BAFTA announced that ITV has been awarded the prestigious BAFTA Television Special Award for its commissioning of Mr Bates vs The Post Office, recognising the power of public service television in telling homegrown stories that have a significant impact, leading to societal change. Firmly cementing itself as one of ITV’s biggest dramas in 20 years, … Read more
Blackmagic Design announced that ITV Content Services is using the Cintel Scanner G3 HDR+ and DaVinci Resolve Studio to scan, digitise and restore 8mm, 16mm and 35mm film in UltraHD. Situated in Leeds and part of the ITV Content Library, which boasts about 1.2 million physical assets, Content Services caters to a diverse range of clients, … Read more
Based on actual events, ITV’s crime drama Litvinenko, starring David Tennant, turned to Goldcrest Post Production to complete the grade, conform and finish for the four-part series. Directed by Jim Field Smith, the ITV miniseries Litvinenko follows one of the Metropolitan Police’s most complex and dangerous investigations in history – the poisoning of ex-Russian spy … Read more
Nine of the UK’s main broadcasters and streamers have joined forces to help improve access for disabled talent across the TV industry. The TV Access Project (TAP) has been created by the BBC, Channel 4, Britbox International, Disney+ UK, ITV, Paramount, Prime Video, Sky and UKTV, with support from industry body CDN (the Creative Diversity … Read more
Industry members from across the country came together to passionately discuss the future of diversity and inclusion in the film industry. After a spot of breakfast networking over coffee and pastries at Soho’s Dolby Screening Room, Be You’s speaker programme kicked off in fine fashion with the ‘Gamechangers: Content Making Impact’ panel. Media consultant Aaqil … Read more
A FRESH PERSPECTIVE After being nominated for the BSC Short Film Cinematography Award in 2018 and 2019, Dutch cinematographer Evelin van Rei got the opportunity to transition into long form by working on ITV crime drama Vera with veteran series director Paul Gay. “It was such a treat to be invited onto a successful and … Read more
ITV and Amazon’s Prime Video have signed up to the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund which is committed to supporting skills and training development for the unscripted workforce. The agreement means they will pay a percentage of all unscripted commission budgets to the fund which which went live last June to address skills shortages and … Read more
ITV announced plans to reserve £80m of its content commissioning budget over the next three years to drive change towards racial equity and disability equity. Of this amount, at least £20m will be reserved for content made by Black, Asian and minority ethnic-led and disabled-led production companies. ITV has also created a new £500k development … Read more
Lexhag VFX announced that they have launched virtual production services as part of their visual effects offer. The London and Norfolk-based visual effects studio, best known for their work on all five series of BBCs Poldark and most recently ITV’s Too Close, will offer services across all aspects of virtual production with a focus … Read more
The CEOs of the UK’s largest media brands will gather at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow to issue a rallying cry to the global industry to do more and better climate storytelling on screen across all genres. In an industry first, 12 broadcasters and streamers have signed up to The Climate Content Pledge1. The signatories … Read more
The UK’s key broadcasters are hosting a series of events from COP26 in Glasgow this November. The events will showcase the collaborative work of the broadcasters over the past decade through BAFTA’s albert – the screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability which aims to reduce the environmental impacts of production and empower creatives to produce … Read more
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE Lensing a drama series portraying the events following the racially motivated murder of Stephen Lawrence and his parents’ ongoing pursuit of justice was not a responsibility Aaron Reid took lightly. The cinematographer shares insight into the retelling of a story of great significance. On the evening of 22 April 1993, black British teenager … Read more
IBC has announced a comprehensive content programme for IBC Show 2021 which for the first time in IBC’s history will be free for all to access. Attendees can watch the sessions in person in Amsterdam or online via IBC Digital, which will launch on 21st October. This year’s content programme will focus on five key … Read more
The third and final series of ITV’s acclaimed TV crime drama Broadchurch, produced by Kudos, Imaginary Friends and Sister Pictures, was shot using Cooke Anamorphic/i lenses by cinematographer Carlos Catalan. The unusual decision to shoot a TV drama Anamorphically was taken to make the most of the wide vistas of the coastal setting, and to … Read more