Hundreds of New Zealand film crew were gutted by the sudden end to what were expected to be two big budget long term screen series. Amazon's Lord of the Rings wrapped after filming just the first season here, while Netflix's Cowboy Beebop was canned not long after the first series went to air.
Many artists and artisans work in the film industry so we decided to talk to four of them, all very experienced crew with impressive CVs and all wildly creative people using their different skills in different ways.
Lynn Freeman spoke to Martine Bijker, Kathryn Lim, Hannah Webster and Carolyn Fenton.
