Features – Page 227
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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
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The Broadcast InterviewJohn Hay, C4
Channel 4 arts commissioner John Hay tells Robin Parker why he wants artists to tackle ‘front-half-of-the-paper’ topics. Plus: Pegah Farahmand on supercharging Random Acts
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FeaturesI Want My Wife Back
Provide picture and audio post on the 6 x 30-minute romantic comedy about one man’s attempts to win back his wife.
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FeaturesWhat Would Be Your Miracle?
Develop a recognisable style and maintain a warm atmosphere while dealing with often distressing scenes that feature people with serious ailments having treatment to improve their quality of life.
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FeaturesThe Hollow Crown
Online, grade and titles for the 3 x 120-minute adaption of Shakespeare’s historical plays.
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FeaturesKids are the stars at Mip TV
Cannes may have been quieter than usual, but kids’ talent shows were hot property, while studio gameshows made a comeback. Peter White reports on the market’s key trends
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Behind The ScenesLord Montagu
How did a Texan come to make a feature-length doc about an aristocrat he had never heard of? Luke Korem explains
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Behind The ScenesBen Fogle: The Great African Migration, C5
Capturing a year in the life of four wildebeest over just 40 days’ filming was no small undertaking, discovered Natalie Wilkinson
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Behind The ScenesFlowers, C4
We found the perfect dilapidated old building to match the ‘otherness’ of our characters’ world - but filming upstairs carried a risk that the floors might collapse, says Will Sharpe
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FeaturesRoundtable: Making the case for MAM
Media asset management systems are a hot topic in TV, but when should you invest in one? The issue was top of the agenda at a recent Broadcast breakfast meeting. David Wood reports
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The Broadcast InterviewNina Gold, casting director
Bafta Special Award recipient Nina Gold tells Hannah Gannagé-Stewart about the joy of discovering new talent
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FeaturesSky Sports: 25th anniversary special
Sky Sports has changed the face of broadcasting since it burst onto the scene 25 years ago. Michael Burns looks back at its many technological innovations - and what’s coming next
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FeaturesUK Animation: international perspectives
As part of a three-day ‘Boris tour’ organised by Film London an international delegation of animation experts dropped in at the UKTI-supported CMC Animation Exchange event in London. In this two parter, we reveal what the execs thought of the UK market, government funding and international co-production.
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Behind The ScenesHarlan Coben's The Five, Sky 1
Approaching a drama script in the same vein as author Harlan Coben’s thrillers, with hooks and cliffhangers at every turn, had to be a collaborative process, says Danny Brocklehurst
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FeaturesDigital Video: adjusting to a digital future
As video-on-demand and catch-up become destinations in their own right, five leading digital experts debate how this development will affect broadcasters. Ann-Marie Corvin reports
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FeaturesTV music: what’s the score?
The much improved range offered by production music libraries is a bonus for programmemakers, but commissioned music can take a show to another level, says Adrian Pennington
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FeaturesThe rise and fall of tape
With Sony ceasing sale of its tape machines in March, some 60 years after Ampex’s two-inch quad machine was first unveiled, UK Screen chief executive Neil Hatton rewinds to the start of the story
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FeaturesFaster than a ray of light
Lytro’s light-field cinema camera could revolutionise film-making, while developments in holographic display are bringing Star Wars-style technology closer to reality
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The Broadcast InterviewCelia Taylor, Sky
Sky’s non-scripted boss talks to Peter White about flying dogs, why ‘funny factual’ is harder than it looks - and why she couldn’t turn down Renegade’s Don’t Tell The Bride
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FeaturesThe Sporting Mavericks
Provide full post-production on the 4 x 60-minute series focusing on uniquely gifted sportsmen from the worlds of snooker, motorsport, boxing and darts.