[…]ou know, having to sort of jump to it and do, can't always have their own way, they were there, their purpose, as far as I could see, was to help any independents who came along with a really good idea, they were able, if possible, to give them a chance to make their film, you know. It was a battle,[…]
[…]ere was even untold because it was when I first started Riverside, apparently, that was the period when companies were investing money in things like independent frame, the idea of having stereo optical pictures and not needing more than a piece of set. And then you'd have a photograph of St. Paul's[…]
[…] it came in the 80s. We had this flourishing of independent production companies who were commissioned by Channel 4 and […]
[…]money. You couldn't just use a great television show. And then you could get a bit sticky because when it came in the 80s. We had this flourishing of independent production companies who were commissioned by Channel 4 and later the BBC and ITV to make programmes for them. People like Acme?production[…]
[…]otographer, I worked in the dark rooms, and I learned a lot about photography. It intrigued me, and I liked it. And working for a newspaper, you were independent, you could have a ball, and they were good crowd of peopleRoy Fowler 2:48 that was a local newspaper, bed for chair times.Spea[…]
[…]which was really very essential, because I had got to be able to report on artists performances, because the great thing was that in the beginning of Independent Television, most of the directors who came to us operated on the BBC lines that they got their script, they had their production secretary[…]
[…]k back on most locations, there were good times.Interviewer 4:18 Yes. Have you ever worked on any specialised methods of production? Like Independent Frame, for example?Michael Aldridge 4:26 No. Well, I have because I used to do animation and used to do bi-packing so al[…]
[…]levision director nowadays with all your residuals is unbelievable. Yeah and then after that. Um. But as you know the business got very difficult for independent producers as you know only too well so too. And I decided to pack up my operation at Pinewood and I moved to Spain. I still write and then[…]
[…]wer 5:30 Okay. Did you have any we go back a little bit now on studio history? Did you have any sound connections or connections with the independent frame, when that was introduced into this? Geoff Labram 5:42 Yes in fact, it was one of the first things I got involved w[…]
