoom,…