All in Summer Issue 2020
Equality is a hot topic at the moment, with every intersection of race, gender, age and ability needing their time in the spotlight. There have been a lot of conversations across Film, TV and Advertising about how the UK industry can better reflect the UK population; especially when it makes money from selling stories about the very people it systematically shuts out.
I would love to start by saying just how wild Caylee is. The sort of wild that makes you question whether you chose the right career and if you are leading a boring life.
F: What are the Intimacy On Set Guidelines and what are their purpose?
I: The Intimacy On Set Guidelines offer best practice when working with intimacy, simluted sex scenes, and nudity for theatre, TV or film productions. They help to ensure the director’s vision is served, and puts in place a professional structure allowing for agreement and consent of touch, simulated sexual content and of nudity, and clear choreography providing a physical structure for the intimate content so that actor can bring all their skill of acting to the intimate content.
Samantha Lee - writer, director and producer - crafts coming-of-age narratives that challenge attitudes in her home country and resonate with a global audience. Her two feature films, Baka Bukas (2016) and Billie & Emma (2018), are honest, charming tales of queer love and youth.
There are no surprises that Primetime, once again, superbly celebrates and empowers women, of all ages, across all departments within the Film and TV industry. During such new exciting times, with so many positive changes and improvements to be looking forward to, Primetime applauds and showcases women graduates to give them greater visibility and connect them with established members in our community.
The word ‘diet' is described in the dictionary as: “the kinds of food that a person, community or animal habitually eat and/or a special course of food to which a person restricts themselves, either to lose weight or for medical reasons”. However, that infamous word ‘diet’ for many, conjures up the thoughts of restricted food intake, counting calories, low fat, abstinence from pleasure, being hungry, and tasteless food.
We are, finally, living in a cultural moment where women’s rights are being championed in louder voices than ever before. The integral part menstrual equity has to play in achieving gender equality is slowly but surely being recognised. Enter PANDORA’S BOX: LIFTING THE LID ON MENSTRUATION, a timely film exploring the ongoing battle for menstrual equity in all its forms.
An evening with Primetime Members and Alliance for Women Film Composers. Did you know that last year, 94% of Box Office films were scored by men? As one of the most underpresented departments within the Entertainment Industry we would like to do something proactive about that.
Following the successful of Primetime Pledges event for the Camera Departement, back in February 2020, Primetime took this opportunity to connect Directors & Composers so that as the Industry gets back up on its feet, more female and underrepresented composers will be in the mix for work.
It’s not the first time I’ve seen the series. I watched it sporadically when it was first released, back in 2011. I was at sixth-form and quickly grew tired of it, but I didn’t know why. I do now. Seventeen-year-old me may have been unnecessarily competitive with her female peers; she may have used the word “slut” liberally; she may have heard misogynistic comments and let them slide… but the feminist buried somewhere within found New Girl sexist. She just didn’t know it then.
If you are a fellow freelance filmmaker, there is a good chance you have been completely off work for the past few months. Gaining weight and renewing the wine delivery membership are just two of the many experiences we all shared during this uncanny days.
How important is your social life to you? How important is your family life to you? How about working hours? Does it bother you to work long hours or at night? Do you need a routine? Those were some of the questions I was asked during my interview to get into film school.
F: What is your background?
J: I did! I am originally from Jackson, Mississippi and have always pursued the arts. First it was musical theatre, then Shakespeare, and then more theatre, but cinema had always been a part of my backbone. I am not from a creative family, but there is quite a long history of grassroots creativity where I am from. Mississippi has a canon of legendary writers (William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, to name a few) and musicians (Elvis!). I wasn't on my first set until about six years ago, as a background actor
F: Tell me about your background. Did you go to film school? when did you start developing a passion for filmmaking?
S: I had kind of an unconventional upbringing. I was in German schools at first, then went to school in the USA, and then British boarding school, until my mother decided to move to Spain and I was out on my own at 16. My mother’s family had all been either painters or in the Navy.
Cristina Tardito and I had a lovely FaceTime chat, each in our own house in Italy, respecting Covid–19 social distancing. Designer and CEO of Italian fashion brand Kristina Ti, in 2018 she launched a limited-edition line of clothes with a fashion film entitled Room 101. Cristina replaced the more traditional runway show by presenting her dresses in an intimate, mysterious and sensual short movie. In this interview, she reveals curious stories about her experience with merging the film and fashion industries.
F: What is your background and current role?
E: I started my career in photography shooting fashion around the world for magazines. I’d always loved film but it didn’t seem hugely approachable at the time but after nine years in photography, I realised I could move into the camera department and start a new journey. I am currently a camera trainee.
