All Features articles – Page 191
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FeaturesEastEnders: broadcasting live from Albert Square
Ahead of this week’s 30th anniversary EastEnders specials, BBC Studios & Post Production operations manager Geoff Ward reveals the challenges involved in delivering the soap live.
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FeaturesThe Casual Vacancy
Provide picture post-production services on the 3 x 60-minute adaptation of JK Rowling’s novel.
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FeaturesIndian Summers
Create a title sequence and provide VFX that enhanced the sense of scale and placed the colonial buildings, shot in Malaysia, against a Himalayan backdrop
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FeaturesTraining in drama: solving the skills problem
Drama experts examine what can be done about the growing shortage of skilled TV production crew
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FeaturesHow to turn digital natives into viewers
Louise Blyth of the BBC Academy asks industry leaders how broadcasters can use online content to drive audience growth
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FeaturesThe Real Housewives of Cheshire
Provide picture post for the 10-part series, a spin-off of the Real Housewives franchise. Part of the brief was to make the north of England look as glamorous as previous settings such as Beverly Hills.
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FeaturesThe Keith Lemon Sketch Show
Create titles and wipes to bring together different characters and sketches in one cohesive world for the six-part sketch show that pokes fun at TV and film stars and celebrities.
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FeaturesSix Nations promo
Promote the BBC’s coverage of the Six Nations rugby and encapsulate the contrast between players’ and fans’ friendly rivalry and the physicality of the action
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FeaturesWorkflow: The Collectv moves into reality TV with ITV2 show
The Collectv has delivered a set of logging, recording and media management services for Twofour’s ITV2 reality show Ibiza Weekender as as part of its venture into a wider range of genres.
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FeaturesBest Post Production House: Envy Post Production
This award is given to a post house that provides outstanding service, and there was broad agreement among the judges that Envy had consistently delivered to an industry-leading standard.
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FeaturesBest Multichannel Programme: Uncle
Uncle was described by the judges as a “truly original show” with “brilliant performances and great writing”.
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FeaturesBest International Programme Sales: The X Factor UK
The X Factor UK had never been sold to international broadcasters as a finished series, despite being on air for more than 10 years.
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FeaturesBest Comedy Programme: Harry And Paul’s Story Of The Twos
“A total treat,” declared our judges of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse’s irreverent and truly impressive skewering of 50 years of BBC Two.
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FeaturesBest Single Drama: Common
Jimmy McGovern’s 90-minute drama Common, which told the story of a young man standing trial for murder under complicated circumstances, was a “jaw-dropping drama that never did the predictable” and an “outstanding exposition of a complex theme”, according to the judges.
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FeaturesBest Daytime Programme: Couples Come Dine With Me
Shiver presented itself with a difficult task in creating a spin-off of one of the most successful formats of the 21st century, but triumphed as the first series of Couples Come Dine With Me performed well in Channel 4’s daytime schedule.
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FeaturesBest Soap or Continuing Drama: EastEnders
“EastEnders has had a real reboot under Dominic Treadwell-Collins,” said one judge. “It feels like a fresh show again.”
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FeaturesBest Music Programme: Coldplay: Ghost Stories
The judges were impressed by the scale and ambition of Sky Arts’ exclusive recording of Coldplay performing their latest album Ghost Stories.
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FeaturesBest Documentary Programme: Storyville: Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
Injecting a little punk rock into the BBC Four schedule, Storyville’s film raised important questions about the battle lines drawn between artistic freedom and state control in Russia.