Film Focus: 21st Century Bard - The Making of Twelfth Night

Synopsis: Four short documentaries about the making of 4Learning’s contemporary production of Twelfth Night which was specially made for broadcast on school’s television. The programmes offer extended interviews with the director, producer, actors, designers and technicians, and footage of the set construction, rehearsals and shoot. These documentaries are included on the TWELFTH NIGHT DVD.
Series: English Programme, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2004
Year of production: 2004
Availability: Out of distribution
Notes: Note that the programme is only available as of (2007) with TWELFTH NIGHT (1983) on a DVD entitled TWELFTH NIGHT & 21st CENTURY BARD from www,4learningshop.co.uk

The programme can be downloaded from Film and Sound Online with full credits and shotlist.
Documentation: Online notes available at http://www.channel4.com/learning/programmenotes/english/bard21stcent01.htm
Subjects: English language and literature; Media studies
Keywords: drama production; schools; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); television production techniques; Rehearsals; Shakespeare on television

Director

Tim Supple

Producer

Rachel Gesua

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Name: 4 Learning
Notes: Channel 4 Learning has now closed. This used to be the educational broadcasting arm of Channel 4. The online shop sold educational DVDs and CD-ROMs for use in primary and secondary schools.

Name: JISC MediaHub
Notes: NB. As of 1 September 2016, the Jisc MediaHub subscription service is no longer available. However, all the multimedia content that Jisc has licensed for use by higher and further education institutions, which is currently accessed via the MediaHub subscription, is available through a new service, MediaPlus, at http://mediaplus.alexanderstreet.com.

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