ONE OF A KIND Tim Potter, a dedicated camera technician and GBCT chair, was renowned for his kindness, expertise and lifelong commitment to supporting crew. Tributes have poured in for a true gent. Tim Potter GBCT (Bectu camera branch and GBCT chair) joined the Guild in 1991 and was elected to the Board in 2006, … Read more
GBCT chair Tim Potter puts forward the case for an alternative taxation system for freelance workers first blighted by the pandemic and now the cost-of-living crisis. The pandemic exposed the lack of structure to the freelance market. What little help there was back then is now totally absent during the cost-of-living-crisis. Furthermore, the present government … Read more
As Hollywood strikes rage on, Tim Potter GBCT reflects on the rise of the streaming juggernauts. We have all been sitting at home wondering what hit us. Yes, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA actions have caused many productions to go into hiatus, but the slowdown in production started considerably before these actions started. Support for the … Read more
We shouldn’t underestimate the value of expertise amid the production boom, as Tim Potter GBCT explains. At a recent BAFTA function, David Puttnam, the president of the Film Distributors’ Association, called on the film and television industry to invest in the training of our future workforce or risk losing our position in the world as … Read more
