{"id":8533,"date":"2017-10-31T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T14:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/record-spend-australian-drama-production\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T14:00:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T18:00:46","slug":"record-spend-for-australian-drama-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/record-spend-for-australian-drama-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Spend for Australian Drama Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Screen Australia\u2019s 27th annual <em>Drama Report<\/em>, overall drama expenditure in Australia totaled nearly A$1.3 billion ($1 billion) in\u00a02016-17, compared to the previous four years when the figure hovered between A$830 million and A$870 million.<\/p>\n<p>Of the A$1.3 billion, A$610 million came from foreign project spend and A$667 million from Australian projects. The increase was largely driven by feature films, which saw the highest-ever level of foreign spend (A$567 million) and an increase in local film production (A$284 million). Spending on Australian TV drama (A$321 million) and the number of titles (46) produced also broke records. However, Australian children\u2019s television was an exception to the upward trend, with expenditure down 20 percent on the five-year average.<\/p>\n<p>In the most recent financial year, 46 new homegrown TV drama series went into production in Australia, and another 13 were made for children. During the same period, 41 new Australian feature films started principal photography. Production also began on 22 Australian dramas for online distribution. In the 2016-17 period, 29 foreign productions undertook some filming or post-production in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>There was a resurgence in series production in 2016-17, the majority of which were half-hour comedy formats such as\u00a0<em>The Family Law\u00a0<\/em>(season two),\u00a0<em>Here Come the Habibs!<\/em>\u00a0(season two) and\u00a0<em>Get Krack!n<\/em>. Miniseries production remained strong and included the returns of\u00a0<em>Cleverman<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Secret Daughter<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Wentworth<\/em>, as well as adaptations such as\u00a0<em>Wake in Fright<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Picnic at Hanging Rock<\/em>. Three foreign TV dramas, including\u00a0<em>The Leftovers<\/em>\u00a0(season three) and\u00a0<em>The Bold and the Beautiful\u00a0<\/em>special episodes,\u00a0began shooting in Australia in 2016-17, helping deliver a 39-percent increase in expenditure to A$43 million, 84-percent higher than the five-year average.<\/p>\n<p>Graeme Mason, CEO of Screen Australia, said: \u201cCrossing the $1 billion expenditure threshold is an incredible milestone for the Australian screen industry and has not happened by accident. There is a whole ecosystem of support measures that keep our industry firing, including direct government funding, tax incentives and Australian content quotas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know television is becoming more expensive to make, but the demand for that content both locally and abroad is clearly increasing when you have shows like\u00a0<em>Picnic at Hanging Rock\u00a0<\/em>securing U.S. sales before production had even wrapped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is great to see Australian film continuing to grow, and to have features like\u00a0<em>Sweet Country<\/em>\u00a0taking awards at Venice and Toronto speaks to the quality of production, not just volume.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe financial dividend from foreign feature production is undeniable and is of particular benefit to our crews who have the opportunity to work on big budget projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the production of children\u2019s television works in a cycle that mirrors the quota requirements, this year\u2019s sharp decline in expenditure is notable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Screen Australia\u2019s 27th annual Drama Report, overall drama expenditure in Australia totaled nearly A$1.3 billion ($1 billion) in\u00a02016-17, compared to the previous four years when the figure hovered between A$830 million and A$870 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2194],"class_list":["post-8533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-screen-australia","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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