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newspaper article		Actors break the fourth wall to mobilise audiences against cuts in The Australian (17/06/2016) p.7 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; STATE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA Author: Boland, Michaela PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: AUSTRALIA COUNCIL; STATE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; ACTORS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Notable Australian actors are campaigning to make the federal government reverse government funding cuts to the arts sector More info
newspaper article		Cherry on top at NIDA in The Australian (24/04/2017) p.14 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART Author: Boland, Michaela PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART; CHERRY, KATE Summary: Interview with Kate Cherry, the new head of the National Institute of Dramatic Art [NIDA] Notes: A More info
newspaper article		Dishes vary but format lacks any fresh flavours in The Australian (3/04/2017) p.15 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; CHEFS' LINE, THE [TV](AT, 2017) Author: Boland, Michaela PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: CHEFS' LINE, THE [TV](AT, 2017) Summary: Review of the new TV cookery show THE CHEFS' LINE More info
journal article		Film glut makes screen grabs a tall order in Variety (Online) (May 9, 2007) Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER Author: Boland, Michaela Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA Summary: Short article on independent film distribution in Australia. There is mention of the DVD rental situation in Australia and how downloads are not used by the Australian public to watch films and tv shows due to slow internet speed. Notes: accessed from: Variety.com. Reed Business. AFI Research Collection, RMIT University. (14 May 2007). More info
newspaper article		Film women take on 'dude club' in The Australian (25/04/2017) p.5 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; FESTIVALS. SYDNEY. FOR FILMS SAKE [FFS] Author: Boland, Michaela PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: FESTIVALS. SYDNEY. FOR FILMS SAKE [FFS]; WOMEN FILMMAKERS. AUSTRALIA; MATHISEN, SOPHIE Summary: Interview with filmmaker and director of the For Films' Sake Festival (formerly known as World of Women Festival) Sophie Mathiesen about the FFS Festival as well as her frustration at the lack of funding and recognition of women's filmmaking in Australia. Mentions are made of her leading a publicity stunt at the 2016 AACTA awards More info
newspaper article		Hollywood chooses to err on the side of caution in Australian Financial Review (06/01/2007) p.4 Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER; DVD RESEARCH FOLDER Author: Boland, Michaela Subject: BLOCKBUSTERS; SEQUELS; BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA; SHREK (US, Vicky Jenson & Andrew Adamson, 2001); SHREK 2 (US, Kelly Asbury & Andrew Adamson & Conrad Vernon, 2004); BOURNE IDENTITY, THE (US, Doug Liman, 2002); BOURNE SUPREMACY, THE (US, Paul Greengrass, 2004); SPIDER-MAN (US, Sam Raimi, 2002); SPIDER-MAN 2 (US, Sam Raimi, 2004) Summary: The importance of Sequels within the business that markets and selling tested product within a risky film industry and which will hopefully drag the kids away from gaming, mobile phones and whatever other entertainment pursuits have been engaging them and their wallets. - A Rule of thumb suggests a sequel will gross about 10 to 20 per cent less than its predecessor; studios relish this security in an otherwise very uncertain business. - To maintain integrity a sequel must feature some elements of the original, such as key cast and the calibre of the director (if not the same director). But some franchises have been so well released they built on the original audience - Box Office numbers dropped 10 per cent in 2005 and bounced back in 2006, but not to the 907 million gross that Australian cinemas had achieved in 2004 Film Release patterns are integral to how much the film will generate in sales. (Summer Blockbusters, Releases for award nominations); accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007). Notes: -- accessed from: Factiva. Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. RMIT University Library. (14 May 2007). Quotations: FILM SALES – DVD Shrek 2 – Sold extremely well on DVD FILMS SALES – CINEMA RELEASE Shrek 2 – 50 Million/18 million more than Shrek 1 The Bourne Identity – 13 million in Australia The Bourne Supremacy – 16 million Spider-man 31 million in Australia Spiderman 2 24.4 million More info
journal article		Masters decrees to up ABC drama in Encore (Feb 2000) vol.18 iss.1 p.20 Author: Boland, Michaela PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s) Subject: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION; MASTERS, SUE; SOMETHING IN THE AIR [TV] (AT, 2000-) Summary: Masters discusses current and planned Australian drama on the ABC. More info
newspaper article		Nation warms to small-town tale in The Australian (05/01/2016) p.13 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; JASPER JONES (AT, Rachel Perkins, 2017) Author: Boland, Michaela PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: JASPER JONES (AT, Rachel Perkins, 2017) Summary: Looking at the novel JASPER JONES that has since been turned into a couple of plays and an upcoming Australian feature film More info
newspaper article		Oh baby : a new doctor, fresh complications in The Australian (02/05/2017) p.15 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; LOVE CHILD [TV] (AT, 2014-) Author: Boland, Michaela PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: LOVE CHILD [TV] (AT, 2014-) Summary: Review of latest season of the Australian tv drama LOVE CHILD More info
newspaper article		'We lure more tourists than Opera house' in The Australian (16/11/2016) p.7 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; SCREEN AUSTRALIA Author: Boland, Michaela PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: SCREEN AUSTRALIA; STATE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION, TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Screen Australia release a report titled Screen Currency, which discusses the financial contribution screen production makes to the Australian economy More info

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