** This article first appeared in movieScope, issue 18 ** Many writers feel a chill at the words ‘don’t worry the director will fix it in the shoot’. And directors probably don’t like to hear…
After almost three decades collecting dust, Hammer Films is being resurrected, with films like LET ME IN and THE RESIDENT already under its belt. Here, CEO Simon Oakes reveals his plans for the future, and how he will be…
TAKE 2 Films, one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of Motion Picture and Digital camera equipment recently announced their expansion with the addition of a Lighting Rental Division. Based at Pinewood Studios, the new…
Dado Valentic, chief colourist and managing director of MyTherapy D-Cinelab, discusses the musicality of colour and the new possibilities digital technology offers to independent filmmakers. …
The 55th BFI London Film Festival will open on October 12th with the European premiere of Fernando Meirelles’ 360 starring Rachel Weisz, Jude Law and Sir Anthony Hopkins.…
In a post on internet Q&A site Quora, Sean Hood (one of three screenwriters credited on ‘Conan’ alongside Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (Sahara), comments on ’What it is like to have your film flop at…
Pinewood Shepperton plc today released its interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2011, showing film revenues for the studios are up 68%. The increase to £18.2m (from 2010′s £10.8m) is a refection of…
Back in 2009 we interviewed Iain Smith for movieScope magazine issue 13′s ‘Insider’s POV: PRODUCING’ column. 18 months later, Smith was appointed Chair of the British Film Commission. His insights are as enlightening now, as…
Outspoken UK Film Critic Mark Kermode, has announced dates for a forthcoming nation-wide tour to tie in with the publication of his new book – The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex – in which he…
With 2011 producing a bumper crop of sequels, it seems that they remain a safe financial bet for Hollywood studios. But, according to a new interactive visual graphic created by Tableau Software’s Daniel Hom, the…
