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Screen Queensland has teamed with the ABC for a new factual initiative aimed at early-mid career filmmakers, calling out for compelling, formattable ideas that explore Australian identity.
The opportunity will see filmmakers create proof-of-concept shorts (10 minutes), to be distributed on ABC digital platforms, with the aim of demonstrating the commission potential of a longer-form series.
The brief is for shorts that examine “the theme of identity, exploring questions of who we are, who do we look at with admiration and why, and why and how do we see ourselves as Australians?”.
The ABC will share a more detailed brief later this month via video conference, setting guidelines and expectations to help creatives understand what the broadcaster is looking for.
Up to eight teams will be shortlisted to then refine their ideas in a workshop with ABC executives, with up to three selected to progress to production.
Screen Queensland has teamed with the ABC for a new factual initiative aimed at early-mid career filmmakers, calling out for compelling, formattable ideas that explore Australian identity.
The opportunity will see filmmakers create proof-of-concept shorts (10 minutes), to be distributed on ABC digital platforms, with the aim of demonstrating the commission potential of a longer-form series.
The brief is for shorts that examine “the theme of identity, exploring questions of who we are, who do we look at with admiration and why, and why and how do we see ourselves as Australians?”.
The ABC will share a more detailed brief later this month via video conference, setting guidelines and expectations to help creatives understand what the broadcaster is looking for.
Up to eight teams will be shortlisted to then refine their ideas in a workshop with ABC executives, with up to three selected to progress to production.
- 7/7/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
ITV is making a major push into the natural history genre – an area that has long been dominated by rival BBC and more recently Netflix and Apple.
The broadcaster recently commissioned Hostile Planet producer Plimsoll Productions to produce landmark series A Year On Planet Earth (w/t) – its first major wildlife commission in 20 years – and now the company’s international sales arm is also doubling down on the genre.
ITV Studios Global Entertainment is launching a raft of wildlife titles at next week’s Mipcom including David Attenborough-narrated India’s Wild Karnataka, Wild Tokyo and Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure and Evp Global Content Julie Meldal-Johnsen tells Deadline that it wants to further increase this focus.
She said that the distributor wanted to create a factual slate that could sit alongside its high-end drama slate, that has invested in series including BBC drama Noughts & Crosses and Bodyguard...
The broadcaster recently commissioned Hostile Planet producer Plimsoll Productions to produce landmark series A Year On Planet Earth (w/t) – its first major wildlife commission in 20 years – and now the company’s international sales arm is also doubling down on the genre.
ITV Studios Global Entertainment is launching a raft of wildlife titles at next week’s Mipcom including David Attenborough-narrated India’s Wild Karnataka, Wild Tokyo and Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure and Evp Global Content Julie Meldal-Johnsen tells Deadline that it wants to further increase this focus.
She said that the distributor wanted to create a factual slate that could sit alongside its high-end drama slate, that has invested in series including BBC drama Noughts & Crosses and Bodyguard...
- 10/11/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Voice creator John De Mol is exiting ITV four years after the British broadcaster and producer acquired his company Talpa Media. This comes as ITV Studios has reorganized its international sales and formats business in a move that will see the closure of his Talpa Media brand.
Big Brother creator De Mol has chosen not to exercise his option to extend the earn-out period for a further three years. He will instead focus on the further development of his company Talpa Network, which owns a raft of broadcast networks in Holland, as of 2020, although he will continue to provide management services to Talpa Media until the end of April next year.
The company said that it wished De Mol well and will continue to work with him via a first-look deal in relation to future formats.
ITV Studios, which sells shows including Love Island, has unveiled a new three-tier structure,...
Big Brother creator De Mol has chosen not to exercise his option to extend the earn-out period for a further three years. He will instead focus on the further development of his company Talpa Network, which owns a raft of broadcast networks in Holland, as of 2020, although he will continue to provide management services to Talpa Media until the end of April next year.
The company said that it wished De Mol well and will continue to work with him via a first-look deal in relation to future formats.
ITV Studios, which sells shows including Love Island, has unveiled a new three-tier structure,...
- 10/1/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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