Bafta Guru

Creating action to capture your audience is vital to film, TV and games; whether it’s a challenge which brings a gamer back to play, level after level, or a film action sequence that shoots adrenaline into the heart of a story. Games designer Catherine Woolley (Alien: Isolation, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows) and stunt coordinator Gary Powell (James Bond, Harry Potter, Bourne) discuss the creative crossover between their roles. Explore more meetings across film, tv and games on guru.bafta.org Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMR5GlyyV-c

Series producer Huw Cordey and cinematographer Sophie Darlington, part of the production team behind BAFTA-winning series The Hunt, provide a detailed look at the mechanics and challenges of specialist factual storytelling. Three years in the making, the high-end natural history series reveals the fascinating relationship between predators and their prey, applying dramatic technique to natural history and pushing the boundaries of high-end specialist factual television. Focusing on production craft, senior members of the team explore how the series was conceived and talk through their use of the latest gyro stabilised technology and 4K cameras which allow the viewer to feel close to the action in powerful sequences lasting six to eight minutes. As technical advances and innovative filming techniques have seen growing demand for natural history television and audiences searching for new experiences in the genre, the team share their tips for bringing real-life drama to the screen. Recorded at Belfast Media F

From scouting far-flung locations to negotiating filming with the local pub, every on-screen space has been meticulously sourced and secured by a location manager. Lloret Dunn (Trainspotting 2, World War Z, Fast & Furious 6) discusses how to bring the director’s creative vision to life in the safest, most practical and most efficient way. This event wss part of BAFTA Scotland's Career Close-Up programme supported by Skills Development Scotland.

Britain’s Got Talent series producer Charlie Irwin + executive producers Amelia Brown + Clair Breen discuss the winning formula for entertainment programming + how the acts, presenters, judges have contributed to the success of the show. Now in its tenth year, Britain’s Got Talent is the UK’s most successful entertainment programme of the last decade, keeping viewers entertained with a variety of memorable acts which have included a daredevil sword swallower, a salsa dancing 79-year-old grandmother and of course, Susan Boyle.

Writers Ed Whitmore (Safe House Series 2, Silent Witness, Empire, Hallam Foe) and Tracey Malone (Safe House Series 2, Silent Witness) discuss the making of the BBC's gripping three-part drama, starring Tim Roth and Samantha Morton, based on the real-life multiple murders undertaken by John Christie in Notting Hill in the 1940s and 1950s,

The legendary broadcaster and journalist discusses the highlights of his career and some of his most famous interviews.

50 years since its first broadcast in 1966, director Ken Loach and producer Tony Garnett discuss their landmark drama Cathy Come Home, created as a response to the growing homeless problem in Britain in the 1960s. Loach and Garnett share their thoughts with Clare Allen about the poignancy of watching their 50 year old drama which is as relevant today as it was in 1966. Recorded at 195 Piccadilly, London on 16 November 2016

Director Roger Mainwood, lead texture artist Darren Fereday & lead CG artist Sam Wright from Cloth Cat Animation discuss the making of Ethel and Ernest, in conversation with Cloth Cat's Jon Rennie. The hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events. Part of BAFTA Cymru's events programme: https://www.bafta.org/wales/events-initiatives

Director Stephen Daldry, writer Peter Morgan and executive producer Suzanne Mackie discuss the making of the £100m Netflix series starring Matt Smith and Claire Foy. The Crown traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 to the present day. It is expected to span 60 episodes over six seasons.

The writer-directors of The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Change of Meatballs and upcoming Batman Lego Movie and Star Wars spin-off unpick their collaborative writing process and offer in-depth screenwriting advice. “Everything is awesome” may be a song title from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s film The Lego Movie (2014), but it could just as easily be used to describe the careers of the writer-director-producer duo right now. The pair, collectively known as Lord Miller, are on the up-and- up, bringing the Midas effect to seemingly every new film they touch. Perhaps a key to this success is their versatility, the ability to switch seamlessly between the guises of writers, directors and producers. They also seem to have an inherent understanding of pop culture and how to imaginatively use it to generate the greatest laughs. That’s certainly evident in The Lego Movie. It was also a key element in the success of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), the animated film that first set them on their current go

Writer-director Park Chan-wook's gives an in-depth look at this career and the craft of screenwriting. There is nothing quite like entering the dark and twisted worlds of Chan-wook’s films. Breathtakingly beautiful and, at the same time, deeply horrifying, his films are awash with expertly drawn characters, rich environments and nightmarish storylines. Oldboy (2003) brought Park to international attention. The second part of a loosely connected trilogy, all themed around the concept of vengeance (the other two being Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance [2002] and Lady Vengeance [2005]), Oldboy expertly plays with the emotions and allegiances of its audience. Park seems to take a gleeful joy in subverting his audiences’ expectations, slowly revealing hidden sides and agendas for his main characters and plot twists that continually surprise. For instance, The Humanist (2001) puts a surprising spin on the blackmail crime genre. I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006) challenges preconceptions about mental health, set to

Award-winning screenwriter Louise Ironside (Call the Midwife, The Tunnel, Law & Order UK, Lip Service, Waterloo Road) shares advice on creating and developing on-screen characters, writing for different genres and what makes a script sell. Part of BAFTA Scotland's Career Close-Up programme supported by Skills Development Scotland.

Maren Ade, writer-director of Toni Erdmann, shares insights from her career, discussing character development, writing emotion and directing her own work. Maren Ade’s first full feature was Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen (The Forest for the Trees, 2003) about a lonely teacher who moves to an urban school with unrealistic ambitions of changing the lives of her new pupils. Ade followed this up with Alle Anderen (Everyone Else, 2009), a sun-kissed portrait of love, sex and romance following a young German couple who find their seemingly unbreakable relationship severely tested while holidaying in the Mediterranean. Her third film is Toni Erdmann (2016) a fascinating depiction of an estranged father and his emotionally repressed adult daughter as he tries to re-forge their relationship in a unique and comic way. An honest examination of the relationships between ordinary people seems to be at the heart of her work, all dealt with compassionately and through an unfettered window of truth, inviting the audience to fo

Kenneth Longeran, writer-director of Manchester by The Sea, offers insights on his process and collaboration and shares advice for aspiring screenwriters. Kenneth Longergan’s stories are predominantly engaging character-driven dramas that explore the minutiae of the human condition and its many challenges and complexities, in such an intuitive way that they can’t fail to sympathetically connect with an audience. Often provocative, always sensitive, his films rarely offer easy answers, they simply provide a profound and poetic glimpse into the lives of everyday characters. Born in New York, Lonergan originally tasted success on the stage, writing shows that would perform both off and on Broadway. His first film script was for Analyze This (1999), before deciding to both pen and direct his next feature, You Can Count on Me (2000). It turned out to be a wise decision, with the script earning him both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. Margaret, about a young woman (Anna Paquin) who witnesses a bus accident an

Director Terry Gilliam (Brazil, Monty Python & the Holy Grail) discusses his experiences of working with craft and crew and being photographed for BAFTA's The Love of Film exhibition: https://www.bafta.org/heritage/photography/for-the-love-of-film-exhibition

Channel 4’s Unreported World is the UK’s longest-running foreign affairs programme. Rooted in the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary situations the series has given a voice to those who normally remain unheard, often the in toughest places on earth. Here documentary filmmaker Edward Watts, journalist Ramita Navai, exectutive producer Eamonn Matthews and Channel 4's comissioning editor for news and current affairs, discuss the series with host by Tulip Mazu. Find out more about BAFTA's heritage at www.bafta.org/heritage

Cast members Craig Charles, Robert Llewellyn, Danny John-Jules, Chris Barrie and co-creator Doug Naylor, discuss the making of the series reboot on UKTV, their favourite moments from the show and how it'll all end. Hosted by James Rampton.

Jeremy Irons looks back on his varied career discussing collaborating with actors and directors and musing on the physicality and psychology of acting in this A Life in Pictures interview, in partnership with Audi. Explore our Life in Pictures series at http://guru.bafta.org/features/a-life-in-pictures

Footsteps, creaking doors, rustling leaves – the everyday sound effects we take for granted that add the extra magic to a film. British foley artist Pete Burgis, who has worked on over 150 titles including the Oscar winning The King's Speech, Harry Potter and Slumdog Millionaire, demonstrates the art of foley.

What does it take to run a successful games company? Ilkka Paananen, CEO and co-founder of Supercell, reveals what was behind the success of Clash of Clans and Hay Day and discusses his vision for the future of the games industry. Find out more: https://www.bafta.org/games/features/ilkka-paananen-games-lecture-2016