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Insight on screen TBIvision.com | August/September 2020 Switched on thinking Delivering diversity Where next for the How kids TV global animation is approaching industry? inclusivity Page 8 Page 14 pOFC TBI AugSep20.indd 1 27/08/2020 18:12 pXX Xilam TBI AugSep20.indd 1 25/08/2020 14:38 Welcome | This issue Contents TBI August/September 2020 8 20 14 24 8. Switched on thinking 20. Talking it out Kids animation companies have adapted rapidly to the e ects of the Spanish-language scripted product is in demand and Latin American global pandemic, but Helen Dugdale expores what lessons have been producers already widely renowed for their fi lm output are fi nding learned and fi nds out where the industry will go next. new opportunities, as Nick Edwards reports. 12. Who’s doing what this fall 24. Kids Hot Picks With the traditional events calendar disrupted, TBI checks in with TBI takes a look at some of the best kids TV o erings making their a variety of distributors to fi nd out how they’re planning to attract way to market, with sneak peeks of Zog And The Flying Doctors, attention online. Green Hornet, The Epic Adventures Of Morph and more. 14. Delivering diversity 30. Launch time Mark Layton takes a deep dive to explore how the global TV Richard Middleton talks to former BBC Studios director of industry is working to improve inclusivity and representation in commissioning & co-production Tobi de Graa about su ering from children’s programming, and asks what needs to happen both in front Covid-19, his agnostic approach to production and why it’s more fun of and behind the camera in order to bring about real change. to date than marry. Plus: 2 Editor’s Note • 4 Well-being • 5 About Town • 6 Diversity • 32 Last Word TBI August/September 2020 1 p01 Contents TBI AugSep20 - ML RJM.indd 3 27/08/2020 18:37 TBI August/September 2020 | Welcome Editor’s note Richard Middleton Animation & action hen the world was plunged into lockdown earlier this year, Contact us huge swathes of the content business were pole-axed almost overnight. Yet looking back on stories from those fi rst few Editor Richard Middleton months, it is remarkable how quickly the industry reacted [email protected] – rejigging schedules, commissioning self-fi lmed dramas, Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 7184 stockingW up on library content, cutting costs by the billion, working together to deliver government-backed insurance schemes – even coming up with new formats Deputy editor Mark Layton that included strapping cameras to dogs. [email protected] TV’s nimble-footed nature was on full view, no matter where you were in the world. Contributors Helen Dugdale, Nick Edwards That response comes in sharp contrast to the discussion around inclusion and diversity, which continues to generate reams of quotes calling for change. Yet that’s Sales manager Michael Callan hardly new. In this edition, we explore how the next generation of adult viewers are [email protected] being infl uenced by what they watch and take a deep dive into what the kids business Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 5295 is doing to improve inclusivity and representation at all levels. We are also delighted to welcome Deborah Williams, exec director of the UK’s Art director Matthew Humberstone Creative Diversity Network, to TBI’s pages, with a new monthly column that will [email protected] explore how the industry can deliver meaningful action – again, at all levels – while Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 5336 celebrating the creativity that comes from having inclusive and diverse content that refl ects the audience watching it. Marketing executive Abigail Dede We also travel the world – virtually, of course – to fi nd out how the animation [email protected] business has adapted and thrived over recent months, take a trip to Latin America to Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 6018 explore the region’s burgeoning scripted business, track down how distributors are planning on attracting buyers this fall, and pick out some hot new shows heading to Commercial director Patricia Arescy a virtual market near you. [email protected] Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 5320 Editorial director Stuart Thomson [email protected] Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 5314 @TBImagazine Published by Informa Tech, Blue Fin Building, Television Business International (USPS 003-807) is published bi-monthly (Jan, Mar, Apr, Jun, Aug 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0TA and Oct) by Informa Tech, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0TA. The 2006 US Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 5000 Institutional subscription price is $255. 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Magic Light Pictures creates rich and imaginative experiences for families worldwide. Contact us [email protected] [email protected] p03 Magic Light Pictures TBI AugSep20.indd 1 27/08/2020 17:45 TBI | Well-being Well-being Tracy Forsyth You can’t wear a crown if your head is down e all know that when we are Shoulders back In this edition’s stressed and panicky our breath We live in the digital era, which means we are well-being column, gets short and shallow. In the almost constantly hunched over a laptop or a corporate wellness old days the remedy for a panic smartphone. What this means is that we are curving coach Tracy Forysth attackW was to put your head between your knees inwards with our pectoral muscles getting tighter provides five physical and breathe in and out of a paper bag. Reason and shorter and our shoulder muscles getting exercises to help boost being, this helped to slow down and deepen your weaker and weaker pulling everything forward and your confidence and breathing, increasing oxygen to the lungs in order down. The more that happens, the harder it is to self-belief to send more oxygenated blood to the brain to help counter-balance. So, on a daily, hourly basis, raise you think clearer. The slowing down of the breath your shoulders up, back and down. Keep them also lowers blood pressure and stress levels. Clever back and down. If this feels weird, you need to do huh? The body does its best to help you in times it more! The benefit of this posture is that your ribs of need. And it can do so much more. So, if you have more room to expand meaning you can take are ever in a position where you want a boost of deeper breaths, enabling you to bring more oxygen confidence and self-belief then try these methods into your system. using your physical being. Chin up Use your breath My Dad always used to say this to me if I was If you’ve got a big presentation or a dicult feeling down. There is something about having your conversation coming up and want to feel powerfully chin up that makes you look confident, nonchalant, calm, try this: breathe in for two counts and out for undefeated. Having your chin up physically means four counts. Conversely, if you want to feel pumped that the throat is open and not constricted. And up and ready for action, try it the other way around: in yogic philosophy, the throat area relates to breathe in for four counts and out for two counts. expression and speaking your truth. We all know The first calms and focuses you, the second wakes that when we are deeply moved or upset, we can you up and energises you. have a lump in our throat or find it dicult to speak. Lift your chin up to free that throat area, Stand or sit tall enabling you to speak more confidently. If you want to make a physical impact either around a table in a big meeting or just when meeting Crown on someone for the first time, pull yourself up to your Lastly, hold your head high as if you were being Tracy is a creative mentor highest point possible with a long straight spine. pulled by a thread from the crown of your head. If for the Channel 4 Indie Even if you are tiny, this will work. And if you are you’ve watched Beyoncé’s new film Black Is King, Growth Fund, the already tall, don’t slouch to come down to other you might remember a fantastic quote: “You can’t producer of the WFTV people’s levels. Standing or sitting tall will not only wear a crown if your head is down”. Literally, hold mentoring scheme and make you look more confident but feel it too. One your head as if you are wearing a precious crown.