Case Study/Q&A: Screen Queensland in conversation with Rosemary Blight, Murray Lui & Seini Willett from Stan series Black Snow

Time: 10.30 – 11.30am

Screen Queensland Head of Content Mags Scholes will facilitate a Q&A panel with Rosemary Blight (Executive Producer, Black Snow), Murray Lui (DOP, Black Snow) and Seini Willett (Lead Actor, Black Snow) to give you a first-hand account of what goes on both in front and behind the camera!

Black Snow is a Stan Original drama series, produced by Goalpost Television. The production is supported by the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland's Screen Finance Program. 

Workshop: Funding Fundamentals with Creative Business's Monica Davidson

Time: 12 – 5pm

Acquiring funding through grants, government investment and procurement is often held up as the holy grail of a successful screen career, but this revenue stream also takes hard work and patience.

Funding Fundamentals is a practical hands-on workshop for regional screen practitioners that covers the details of preparation, application, and acquittal for any kind of funding, as well as learning best practice for getting organised to ensure the best return on investment for future applications.

The workshop will cover:

·      different kinds of funding available

·      how to avoiding common writing errors on applications

·      getting the financial aspects right

·      the acquittal process and how to recover from setbacks.

The workshop will also provide resources, examples and templates to help you with future funding applications.