Curly Lizard Films

Another in the occasional series of Curly Lizard blog pieces by Jonathan Schütz, this time about AI and factual TV. No-one else is talking about AI, are they? curlylizard.com/ai-ate-my-job/

Singapore tech meets trees in the ultimate garden city... #Singapore #trees techradar.com/news/how-singa…

Where have all the experienced TV workers gone? A new blog piece inspired by an article in Broadcast. Are we damaging the industry by concentrating on new talent at the expense of those already there? curlylizard.com/ive-been-that-…

Curly Lizard may not have made anything for Channel 4 (yet!) - but it needs to remain in public hands. Please sign the petition and sign up with channel4aintbroke.org.uk #Channel4AintBroke @We_OwnIt

Students - fancy making a short film about Taiwan? Submit your proposals in the next week to stand a chance of winning funding and a place at a one-week workshop in Taiwan this summer. taiwanpitch.com/apply-for-open…

Everyone who works with images: consider buying Luminar. The company that makes it is Ukrainian and is still somehow hanging on, releasing updates from Kyiv. skylum.com/luminar

I just uploaded “CHT Promo HD.mp4” to #Vimeo: vimeo.com/651205576

From my friend Dipak, who I worked with in Burma a couple of years ago. BBC Blogs - BBC Media Action - 'Thoughts of my Burmese friends haunt me still' - reflecting on Myanmar bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcmedia…

Sometimes it's good to share something that's just beautiful. mymodernmet.com/gabriel-dawe-t…

Following on BBC4's demotion, Smithsonian is changing tack. So is specialist factual being squeezed out by degrees? curlylizard.com/who-wants-spec…

A shadow of its former self. How sad. BBC Four to become archive channel as cost-cutting drive continues | BBC Four | The Guardian theguardian.com/media/2021/mar…

To all who celebrate: zcu.io/LCV7

My new post is just as tetchy as the last one, but this time about something much more TV-nerdy: the obsession with anamorphic lenses and so everything looks "cinematic". Spoiler: it doesn't. zcu.io/gMBb #anamorphic #broadcastTV #TVproduction

A new blog piece, this time on the BBC and DG Tim Davie's assault on factual TV. Full disclosure: I have never made anything for the BBC, though I'd love to, and I have worked within the organisation. zcu.io/NFao

Not quite there yet - crazy blinking and disconnected face muscles - but we're getting closer to seeing historical figures as real people. Elizabeth is particularly impressive! zcu.io/fdBW

A new blog piece for the New Year. Is it time to reassess or to reaffirm our values? zcu.io/espS #european #documentary #factualTV #indie #TVproduction

Challenging documentaries not only exist in China, they are flourishing, even if it's not always easy to get them financed, or shown. zcu.io/x1hJ #documentary #china #factualTV

I just started following @olliegck on #Vimeo: vimeo.com/korrofilms

Nat Geo is broadcasting Curly Lizard's latest offering this month and next, 2 hours on Laoshan, China's Holy Mountain. It's available around the world wherever you get your NGC fix. zcu.io/wb5F