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Field to Screen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Blondini boys are back. From the place film-makers go to when their funded short films don't

A Year of Business Lessons

A Year of Business Lessons

Ande Schurr highlights a year of business lessons from his 'How Freelancers Can Succeed' columns

Korean Filmmaking Lessons

Korean Filmmaking Lessons

Foreign film crews in NZ offer local crews a chance to adapt and improve their own skills and met