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Metro Screen PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PRODUCER CONSULTANT or SCRIPT EDITOR
ONE OF METRO SCREEN’S MEMBER SERVICES

Project Development Service’s provide assessments of your scripts or treatments of any length. Choose between a script editor or producer for a one-hour face-to-face meeting about your next project.

This is an excellent opportunity for filmmakers and screen practitioners to be given sound advice on what does and doesn’t work. Gain tips, insider knowledge and give your next project whether it’s a short documentary or a feature film the best chance of achieving success. Advice is always worthwhile especially when it comes from those who are working successfully in the film and screen industries.

Once you have submitted your script, synopsis and/or treatment our qualified industry professionals will assess your material. This is followed by your own one-hour face-to-face meeting. Discuss your work in detail with your consultant and have your questions answered.
COST

Short
Defined as up to 35 pages (script, synopsis or treatment), $180

Short Feature
Defined as over 35 pages and up to 55 pages, $234

Feature
Defined as over 55 pages and up to 100 pages, $317

Epic Feature
Defined as over 100 pages, price upon application


The Project Development Service is provided to members of Metro Screen only. You can become a Metro Screen member when you book your Project Development Service.

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Metro Screen INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM
SCRIPT EDITORS

Simon Bennetts
Simon Bennetts has a BA (honours) in Drama from Flinders Uni in South Australia, Majoring in Scriptwriting and Direction for Documentary and Drama. He assessed scripts for Universal Pictures and read numerous feature length screenplays for Beyond International. He taught Scriptwriting at Macquarie University and was Script Editor on HUNT ANGELS the AFC funded Feature length doco-drama directed by Alec Morgan about Australian con man and filmmaker Rupert Katner. His Metro script assessments include the AFC funded short BROTHER BOYS. Recently he was script consultant on early drafts of PREY the soon to be released horror feature.

Luke Eve
Luke formed his production company, More Sauce in 1999. He is a graduate from the AFTRS in Producing. In 2004 Luke was invited to pitch a feature film project as a finalist at the SPAA annual conference. He recently returned from an AFC funded internship with This is That productions in New York City and his film Australian Summer was the winner of Tropfest 2005. He also has a number of feature films in development both as a producer and a director.

Karel Segers – Producer and Story Analyst Karel Segers, a Licentiate of Germanic Philology(University of Louvain, Belgium) has produced two short dramas and co-produced a documentary and a feature film. Before moving to Sydney, Karel was the Head of Production and programming at the Digital Broadcasting Company in London (Sky, UK), a film buyer for Europe's largest Pay TV Group Canal Plus and a movie show host for MTV Europe.

Alongside his screen development work, Karel is in post-production with a short animation and a feature film. Over the past few years Karel has consulted to award-winning writers, directors and producers on films in development as well as post-production. His views are published in The Story Dept. (www.ozzywood.com) and 'Karel's Feedback Forum' on the AWG website. Both nominees for last year's AWG Monte Miller Award were Karel's clients.clients.

Jonathan Wald
– Jonathan received his MFA in Film Directing from UCLA Film School and spent a year in the MA Directing program at AFTRS, as well as receiving a certificate in documentary making from Metro Screen. As part of his degree, Jonathan directed 5 short films, most of which he wrote, produced, and edited as well. These films have been accepted at over 200 festivals around the world, including Slamdance, Hof, and Montreal World. They have aired on the Sundance Channel in the U.S., been included on DVD collections in France and Germany, and won numerous awards, including Best Short at the Mardi Gras Film Festival; two Silver Remis at Worldfest/Houston; Best Direction, Cinematography, and Acting from the International Student Film Festival/Chile; and many others.

Jonathan brings his diverse skills to his work as a script editor and consultant. He has been a script editor for short films at the AFTRS and recently edited Robin de Crespigny’s feature script Intersection, which received development funding from the AFC and is currently a finalist in the IF Awards for Best Unproduced Screenplay. Jonathan has taught writing and directing at AFTRS, Metro Screen, and UCLA Film School, and has won UCLA’s Jim Morrison Directing Award, a Motion Picture Association of America Award, and a Fulbright Scholarship in film.
PRODUCER CONSULTANTS

Carolyn Johnson – Following a career in merchant banking and the business world, Carolyn Johnson commenced her career in film production in 1993. She has produced six award winning short films and worked as a producer, production manager and line producer in television, documentary and drama. She is an AFTRS graduate with a feature film in post-production and a feature, TV series, and documentary in the advanced stages of development.

Luke Eve – Luke formed his production company, More Sauce in 1999. He is a graduate from the AFTRS in Producing. In 2004 Luke was invited to pitch a feature film project as a finalist at the SPAA annual conference. He recently returned from an AFC funded internship with This is That productions in New York City and his film Australian Summer was the winner of Tropfest 2005. He also has a number of feature films in development both as a producer and a director.

Kath ShelperKath has produced two half-hour films which both premiered at Sundance. One of these films Green Bush won Best Short Film, at the Berlin Film Festival Panorama. Her previous shorts have screened at festivals worldwide and won numerous awards including the AFI Award for Best Short Fiction for Confessions of a Headhunter. Kath received the IF Award for Rising Talent in 2005, where Green Bush was also awarded Best Short Film. Kath’s production company is Film Depot.

Louise Smith
Louise co-produced The Rage In Placid Lake and was sound post production supervisor on Little Fish Louise has produced numerous short films, documentaries and feature length scripts that have picked up international awards and been screened at Sundance and Telluride. Louise has also produced music clips and TV commercial for the likes of The Super Jesus, Toyota and Yamaha. Louise is currently in development on three productions and is financing another with the Edgerton brothers.

Karel Segers – Producer and Story Analyst Karel Segers, a Licentiate of Germanic Philology(University of Louvain, Belgium) has produced two short dramas and co-produced a documentary and a feature film. Before moving to Sydney, Karel was the Head of Production and programming at the Digital Broadcasting Company in London (Sky, UK), a film buyer for Europe's largest Pay TV Group Canal Plus and a movie show host for MTV Europe.

Alongside his screen development work, Karel is in post-production with a short animation and a feature film. Over the past few years Karel has consulted to award-winning writers, directors and producers on films in development as well as post-production. His views are published in The Story Dept. (www.ozzywood.com) and 'Karel's Feedback Forum' on the AWG website. Both nominees for last year's AWG Monte Miller Award were Karel's clients.clients.


Jonathan Wald – Jonathan received his MFA in Film Directing from UCLA Film School and spent a year in the MA Directing program at AFTRS, as well as receiving a certificate in documentary making from Metro Screen. As part of his degree, Jonathan directed 5 short films, most of which he wrote, produced, and edited as well. These films have been accepted at over 200 festivals around the world, including Slamdance, Hof, and Montreal World. They have aired on the Sundance Channel in the U.S., been included on DVD collections in France and Germany, and won numerous awards, including Best Short at the Mardi Gras Film Festival; two Silver Remis at Worldfest/Houston; Best Direction, Cinematography, and Acting from the International Student Film Festival/Chile; and many others.

Jonathan brings his diverse skills to his work as a script editor and consultant. He has been a script editor for short films at the AFTRS and recently edited Robin de Crespigny’s feature script Intersection, which received development funding from the AFC and is currently a finalist in the IF Awards for Best Unproduced Screenplay. Jonathan has taught writing and directing at AFTRS, Metro Screen, and UCLA Film School, and has won UCLA’s Jim Morrison Directing Award, a Motion Picture Association of America Award, and a Fulbright Scholarship in film.

TIPS
Feel free to send in a few questions with your material to make sure your assessment targets the areas you need the most assistance with.

SCRIPT EDITORS CAN ASSIST YOU WITH:
Character development
Developing a documentary idea
Dialogue
Dramatic structure
Industry contacts
Reference material
Script conventions - if, when and how to break the rules
Script feedback and development
Script format including: outlines, treatments, layouts for film, layouts for television
Script timing
Taking an idea or script to the next stage
Where to find more information

PRODUCER CONSULTANTS CAN ASSIST YOU WITH:
Copyright issues and basic legal information
Establishing business structure
Festival strategies
Film vs. video - what to shoot on
Finding the right people for the project including: key crew, writer, producer, director casting and investors
Industry contacts
Industry trends
Marketing, distribution and publicity
Post production options
Preparing an application for funding
Preparing a budget
Preparing a schedule
Preparing a proposal for investors
Production implications for your project including: budget, length, locations and market
Sample contacts
Script feedback and development
Tips for low budget productions
Where to find more information

Metro Screen Contact
For further information about Metro Screen:
Metro Screen
P: +61 02 9356 1818 F: +61 02 9361 5320 E: metro@metroscreen.org.au
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