The Post Production Drama Lab is a one-of-a-kind mentoring lab for Producer/Director/Editor teams working on drama projects that include short or feature drama films and series.

Up to five selected Producer/Director/Editor teams will converge in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland for a mentoring weekend, led by editor Annie Collins.

The two days will cover:

• Introductions, approach, and expectations
• Before you get started
• During the shoot
• During post
• Receiving and dealing with feedback
• Handovers

The lab will also cover:

• Post scheduling
• Post technical requirements and equipment
• Handling VFX
• Pickups and found footage, including archival

Follow-up Mentoring:

Each team will receive one x 1.5-hour post-lab mentoring session with Annie Collins. This must be used within 9 months of the lab. Meetings can be in person or online. DEGANZ is unable to cover travel costs for mentoring sessions.

Kaupapa:

The Guild’s kaupapa is to strengthen director-editor teams in our screen industry and see an increase in long-lasting, creative collaborations.

To support director-editor teams, we aim to deepen participants’ understanding of the editing process and ways to manage it (and troubleshoot effectively). Do consider applying if your project is facing problems.

A key focus of the Lab will be how the process supports both the project and the relationships between the creative team.