In this session we caught up with some of the leading figures in the non-scripted indie sector, exploring how they navigated the lockdowns and the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead as the industry (hopefully) edges back towards normality. What have they learned, will any changes be lasting, and what are their ambitions to reinvigorate their businesses in 2021 and beyond?

Chairperson
Jesse Whittock, Insight (Features) Editor - Broadcast
Speakers
Danielle Lux, Managing Director - CPL Productions
Ninder Billing, Head of Specialist Factual - The Garden Productions Ltd
Laura Mansfield, Creative Director - Outline Productions

Founded in 2009, Potion Pictures has expanded its team of multi-disciplined designers and project managers to include an array of creative styles and technical knowledge. Based on London’s Southbank, they travel across the world to work TV Studios, filming locations, and project sites.

One of their key television projects is Strictly Come Dancing and in a strange year for the programme Potion Pictures delivered their most exciting and extravagant motion graphics yet to really bring this series to life. David & Joe will be talking us through how they achieved that, the tight timelines working on the production and mixing in with the routines.

Chairperson
Sadie Groom, Managing Director - Bubble Agency
Speakers
David Newton, Managing Director - Potion Pictures
Joe Phillips, Lead Designer - Potion Pictures

Presenting the cinema line up and core Canon technologies. 

Speakers
Mehdia Mehtal, Pro Video Specialist - Canon UK
Barry Griffin, B2B Production Segment Manager Professional Photo & Video Solutions - Canon UK
David Parry, Product Marketing Specialist - Canon UK

 

An in depth look at Blackmagic Design’s solutions for web broadcast and delivery, exploring web conferencing and webinars, as well as more complex live production systems.

Speaker

Darren Gosney, Technical Sales Manager - Blackmagic Design
 

Argonon CEO James Burstall shared insights into how the superindie has kept producing during the pandemic, its plans for US expansion and a concerted push for more diverse content and diversity in people across their projects, which include entertainment hit The Masked Singer and Worzel Gummidge.

Chairperson
Michael Rosser, Freelance Journalist & Producer
Speaker
James Burstall, CEO - Argonon
 

This panel discusses the technology driving innovations in sports production – including remote production; data-driven AR/graphics insights; the move to OTT/D2C; AI/automation of sports production; virtual studios enabling better in-studio insight; and so on, and how tech has come to the fore during Covid-19 lockdowns, to create virtual fans, accelerate remote/distributed production and enhance the insight provided to viewers at home.

Chairperson
Jake Bickerton, Editor - Broadcast Sport
Speakers
Laurie Beamont, Head of Graphics - MOOV
Bridget Bremner, Head of Production - Sky
Chris Evans, Head of Pro Video - Futuresource

The last year has been exceptionally difficult for natural history, factual docs genres. Gordon has made his name in wildlife filmmaking, both as a cameraman and as a presenter. After 30 years filming wild and wonderful creatures in remote areas of the planet, Gordon Buchanan has a reputation for relishing dangerous and tough assignments. He has taken part in challenging expeditions and adventures around the globe including South America, Asia, Africa, Papua New Guinea, Russia and Alaska, always with a view to raising awareness of the fragility of the world’s endangered species and habitats screens  In this conversation with Gordon we will reflect on the past year, how his projects have been affected and how he is planning for 2021 and beyond to bring us more of his exceptional documentaries.

Chairperson
Charlotte Wheeler, Event Director, MPTS
Speaker
Gordon Buchanan MBE

The pandemic has hit the filming community around the world, and whilst production has opened up again and filming commenced in controlled studio and location filming environments, the same cannot be said for those who produce the exceptional natural history series and documentaries we have all come to know and love.

With this expert panel we discuss the impact on this genre in terms of project planning, people, kit, post but also the valuable lessons learnt and new ways of working have emerged.  

Chairperson
Alex Farber, Deputy Editor - Broadcast
Speakers
George Panayiotou, Business Development Director - Films at 59
Helena Berglund, Head of Production - True to Nature
Lucy Bilson, Deputy Head of Production - Plimsoll Productions

This webinar will take users through some of the key features in DaVinci Resolve 17, looking primarily at editing and grading. The session will look at DaVinci Resolve’s new HDR grading tools, Colour Warper, Smart Reframing and Multicam Syncing as well as looking at DaVinci Resolve’s new Color Management pipeline.

Speaker
Simon Hall, Senior Trainer - Blackmagic Design

Chairperson
Charlotte Wheeler, Event Director - Media Production & Technology Show

Speakers
Marc Risby, Managing Director - Boxer Systems
Meryl McLaren, Director of Media Services & Facilities - Gravity Media
Nigel Wilkes, Head of Broadcast & PROAV - Panasonic UK

Chairperson
Jaisica Lapsiwala, Industry Consultant - Purple Ripple

Speakers
George Cook, Head of Engineering - Electric Theatre Collective London
Kerry Shreeve, VP of Technology Operations - Discovery
Tim Sargeant, Head of Product, Video & Live Systems – BBC