video2zero

If there were ever a search for the historical prototypes of modern videojournalism then surely Michael Apted’s 7-UP series would figure large. A brief description from MA of his epiphany with regard to video and objectivity: “…it occurred to me that maybe what I was doing was something quite different from what I thought I was doing…”

A few month’s back I mentioned that a low budget documentary from Passionate Productions seemed set to transform the world of dog-breeding. Today the cause received a major boost: The BBC announced it will not be showing the Crufts dog show next year, for the first time in 40 years. Despite regularly drawing 12 million viewers, the Kennel Club has so far been unable to interest any other major UK network.