Submit-production professionals: a PNYA convention about job safety by Jose Antunes

Post-production professionals: a PNYA conference about job security The present WGA strike has introduced movie and tv manufacturing to a digital standstill, creating additional challenges for post-production professionals. A convention goals to debate a state of affairs that may develop worse.

Scheduled for Thursday, June 8 at 4:00pm EDT, the free video convention from Post New York Alliance offers with a query that’s now being confronted by many professionals within the business: what’s subsequent? Can submit manufacturing professionals who’ve relied on scripted productions pivot to unscripted? What are the pathways? Do skillsets for documentaries and scripted options overlap? The place do they differ? Is there sufficient work to go round? What in regards to the future? Don’t miss this episode of Submit Break for an opportunity to achieve essential recommendation on navigating a rocky employment market.

Actually, the present WGA strike has introduced movie and tv manufacturing to a digital standstill, creating additional challenges for post-production professionals whose job safety was already threatened by shrinking slates and cost-cutting measures imposed by networks and streamers. With potential strikes looming from SAG-AFTRA and the Administrators Guild, the state of affairs might develop worse.

Underneath the title Scripted to Unscripted, Submit-Manufacturing Pathways, the Submit Break video convention will talk about “how you can keep nimble with work alternatives in turbulent instances” as submit manufacturing professionals are going through a scarcity of labor alternatives. Is it potential for submit individuals who have been counting on the regular stream of scripted productions to now pivot to unscripted? What are the pathways? The place do the talents for documentaries and scripted options overlap? The place do they differ? Is there sufficient work to go round?

Scripted to Unscripted, Submit-Manufacturing Pathways

Within the subsequent version of Submit Break, producer/author/editor Mike Noble will discuss with director/producer Celia Aniskovich and movie editor Jamie Kirkpatrick in regards to the affect the strike is having on submit execs—and what they will do about it. Jamie and Celia, each have expertise going from scripted sequence and movies to unscripted documentaries and actuality.

Right here is a few extra details about the visitors and moderator:

Celia Aniskovich is a New York-based director and producer. She started her profession in dwell broadcast information as an NBC web page earlier than transitioning into narrative and documentary filmmaking. She has directed, produced, developed and consulted on quite a few US and UK initiatives, and her movies and sequence have been broadcast world wide. Find out how to Repair a Drug Scandal, which Aniskovich co-produced, reached the highest 5 most-watched exhibits on Netflix three days after its 2020 premiere. Worry Metropolis: New York vs the Mafia, which she area produced, grew to become the primary most-watched present on Netflix 24 hours after its premiere. She additionally produced the profitable Surviving Jeffrey Epstein for Lifetime.

In 2021, Aniskovich launched Spy Affair, a 6-part podcast sequence for Wondery Originals primarily based on the story of alleged Russian spy Maria Butina. She additionally wrote, directed and produced Burn It Down!, a function documentary about Woodstock 99 for MRC Studios/Rolling Stone that had its world premiere on the 2021 BFI London Movie Pageant. She govt produced and directed Fruitcake Fraud, a function documentary for Discovery+ (nominated for a Realscreen Award), and produced Beanie Mania¸ a movie for HBO Max. Her newest mission, the function documentary Name Me Miss Cleo, premiered in December 2022 on HBO Max. Aniskovich has labored on a number of Emmy-nominated applications and is repped by WME. She graduated from Fordham College within the Bronx and is a life-long Mets fan.

Jamie Kirkpatrick has been on the forefront of New York’s unbiased movie scene for over 20 years. His numerous filmography contains such notable titles as Misplaced in Translation, Dave Chappelle’s Block Occasion, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (which had a particular screening on the Obama White Home), My Pal Dahmer and John Leguizamo’s current, critically-acclaimed, directorial debut Vital Pondering. Different current credit embody the Western Outdated Henry, the cinematic musical Beau and the extremely anticipated comedic crime drama Windfall. His enthusiasm for cinematic storytelling is matched solely by his dedication to the craft of movie enhancing, his encyclopedic information of the works of Krzysztof Kieslowski and his well-documented weak point for a great doughnut. He has additionally labored extensively in community tv and commercials and has directed two award-winning brief movies, The Common and Squeeze.

Moderator:

Mike Noble began his profession in documentaries, movie and tv in Washington, DC, the place he was editor and affiliate producer on a lot of documentaries, together with the Emmy-winning Korean Battle Tales with Walter Cronkite. He labored at Discovery Communications and served as supervising editor for a lot of sequence throughout a number of networks and was additionally a submit supervisor at Discovery’s manufacturing middle. He’s now a contract producer/editor/author primarily based in NYC and has not too long ago edited episodes of Homicide within the Heartland, The Worth of Glee, and the acclaimed crime documentary Fruitcake Fraud. His newest work may be seen on Homicide at Carter County Mines, at the moment streaming on Discovery+ and MAX.

What: Scripted to Unscripted, Submit-Manufacturing Pathways

When: June 8, 4:00 pm EDT.