{"id":406,"date":"2018-11-07T05:32:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T05:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=406"},"modified":"2018-11-07T05:32:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T05:32:31","slug":"screen-australia-announces-near-500k-for-five-online-originals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/11\/07\/screen-australia-announces-near-500k-for-five-online-originals\/","title":{"rendered":"SCREEN AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEAR $500K FOR FIVE ONLINE ORIGINALS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nClaudia O\u2019Doherty to star in\u00a0Sarah\u2019s Channel<\/em>\u00a0\/ Photo by Ramona Rosales \u00a9 augustimage.com (USA) ravenandsnow.com (AUS)<\/small><\/p>\n

Four comedies and one drama form the latest Online Production slate from Screen Australia. Four of the creative teams are receiving Screen Australia funding for the first time, including producers Karen Colston and Robbie Miles who will create the six-part parody\u00a0Sarah\u2019s Channel<\/em>\u00a0for ABC iview.\u00a0Claudia O\u2019Doherty<\/a>\u00a0(Amy Schumer\u2019s\u00a0Trainwreck<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s\u00a0Love<\/em>) will star in the title role.<\/p>\n

Sarah\u2019s Channel<\/em>\u00a0follows beauty vlogger Sarah who discovers she\u2019s been reanimated after an apocalypse. Live performer and theatre playwright\u00a0Nick Coyle<\/a>\u00a0will make the jump to screen to write\/direct, fresh off the back of his hit play\u00a0The Feather in the Web<\/em><\/a>.
\n\u201cI’m thrilled (and surprised) that my idea of a Beauty Vlogger uploading videos in a post-apocalyptic world has been green-lit, and excited to be collaborating with such a fantastic team to bring it to life,\u201d said\u00a0Coyle<\/strong>. \u201cThere is so much comedy to mine in the online influencer world, and so many pre-existing fans who I hope will love this new take on the genre.\u201d
\nProducer\u00a0Karen Colston<\/strong>\u00a0of Yellow Creative Management added, \u201cWe\u2019re so pleased Nick\u2019s unique voice will be seen by a wider audience than those lucky enough to have caught his brilliant theatre work, and we hope to create a pathway to screen for other stage practitioners. The concept and execution of\u00a0Sarah\u2019s Channel<\/em>\u00a0is inextricably linked to the internet, so it is uniquely suited to the online series format.\u201d
\nEmmy-award winning Queensland studio Ludo are also creating a series for the ABC, satirising the web life-coach industry in the six-part comedy\u00a0Content<\/em>. Completion funding has been provided to the emerging creators behind comedies\u00a0How To Know If You\u2019re Dating A Narcissist<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Single Ladies<\/em>, plus family drama\u00a0Time & Place<\/em>.
\n\u201cWe have a healthy appetite for creative risk in Online Production, and want to support new creators who are trying out bold concepts,\u201d said Screen Australia Investment Manager\u00a0Lee Naimo<\/strong>. \u201cI\u2019m particularly pleased to see the majority of projects in this slate have female central characters, and female directors.\u201d
\n\u201cAs we\u2019ve seen most recently with\u00a0Superwog<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Sheilas<\/em><\/a>, online content can well and truly compete with traditional mediums in terms of production values and audience share. Now is the time for emerging creators to be taking advantage of Screen Australia\u2019s\u00a0revised Development funding<\/a>\u00a0opportunities to refine their concepts, and get in touch with us in\u00a0Online Production<\/a>\u00a0to discuss their projects.\u201d
\nPlease find funded project blocklines below.<\/p>\n

ONLINE FUNDING<\/h2>\n

Since 2008, Screen Australia has funded more than 200 online projects, collectively amassing over 290 million views on YouTube alone.
\nIn 2017\/18, Screen Australia provided $3.479m in production funding to online dramas. Recipients included Theo and Nathan Saidden for the\u00a0Superwog\u00a0<\/em>series<\/a>, which launched in October 2018. The first three episodes of the comedy all trended #1 on YouTube, and have already amassed over ten million views.
\nThe agency also provided near $600k in online talent and sector development in 2017\/18, including the hugely popular Google Skip Ahead and ABC Fresh Blood initiatives.
\nScreen Australia invests in online documentaries and online works from Indigenous creators through additional funding programs.
\nFour of the five titles nominated for the 2018 AACTA for\u00a0\u2018Best Online Video or Series\u2019<\/a>\u00a0were Screen Australia funded.<\/p>\n

ONLINE CONTENT<\/h2>\n

Screen Australia\u2019s\u00a0Drama Report<\/a>\u00a0detailed that the budgets and expenditure for Australian online dramas* more than tripled in 2017\/18 to $53 million. There were seven fewer online drama titles compared to 2016\/17, however the higher volume of hours and significant increase in budgets stemmed from the production of content with longer episodes and higher cost per hour.
\n18 Australian titles* were made for first release online in 2017\/18, including ABC iview\u2019s\u00a0Deadlock<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and SBS On Demand\u2019s\u00a0Homecoming Queens<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 both of which are nominated for Best Online Video or Series in the 2018 AACTA Awards.
\n*includes single episodes or series titles with total durations of 30 minutes or more.<\/small>
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CONTENT<\/em><\/h4>\n

1 x 60 min \/ 6 x 10 min<\/strong>
\nLudo Studio (QLD)<\/strong>
\nGenre:\u00a0<\/strong>Comedy
\nProducer:\u00a0<\/strong>Meg O\u2019Connell
\nExecutive Producers:<\/strong>\u00a0Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson
\nDirector:\u00a0<\/strong>Daley Pearson
\nWriter:<\/strong>\u00a0Anna Barnes
\nPlatform:<\/strong>\u00a0ABC\u00a0TV and ABC\u00a0iview
\nSynopsis:\u00a0<\/strong>Lucy is a woke, successful influencer who wants to help you achieve everything you\u2019ve wanted \u2013 a partner, a career and contentedness. Unfortunately, Lucy has a severely unhealthy relationship with her phone which keeps her from achieving any of these things herself.
\nProduction credit:<\/strong>\u00a0Content<\/em>\u00a0is a Ludo Studio production for the ABC. Principal production investment from Screen Australia, in association with Screen Queensland.<\/p>\n

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU\u2019RE DATING A NARCISSIST<\/em><\/h4>\n

6 x 5mins<\/strong>
\nSweary Canary Films (NSW)\u00a0<\/strong>
\nGenre:\u00a0<\/strong>Comedy
\nProducers:\u00a0<\/strong>Kristy Best, Michelle Lia (Associate), Enzo Tedeschi
\nDirectors:\u00a0<\/strong>Kristy Best
\nWriters:\u00a0<\/strong>Kristy Best
\nPlatform:\u00a0<\/strong>TBC
\nSynopsis:\u00a0<\/strong>Follow multi-narcissist survivor Kristy Best as she abrasively whisks you through a surreal lifestyle parody hell-bent on teaching women everywhere\u00a0How To Know If You\u2019re Dating A Narcissist<\/em>.
\nProduction credit:\u00a0<\/strong>How to Know If You\u2019re Dating a Narcissist\u00a0<\/em>is a Sweary Canary Films productions. Production investment from Sweary Canary Films in association with Screen Australia.<\/p>\n

SARAH\u2019S CHANNEL<\/em><\/h4>\n

6 x 5 mins
\nYellow Creative Management Pty Ltd\u00a0and Mythmaker Media Pty Ltd\u00a0(NSW)
\nGenre:\u00a0<\/strong>Comedy
\nProducers:<\/strong>\u00a0Karen Colston, Robbie Miles
\nExecutive Producers:\u00a0<\/strong>Mark Morrissey, Jean Mostyn,\u00a0Claudia\u00a0O\u2019Doherty
\nDirector:\u00a0<\/strong>Nick Coyle
\nWriter:\u00a0<\/strong>Nick Coyle
\nPlatform:\u00a0<\/strong>ABC\u00a0iview
\nSynopsis\u00a0<\/strong>Sarah’s Channel<\/em>\u00a0is a quirky, relatable Youtube channel created and run by Sarah, who isn’t going to let the fact that she’s been re-animated in a post-apocalyptic future stop her from doing what she’s famous for: Beauty Vlogging. Sure, everyone she knew is dead, the subterranean mutants who worship her are annoying, and a monster is trying to kill her, but Sarah’s got some fantastic makeup tips and it’ll take more than that to prevent her from uploading them.
\nProduction credit:<\/strong>\u00a0Sarah\u2019s Channel<\/em>\u00a0is a Yellow Creative and Mythmaker production for the ABC. Principal production investment from Screen Australia, in association with Create NSW.<\/p>\n

SINGLE LADIES<\/em><\/h4>\n

6 x 8 mins
\nStory Republic Pty Ltd (WA)
\nGenre:\u00a0Comedy
\nProducer:\u00a0Joshua Gilbert
\nExecutive Producer:\u00a0Ros Walker
\nDirectors:\u00a0 Gemma Hall, Mimi Helm, Jacqueline Pelczar
\nWriter:\u00a0Aaron Moss
\nPlatform:\u00a0TBC
\nSynopsis<\/strong>:\u00a0Single Ladies<\/em>\u00a0follows the misadventures of unlikely trio Catherine, Nina and Hashim as they try to save their sex positive radio show from the conservative owners of the station.
\nProduction credit:<\/strong>\u00a0Single Ladies<\/em>\u00a0is a Story Republic production. Production investment from Screen Australia and Screenwest.<\/p>\n

TIME & PLACE<\/em><\/h4>\n

7 x 9 mins
\nGemini Arts and Media Pty Ltd (QLD)
\nGenre:\u00a0Drama
\nProducer:\u00a0Tam Sainsbury, Dylan Schenkeveld<\/strong>
\nDirector:\u00a0Tam Sainsbury
\nWriter:\u00a0Tam Sainsbury
\nPlatform:\u00a0TBC
\nSynopsis:\u00a0<\/strong>After living abroad for years, magazine writer Rebecca Woodruff returns for a holiday to her hometown of Golden Beach with her husband and daughter. Her family; divorced mum and dad, her mum\u2019s new lesbian partner, her married sister and wildly single lawyer brother; are all thrilled to have her home. As Rebecca navigates her family\u2019s chaos, her marriage begins to crumble and her deeply hidden secret begins to surface and she realises that maybe this is the time and the place where she now needs to be\u2026..permanently.
\nProduction Credit:\u00a0<\/strong>Time & Place<\/em>\u00a0is a Gemini Arts and Media production. Principal production investment from Screen Australia, in association with Sunshine Coast Council and Arts Queensland.
\n\"SingleSingle Ladies<\/em><\/small>
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