“Senior executives are understood to want a ‘content-first approach’ more similar to output from BBC children’s and sport divisions, rather than one based on how and where people watch or listen. While the BBC is dedicated to keeping its channels and stations on the air, executives believe that rapid changes in the way people consume BBC content means a new structure would be more appropriate as well as save money.”
Category: media
‘The Revenant’ And ‘Mad Max’ Rule At BAFTAs
“The Revenant … was named best film while [Leonardo] DiCaprio won best actor and Alejandro G Inarritu best director. … Apocalyptic action movie Mad Max: Fury Road took four awards: for make-up and hair, editing, costumes and production design.”
The R-Rated Deadpool Is So Wildly Successful Because It Knows Exactly What Its Fans Want
“The sizzle reel, the cheeky imagery, the online bandwagon, it all falls in line with the contemporary drift towards fan-inspired cinema, where movie studios feel safest spending money on films with their audience already guaranteed. But Deadpool doesn’t just offer up a hero it thinks the fanbase will love, it offers up an entire world.”
How A Small Site Used Crowdsourcing – And Money – To Become A Powerhouse Of Celebrity Information
“TMZ resembles an intelligence agency as much as a news organization, and it has turned its domain, Los Angeles, into a city of stool pigeons. In an e-mail from last year, a photographer reported having four airport sources for the day, including ‘Harold at Delta, Leon at Baggage service, Fred at hudson news, Lyle at Fruit and nut stand.'”
The Woman Who Cracked Radio Success By Listening To Her Audience
“Those who don’t know the name almost always recognize the voice: a folksy, honeyed, sometimes firm, usually schmaltzy flow that can comfort without condescension and make you want to heed even the harshest advice. That voice is the essence of the show, and during my time in the studio, caller after caller told her how its tone alone has provided comfort at some of their lowest points.”
The Movies Used To Be An Escape From Work, And Now They’re All About Work
“The somber message of these movies — most of them contenders for best film or acting honors in this year’s Oscar race — is that we have become our jobs. ‘I think, therefore I am’ has been updated to ‘I work, therefore I exist.’ Not only has private life been squeezed out, but personal happiness, when it is captured, is also celebrated as a boon for productivity.”
Cuba Is Getting The Full Hollywood Treatment
“‘It’s great that people from Hollywood want to come to Cuba, but it’s caught us at a bad moment,’ said Carlos Lechuga, a Cuban director. ‘We have stories to tell, and right now we don’t feel that we can do that.'”
‘The Revenant’ Sweeps The BAFTAs As We Edge Toward The Oscars
This is the list of winners, but don’t miss the rather funny Guardian liveblog as well, linked here.
Making An Hour-Long Musical Every Week On A TV Schedule
“‘The development process for stage musicals is years and years to get 12 or 15 songs onstage,’ he says. With ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,’ the team ‘sometimes have just a few days to write 2-3 new ones.’ That’s fine with him, as his philosophy is that ‘all creative work takes exactly as long as the amount of time you’re given. It’s amazing how much you can get done if you have to.'”
How Do You Design The Architecture For A Holocaust Movie?
“Long takes — some of which were three and four minutes long, and executed with a hand-held camera — meant that many of the sets would need to be complete rooms that could accommodate 360 degrees worth of shooting. This required Rajk to recreate a Nazi crematorium in an abandoned 1912 warehouse on the outskirts of Budapest.”