Articles about Element Pictures
Pole position
Cinematographer Danny Cohen tells DQ about reuniting with director Shane Meadows for the BBC’s naturalistic historical drama The Gallows Pole, filming on the Yorkshire moors and the importance of quad bikes.
Production shutdown
In part two of a focus on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on television drama productions, DQ speaks to three more producers to see how their latest series have been affected and how development has been pushed to the fore.
Dark tales
Known for her frequent Agatha Christie adaptations, writer Sarah Phelps reveals how she transformed Tana French’s Irish crime novels into BBC drama Dublin Murders.
Getting Blood to flow
Sophie Petzal, writer of Irish drama Blood, reflects on a pivotal scene in this psychological thriller about a woman who returns home to her estranged family following her mother’s death.