Directors UK publish intimacy in the time of COVID-19 guidelines
Directors UK have published additional guidelines acknowledging new considerations of directing intimate scenes when working during coronavirus.
Directors UK have published additional guidelines acknowledging new considerations of directing intimate scenes when working during coronavirus.
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.
Emergency fund created by The Film and TV Charity in partnership with the BFI launches today. The fund rallies to help those hit hardest by impact of Covid-19 pandemic after survey finds 74% of film and TV freelancers fall outside government support schemes. The relief fund launches alongside Film and TV Charity urgent fundraising appeal and new repayable grants scheme
In lieu of delayed or non-existing governmental support available for freelancers and the self-employed in many countries, the global industry has stepped up to support the backbone of the production industry.
Nearly nine people in 10 working in the UK’s film, TV and cinema industries have experienced a mental health problem according to a major study commissioned by the Film and TV Charity. The report also reveals that due to worries about the impact on mental health 63% of workers have considered leaving the industry which already faces skills shortages.
The official figures from the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit reveal that 2019 saw the highest spend ever on film and high-end television production in the UK. The record-breaking year for the UK production industry saw spend for film and high-end TV production in the UK reach 3.6 billion, a 16% increase on 2018.
The three-part series inspired by Bram Stoker’s novel filmed in locations historically tied to the horror genre. The three part series was written and created by Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss who have noted Dracula’s importance to the genre, saying “what’s special about Dracula, is that Bram Stoker gave evil its own hero”.
As competition heats up in the streaming landscape, BBC and ITV launch joint venture BritBox in the UK. The service is marketed as the biggest collection of British Box Sets available from a single streaming service featuring past, present and original British content. A large selection of drama, factual and films from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 and Comedy Central UK are available on the platform.