Features – Page 384
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FeaturesFootball, fillers and repeats
In a barren week of TV listings, only the presence of the X Factor hinted at the battles to come.
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FeaturesWeek telling a tale of yore
A tale of yore I think. The location (location, location) was the coast and it was here that I found the dragons’ den (lair, surely?).
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FeaturesReap rewards from re-runs
Acquired programmes play a significant role for digital channels. They are able to buy programming in at a relatively cheap rate compared with terrestrial networks and can play the stuff many times in a week to squeeze out value.
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FeaturesWhat next for DI?
Is Framestore’s decision to close its digital intermediate (DI) department indicative of a deeper malaise for the country’s digital lab providers? Will Strauss investigates.
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FeaturesS3 Stereo 3D Stepping Module
A portable unit that controls the motion and triggering of a digital SLR or digital film camera for stereoscopic 3D stop-frame animation production.
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FeaturesSeagal vs Van Damme promo
Action heroes do battle in a promo for Five created by Visual Art
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FeaturesThe Specials
Pitched as “Friends meets Skins”, The Specials is a docusoap with a difference. All five of the housemates have learning disabilities – four of them Down’s Syndrome.
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FeaturesGrease: The School Musical
Full post on a new light entertainment show about school children performing Grease and featuring Duncan from the boy band Blue.
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FeaturesDigital repeat contenders
When Galileo first gazed at the stars through his telescope 400 years ago, he probably said: “Crikey, there’s a lot.” He might have said the same about digital channels; frighteningly, there are well over 300 channels measured by Barb.
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FeaturesNot waging a weekend war
Generally BBC2, C4 and Five don’t go too bonkers at the weekends, what with the entertainment behemoths taking lumps out of each other on ITV1 and BBC1 for much of the time.
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FeaturesHolidays exodus is overrated
Figures show using the holidays as an excuse for a summer ratings lull is not always justified.
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The Broadcast InterviewStuart Murphy, Sky 1/2/3
The director of programmes is setting high standards for entertainment on Sky 1, upping the budget and revisiting the schedules to ensure quality shines through.
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FeaturesM&A: Perfect partner or failed union?
For some, it’s a marriage made in heaven, for others, a relationship from hell. Should indies go for outside investment.
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Behind The ScenesWuthering Heights, ITV1
Radford Neville reveals the difficulty in finding the perfect Yorkshire location to recreate Emily Brontë’s period masterpiece, Wuthering Heights.
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The Broadcast InterviewAdrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley
The partnership between Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley is the glue that holds The One Show together.
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FeaturesThe X Factor
Full post-production work on the singing talent show, including the editing of more than 3,000 hours of footage
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FeaturesDoctor Who Greatest Moments
A logo brand, titles and content graphics, created by Component Graphics, for Doctor Who-themed docs.
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FeaturesBrothers In Arms: Basra
Post-production work on a doc focusing on British troops’ final days in Iraq