A tale of five cities
Our survey of five key cities – Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow and Manchester – reveals that, despite the recession, there’s a mood of cautious optimism as the BBC moves its network spend outside London
Standing up for C4
Two years since taking over as head of programmes at Channel 4, Julian Bellamy is presiding over a creative upswing for the broadcaster. He talks to Tim Dams about ripping up the schedule and budget cuts
Factual and funding
Factual entertainment provides high volume, returnable bankers for the UK’s broadcasters but, as times get tougher, finding new ways of funding fact ent is also key. Jon Creamer reports
Leading the way for live
Live events play a large part in developing technologies as OB companies search for innovative ways to capture the action. Zoe Mutter finds out what kit and new technology are driving it forward
Streamlining the shoot
It’s been a pretty forgettable decade for crewing companies, with tighter budgets and fewer people required for the shoot. With recession biting, things have gone from bad to worse, reports Jake Bickerton
Plus...
On its 30th anniversary, Roger Graef’s doc outfit Films of Record, is making the move into popular factual; We ask three leading film-makers what the funding climate is like for international docs?; For BBC1 Iraq three parter Occupation, writer Pete Bowker put the focus on his characters rather than the history; Tim Marshall, producer at Another Film Company, on the excitement and anxiety of producing commercials; Cheerful Scout producer, Joanna Radford, on explaining complex tax rules to the public in a simple form; New end-to-end post service ilab-rocket merges ilab’s film lab with rocket’s full picture and audio post facility; We ask three mds of editing companies if they think multiskilled ‘preditors’ should be encouraged;Stealth tactics were used by the Double Negative team for its Vatican scenes in Ron Howard’s Angels and Demons; STV director of content Alan Clements' best and worst decisions
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