Television Craft Categories

03 December 09

BREAK-THROUGH TALENT

This award pays tribute to emerging talent in any part of the behind-the-camera production process. It is designed to recognise those who have made a significant impact, for the first time, in programmes aired betwwen 1 January 2009 and 28 February 2010. An entry might comprise one piece of work or a number of productions, each of which must have been transmitted during the eligibility period

Previous winners:

• Lee Phillips (How To Start Your Own Country) in 2006
• Sharon Foster (Shoot The Messenger) in 2007
• Jezza Neumann (China's Stolen Children - A Dispatches Special) in 2008
• Daniel Vernon (The Man Who Eats Badgers (Wonderland)) in 2009

COSTUME DESIGN

The programme should contain a significant amount of original design.

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

DIRECTOR: FICTION

EDITING: FACTUAL

EDITING: FICTION

ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION TEAM - NEW CATEGORY

Awarded to a creative team working in entertainment programming. Entries will be judged on craft skills e.g. editing, photography and lighting, sound and production design. The award will normally go to Heads of Department up to a maximum of four names. Entertainment programmes include general entertainment programmes, variety shows, games shows, stand up comedy, quizzes, panel games and celebrity chat shows.

INTERACTIVE CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION

Awarded to an individual or creative team working in the area of interactive media development. They must have demonstrated excellence in their work during the last year on projects that are interactive, entertaining and focussed on video-based moving images and/or rich media. The Award is to recognise the creative individuals behind ground-breaking new media productions, from programmers to writers to designers or any aspect of Production.

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN

The programme should contain a significant amount of original design.

ORIGINAL TELEVISION MUSIC

The programme should contain a significant amount of original music. Music accompanying opening and closing credits will be considered, in addition to complete scores. If the programme is shortlisted, then along with a DVD, cue sheets will also be required.

PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL

The programme should consist mainly of material shot specifically for the programme.

PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION

PRODUCTION DESIGN

The programme should contain a significant amount of original design within its transmission period. In the event of the programme being short-listed, a supporting statement will be requested to highlight the original work in any continuing series.

SOUND: FACTUAL

SOUND: FICTION

TITLES

This Award is to recognise originality and excellence within the title sequence of a programme. Excludes interstitials and idents.

VISUAL EFFECTS

This is for post-production visual effects only, and includes CGI.

WRITER

Entries can be cross-genre from Factual, Drama, Comedy and Entertainment.

Distinction between Factual and Fiction in the drama genre is as follows: programmes whose drama content accounts for no more than 50% of the total and which very closely and accurately recreate specific historical events and identified individuals, should enter in the Factual categories (Director: Factual, Editing: Factual, Photography: Factual, Sound: Factual). Those which broadly represent historical events should enter in the Fiction categories.

• View previous Television Craft Awards winners

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