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FeaturesWorld of Locations: United States - Montana
Though many of the film and TV productions that shoot in Montana do so because they tell local stories — the highest-profile recent visitor, Alexander Payne’s Oscar-nominated Nebraska, was, in spite of its title, set partly and shot in Montana — others come for the sweeping Great Plains vistas that ...
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: United States - Nevada
Most productions that come to Nevada are looking for location shoots in and around the city of Las Vegas, though the state’s low tax rates can also be an attraction.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Wales
International productions have long been drawn to this small but perfectly formed country, which provides mountains, lakes, beaches and castles aplenty.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Scotland
With rugged mountains, pristine beaches and cities that double for US metropolises, it is no surprise Scotland soars to the top of the wish list of many a location manager.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Northern Ireland
HBO’s Game of Thrones may have been one of the early adopters, but it’s not taken long for the rest of the film and TV world to catch on to the benefits of shooting in Northern Ireland.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: England
The new Star Wars, the new JK Rowling and the new Bridget Jones film are all shooting in England.
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FeaturesFungus the Bogeyman
The adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ classic was unlike any other TV project, according to the VFX firm responsible for bringing the book to life.
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FeaturesDickensian
The grade and audio post for the 20-part series about a world inhabited by characters from the works of Dickens.
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Behind The ScenesBeowulf, ITV
The producers of ITV’s take on the Anglo-Saxon epic tell Olly Grant how they created a fantasy universe from scratch and made an ancient saga work for a modern audience
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Behind The ScenesDickensian, BBC1
On a vast Victorian street set in a warehouse in west London, James Rampton hears how Red Planet took a light-footed approach to its rummage through Charles Dickens’ brain
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Behind The ScenesWar and Peace, BBC1
At more than 1,400 pages, adapting War And Peace as a six-part drama was not for the fainthearted. Olly Grant meets the director, producer and crew charged with bringing the epic story to life
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Behind The ScenesThe Sound of Music Live, ITV
ITV’s live broadcast of the classic musical won’t shy away from drawing political parallels with today’s global crises, discovers Emily Norval
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FeaturesThe case for cloud delivery
Vendors are doing all they can to ease broadcasters’ fears about moving playout to the cloud, but there are still hurdles to overcome, writes Adrian Pennington
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FeaturesMastering the art of subtitling
Access services experts talk to David Wood about the latest efforts to improve accuracy and reduce latency
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Building the UKTV brand
When UKTV’s promo creation deal with Red Bee came to an end in June, it provided the broadcaster with an opportunity to set up a dedicated in-house facility run by The Farm. George Bevir takes a look around
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FeaturesProducers reveal archive secrets
Senior figures from the worlds of production, restoration and archive research gathered at Dolby’s Soho HQ for Broadcast’s Restoration and Archive Forum.
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Features2015 Review: distributors round-up
British scripted series were in demand in the US, which also took bets on UK factual and entertainment shows, while Amazon flexed its muscles and Virgin re-entered the ring.
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Behind The ScenesWe’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story, BBC2
A drama about the birth of Dad’s Army reveals the behind-the-scenes conflict over the classic sitcom - and how it almost didn’t happen. Olly Grant meets the team telling the tale