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princeloww · 5 months

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DAVID TENNANT ROLES STARTERPACK

(Different roles, where to find them and what they're like!!!) (+ more that I didn't go into included at the end)

*disclaimer: this is sort of UK orientated, 'cos I don't know any American streaming services or where stuff is available in other countries, so PLEASE comment other places you can watch things!!!!

- Takin' Over the Asylum (CAMPBELL BAIN)

Follows a DJ and a group of patients trying to keep a radio station going in a mental hospital. David plays one of the main characters, Campbell Bain, a mostly upbeat and energetic young boy with lots of enthusiasm and spirit. Some angst!

☆ YOUTUBE (free)

- Blackpool (PETER CARLISLE)

A body is found in an arcade run by Ripley Holden, and him and his entire family are pulled into the murder investigation surrounding it. DI Peter Carlisle is working on the case, and highly suspicious of Ripley. He's a pretty major character and has a romantic plot - as well as a few funny musical numbers. Includes sex scenes.

☆ UKTV PLAY (free in UK), AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

- Casanova (GIACOMO CASANOVA)

The (mostly sexual) adventures of Giacomo Casanova, a charming and fraudulent man who falls in love very quickly and very dramatically with a lot of people, all while essentially bullshitting through life and jumping on every opportunity to make money. Includes sex scenes but also angst, such as illness, injuries, some violence, and general suffering.

☆ MYFLIXERX.TO (free), AMAZON

- Recovery (ALAN HAMILTON)

A man and his family coping with the recovery and rehabilitation process after he (Alan, David Tennant) suffers from brain damage. Angsty. Lots of crying, suicide references, head injury stuff.

☆ YOUTUBE (free)

- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (BARTY CROUCH JR)

I recommend pirating this one so you're not supporting JK Rowling. DT plays Barty Crouch JR, an antagonist and the son of Barty Crouch. He's kind of a minor character, as he's not actually in a lot of scenes.

☆ Probably on most pirating sites (my go to is MYFLIXERX.TO)

- Learners (CHRISTOPHER ??)

Lighthearted movie about a woman trying to pass her driving test. David plays Chris, her driving instructor. He's a bit of a dork, very sweet and kind. Has a love plot, briefly fights a guy. No major angst.

☆ YOUTUBE (free)

- Hamlet (HAMLET)

Hamlet. Prince of Denmark wants vengeance after his father's death. I haven't actually watched this one yet but I assume it's got the same amount of angst and drama as Hamlet typically does.

☆ AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

- Single Father (DAVE TYLER)

After a fatal car accident, Dave Tyler (DT) is left to parent four children on his own. Still struggling through grief, Dave falls in love again and attempts to hide it. Has LOTS of crying, lots of kissing, sex scenes, DT being miserable and sobbing, etc.

☆ MYFLIXERX.TO (free)

- Rex Is Not Your Lawyer (REX ALEXANDER)

Unaired pilot. Only 40 minutes. Show wasn't picked up, but it is very good. Rex is a successful and skilled lawyer who is forced to stop practising when he starts having panic attacks every time he speaks in court. He decides instead to coach people who want to represent themselves. Lots of DT in very tight suits. American accent. Not MAJOR angst but he does has daddy issues and a panic disorder, so.

☆ YOUTUBE (free)

- Fright Night (PETER VINCENT)

A kid discovers that his neighbour is a vampire, and he seeks out a famous vampire slayer to help him. Peter Vincent (DT) does not live up to his name, and turns out to actually be sort of pathetic. No major angst, not a lot of clothes, no romance, but lots of eyeliner. He's very bisexual. Violence, vampire horror, creepy neighbour.

☆ DISNEY+, AMAZON PRIME

- The Decoy Bride (JAMES ARBER)

Celebrity Lara Tyler tries to get married to her author fiancé James Arber, but the paparazzi interrupts the wedding. Desperate to keep it private, she takes James to the island that he based his book on. Somehow, the paparazzi still find them, and they hire a decoy bride to pretend to be Lara. Romance, kissing, light hearted, minimal angst. David in a funny outfit. Fake dating trope?

☆ AMAZON PRIME

- Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (Donald and Roderick Peterson)

Sequel to Nativity, but you don't need to watch the first one. Primary school teacher Donald Peterson (DT) is forced to take his class to Wales to participate in A Song For Christmas, a festive singing competition. Here he is put against his twin brother, who is a successful composer and with whom he has a strained relationship. Light angst - lots of daddy issues, but generally sweet.

☆ AMAZON, I think its on NOW TV???

- The Escape Artist (WILL BURTON)

A defence lawyer, Will Burton, gets a murderer off free, and very quickly grows to regret it, when his client comes after his family next. Lots of murder. Like three murders I think. Hot lawyer DT.

☆ AMAZON (I can't believe I forgot this one)

- What We Did On Our Holiday (DOUG MCLEOD)

A family go to Scotland for their grandfather's 70th birthday. Doug (DT) and his wife (Rosamund Pike) are getting a divorce, but are hiding it from the rest of the family. Movie is mostly focused on the kids and their grandad, but David has a few moments, and he's generally present throughout. Funny, slightly shocking at times, family film. No major angst. Character death.

☆ AMAZON PRIME

- Richard II (RICHARD II)

Shakespeare's Richard II. David plays the titular character, the extravagant, heartless and cold King of England, Richard II. We see his fall from grace as he is stripped of everything he owns and knows. Quite angsty. Long hair, androgynous David. Queer kiss scene (although they are cousins, soo...)

☆ you can find a link in a REDDIT comment if you search for it, AMAZON PRIME

- Broadchurch (ALEC HARDY)

An eleven-year-old boy is murdered in a small town, sending shock-waves through the community. Story follows both the family and communities response to the crime, as well as the investigation done by DI Alec Hardy (DT) and DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Coleman). Lots of angst from Alec. He is sick and hiding it. Injury, dizziness, panic attacks, that sort of thing - as well as a heart attack. He has a lot of trauma and daddy issues. Season three touches on topics of rape (warning).

- Mad To Be Normal (RD LIANG)

Biopic about RD Liang, a Scottish psychiatrist. Sex, misogyny, mental health topics, some self-harm (done by another character)

☆ AMAZON (sensing a pattern)

- Good Omens (CROWLEY)

An angel (Michael Sheen) and a demon work together to stop the end of the world. Queer romance (canon), some angst. Drama, comedy, LGBTQ+. David plays Crowley, the demon (who "sauntered vaguely downwards" rather than fell from heaven)

☆ AMAZON PRIME

- Staged (DAVID TENNANT)

A COVID lockdown comedy about David Tennant and Michael Sheen talking via Zoom during the lockdown. Actually quite sad at times? Mostly silly, though. Features Georgia Tennant and Anna Lundberg.

☆ BBC Iplayer (UK) (or VPN)

- Around The World in 80 Days (PHILEAS FOGG)

Phileas Fogg, a quiet and reserved man, decides to travel around the world in 80 days, after he receives an anonymous postcard calling him a coward. Cute found family, drama, angst (ex-lover stuff, internalised cowardice, illness, near death experience), some violence. There's a scene where Phileas gets flogged (whipped, essentially) quite violently, and it's somewhat graphic. Touches on themes of racism. Phileas is 100% neurodivergent.

☆ BBC Iplayer (UK) (or VPN)

- Inside Man (HARRY WATLING)

DT plays a vicar, Harry, who is involved in a murder after trying to protect his son - who was accused of having CP. Suicide themes, murder, self-harm - explores the idea that any person can murder, if they're pushed the right way. Includes topics to do with CP and pedophilia.

☆ NETFLIX, AMAZON

- Litvinenko (LITVINENKO)

Biopic about Alexander Litvinenko. A group of detectives investigate the poisoning of Litvinenko. David is bald in this show. (Scary)

☆ ITVX (UK) (or VPN)

- Doctor who (10TH AND 14TH DOCTORS)

Do I need to explain Doctor Who???? David Tennant plays the tenth and fourteenth regenerations of The Doctor, a Time Lord from outerspace. He travels around in the TARDIS with human companions.

☆ BBC Iplayer (UK)

I think I'm gonna leave it there, but there are a LOT that I have not touched on. This post is a very accurate and long list of everything on DT's filmography, so i recommend you check that out.

Other things I didn't mention (off the top of my head):

There She Goes, Bad Samaritan, Einstein and Eddington, Rab. C Nesbitt, Bright Young Things, LA Without a Map, Much Ado About Nothing, Duck Patrol, True Love, Gracepoint, Camping (US), Nan's Christmas Carol, Mary Queen of Scots, (You, Me and Him), Secret Smile, Deadwater Fell, Jessica Jones, Dramarama, Spies of Warsaw, AND A LOT MORE. (+ voice acting roles, and also his narrating work on Spy In The Wild (2017)

#david tennant #good omens #takin over the asylum #campbell bain #broadchurch #takin' over the asylum #alec hardy #crowley #taking over the asylum #david tennant roles #casanova #phileas fogg #im not tagging them all #tennantverse #david tennantverse #david tennant fandoms #YES i left out a lot of very popular ones #dont come at me #this was just the ones i wanted to write about

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fuckyeahmarkgatiss · 2 months

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#mark gatiss #Bookish #isn't this just Aziraphale in an alternate human universe LOL

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notfspurejam · 1 month

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https://www.instagram.com/p/C6V5e0YIALf/?igsh=bjZweHJibHIxcnJ5

#mark gatiss #bookish #Polly Walker #alibi #UKTV #radio times

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kembleford1953 · 11 months

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Filming has started today on the third series of the hugely popular BBC Studios Continuing Drama production, Sister Boniface Mysteries. Series three is a co-production for Britbox International and UKTV’s Drama channel and will include a feature length Christmas special written by series creator Jude Tindall and directed by Ian Barber.

Britain is in the grips of the ‘Big Freeze’ – the worst winter on record. Sister Boniface and her fellow travellers are stranded in a train after a frozen coupling snaps, leaving the last carriages stranded in snow. When The Star of the Orient, a precious jewel, is stolen from its safe and a passenger is discovered murdered, Sister Boniface must use her exceptional detection skills to decide who among the suspects is responsible. But with little signs of rescue and a failing generator, passengers must also contend with a more pressing issue – freezing to death.

Elsewhere in the series a famous organist is murdered mid-tune in the chapel, Great Slaughter’s first sci-fi convention results in a mysterious kidnapping and a ‘dead cert’ at the screen tests for the new ‘Agent Best’ ends up, well… dead. To top it all, Felix has a challenge of his own when his fiancée Victoria arrives from Bermuda with an ultimatum which could change everything…

#sister boniface mysteries #sister boniface #lorna watson #max brown #jerry iwu #ami metcalf

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h50europe · 6 months

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Update on The Boy That Never was:

Abacus Media Rights, an Amcomri Entertainment company, has pre-sold The Boy That Never Was, a four-hour drama series based on the best-selling novel by Karen Perry.

Filmed on location in Morocco and Ireland and produced by Subotica (North Sea Connection), the series has been commissioned by RTÉ with support from Screen Ireland with delivery scheduled for April 2024.

AMR has already secured sales to UKTV for their Alibi channel and France Télévisions.

The series is co-written by Jo Spain (Harry Wild, Taken Down), whose own crime novels have been translated in 20 territories, and screenwriter David Logan (Harry Wild, To Olivia).

Abacus Media Inks Presales for ‘The Boy That Never Was’ – VideoAge International

#colin morgan #kerr logan #the boy that never was #karen perry #bestseller #harry #john webster #the killing kind #merlin #humans #leo elster #the living and the dead #nathan appleby #mammals #jeff wilson

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jamiebamberdaily · 11 months

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Other Magazine Snippets (24 - 30 June 2023)

Tap/Click ‘Keep Reading’ to see the snippets and view the transcripts.

Heat Magazine

This new crime show declared itself to be the first English-language “police procedural” drama produced and set on the French Riviera since the 197-s although its thunder was rather stolen by Britbox’s Murder In Province, which was made later but aired first. Set on Côte d’Azur, this one focuses on the unlikely crime-fighting partnership between idealistic cop Camille Delmasse (Lucie Lucas, Gloria) and ex-mafia con artist Harry King (Jamie Bamber, Battlestar Galactica) who solve a murder case each week, while Lucie hunts for the criminals who framed her police hero dad.

NZ Listener

We rather approve of all these cosy crime series set in exotic locations - or just ones with great weather, really. The Mallorca Files (BBC UKTV, Wednesday), for example, or this new one that is said to be the first English-language procedural to be produced in Cannes in more than 50 years. (Riviera presumably doesn’t count as it’s not a procedural.) Lucie Lucas is the local detective who teams up with a former con artist and Englishman played by Jamie Bamber. The show is created by Chris Murray, known for his work on Midsomer Murders, Agatha Raisin and the rebooted Van Der Valk.

Radio Times

There’s something for everyone in this Riviera detective show: great hair, chiselled jaws, luxury locations, sexual tension. And it’s this last element between its lead characters, detective Camille Delmasse (Lucie Lucas) and slightly shady Harry King (Jamie Bamber) that’s most dominant. Bamber’s con-artist grifts will put some viewers in mind of Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele. Appropriately enough, as Bamber (in a tux in a casino) looks like he’s auditioning for James Bond.

Total TV Guide

This is all delightfully To Catch A Thief and Moonlighting. It revolves around the bickering yet flirtatious relationship between detective Camille Delmasse (Lucie Lucas) and international conman Harry King (Jamie Bamber), solving crimes on the French Riviera. Meanwhile Camille’s colleague Lea Robert (Shy’m), has a secret crush on her...

What’s On TV

When Cannes detective Camille Delmasse (Lucie Lucas) collides with debonair art collector Harry King (Jamie Bamber) during a high-speed pursuit, she’s irritated by the smooth-talking stranger. But as she investigates the death of a celebrated street artist known as the Jester, she and Harry keep crossing paths - and when Harry reveals he may be able to help Camille clear her father, the former chief of police, from alleged corruption charges, the two strike a mutually beneficial deal... Camille being a policewoman is a problem for Harry because he’s got something to hide,’ says Jamie. ‘But they each have something that the other needs. Gradually they get more dependent on each other, and become the od couple that works together solving crimes!’

#Jamie Bamber #Cannes Confidential #Interview #Interview Updates #Magazine #Heat Magazine #NZ Listener #Radio Times #Total TV Guide #What's On TV

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notasapleasure · 1 year

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Bad Girls (2002)

Righty-o, one episode of Bad Girls, a drama about a women's prison that I never ever watched. Oh my god the early 2000s fashion, the indoor smoking, the lesbianics! Prison guard watching a lass kiss her girlfriend on her visit: "If the taxpayers knew this is what they were paying me for..."

It's the last episode in the series so let's expect some dramatics. 'Snowball' is setting a bomb. Oh Snowball. That won't get you out of jail any quicker, will it? She hid it behind a copy of The Bible, she must be a wrong 'un.

48 minutes, how much screen time do we think young Chook has? The year is 2002, he must be about 30, he is Naj Khan Din according to imdb.

He is......an alarms salesman at the open day and he is beautiful. Some lass in leather called Yvonne is up to no good with him. Oh no WAIT he's the rent boy!

Apologies for the lack of screen shots, UKTV player is a little bitch.

HE'S the tart with a heart! Earning extra money to look after his little sister because plumbing doesn't pay enough :')

Oh no bb did you get exploded? :(( Haven't seen you for a while...

Ope, no! Still alive! Back to acting the alarms salesman to sneak out.

And in the end the resourceful Irish lass with all the braincells in the prison and her flighty girlfriend got a pardon for saving the guvnor, and Yvonne got to beat the shit out of Snowball?

Joplin's credited in one episode so I won't be continuing to find out more, thanks!

Rating:

Dead? No!

Evil? No!

Affects the plot? No!

As far as a use of 48 minutes of my life goes, a solid 3/5. I’m happy to have seen this iteration of him.

#adventures in joplin sibtain's imdb page #joplin sibtain #this is what british tv exists for!

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The ladies of The Marlow Murder Club will be back to solve more grisly cases as Robert Thorogood’s (Death in Paradise) cozy crime drama has been renewed for a second season by PBS Masterpiece.

As reported by Variety, Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, and Cara Horgan are all set to return as amateur sleuthing trio Judith, Suzie, and Becks for Season 2 of the British drama series. Natalie Dew will also reprise her role as police inspector Tanika Malik.

Season 2 will see the group reunite to solve another spate of unsettling crimes. The series is scheduled to film this summer and will be directed by Steve Barron.

The show comes from Thorogood and is an adaptation of his Marlow Murder Club novels. It follows retired archaeologist Judith, dog-walker Suzie, and vicar’s wife Becks as they team up to solve mysterious murders in their sleepy, idyllic town of Marlow.

Season 2 will see Thorogood adapt his second novel in the series, Death Comes to Marlow, for a two-episode murder mystery. Meanwhile, Lucia Haynes (Vera) and Julia Gilbert (Midsomer Murders) will each pen brand-new stories for the season.

“From a seemingly impossible murder inside the locked study of a sweeping mansion, to the mysterious case of a man murdered in the middle of a sleepy cul-de-sac with no connection to the town, and an unexpectedly brutal accident at the prestigious Marlow sailing club that quickly reveals itself to be something more sinister, there’s no rest for our sleuthing trio,” reads the official logline.

The Marlow Murder Club is produced by Monumental Television in association with ITV Studios.

“Monumental Television and Robert Thorogood’s female-led mystery thriller ‘The Marlow Murder Club’ proved to be such a smash hit with viewers that we just had to bring it back for a second season,” said UKTV head of drama Helen Perry. “We’re delighted to be re-joining Judith Potts and the gang for more fun and puzzle-solving drama, and we know our viewers will love it too.”

Debra Hayward, Monumental co-founder, added, “We loved collaborating with Robert on ‘The Marlow Murder Club,’ and we couldn’t have asked for a better cast to bring to life his unlikely amateur detectives. We are thrilled that the first series went down so well with audiences, and we can’t wait to return to the charming town of Marlow for series two.”

#the marlow murder club #pbs

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spogwam · 1 month

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Professional Development 4 - Job Research (MG Alba, BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

I’ve been researching jobs through MG Alba (Gaelic Media Service), the statutory organisation responsible for the majority of BBC Alba’s programming. They offer an annual training scheme in partnership with Screen Scotland and the BFI, with successful applicants offered paid full-time on the job training on work placements across various Gaelic and English language productions on scripted Film and TV, factual programming, and other projects within the creative digital media sectors. Unfortunately, the deadline for applications for 2024 was the 8th of April this year, so I’ve missed this year’s entry deadline. This is quite a shame as the first placement this year will be on set with Black Camel Pictures on the previously mentioned new high-end Gaelic TV drama An T-Eilean, filming on Harris & Lewis and in Glasgow.

Black Camel Pictures was founded by Arabella Page Croft and Kieran Parker, and is one of Scotland’s leading production companies. Previously they made the hit musical Sunshine on Leith, and are currently producing the thriller Annika for UKTV and PBS overseas. They have delved into animated series as well, and were awarded a BAFTA for The Brilliant World of Tom Gates in 2021. With their new series An T-Eilean, they are breaking new ground with the first high end television programme in the Gaelic language, and seem to be moving from strength to strength. Now that I am aware of these major players in the industry, I will keep an eye on any opportunities to work with them on an exciting television or film project, perhaps even my own.

The training scheme through BBC Alba is worth keeping in mind for future reference, however, as I feel I’d be particularly qualified with my fluency in Gaelic and my practical film making skills. I wasn’t able to find any other active opportunities offered by MG Alba, but I’ll keep an eye out for anything that pops up. I’ve also been researching Astar Media, the Gaelic projects agency responsible for organising the FilmG short film festival every year since last year. The company’s managing director, Murdo MacSween, is my contact for all things in the Gaelic film scene, and gets in touch with me when it comes to any opportunities. He gave me a paid job on FilmG 2023 as a runner, which was a great experience. I recognised so many people from the Gaelic world, and made many new pals.

I’ve researched Astar Media through Insider, and found an interesting quote: “The Gaelic language finds itself at a peculiar crossroads - unprecedented intrigue meets uncertain sustainability. Despite the soaring interest, funding stagnates, unchanged for a decade and a half.” This lack of funding in the Gaelic industries has been a consistent theme throughout my research, and is only now seeing change as outside money from corporations like Netflix are required to fund new projects. This is good, also unsettling to have American producers working in the Gaelic language of my heritage – ideally our own government would have the budget to fund these projects independently. As intrigue is spurred on by this new investment in Gaelic, hopefully the government takes notice and follows suit by increasing funding. Astar are proud of their work in revitalising the Gaelic sector and working expressly for the language, handling projects swiftly and effectively with a dedicated team from across Scotland contributing to its operations. I’d have to reach out to Murdo personally to inquire about any vacancies at his relatively new company, only formed in late 2021, and this couldn’t be necessarily relied upon, as its team seems committed and steadfast currently. I plan to get in touch with Murdo to inquire about work following my graduation.

Production company Young Films has been another area of my research. They are an award-winning Film and Television production company based on Sleat on the Isle of Skye, and was founded in 1986 by Christopher Young. It has been established for over 30 years, and have produced a wide range of feature films and TV. They produced the highly successful The Inbetweeners and their first feature film, as well as Gaelic Drama Bannan, as well as the only feature length Gaelic film Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle. Young Films are pioneers, making equally impressive programming in English and Gaelic. Working with this company would be ideal for me, as although I’m keen to utilise my fluency in Gaelic, I don’t want that to limit my work in English either. Tony Kearney, the director of Gaelic Dramas like Bannan and An Clò Mòr, was my case study last year, meaning I have a contact connected to Young Films, which could prove fruitful.

Young Films run a talent development scheme called the Young Films Foundation that aims to find and aid a new generation of Scottish screenwriting talent, connecting them with key players in the UK film & TV industry including mentors, inspiring experts and commissioners. The programme provides the successful Scottish screenwriters a paid script commission from an established UK broadcaster for a feature film or TV drama or comedy. Each participant will be mentored by an experienced scriptwriter during a year of script development (supplemented by a programme of in-person events and online masterclasses) with the broadcaster and delivers a first draft script ahead of an intensive week’s residency on Skye in September 2024.

This seems ideal to me, as a budding screenwriter, as it would give me the opportunity to pitch to experts and commissioners which the broadcasted could take into production or go into turnaround, retaining the rights to my script. This opportunity seems brilliant, as the worst case scenario entails that I produce a highly polished script supervised by industry professionals and get to produce myself independently. Best case scenario, I get a programme/film written by myself adapted into a programme for the BBC or another broadcaster, which would be a dream come true. The programme this year has been running from September 2023 and will run through until November 2024, so I would have to apply for next years entry. I plan on getting in touch with them to inquire about deadlines for this application, and how I can be in the best position possible for application.

I’ve researched careers with Channel 4, and found two appropriate apprenticeships based in Glasgow, one as a Commissioning Apprentice working on Daytime and Features, and the other is working as a Commissioning Operations Apprentice. They start in January 2025, and offer a salary of £23,170 for the year, as well as many employer benefits. The deadline for applications is soon, on the 29th of April this year, so I’ll have to put my application for both of these opportunities together quickly if I want to undertake this opportunity. These jobs offer a lot of experience in admin, office skills, and the problem solving often associated with business, and would be another great opportunity to help me get my foot in the door of the UK film industry. Downsides of this option is its lack of a creative role, which is primarily of interest to me, but I’m also certain there is a lot of creativity needed when responding to certain problems that arise. Another downside is that these are Glasgow based opportunities, and I plan on remaining in Edinburgh for at least another year. Plans can change however, and given the benefits of this apprenticeship, and Glasgow’s booming Film and Television industry, I’m sure this would be a minor caveat. I have many pals in Glasgow, and wouldn’t mind relocating there, if only temporarily, to undertake an apprenticeship like this.

I’ve also been researching opportunities with STV, but have found little luck with opportunities currently as they stand. They are currently offering a job as a Trainee Broadcast Television Engineer, which I am certainly not technically qualified enough to apply for. The deadline has as expired now, but they were also offering a part-time role for Roku Developer, a streaming TV service that is partnered with STV. Currently there don’t seem to be any open opportunities with STV for entry this year, but their careers page is certainly worth keeping in mind for future reference.

I am going to conclude my final post with some thoughts on a screening I attended recently in Glasgow, and how it reflects on the Gaelic film industry as a whole.

On the 16th of April I attended the premiere screening of the short film “Le Chéile” at the Centre for Contemporary Arts on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street. This is the first film to include both the Scottish and Irish Gaelic, and tells the tale of a Rangers and Celtic fan becoming friends on a bus journey to their remote countryside homes. I thought this film was fantastic, especially given its budget of only £850. It looked great, was well performed, and told an unconventional tale of two characters bridging a cultural gap without delving into the mire of sectarianism. Following the film screening there was a Q and A with the film’s director, Róise Nic an Bheatha, and I asked her how she came up with the narrative device of the bus, which I found to be a liminal, dreamlike space and perhaps a character in itself. Róise gave me a great answer, giving me insight into her creative process as well as describing the difficulties of gaining access to a bus on such a small budget.

Róise’s film is another example of the exciting directions Gaelic Film and Television is going in, with many firsts still possible in this relatively new industry. This is encouraging for me, as I hope to be one of these pioneers like Róise, taking my Gaelic films in interesting directions that haven’t yet been explored. I made some pals at this event, using my somewhat rusty Gaelic (Gàidhlig mearachdail) to discuss the Gaelic media industry as it stands. We discussed An T-Eilean (The Island), as previously mentioned, which went into production on the 22nd of April. Surprisingly, I was in the runnings to be cast in a main role in this series, budgeted at over 1M per episode, but I withdrew my application when I realised my Gaelic was not strong enough to speak the language and act simultaneously. This indicates to me that I need to prioritise re-learning my Gaelic language skills beyond the simple, conversational level it is currently at, as it’s vital to be more proficient than I am in this industry.

I had a Zoom call with Lana Pheutan on the 28th of April in regards to the Gaelic Film and Television industry, and she provided me with valuable insight on its shortcomings, recent developments, and requirements for positive change. We discussed the new Gaelic series by Black Camel, and agreed that the script read a little strangely. My reasons for withdrawing my application to act in the series was my inability to act while delivering the lines, as the script included many obscure, "old-gaelic" words and odd rhythm. Lana informed me that this may not have been my fault alone, as she has found that the script, instead of being written in Gaelic from the outset, was translated from a fully English script. Gaelic is famously difficult to translate directly from English unless completed by a native speaker, so this was encouraging to hear. We agreed that all considered, this high budget series was a positive development for Gaelic media, as it could promote funding to other areas of Gaelic Film and Television.

Lana gave me insight into her work on sketch shows like OMC, and we agreed that the humour and target audience were far too localised and niche to possibly reach a wider audience. We agreed that these kind of series needed to take more risks to appeal to a wider audience. Lana told me of old executives that were stuck in their ways, and a need for a new generation to get control of this industry in the coming years. This has been reflected in the response to Lana's own Gaelic language work. Her FilmG project 5.3 was the first Gaelic film tackling trans issues, and the wide reaction to it as pushing the envelope unsettled Lana. Lana believes that the Gaelic Film and Television industry were way behind the social politics of today, and such a reaction to what should be more normalised was unjust. Lana has experienced this were her latest show Glan-Fhein, with two female protagonists, which also was said to push the envelope for Gaelic media. This demonstrates how far behind the Gaelic industry is, and the wider reaction represents other people's will to take responsibility for progress that was ultimately Lana's.

We discussed the only Gaelic feature-length film, Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle, which was released in 2007, prior to the start of BBC Alba. Lana says this is no coincidence, and that the primary fixation for those working in the Gaelic industry is now firmly in Television. We agreed that to speed up Gaelic's progression into current politics, there needed to be a new feature-length film in the Gaelic language that dealt with contemporary issues in a compelling way. I have now made it my intention to be the producer of this film.

This was a very helpful and informative conversation with Lana, and I feel confident in my insight into the inner workings of the Gaelic Film and Television industry, and fundamentally its need for a fresh start.

To summarise my final post on my Professional Development thoughts, it is clear there are many potential doorways into the industry for me to investigate. I am mainly interested in the 2 -year Master’s courses offered by NFTS, as well as the Gaelic and English language production companies like Young Films and Astar Media. The process of narrowing down to a shortlist, compiling cover sheets and CV’s, and demonstrating how my work over the four years of my BA (Hons) in Film could help me undertake some of these opportunities, is now up to me in my Portfolio submission. Looking for jobs in Film and Television in Scotland has been an enlightening process, and I feel informed enough to move forward with what I know and put it into action.

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