Central City Studios
For a city which is economically battling to produce a few TV shows we have one of the newest purpose built studio complexes in the world! We have an amazing complex but it’s empty. The dilemma that arises is we better with or with out it?
If we prescribe to the Hollywood Philosophy of “Build It and They Shall Come” by Bill Norin, we might have the right idea. The concept makes sense, with out the facilities we would not have the opportunity to bid for international films to be made in Australia. One needs to have the right tools to perform a job adequately, and in such a technologically savvy industry it is paramount we have the most up to date facilities.
Last year Ghost Rider was filmed in Melbourne. It was the first international big budget feature film to be made in Melbourne. It also pumped millions of dollars into the industry. At the same time “Charlottes Web” with Susan Sarandon and Dakota Fanning was filmed. In 2005 over $94million dollars was contributed to the economy through filming. Not to mention the hundreds of jobs which arose from the various projects?
I left in 2000 to live in Los Angeles and work in the Entertainment Industry because I knew at the time, only a few months after university, that I would not find a job in the entertainment industry in Melbourne. Moving to LA afforded me the opportunity to work with many of Hollywood’s elite at only 22years old. It was a tremendous opportunity which I am grateful for. However, at 28 I can not help but start to prescribe more to the philosophy of “No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson. With Central City Studios now in place, we can not continue to make excuses. It’s been built, and now it’s our responsibility to film!
