All Features articles – Page 99
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FeaturesThe Broadcast Interview: HBO docs boss Sheila Nevins
HBO documentary chief Sheila Nevins has revealed that she is looking for films that cover the impact of social media on society, male brutality towards women and the status of black art – while warning producers there are no trends in factual filmmaking.
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FeaturesGame on for 8K
The world’s largest sporting events have always provided broadcasters and manufacturers with the opportunity to push technological boundaries, and this year’s Olympics and Euros will be no different, writes Adrian Pennington
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FeaturesGoggledocs
Five of the UK’s top TV documentary-makers watched C4’s factual output in the first week of February. Here they deliver their verdicts in the style of the channel’s hit series Gogglebox
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The Broadcast InterviewLaura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, Making A Murderer
Netflix’s global hit documentary series was 10 years in the making. Alex Farber hears how directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos developed their vision with the on-demand service
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The Broadcast InterviewNeil Grant, Films of Record
Films of Record managing director Neil Grant tells Robin Parker about the streak of anarchy and love of provocation and playfulness that have marked his career in groundbreaking TV
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Behind The ScenesCity in the Sky, BBC2
Russell Levin highlights the challenges of trying to film 300 tonne aircraft taking off from the coldest city on earth.
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FeaturesCreative Access: Building a diverse workforce
Creative Access has been organising internships for young BAME talent for the past three years. Former trainees and their employers tell Ann-Marie Corvin what it has done for them
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FeaturesMaking of a series producer
Producer/director Sreya Biswas is one of 19 delegates selected by Creative Skillset for training to become a series producer. Here she finds out what it takes to make the grade
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FeaturesDaytime battle: ITV gains ground on BBC1
Commercial broadcaster is showing marked improvement in daytime, with audience share up 5.6% at the BBC’s expense. Stephen Price reports on the key battlegrounds
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Behind The ScenesBattle of Jutland: the Navy's Bloodiest Day, BBC2
What started as a personal story for executive producer Liz McLeod became a technical jigsaw puzzle for director Alicia Aarce
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FeaturesFocal International Awards: winners
Broadcast takes an in-depth look at some of the winners and shortlisted entries in this year’s Focal International Awards - including Firelight Films’ The Black Panthers and On The Corner’s Amy.
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Behind The ScenesNeil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, Sky Arts
The trick to adapting four unconnected short stories from the pen of cult author Neil Gaiman was to give them a ‘shared grammar’, directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth tell Olly Grant
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Behind The ScenesLast Whites of the East End, BBC1
We warmed up many of our contributors over a pint - but we had to out ourselves as lightweights, says Kelly Close
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FeaturesC4’s F1 ambition: personality over technicality
As Channel 4 gears up to cover the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, Broadcast reporter Miranda Blazeby went behind the scenes in Barcelona to find out how the broadcaster is shifting the focus from technicalities to personalities.
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Behind The ScenesLove, Nina, BBC1
Our fictionalised take on Nina Stibbe’s book tries to shine a light on the every day with wit, heart and visual flourish, says Jamie Laurenson
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FeaturesObject-based broadcasting
Interactivity in live sport and music broadcasting could be the next game-changing technology upgrade, says Adrian Pennington
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Behind The ScenesHetty Feather, CBBC
Convincing children that ‘old stuff ’ is worth watching is one thing; curbing contemporary slang on set is quite another, discovered David Collier
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FeaturesNations and Regions: local TV
The brainchild of former culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, local TV got off to a less-than-stellar start. Where do the surviving channels sit in the broadcasting ecology? asks Stephen Arnell
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FeaturesNations and Regions: post industry goes west
Along with Salford, Bristol is booming thanks to a busy BBC slate, leaving the likes of Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham playing catch-up. Adrian Pennington reports
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Behind The ScenesChildren On The Frontline: The Escape, C4
Revisiting a family trying to escape the conflict in Syria presented many challenges, says Marcel Mettelsiefen. But the hardest was balancing the roles of friend and film-maker