DRAMA & COMEDY “There are days when
we have 700 people at work on a single day across the UK and Spain, or London and Scotland. And what’s most rewarding for me is delivering it logistically and creatively, and the fact that as well as the writing and acting, the show has been so well- received for the craft.” Accessing the cars,
clothes and props that are so essential for The Crown’s authenticity is always challenging. And this was no less so for season four, despite the ‘historical’ setting becoming more recent: 1979-1990. But arguably the biggest challenge was navigating lockdowns to shoot Charles and Diana’s 1988 Swiss ski holiday. The trip – when members of their party were hit by an avalanche, and a close friend of the prince’s died – was an important dramatic point as it is regarded as marking a turning point in Charles and Diana’s marriage. “We were due to shoot the ski sequence
in the Pyrenees, but Spain was locking down quicker than the UK. Ben Nevis had more snow than it had for a while, so we decided to shoot it in Scotland. But by the time we’d decided, the risk was the team would get locked down there,” Casey recalls. Despite eventually having to cancel this part of the shoot completely, an elegant
work-around was found during post- production – a critical part of the process that had its own pandemic challenges.
THE LIFE AND SOUL OF THE CROWN IS DEFINITELY PETER MORGAN – EVERYTHING ORIGINATES WITH HIM. BUT BEYOND THAT IS AN ARMY
“Our post-production model involves Peter
sitting alongside our editors and directors,” he explains. “With everyone at home, we had to quickly find a way for everyone to continue to collaborate and stay connected but from their bedrooms or kitchen tables.”
Thanks to a united desire to finish season
four on time and stay true to their creative vision, they managed it nevertheless. “In the end, it was all down to sheer
determination and the shared understanding of the people we have who had already been on quite a journey together – when you’ve worked together for so long a shorthand develops, and a lot of trust,” says Casey. “And the fact that we delivered the show
we set out to make, that we did justice to everything that had come before, and that we did all of that without any compromise is something that – both collectively and personally – we are all extremely proud of.”
transport links to Central London, international airports and the wider South East, making it the perfect production base for both build space and access to desirable locations.
Over the coming year we look forward to sharing some exciting developments at the studio, which will include the transformation of some of our heritage buildings into modern creative workspaces and ancillary space, building on our ambitions and capacity to further support British and International TV drama and features.
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