Field to Screen
If you're tuning into the live coverage of the Rugby World Cup, spare a thought for those working behind the scenes. Ande Schurr talks to one cog in the machine, audio engineers.
Freelance Lessons Learned
Ande Schurr shares his 'lessons learned' from six years of freelancing and asks you to share yours.
The Making of a Film Company
In the middle of the recession last year, popular director-producer partnership, Mike Oldershaw and Johnny Blick, started up their own company Waitemata Films. Ande Schurr interviewed them.
The cost of jumping ship
We can lose more than our income if we neglect the basics of building a business and jump ship too soon, says Ande Schurr.
Gem (and Grammy) Collecting
Grammy award winning music producer and engineer 'Bassy' Bob Brockmann shares some of his lessons learned and future thinking with Ande Schurr.
Clean location sound
Capturing 100 percent clean location sound is the ideal, especially if shooting lower budget films, but is it always possible? Ande Schurr offers some technical tips.
Line Producers talk
Ande Schurr delves deeper into the film industry and interviews three line producers who have a healthy track record of bringing home international commercials.
How to love cold calling
Ande Schurr writes about the common fear of cold calling and how to tame it. He says by using one
Break bad habits
Ande Schurr suggests a way to break bad business habits by trialling a trick he learnt in a book
The Blondini boys are back
The Blondini boys are back. From the place film-makers go to when their funded short films don't
A Year of Business Lessons
Ande Schurr highlights a year of business lessons from his 'How Freelancers Can Succeed' columns
Korean Filmmaking Lessons
Foreign film crews in NZ offer local crews a chance to adapt and improve their own skills and met