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All fees are shown in NZD inc 15% GST
Cutting edge award |
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The cutting edge award is a discretionary award made in some years by the judges to a cinematographer for breaking new ground in technical, creative, or craft in New Zealand. There is a wide latitude in the kind of production or cinematography eligible for this award. |
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Category 1: Student films |
$25 |
Student at time of filming the entry. A maximum of 2 entries per student is allowed. Entrants must state which cinematography / film course or school they attended at the time of filming their entry. |
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Category 2: Music videos |
$75 |
Musical or concert items shot for the purpose of entertainment or promotion.
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Category 3: Short films |
$75 |
Short dramatised productions. |
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Category 4: News and current affairs |
$75 |
News or current affairs stories or segments broadcast on regular television news or current affairs programs.
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Category 5: Magazine, lifestyle and reality |
$75 |
Light entertainment human-interest productions or segments. For example: travel, leisure, gardening, property, cooking, entertainment, science, sports, arts and reality shows.
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Category 6: Corporate and Educational |
$75 |
Productions specifically shot for a corporate or educational market designed to teach or inform. Includes longer online infomercials.
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Category 7: Documentaries and factual series |
$75 |
Traditional documentary productions normally dealing with people in relation to their environment. Entries can include feature documentaries, documentary series and documentaries subjects within current affairs programs that constitute the entire program.
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Category 8: Web series |
$75 |
An episode from a drama series (more than three episodes) made for free online distribution.
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Category 9: Commercials |
$95 |
Commercials for national or international release. Entries must have been specifically shot for this purpose and not repurposed from other material.
Commercials are generally distinguished from corporate and educational entries by shorter length (under 90 seconds), TV commercial style, and high productions values. |
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Category 10: Specialised and second unit |
$95 |
Second unit sequences or specialised cinematography sequences or productions.
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Category 11: Drama and drama series |
$110 |
A standalone drama, dramatised documentary, comedy, or one episode from a series. Made for TV broadcast or subscription service. In case of a teleseries:
Combines teleseries, telefeature and dramatised documentaries “drama is drama”. This does not include webseries which have their own category. |
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Category 12: Feature films |
$135 |
Feature productions first released through national or international theatrical channels. |
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We are asked from time to time about widening the awards to include colourists, operators, and animation and so on. These roles are all worthy of recognition, and no cinematographer would underestimate their contribution.
The Turtz Award is a very prestigious award that acknowledges contributions by non-cinematographers.
However apart from that, we simply can’t fit any more awards into a manageable event, so we have to focus on the directors of photography – the people responsible for the look.