Wellington's Film Industry Update

The last three months have seen Wellington mostly pretty busy, but with a lot of our techs also making the pilgrimage north to work on long-running Auckland based shows.

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With a few of those now wrapping, we are seeing a definite downturn in the 'enough work to go around' stakes.

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Season four of Wellington Paranormal is over now, and although we never-say-never in this business, the word is that there will not be another one. It's been a great run and the show has been a deserved smash hit, not just here, but also in several overseas territories. Congratulations to everyone involved. It's been a brilliant time. The Cuba Mall bucket fountain will never look the same.

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There's been a decent run of TVC's coming to town. Some rumoured to be here because crew and capacity were too stretched in Auckland, others because this town really does have an abundance of talented producers and directors who can still spin gold out of a medium budget. But, our little Level 2 hiccup also derailed or delayed some planned shoots. As I write this, we are scrambling to bring a couple back.

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Also, there is some big infrastructure building going on. This is a fantastic development. Tune in NZTECHO #90 to read more!

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Love your work,

GT