Wellington's Film Industry Year in Review

After a great start to the the year, work in Wellington has tapered off pretty badly in the last half of 2017.

There’s been a nice little swag of web-series, a few TVC’s, two TV shows – including the What We Do In The Shadows spin-off series, and a lot of location scouts around town making noises about next year, but for many Wellington crew these last few months have been a bit too quiet for comfort.

Still, after the pile-up of 2015 and 2016, I guess we were overdue for a business-as-usual year. It’s just always a little tough when one arrives.

Looking forward, and around, it seems to me that the Wellington industry is still pretty buoyant and optimistic. We know that 2018 is potentially a monster for us and the rest of the country, and the change of Government might even see a little more money available for local content and local drama. It seems years since our little city got a decent representation on our TV screens. Paranormal Unit (see above) will be great, but surely there’s a drama series script out there in someone’s laptop that should see the light of day.

So, see ya 2017. I’m not sure what to make of you. It’s been a year of travel, good times, frustrations, friendships coming and going, plans being made and sometimes acted upon, a really startling heatwave to round out the year and hopefully set us up for a stunning summer. We will come roaring back in 2018 with more news, more ideas and – hopefully – plenty of solid projects to get to work on.