Ann Macbeth

The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#documentary #doing #drama #existing #impossible

The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#commercial #commercial work #drama #greater #happen

The State Film Authority will be there for film as industry only, as is the case in all the other states, except Victoria. Victoria is moving more now into supporting non-commercial films. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#case #commercial films #except #film #films

The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#always #art #art form #base #based

The worst thing that you can do in terms of bringing a product up to the market is to be two days after someone else has brought a similar product to the international market-It's dead. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#bringing #brought #days #dead #else

They will open up to what I would call corporate broadcastings where the non-commercial material will have air time. There's no possibility of that here right now, none. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#air time #call #corporate #here #i

Video just accesses international information so much more readily. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#international #just #more #much #readily

We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production, non-commercial people in their production. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#also #assist #filmmakers #here #independent

We are not yet at the point where our size, our being the drama industry, is sufficient to support full time professional crews, and that is very very important. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#crews #drama #full #important #industry

We are the only state that does not have a State Film Corporation there to support the commercial industry. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#corporation #does #film #industry #only