ScreenTalk: Lippy Pictures
12 Nov 2013
Lippy Pictures is an Auckland-based production company run by award-winning writer/producers Paula Boock and Donna Malane.
Lippy Pictures is an Auckland-based production company run by award-winning writer/producers Paula Boock and Donna Malane. Both had accomplished screen careers before partnering up as Lippy Pictures, and their success has continued since forming the company.
They have made a name for themselves creating dramas and documentaries based on real people and events.
In this ScreenTalk, Boock and Malane talk about:
- How the right timing led to the creation of their production company
- Wanting to tackle a gross injustice in Until Proven Innocent
- The daunting task of filming the rape scene for the film
- Being emotionally attached to Tangiwai: A Love Story
- How Pirates of the Airwaves turned into one long romp
- Being appalled by the story behind Field Punishment No.1
- The challenge of re-creating World War I during an Auckland summer
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.
NZ On Screen: Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside