Night Star Pictures

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NIGHT STAR PICTURES

Night Star Pictures (NSP) is the name of a small production company situated in Gosford on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia. NSP is a no-budget film company, formed by female film makes, and have made films for the mainstream cinema markets, such as Hoyts etc.

1 Independent Productions
2 NSP Legal issues
3 Australian films
4 Film investment
5 Screenplays
6 NSP screenplays
7 NSP Previous releases
8 External links

[edit] Independent Productions

NSP comprises a group of independent producers, and this is a tread in the film production arena in Australia. To compete against the Hollywood machine 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-HD (High Definition Digital), and have their own post-production house and so costs are kept low to get the product to the market place.

[edit] 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. This is a common occurrence that small production companies have little power against large corporations and quite often it means comply or be taken over. They are now known as Night Star Pictures and have no affiliation with 'E Entertainment Network'.

[edit] 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.^{[citation needed]} 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 whole process workable. Many independent production companies combine the two paradigms and devised a strategy of making low budget Australian films for an international market place, with the chance of very high returns. Distribution is the key ingredient 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 or a part investor 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 feature film in Australia, namely the 1992's R-rated film: Secret Fantasies.

[edit] Film investment

Film investment is a growing market in Australia, yet film investment in Australia has proven difficult as production fees are getting higher. However small producers choose films that by their nature require low budgets and thus have real avenues for investors and greater likelyhood of success.

[edit] 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 AFC-AWG script accord using professional script editors to bring their screenplays to the highest standards.

NSP is a member of the collective womens film makers group, 'Women in Film and TV' and so draw crew and talent from such a database of working professionals.