Australian Screen Production Research Index (ASPRI)

The Australian Screen Production Research Index (ASPRI) is unanimously adopted by 2005 ASPERA conference. ASPRI provides screen producers with ARC based relative publication values.

ASPRI – AUSTRALIAN SCREEN PRODUCTION RESEARCH INDEX
(Amended version adopted at the ASPERA Conference 27/28 June 2005 UTS Sydney)

  • Australian Screen Production Research and Education Association (ASPERA) will appoint a National Peer Review Committee to oversee the evaluation of screen-based creative/professional works.
  • ASPERA’s National Peer Review Committee will be made up of representatives from each state.
  • Each state representative will be responsible for convening a properly accredited state branch of ASPERA Peer Review Committee to evaluate creative works submitted to it.
  • The national Peer Review Committee will moderate the work of state branches to ensure that evaluation is uniform throughout Australia.
  • ASPERA will advise DEST and other relevant authorities on the publication value of screen-based works submitted to it.
  • An image-based production will be considered to be refereed if it is endorsed as a refereed publication by a properly established ASPERA Peer Review Committee made up of at least three peers of Lecturer B level (or above).
  • In assessing the publication value of creative works submitted to it, ASPERA Peer Review Committee may consider a range of evidence, including:

    – Written reviews and submission by academic peers.

    – Exhibiting at conferences and festivals provides another source of peer assessment. The production value is generally proportional to the importance of the conference and festival in question, namely if it is local, regional, national or international.

  • An image-based production will also be considered to be refereed:
  • If it is shown at a national or international conferences.

    – it is shown at a properly accredited national or international festival.

    – If it receives theatrical distribution

    – If it is shown on national free to air or cable television in Australia or overseas

    – If it has been produced or financed by Australian Film Commission (AFC), Film Finance Corporation (FFC), state film funding bodies or equivalent institutions.

  • A script or a documentary treatment will be considered refereed if it has been through an appropriate peer assessment procedure which could be the ASPERA Peer Review Committee or an industry body such as AFC, ABC, SBS, ScreenWest etc..

 

ASPERA Peer Review Committee will use the following Australian Screen Production Research Index (ASPRI) to evaluate screen based works:

  • AUSTRALIAN SCREEN PRODUCTION RESEARCH INDEX (ASPRI) will be based on a fully authored book being equal to an index of 5 points.
  • The baseline for ASPRI evaluation will be 1-hour documentary production (52-60 minutes).
  • 1 hour documentary will have the following “authors” & ASPRI points:

    Creative Producer 2 points
    Researcher 2 points
    Writer 2 points
    Director 2 points
    Cinematographer 2 points
    Editor 2 points
    Special Effects up to 2 points

  • Productions that are longer in duration will have the same index as 1-hour documentary.
  • Index for shorter productions will be proportional to their duration (and based on the 1-hour documentary points).
  • Exhibition of significant student’s work will be considered as a legitimate publication. Generally, supervisors will be considered as creative producers or executive producers and will attract corresponding publication value. For example:

    National Festival – 0.5 ASPRI points for each 10 min. short film

    Local Festival – 0.25 ASPRI points For each 10 min. short film

  • Award Nominations by the Australian Film Instituted provides an appropriate high-end bench mark for production quality in Australia.
  • Major competitive national and international festivals also provide an appropriate high-end bench marks for production quality.
  • For a production to be considered as fully-authored (sole authorship) the author must be the primary project researcher, writer and director of the text.
  • Sole authorship, or multiple production roles, can only attain a maximum of 5 credit points