Industry Insights

A new production is coming to Western Australia. They don’t know the crew here, so what happens? They ask the last production who they used, get a copy of their crew list and start calling the same people. Or they jump onto a list and start searchin...

Western Australia doesn't have a shortage of people wanting to work in the screen industry. What we have is a gap between learning the work and being trusted to do it. Every year, talented people complete film and screen courses, volunteer on p...

I was talking to a top Director recently about emerging crew, and they said something that's stuck with me: "please teach set etiquette." Not skills. Not technical training. Set etiquette. Here's the thing: when emerging crew step ...

So you've landed the call. You're on the crew list for a major production filming here in WA. Before you turn up on day one, there's a handful of things you need to understand about how this industry actually works, because it's ...

If you've driven past Malaga lately and clocked those enormous new sound stage roofs, or spotted "Screenwest" in the credits of a WA-made show, you've already come across the two names that matter most in our local industry: Perth ...

Being good at what you do is not enough if the right people can’t quickly see it. Being listed somewhere is not the same as being noticed. When someone opens a crew profile, they rarely sit down and carefully read every word. They scan. They notice ...