February 2010
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The odd couple
The shortlists for this month's Baftas and Oscars reveal the growing reliance of British film producers on financing from the BBC and C4’s feature divisions. Tim Dams reports on a film industry being propped up by TV
Interview: More4's Tabitha Jackson
Best known for its repeats of Grand Designs, More4 is now looking to bolster its number of original commissions through programme funding partnerships with advertisers and arts organisations, editor Tabitha Jackson tells Tim Dams
The top ten cameras
Jake Bickerton surveys the camera hire market to reveal the most hired cameras of the last year and discovers a new-found preference for file-based HD formats in all genres of programming
Hard labour
C4’s One Born Every Minute has taken the art of the ob doc to a new level, rigging up a hospital maternity unit with 46 remote cameras to capture the drama and emotion of childbirth
Making beautiful music
A lot of people want a say when it comes to creating the music for a production, so composers have to be able to take all those different views on board, as well as interpreting what the producers really want. Jon Creamer reports
In the fast lane
The outside broadcast industry rarely stands still, with multimillion pound trucks continually being added to ever growing fleets and plenty of company acquisitions thrown into the mix too, as Jake Bickerton reports
Cutting laughter
If comedy is all about the timing, then what happens in the edit suite can help to turn a good show into a great one. Jon Creamer reports on the art of the comedy edit
Plus...
Janine Gibson on Glee at Channel 4; do overnight ratings matter any more?; Claire Beale on commercials drama at the BBC; EastEnders goes live; Mind's Eye's interactive digital film for Lynx Twist; Virgin's Jonathan Webb best and worst decisions
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