Wearing silent-disco headphones, more than 70 people were treated to an “immersive audio” experience at Plymouth University in November.
Extolling this “ultimate listening experience” was award-winning sound designer and Twofour Post Production Head of Audio Jeremy Lock, who asked the audience to “close your eyes and be transported to another world – the real world”.
Speaking after the RTS Devon and Cornwall “The secrets of finishing” masterclass last month, Sharney Adams, senior colourist and Head of Online at Twofour, said he had tried to “demystify some of the things we do to bring… the raw camera footage to what you see on television”.
Using his work on the BBC Three gay dating show I Kissed a Boy as an example, he highlighted the importance of “working out what the director wants and getting that done in the time and within the budget”.
I have never before been gifted with such an abundance of natural beauty.” The words of Steven Spielberg when asked his thoughts on Devon when he was here filming War Horse on Dartmoor in 2011.
Cinema has long held a fascination with Devon and Cornwall. Some of Hollywood’s most celebrated directors have shot here. Ang Lee filmed Sense and Sensibility in South Devon. Roger Mitchell shot My Cousin Rachel there, too, and Tim Burton has used both counties as a backdrop.
Devon and Cornwall welcomed students from across the region to its annual “Breaking into Media” event, which featured a fascinating insight into TV directing from Toby Haynes.
The event, which was held at the Theatre Royal Plymouth’s riverside rehearsal venue, TR2, in mid-November, also offered students advice on working in TV from a heavyweight panel of industry experts.
The film sees a group of British pensioners retire to India, where they move into a dilapidated hotel and try to adapt to life in a new environment.
In the BBC Two series The Real Marigold Hotel, actor Miriam Margolyes, dancer Wayne Sleep, actor Sylvester McCoy, comedian Roy Walker, chef Rosemary Shrager, darts champion Bobby George, singer Patti Boulaye and former news reader Jan Leeming will spend three weeks in India.
