Composing Work for TV
Music companies keep flooding me with the wrong music. What I need is a two minute piece for the chase sequence that escalates in speed along with the chase.”
“It’s a cookery show, so we just need some incidental music while they do the bulk of cooking before the countdown begins.”
“Its British, the whole film has got a British feel so the music has to be current and British sounding, some new bands or singers so we don’t have to rely on our own musical knowledge.”
“I’ve gone through so many CDs now I just want to sit down with a composer and go look mate, this is what I want from this scene. I want the music in this bit to go dah dah dahhh da-da type thing. There must be someone out there that can make this bit easy.”
Each month, every single one of the 200 films and television programmes we list moving in to preproduction not only needs music but is about to ACTIVELY START LOOKING FOR MUSIC. Why not contact the right person, at the right time, knowing a little about their production and say, “I think this is what you are looking for.”
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Here are a handful of the productions entering pre-production in the UK this month, listed in Advance Production News Magazine how many can you help?
This issue
34 UK Feature Films
29 UK Documentaries
31 UK Television Dramas
12 Light Entertainment Programmes
8 TV Comedies
7 UK Lifestyle Programmes
And more
An Englishman In New York
John Hurt reprises his role as Quentin Crisp looking at the later life of the gay icon. ** ****** will direct and shoot in New York and the UK.
Barry
Period drama about a woman who is forced to masquerade as a man in order to pursue medicine. Natasha McElhone is set to star and it will shoot in South Africa and the UK.
Channel Bee
New web-channel fronted by Tim Lovejoy mixing quizzes, reality shows, celebrity features and new music.
Cherry Bomb
Coming-of-age feature-film about two friends who compete for the affections of the same girl over one summer. Shooting in Belfast with **** **** directing. A coproduction with *** *** Films.
Cleopatra - Portrait Of A Killer
Single documentary looking at the darker side of the reign of the Egyptian queen.
1 x 60 mins.
Dead Father’s Club
Early days on this adaptation of the book by Matt Hague about a boy who becomes haunted by his dead father who’s death may not have been an accident.
Doghouse
Feature-film comedy horror about a group of boys on a camping trip who are attacked by a group of flesh-eating women. *** **** is set to direct. Shooting in Wales.
Election
New children’s politics show in which a potential children’s political leader is voted for from a short list of ten.
Ex Cathedra
Feature-film to be directed by ** *** ****about a man’s decent into a dark world of drugs and visions. Shooting in and around Manchester.
Extreme Dreams - Series III
Third series of the show in which Ben Fogle helps adventurers achieve their daring ambitions.
Flower Of The Fence
Feature-film about the sustained romance between a boy in a concentration camp and a girl on the outside who brings him food. *** **** is expected to direct.
Gastronauts
**** *** presents this new children’s cookery series looking at how food is made and marketed.
Jane Eyre
Feature-film adaptation of the classic Brontë novel with Ellen Page taking on the eponymous heroine.
King Lear
Feature-film adaptation of the Shakespeare play starring the increasingly ubiquitous Keira Knightley and Sir Anthony Hopkins.
London Fields
Feature-film based on the novel of the same name by Martin Amis. **** **** is set to direct. A coproduction with ****.
Lost For Words
Feature-film to be directed by *** **** about a film star who falls in love with a beautiful Chinese actress but can only communicate with her through her equally beautiful translator.
Love And Dirt
Bizarre romantic drama set in Victorian England with **** **** expected to direct.
Missing Live - Series II
Second outing for the daytime show attempting to find missing people.
My Fat, Mad, Teenage Diary
New comedy drama about four friends working as personal assistants in the City. Written by Gabbie Asher. A coproduction with **** *****.
6 x 30 mins.
P.A.s
New comedy drama about four friends working as personal assistants in the City. Written by Gabbie Asher. A coproduction with **** *****
6 x 30 mins.
Phoo Action
Despite a panning from the critics, a full-run series of the futuristic kung-fu drama from Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett has been commissioned.
6 x 60 mins.
Pride, Prejudice and Proops (W.T.)
Single drama based on the life of agony aunt Marjorie Proops who worked for the Daily Mirror.
Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time
*** **** is set to direct this adaptation of the popular video game and shoot in Morocco and the UK. Jake Gyllenhaal will star.
Redemption
Feature-film drama about the troubles in Northern Ireland as seen through the eyes of a Belfast journalist.
Sofia’s Diary - Series II
New series of the interactive teen soap to be shown on the social networking site.
St. Trinians - The Legend Of Fritton’s Gold
Sequel to last year’s adequate reinvention of the classic schoolgirl romps. *** ***will direct.
Tamara Drewe
Feature-film in the early stages of development. Based on the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds.
The Bunny And The Bull
*** *** is set to direct this comedy road movie distinctive for its lack of actual road.
The Crimson Petal And The White
Four-part television adaptation of the popular novel by Michael Faber. The first offering from former BBC’s **** ****’s new production entity.
The Debt
Feature-film drama about a spy hunting down nazi war criminals. *** ***** will direct. A coproduction with *******.
The Four Seasons
Television drama based on the book by Rosamund Pilcher set in Cornwall. **** ****is set to direct.
The Red Riding Quartet (W.T.)
Adaptation of the four novels by David Peace looking at morality in society.
The Street - Series III
Third series of the Liverpool-based drama about a working-class couple trying to make ends meet. Written by Jimmy McGovern.
6 x 60 mins.
The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher
Television adaptation of the book by Kate Summerscale about the investigation into a child murder in the 1860s.
Untitled Couples Driving Programme
New series looking at couples that despair at each other’s driving skills and aiming to help them be better on the road.
Untitled July 7th 2005 Project
Feature-film loosely based on the events surrounding the terrorist attack on London’s transport network in July 2005.
Untitled Lucas And Walliams Feature
Early days on this one but the stars of Little Britain are set to make a comedy feature for the big-screen. ****** **** is providing the script. The duo also have another project in the pipeline with **** ***.
What Was Lost
*** **** is set to direct this drama based on the award-winning book by Catherine O’Flynn about the search for a missing girl.
Where Hands Touch
Feature-film drama set in Nazi Germany about a love affair between a half-Jewish girl and an SS Officer. **** **** is set to direct and will shoot in Germany.
White Male Heart
Feature-film about two deer hunters in the Scottish Highlands. *** ****** is expected to direct. A coproduction with *** **** Films.
The new issue of Advance Production News magazine is out, listing all television and film productions with a budget, moving from development into preproduction. Producers from each production are about to start looking for crew, make-up, set, locations, graphics, DOPs and the usual ensemble that form the family of each production.
There are, as usual, 200 productions in this issue. Remember we don’t pad out issues by repeating information, we only list new productions each month all budgeted, all with contact name, phone no, fax no, shoot dates, synopsis - everything you need to make contact without being out in the cold not knowing what production you and they want to talk about. APN is who and what you know, so if you’re hanging on waiting for news to filter down from your favourite old mate, cross your fingers that an APN reader doesn’t clinch the deal way before you hear about it.
With Eight years of issues under our belt, production companies often come to us to let us know what they are about to shoot, so you can deliver exactly what they are looking for into their hands just as they are about to start looking for exactly what you are about to offer.
We don’t list student films, profit share, rubbish or dreamy productions by the deluded that will never see the light of day.
If you would like to get your name into their awareness before they begin searching, Advance Production News magazine lists them all, with contact details, phone, fax no, address, synopsis and dates of shoot.
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