Features – Page 178
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FeaturesDrama indies take centre stage
Insatiable overseas appetite for English-language drama and the consequent flow of international money into UK production were the big themes of 2015.
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FeaturesOutpostVFX founder on growing business outside of London
By moving out of London, investing in new talent and pioneering free software Bournemouth-based OutpostVFX is attracting a range of US indies.
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FeaturesThe Aliens
Provide picture conform, grade, VFX and delivery services for the 6 x 60-minute drama about aliens who reside on Earth but are forced to live a segregated life behind a huge wall in a ghetto called Troy
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FeaturesHer Story: The Female Revolution
Provide final post-production on a 4 x 60-minute co-production exploring the growing influence of women over the century, from the point of view of leadership, personal life, religion and work.
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FeaturesScrambled!
Complete quick-turnaround post on third series of the 28 x 120-minute CITV kids’ magazine show.
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FeaturesComedy roundtable: keeping comedy fresh
Comedy hits can help to define a channel, but are new ideas losing out to safer bets, ‘funny factual’ and an inflated drama slate? Robin Parker asks five leading comedy producers
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FeaturesSitcom revivals: bringing back the classics
Is the apparent appetite for reviving sitcoms a sign of a dearth of new ideas or risks – or a legitimate way to celebrate our comedy heritage? Paul Whitelaw investigates
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FeaturesHigh Dynamic Range: Stepping out of the shadows
HDR promises to take 4K footage to a ‘whole other level’, capturing TV images that offer unprecedented detail and texture even in the shadows. Adrian Pennington reports on the adoption of the technology
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FeaturesTechnology start-ups: Daring to be disruptive
Entrepreneurial spirit may abound in television, but successful technology start-ups are few and far between. Will Strauss talks to three that are attempting to buck that trend and break into the industry
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FeaturesInterview: Nevion's Geir Bryn-Jensen on the shift to IP
Norway-based Nevion plans to help broadcasters face the future by transitioning them to a virtualised media production workflow.
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FeaturesBehind the scenes: The Secret Life of the Zoo
For its latest C4 fixed-rig series, production company Blast Films! called on the expertise of rig specialist Minicams to help it get up close and personal to the animals at Chester Zoo.
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FeaturesHer Story: the Female Revolution, BBC World News
Films of Records’s Neil Grant on partnering with advertising agency JWT Entertainment.
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FeaturesDiamond: the indie verdict
The latest industry diversity initiative is piling pressure on indies already juggling broadcasters’ targets, reveals Broadcast’s Indie Survey
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FeaturesDoctor Thorne
Give a ‘fairytale’ touch to the 3 x 60-minute adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel.
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Features4 O'Clock Club
Provide full picture and sound post on series five of the CBBC musical comedy set in school, continuing its pop video look and creating a rich sound scape to make a believable school environment.
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FeaturesGrantchester
Create a rich, authentic and elegant look and feel for a new series of the 1950s detective drama.
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FeaturesLight entertainment feels the squeeze
With the likely closure of Fountain Studios, shiny-floor shows could struggle to find space within the M25, but expansion elsewhere should ease the problem.
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FeaturesThe Last Leg, C4
Create an epic new title sequence for The Last Leg in which the presenters battle through a fierce storm to make it to the studio.
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FeaturesStag, BBC2
Provide full post-production for a 3 x 60-minute dark comedy about a deer-stalking expedition in the Scottish Highlands.
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FeaturesFight Night London: UFC Breakdown
Complete grade, audio and online on a 1 x 60-minute show previewing an upcoming UFC bout between Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping.