Learning on ScreenFilm 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
- Transmission details
- 1 Nov 2004 (Channel: Channel Four)
- Duration
- 104 mins
- Availability
- Out of distribution
Credits
- Director
- Tim Supple
- Producer
- Rachel Gesua
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Cast
Parminder Nagra Viola (later disguised as Cesario) Chiwetel Ejiofor Orsino, Duke of Illyria Michael Maloney Malvolio
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Twelfth Night
- Subjects
- English language and literature; Media studies
- Keywords
- drama production; schools; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); television production techniques; Rehearsals; Shakespeare on television
Notes
- 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. - History
- Broadcast on Channel 4 daily from 1/11/04. Also shown on Teachers TV week beginning 18/7/06
- Documentation
- Online notes available at http://www.channel4.com/learning/programmenotes/english/bard21stcent01.htm
- Reviews
- Review by the National Association for the Teaching of English available at http://www.nate.org.uk/reviews/532.html
Sections
- Title
- Business of Film, The
- Duration
- 25 mins
- Title
- Art of Film, The
- Duration
- 25 mins
- Title
- Language of Film, The
- Duration
- 25 mins
- Title
- Technology of Film, The
- Duration
- 25 mins
Online Availability
- Online URL
- http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/
- Online price
- academic subscription
- Online format
- Download
Production Company
Sponsor
Distributor
- 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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