Job sharing is providing solutions in the wake of Covid-19

Written by Shona Smith on Jul 28, 2020. Posted in General Interest / Interviews

Job sharing has long provided solutions for freelance workers with caring commitments and physical or mental health issues – all of which the pandemic has put under a microscope. For creative companies remerging from lockdown into an entirely new landscape, the flexibility that job sharing provides is proving beneficial says Michelle Reynolds of Share my Telly Job an online community built for Freelancers in the Television industry who are hoping to find more flexible working contracts.

Feature film Bull filmed on location at Houston rodeos

Written by Shona Smith on Jul 23, 2020. Posted in Interviews / On Location

Bull, a Texan drama from director Annie Silverstein filmed at the state’s rodeos and on location in Houston with assistance from the Houston Film Commission. Producer Monique Walton (pictured right) discusses the Texan shoot with TLG.

Q+A with Lisa Dee, Head of Film at LBBD and Stephen Hursthouse Senior Development Manager at Be First

Written by Shona Smith on Jul 15, 2020. Posted in Interviews

L-R: David Harley (Be First), Leader Darren Rodwell, and Lisa Dee (film LBBD), Stephen Hursthouse (Be First) Barking and Dagenham Council unanimously approved a GBP110 million proposal for Dagenham Film Studios. Lisa Dee, Head of Film at Barking and Dagenham Council, and Stephen Hursthouse Senior Development Manager at Be First speak to TLG about what this means for the borough, why an east London film studio will work and what Covid-19 means for film and TV in the borough.

On location in Palau with local Media Producer/ Camera Operator Richard Brooks

Written by Shona Smith on Jun 16, 2020. Posted in Interviews

TLG talks to Richard Brooks, local line producer and founder of Lightning Strike Productions on what producers should expect in Palau, in the Pacific Ocean.

Producing in a pandemic: the view from Sweden

Written by Shona Smith on Jun 8, 2020. Posted in Interviews

Unlike much of Europe, Sweden has never fully locked down due to coronavirus although social distancing and health and safety measures were put in place. For the last few months, producers have continued to work, adapting to the new situation in real time.

Emerging from lockdown: the view from commercials production with the Advertising Producers Association’s Steve Davies

Written by The Location Guide on Jun 4, 2020. Posted in Interviews

In the latest of The Location Guide’s series of Zoom interviews that explore the road to back to production, we’re delighted to speak with Advertising Producers Association chief executive Steve Davies.

Emerging from lockdown: the view from Spain with Fresco Film's Peter Welter Soler

Written by The Location Guide on May 26, 2020. Posted in Interviews

In the second of The Location Guide’s series of Zoom interviews that explore how and where production is restarting following the pandemic shutdowns, we’re delighted to speak with Peter Welter Soler, executive producer and partner at Spain’s Fresco Film.

TLG talks to David Conley, Executive VFX Producer at Weta Digital

Written by Shona Smith on May 20, 2020. Posted in Interviews

As physical production ground to a halt across the globe due to coronavirus, VFX and post production was one sector that could continue to work. David Conley (pictured), Executive VFX Producer at Weta Digital speaks to TLG on how VFX studio behind Avengers: Infinity War, Avatar and The Lord of the Rings has coped with recent challenges, and what might change as a result of coronavirus.