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SUMMERTIME, AND THE LIVING ISN’T ACTUALLY ALL THAT EASY There’s no getting away from the fact that the TV and film industry is in the midst of a slowdown right now. The WGA strike has brought much US-based scripted production
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to a virtual standstill. Much of the UK’s recent success in terms of inward investment production - across post, vfx and facilities - is bracing itself for the domino effect that will crash on to those markets. The streaming services, the source of so much of that inward investment production, had been tightening their belts already as competition between them hots up.
In the UK itself, unhappy economic conditions have spooked the ad market somewhat,
forcing the home-grown ad-funded broadcasters to rein in their ambitions with reports of returning shows no longer returning and others getting axed even post greenlight. Timely then to look at the mental health of workers in the TV business, already under stress
as a largely freelance-based workforce that’s never too sure when the next job is coming from. This issue we look at the efforts being made by various organisations to make the industry a happier place to be, and what still needs to be done to achieve that. Our two genre reports this time are on Entertainment TV and Fact Ent, both seen by
broadcasters as programming areas that can not only be achieved at a reasonable price point but might also to bring a smile to the nations’ collective faces and offer a little escapism as the UK grapples with an uncertain 2023. But while the next few months may be looking tough, the underlying picture for the UK
production and post production industry is one filled with skill, talent and know how. We showcase that this issue with a number of craft focussed features. Our Art of the Director
piece quizzes four top scripted directors on their approach to their craft. We also focus in on the role of the colourist with a look behind the scenes at recent standout grades. We’ve also assembled some of the best sound designers in the business to explain how they deliver such a crucial part of the filmmaking process. And all that fabulous craft is what we’re here to showcase. So, from this issue on, we’re
investing more in the magazine’s production values. Its green values won’t change though. For many years the paper we use has been from FSC managed forests and is 100% carbon neutral and we only use vegetable-based inks, but now we’ll have a more robust paper stock to provide better overall image reproduction, all the better to show off what the UK screen industries do best.
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BACK TO BLACK
Charlie Brooker on the rebir th of his dystopian anthology
GOING LONG
The short form post spec ial ists moving into HETV
GOOD
VIBRATIONS TOP SOUND DESIGNERS ON BUILDING WORLDS THAT RESONATE
In the frame
The art and craft of helming scripted TV and film
K E EP IT UNRE A L A look inside Vir tual Production 2.0
guiding light
behind the grades of standout productions
STATE OF MIND THE MOVES TO IMPROVE
BRITISH TV’S MENTAL HEALTH
CURRENT EVENTS THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN TV NEWSROOM
ROUNDTABLE:
HOW WILL POST NEED TO CHANGE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF A NEW AGE?
S HINE ON
T he hunt for Enter tainment formats that sparkle
T H E S H A P E O F TH I N G S TO C O M E
Factual entertainment takes on new forms
S P OT LI G H T
TV studios head to a vir tual future
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
Taking the temperature of nations and regions TV
PRIME CUT S
Inside the edit suite on The Last of Us and Coup 53.1 IN THE
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