Features – Page 254
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FeaturesA winning tactic for OB
Innovation in technology is enabling broadcasters to improve the audience’s experience of sports coverage. Adrian Pennington reports on the kit that’s helping on location
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FeaturesThunderbirds Are Go (Picture Post)
Create a workflow that encompasses the conform, grade, online edit and delivery of the 26-part series.
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FeaturesThunderbirds Are Go (VFX)
Act as the VFX production hub and provide a VFX workflow, combining New Zealand-based Weta Workshop’s live-action miniatures and Pukeko Pictures’ post-vis plates and CGI characters and vehicles.
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FeaturesThunderbirds Are Go (audio post)
Provide the sound mix for the 26 x 30-minute series, a reboot of the 1960s puppet adventure show.
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Behind The ScenesFright Club, Sky1
The first rule of Fright Club was to create a drama-filled series that used extreme methods to help people with their phobias, says Kaye Godleman
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FeaturesHow to get the best from contributors
BBC Academy executive producer Lucy Hooper asks five programme-makers how they cast their shows and deal with sensitive subjects and vulnerable people
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Behind The ScenesUK Election Debate, CNN
CNN has ambitions for McLaren’s ‘Thought Leadership’ hub beyond its election debates. Alex Farber paid a visit
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Behind The ScenesChannel Patrol, BBC1
Drones and GoPros helped us capture the busy English channel on a daytime budget, says series producer Rebecca Nunn
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Behind The ScenesHunters of the South Seas, BBC2
When we gave our researcher his dream assignment, a new star presenter was born, says series producer/director Jamie Balment
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Behind The ScenesSafe House, ITV
When a hurricane blown in from the Caribbean put filming in jeopardy, we turned the conditions to our advantage, says Andrew Benson
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Behind The ScenesEpisodes, BBC2
When Wimbledon Studios went into receivership just before shooting began on Episodes’ fourth series, producer Debs Pisani had her work cut out keeping the production on track
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FeaturesHire Q&A: keeping up with the customer
In a market flooded with competing cameras, and with 4K gradually gaining ground, knowing when and what to invest in is the biggest challenge for hire firms
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FeaturesUAVs: go fly zone
In-air collision avoidance systems and lighter batteries could enable unmanned aerial vehicles to be used in a host of new ways.
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FeaturesGrading Arte’s Intrusion
French psychological drama Intrusion was shot using Red Epic cameras, enabling senior colourist Frédéric Savoir to develop the distinctive look that blends reality and the surreal, writes Andy Stout
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FeaturesVidispine: getting organised
Swedish firm Vidispine’s VidiXplore software can index and organise video on both desktops and in the cloud. Co-founder Erik Åhlin explains how it works
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FeaturesHot Picks: Non-Scripted
MipTV is prime hunting ground for the next breakout non-scripted format. Broadcast looks at the gameshows, fact ent formats and reality series that might explode at the market.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Hindsight
VH1’s Hindsight is a time-travelling drama largely set in New York in the 1990s
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FeaturesHot Picks: Scripted
High-end drama will continue to be a main focus at MipTV, with global players such as Netflix becoming aggressively involved alongside local broadcasters keen to differentiate their schedules. Broadcast looks at some of the hottest international scripted projects set to launch in Cannes.
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FeaturesUHD takes to the air
Manufacturers are competing to be the first to offer workable UHD RF camera links, but the technology is still at least a year away from the market.
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FeaturesInside MTG’s new facility
Sweden’s Modern Times Group’s move to a new London playout facility provided an opportunity to make changes to key technology