Masterclass: Transforming the way we make unscripted TV with LiveU technology

How is technology transforming the world of unscripted television?

In this session, execuctive producer Tom Hutchings, producer/director Michael Perry and Paul Shepherd from LiveU talk through the next generation of live broadcasting and the technologies now used in everything from sport and news gathering to factual entertainment and beyond. 

If you’re interested in finding out about how certain technologies are transforming the world of unscripted, join this session and put your questions to the experts.

Speakers

Tom Hutchings is an executive producer at Shine TV. He oversees Celebrity Hunted and for the past two years has developed ideas for the BBC and Comic Relief which saw Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb and The Heat Is On: Sport Relief air as their campaign headline documentaries in 2019 and 2020.

Michael Perry is a freelance producer / director who worked on Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb and The Heat is On: Sport Relief. Over the last 5 years he has worked on some of Shine TV’s biggest productions including The Heist, Hunted and The Island With Bear Grylls. He was also part of the team for series one of BBC2’s Race Across the World.

Paul Shepherd is part of the LiveU team, acting as their regional sales manager.

This event is supported by the ScreenSkills Television Skills Fund which invests in training for the freelance television workforce thanks to contributions from the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. 
 
It is part of a ScreenSkills programme managed by the Indie Training Fund to support freelancers to upskill and stay connected, helping keep the industry resilient in these difficult times. 
 
This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘get ticket’ to reserve your place: you must login or register before you are able to get a ticket for this event. A booking confirmation with a joining link to the session will be sent to you via email. 

If you are no longer able to use your ticket, we ask you to please contact support@screenskills.com  so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often ovmailto:support@screenskills.comersubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.