Genre report - Entertainment and comedy
In a two-part special, Tim Dams reports on TV’s fresh focus on entertainment, and new directions in comedy
The art of cinematography
Four leading DoPs tell Michael Burns the secrets of their craft, and explain the techniques they used to create hits like Jason Bourne, The King’s Speech, Lion and Sherlock
The Top Ten Cameras
Televisual’s annual survey reveals the UK’s most hired cameras of the year and uncovers the models everyone will be shooting on in the year ahead
TV Studios
The television studios sector is in flux, amid a spate of closures and re-developments. Pippa Considine reports on a changing studios landscape
Take it outside
Major technical advances such as UHD, HDR and IP are driving big changes in the outside broadcast market. Michael Burns reports
And lots more
This issue also features the Televisual Corporate 50, bright ideas for lighting, how post houses are dealing with the data bulge and pages showcasing the best creative work in UK post and vfx
Game On for C4 & Netflix drama
Set in the world of computer gaming, C4 and Netflix’s Kiss Me First combines live action and impressive cg animation. Tim Dams reports
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Somesuch shoots straight in to the number one spot in the overall 30 this year. That’s on the back of a fantastically creative 12 months. Somesuch picks out Daniel Wolfe’s work, saying the director “made history” with #bloodnormal for Libresse that showed “realistic period blood for the first time.” There were big ads from Aoife McArdle too, including her Audi spot, the only ad from a female director in the Superbowl.
Kim Gehrig brought back This Girl Can with Phenomenal Woman, and helmed “a faultless continuous shot for Uber’s Effortless Night.” Somesuch signed its 10th female director with Lynne Ramsay, known for We Need to Talk About Kevin. The company won its first BAFTA with short film Home and is in production on three long-form docs for fashion platform M2M and in development with BBC Films on a feature length production.
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