Panel film · Royal Literary Fund
Seven writers, one table, one conversation.
A multi-camera round-table film for the Royal Literary Fund. Hosted by trustee Mark Lawson, seven writers discuss the Robert Holman Award, Robert Holman’s influence on a generation of playwrights, and the issues facing writers for stage and screen today.
The projectClient
Royal Literary Fund
Format
Round-table discussion
Sector
Charity
Cameras
Multi-camera
Service
Conference video
Where it ran
Online, digital and social channels
From brief to finished film.
How we filmed the round table.
01 · The briefCelebrate the award, open the conversation
The RLF wanted to mark the Robert Holman Award and start a wider conversation about the contemporary writing life.
03 · The outcomeA full-length conversation
A complete panel discussion plus a silent pre-roll, for online, digital and social channels.
02 · Our approachMulti-camera and unscripted
A seated panel filmed on several cameras, so the conversation could flow naturally and be cut together without interruption.
04 · What we deliveredOne table, several cameras
Full-length panel discussion
Multi-camera filming
Wide, mid and close coverage
Name captions
Silent pre-roll loop
Behind the scenes
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The panel
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Wide angle
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Three-shot
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Listening
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Side angle
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Second camera
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In the film“He wasn’t famous, he wasn’t a celebrity, but he was incredibly influential.”
Mark Lawson, Trustee, Royal Literary Fund
In the film“When I found out about the award, I read the introduction to his collected plays… It was such a subconscious, kind of intuitive process. I felt a real kinship to his process.”
Joe Ward Munrow, Robert Holman Award recipient
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