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Caring for crew on a drama production

Sally Hodgson — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:03:12 +0000

The latest Raising Films Ribbon goes to BBC Scotland drama production GUILT and specifically producer Jules Hussey (Brazen Productions). As an experience producer and line producer across projects like CATHERINE THE GREAT (Sky Atlantic) and CALL THE MIDWIFE (BBC), Jules brings to her work her own lived experience of her on-going support of an [...]

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Keeping families in film – WonderWorks is here to help!

Sally Hodgson — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:08:15 +0000

Back in 2015 Mark Radcliffe came along to a Raising Films networking event. Also in 2015 the Raising Films founders met Charlotte Riley at an industry event. Both Mark and Charlotte talked about their ideas for an on-set childcare provision, so we played matchmaker and introduced them... Fast forward to 2019 and we are [...]

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October ribbon update

Sally Hodgson — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 12:12:23 +0000

We've had a flurry of applications from a range of brilliant organisations, productions and festivals over the past weeks. Full insights and stories to follow but in the meantime, put your hands together for: THE LAST WORD - family-friendly feature production, produced by Casey Herbert.TRIM EDITING - addressing the needs of their parent/carer workforce through flexible [...]

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Case Study: Miranda Bowen Travels from Prep to Post on The Last Post

So Mayer — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 09:52:26 +0000

Cape Town, December 2016 I have just completed my fourth week of prep for BBC commissioned, Peter Moffat scripted The Last Post. It is half six in the evening and as the incendiary South African sun subsides behind a mountain I ask Jeth, my Congolese unit driver, counsellor and spiritual healer(!) to step on the [...]

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Testimonial: Early Day Films

So Mayer — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 09:57:50 +0000

Change comes from within. We set up Early Day Films to focus on the projects and talent we believe in. The purpose of having our own company was in part to develop how we wanted to work especially when we were collaborating entrepreneurially with writers. As we raised development money we began to find the [...]

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Testimonial: Jennifer Monks and Michelle Eastwood

Admin — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:45:23 +0000

It was a manic Monday in the To Know Him production office – 7 days from the start of principal photography. I was about to go out on a tech recce and I got the text! Michelle (my producing partner) had given birth! It was official – not only was I now the last member [...]

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Testimonial: MyAnna Buring

So Mayer — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 09:06:24 +0000

I always thought I’d be one of those women who work throughout their pregnancies. You know, the ones who work right up until their due date, the ones who you don’t even know are pregnant until they are 7-8 months in, who do it because they can and want to, and because, as the saying [...]

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Interview: Georgette Turner

So Mayer — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 06:34:21 +0000

Can you tell us about working on WONDER WOMAN – you were location managing while pregnant with your second child, is that right? I was five months pregnant when I went on the film, and seven and a half months when I left. Because I’d done a big number before in Trafalgar Square – we [...]

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Interview: Desperate Optimists

Admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:00:12 +0000

Desperate Optimists are Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor. Born in Dublin, Ireland, they studied theatre in the UK in the late 80s. From 1992 to 1999 they toured six internationally acclaimed devised theatre shows. Between 2000 and 2003 they directed a number of episodic, interactive works for the internet, and large-scale community video projects for galleries. Between [...]

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Testimonial: Nicky Bentham

Admin — Thu, 19 May 2016 13:47:52 +0000

In 2010 when my son was a week old my friend Corinna McFarlane came to meet him. She also wanted to tell me that she was going away for a while, to write a script about her unknown ancestors in Scotland. She didn’t know when she’d be back but said she’d send it to me [...]

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