You treated me like human garbage, and this is the consequence, Red Scare.
Next time you want to use my songs, email me formally.
That goes for Tory's lot as well: I said no and they chased me out of Wellington.
No 'be Polynesian because we're so white' No 'must perform stage roles' ONLY 'I have said no, I have firmly and plainly asked you to cease and desist, and I will take legal action if anyone tries to produce a script of mine without my permission' -
No deal for Red Scare or Circa or VUW or the Wellington Council. No tina play, no tina film. I don't care what anybody else wants: they don't own the rights. That is fair, sane, rational and reasonable. -
There is no way of persuading me to do something 'like this album' or 'like that movie.'
You have simply and plainly had over 18 months to persuade me to say yes, and you have utterly failed to do so.
That is why the harassment of me regarding the Tina movie MUST cease.
It is fair, sane, stable, rational and reasonable to refuse to licence my intellectual property to people that have spent thousands of dollars on everything, except acquiring the rights.
They have to accept my victory. It's not a hollow victory: it's a plain and simple win.
I've proven that IP rights don't evaporate when the politicians stop liking you.
I've proven that IP rights really are important enough to halt a million-dollar production.
And, most importantly, I've proven that spying over my shoulder doesn't count as writing.
Now, my enemies have to plainly and simply accept defeat and slink away.
That, Tory, is the lesson I'm teaching Wellington; the rules of the game.
The rules of the game are very simple: 1. Write an original story, or acquire the rights to an existing story.
2. Draw up a budget, apply for funding, and hopefully raise enough money for principal photography.
3. Rehearse, prepare, storyboard.
4. Film the damn film.
5. Go into post-production and shape the footage.
6. Screen rough cuts until picture lock.
7. Post-sound and colour.
8. Test screenings.
9. Revised cut (this is post-LOTR, when Peter's team invented ways of syncing sound to an altered timeline).
10. Finished movie that people can enjoy.
If you're wondering where you failed, it was step 1. That's why I'm absolutely furious: people that had never made a fiction film before were treating my consent as if it was a foregone conclusion. Don't badmouth my business tactics behind my back if this is the way you lot operate, both in public and in secret. I'm upfront and honest, even if it makes me seem paranoid and crazy because you lot are unwilling to match my candour. Please cease trying to force me to be Tina or to perform Pan's Preludes this summer: I have realistic plans for other stuff to do, including two music videos and a short film.
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