Features – Page 238

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    Blasts from the past

    2012-05-03T08:30:00Z

    Heritage formats like Surprise Surprise, Blockbusters and Catch Phrase are all making a return to British TV. It’s all about feelgood familiarity, producers tell Jake Kanter.

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    Dirty Great Machines

    2012-05-02T12:24:00Z

    Create a series brand and in-show GFX that break away from the well-trodden schematics and blue-print style.

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    Drain the Great Lakes

    2012-05-02T12:24:00Z

    Produce more than 70 CGI sequences revealing wrecks and strange topography beneath the waters on the bed of the Great Lakes.

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    Vera

    2012-05-02T12:15:00Z

    Conform, grade, online and VFX for the second run of the detective series

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    Alan Tyler, BBC Scotland

    2012-04-27T16:40:00Z

    BBC Scotland executive editor, entertainment commissioning.

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    Behind the Blackmagic camera

    2012-04-26T15:01:00Z

    Blackmagic Design pulled off the surprise product launch of this year’s NAB with the unveiling of a new digital camera. Chief executive Grant Petty reveals the thinking behind the device.

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    In at the deep end

    2012-04-25T15:53:00Z

    Shooting underwater brings an element of danger and excitement to the screen - but creates complications for production teams.

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    The Voice

    2012-04-25T12:57:00Z

    Full post on the BBC’s primetime entertainment format

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    Playhouse Presents

    2012-04-25T12:55:00Z

    Scan, conform, grade, online and VFX for six of the 12 x 30-minute series

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    Made in Chelsea

    2012-04-25T12:52:00Z

    Full post on the scripted reality series

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    Anna Miralis, Channel 4

    2012-04-20T15:05:00Z

    Documentaries commissioning editor, Channel 4.

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    The art of storytelling

    2012-04-19T08:30:00Z

    Frank Ash of the BBC Academy’s creativity and special projects team asks factual producers and commissioners to reveal the secrets for turning hours of footage into a compelling narrative

  • BBC Breakfast
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    False dawn for TV experts

    2012-04-19T08:30:00Z

    BBC Breakfast levels the playing field for women – unlike Daybreak, says Lis Howell.

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    Q&A: Steve Regan, MTV UK

    2012-04-13T16:28:00Z

    Senior editorial director, commissioning and production, MTV UK.

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    NAB 2012: Less is more

    2012-04-12T10:39:00Z

    This year’s NAB will have fewer product launches and more focus on streamlining workflows and reducing costs. But there will still be plenty to get tech buyers excited.

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    The blossoming of 3D

    2012-04-12T08:30:00Z

    From 2D conversions to nature documentaries, 3D filming and post techniques are changing fast.

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    Our Crime

    2012-04-04T10:24:00Z

    Grade EnvyClient Minnow FilmsBrief Complete the grade for the 4 x 60-minute documentary series exploring the stories behind crimes.How it was done Envy senior colourist Paul Fallon graded using Baselight. The interviews and location shoots were given a brooding and pensive feel, with any lightness or humour provided by the ...

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    Four in a Bed

    2012-04-04T10:22:00Z

    Full post-production for the 60-part series about B&B owners who take turns to stay with one another

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    The Syndicate

    2012-04-04T10:20:00Z

    Create a title sequence that combines lotto glamour and Northern drama for the series about lottery- winning staff at a Leeds supermarket

  • Celia Taylor,
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    Celia Taylor, Sky

    2012-03-30T16:18:00Z

    Head of factual and features, Sky.