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Central Coast, New South Wales
The Central Coast is an urban region in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie....
of NSW, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. NSP is a no-budget film company, formed by female film makers, and have made films for the mainstream cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
markets, such as Hoyts
Hoyts
The Hoyts Group is an Australian company consisting of Hoyts Exhibition, Hoyts Distribution and Val Morgan.Hoyts Exhibition manages 450 screens across 40 Australian and 10 New Zealand cinema complexes; making it Australia's second largest cinema chain. Val Morgan, the cinema advertising arm of the...
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Independent Productions
NSP comprises a group of independent producers, and this is a tread in the film production arena in Australia. To compete against Hollywood, a few such production houses have emerged. Often these kinds of production companies sign agreements with Australian Film Commission using deferral contracts. Like most modern studios in Australia these kinds of production companies shoot on Digi-HDHigh-definition video
High-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1,280×720 pixels or 1,920×1,080 pixels...
(High Definition Digital), and have their own post-production
Post-production
Post-production is part of filmmaking and the video production process. It occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography, and digital art...
house and so costs are kept low to get the product to the market place.
NSP Legal issues
NSP were formerly known as E Entertainment Films, however legal action was taken against them by the Hollywood giant E! Entertainment Television and forced NSP to change their name, although it seemed NSP was using the EEF name for over a decade.Australian films
Australian films have a reputation of returning the cost of the investment as well as some return in a large percentage of productions. The problem is that most Australian film budgets range from 2-7 Mil and so return is marginal in most cases. Where as Hollywood only gets a return on production in 1 film out of every 5 made, but the return to so high it makes the process workable. Many independent production companies combine the two paradigms and devised a strategyStrategy
Strategy, a word of military origin, refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked...
of making low budget Australian films for an international market place, with the chance of very high returns. Distribution
Film distributor
A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing...
is the key ingredient
Ingredient
An ingredient is a substance that forms part of a mixture . For example, in cooking, recipes specify which ingredients are used to prepare a specific dish. Many commercial products contain a secret ingredient that is purported to make them better than competing products...
in film making, first to all, and often the second being content.
Distributors are contracted even before the film is made, but with their low budget strategy it is more attractive for Australian distributors are their return is assured due to lower selling plans.
NSP and other smaller companies in the Australian Film industry often seek an angel investor
Angel investor
An angel investor or angel is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity...
or a part investor
Investor
An investor is a party that makes an investment into one or more categories of assets --- equity, debt securities, real estate, currency, commodity, derivatives such as put and call options, etc...
to bring productions to life. The Digital revolution has made this even more possible.
NSP, when known as were E Entertainment Films, produced the first digital
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
feature film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
in Australia, namely the 1992's R-rated film: Secret Fantasies
Secret Fantasies
Secret Fantasies is an R-Rated film made by Night Star Pictures .-The Synopsis:Simply a fantasy film about the secret fantasies of a transsexual...
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Film investment
Film investment is a growing market in AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, yet film investment in Australia has proven difficult as production fees
Unit of account
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are getting higher. However small producers choose films that by their nature require low budgets and thus have real avenues for investors and greater likelihood of success.
Screenplays
NSP produce their own screenplays and are a member of The Australian Writers Guild. Like other small production companies they develop scripts through the AFCAustralian Film Commission
The Australian Film Commission was an Australian government agency with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a production arm responsible for production and commissioning of films for government...
-AWG
Australian Writers' Guild
The Australian Writers' Guild is the professional association for all performance writers, that is, writers for film, television, radio, theatre, video and new media. The AWG was established in 1962 and is recognised throughout the industry in Australia as being the voice of performance writers...
script
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
accord using professional script
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
editors
Editors
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to bring their screenplays to the highest standards.
NSP is a member of the collective women's film makers group, 'Women in Film and TV' and so draw crew and talent from such a database of working professionals.
NSP Previous releases
Previous releases as E Entertainment Films were:- 1992 - Secret FantasiesSecret FantasiesSecret Fantasies is an R-Rated film made by Night Star Pictures .-The Synopsis:Simply a fantasy film about the secret fantasies of a transsexual...
- 1994 - The Enchanted Dance