All Features articles – Page 95
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Accident
From Engregages (Spiral) and Braquo to Les Revenants (The Returned) and Disparue (The Disappearance), French-language drama is an increasingly popular global export.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Striking Out
DCD Rights has found a lot of success with scripted series from Down Under, including political thriller The Code and Bondi murder mystery Deep Water – both of which were picked up by BBC4. But the distributor is now looking for hits much closer to home.
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FeaturesBroadcast Commissioning Forum: reasons to attend
Broadcast is hosting its annual Broadcast Commissioning Forum on November 3 to inform producers of all sizes and all genres about the future commissioning landscape. The industry’s biggest names will speak at the forum to share their vision and insights. Event producer Donna Taberer reveals more about what attendees can ...
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FeaturesSavage Kingdom, Nat Geo Wild
Our brief was to achieve the feel and tone of scripted drama, without sacrificing authenticity - luckily, the natural world gave us some incredible original storylines, says Harry Marshall
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Behind The ScenesPlanet Earth, BBC1
A decade after its groundbreaking series, BBC Studios’ NHU is again using cutting-edge techniques and technology to take the viewer right into the world of animals.
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FeaturesUnderwater innovators
Deep-sea filming is one of the toughest challenges in natural history. George Bevir hears how some of the genre’s leading producers have charted this hidden world
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FeaturesMaking a splash online
With younger viewers hard to reach via traditional linear TV, Ann-Marie Corvin explores how natural history producers are embracing new platforms, technology and content
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Behind The ScenesThe Level, ITV
Having finally won the commission after seven years of trying, dive-bombing seagulls and disruptive jet-skiers were just some of the challenges we faced, say Polly Leys and Kate Norrish
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FeaturesMaking money from VR
Unlike 3D, VR offers some potentially rich revenue streams, finds Adrian Pennington
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FeaturesThe next evolution of VoD
Broadcasters are enhancing their online platforms with more exclusive content and greater personalisation, but improving consistency is their main priority
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FeaturesNews for the millennials
With Facebook Live, Periscope and VR, the way viewers are consuming news is changing. Nicola Smith explores the platforms and technologies taking coverage in a new direction
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FeaturesBuild it and they will come
Having established a base for international broadcasters, media hubs are moving on to the next phase: embedding industries from the wider digital economy, writes Adrian Pennington
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FeaturesGoing for international gold
The UK indie sector has attracted huge foreign investment over the past few years. But does that help or hinder its performance on the international stage?
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FeaturesConviction, BBC2
First we had to set some ground rules to ensure we got the kind of cinematic, high-stakes documentary we wanted. Then we had to find the right case, says Richard Bond
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FeaturesHow to win a YouTube Red deal
Head of content Alex Carloss calls on UK indies to pair up with online creators
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Behind The ScenesHooten and the Lady, Sky 1
Production on our action romp took us around the world in search of adventure, says Simon Winstone
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FeaturesTimmer & Keane, Mammoth
Mammoth Screen’s husband-and-wife team begged Kevin Lygo to avoid a Victoria-Poldark clash - but both shows have become Sunday night winners, they tell Robin Parker
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FeaturesNational Treasure, C4
Three weeks’ rehearsal is a luxury in TV - but on a series dealing with historical allegations, it was essential in helping the cast build their characters’ shared past, says writer Jack Thorne
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The Broadcast InterviewAlex Mahon, The Foundry
The Foundry chief executive Alex Mahon tells George Bevir what she has been doing since she joined the software firm 10 months ago, and why she believes VR will succeed where 3D failed
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FeaturesObesity - The Post Mortem
Filming a post-mortem for BBC3 took us on a long and emotional journey, but the result is an eye-opening documentary, says Melanie Archer