The media sector is facing significant challenges, and so are those behind the camera. Post-production workers like sound designers and composers are struggling to find jobs.
Conversations with industry professionals and Screen Music and Sound Guild surveys of screen composers and audio workers reveal the damage. Many have been forced to cut their rates below guild standards to get work in the cash-strapped local market, despite a thriving international film sector.
New Zealand can do well in a borderless digital era, but only if government paperwork and admin doesn’t remain in the bricks and mortar era. The rebates are layered with obstructive and expensive compliance rules.
