Glossary of terms

In some cases, a project may be eligible for Screen NSW production finance funding on the basis that it is conducting 100% of its post production in NSW. In general, to claim eligibility on this basis, all post production heads of department should be NSW-based and all post production from picture edit to delivery should be conducted in NSW facilities. 

Screen NSW recognises that sometimes it may not be possible to expend certain post production line items in NSW, resulting in the intention to conduct 100% of post production from picture edit to delivery being subsequently compromised. 

In these instances Screen NSW may still consider post to be conducted 100% in NSW. Those line items will be “Allowable Post Exclusions” for the purposes of calculating 100% Post Production in NSW.

Carrying out these services in NSW wherever possible increases the eligible NSW Spend and may increase the amount of Screen NSW funding that can be provided for the project.

Allowable Post Exclusions are post production costs that cannot feasibly be carried out in NSW and include the following:

• Film Lab services that are not available in NSW
• Location editing costs during the shoot; non-NSW ADR/post sync costs where international or interstate cast must conduct that work out of NSW because of their availability
• Music licences where the rights to an international track that adds value to a production are owned by a non-NSW based publisher
• Marketing costs that cannot be spent in NSW
• Delivery items that are not available through a NSW based company. 

Please note that generally the composer, like other post-production heads of department, is expected to be NSW based. In exceptional circumstances, such as where the composer is organic to the material, this cost may be an Allowable Post Exclusion.