SNAPSHOT “I said I think we should paint the wall purple. Everybody was really anxious about it. Nobody likes change until I painted the little model purple. Color is really important in terms of establishing the show identity. …One of the responsibilities of a production designer is to look Continue Reading
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Road to Eurovision 2018: Week 4 – Australia, Denmark, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Malta
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Oh my you’re cinematically naked! What movies look like without special effects
CGI is in! It’s in BIG in movies and if you’ve seen any blockbusters lately, and if not, why not, there are some damn good ones out there, you will have seen all kinds of gloriously-created worlds (think A Wrinkle in Time), augmented characters (War For the Planet of Continue Reading
My Dad’s favourite TV shows: Dad’s Army #HappyBirthdayDad
My Dad would have been 85 today. He died back in 2016 in the worst June I have ever had the sadness and misfortune to live through but as time has time has moved on, as it always does with unsentimental determination and ferocity, I have found myself remembering Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art: Games of Thrones characters get Disney-fied
Is it possible to make Game of Thrones cute? Yes, CUTE – you heard me. It’s probably not the first word that springs to mind about a show that’s better known for bloody, internecine struggles, betrayal, lust and endless, nightmarish war … oh, and zombies. Not excactly Hello Kitty Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2018: Week 3 – FYR Macedonia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Switzerland
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Been there, done that, got the undead T-shirt: Why People Stopped Watching The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead used to be such a good show. It took a while for my housemate to convince this horror-averse boy that there was substance to go along with the zombies but he did and I found myself utterly transfixed by show that has was dark and apocalyptic Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2018: Week 2 – Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Future and past collide: Are you ready to make The Crossing?
SNAPSHOT Jude Ellis (Steve Zahn) is the sheriff of Port Canaan, a small fishing town on the Oregon coast. Having relocated from Oakland to escape a strained marriage and a dark past as a big city cop, his goal is to build a quiet new life for himself and Continue Reading
It’s incraftable! Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman host new show Making It
I am not an enthusiastic fan of baking/cooking/crafting/bedazzling reality TV shows. In fact, I’m not a fan at all. But, and this is a most crucial and highly-conditional but, if such a show were to be hosted by the god-like comedic talents of Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, both Continue Reading