{"id":20967,"date":"2013-12-13T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T12:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=20967"},"modified":"2013-12-13T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T12:47:02","slug":"the-art-sectors-future-in-the-hands-of-television-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/12\/13\/the-art-sectors-future-in-the-hands-of-television-production\/","title":{"rendered":"In-depth: Cardiff&#8217;s creative industries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heads are turning and cameras are out in force for there is a 1960s police box situated on top of the South East turret at Cardiff Castle. The reason? It is the Day of the Doctor and the Tardis has materialised in celebration of the iconic show\u2019s 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20974\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 250px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/POLICE-BOX.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-20974 \" alt=\"The TARDIS materialises on top of Cardiff Castle (photo courtesy of Meg Nisbet)\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/POLICE-BOX-312x312.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20974 \" alt=\"The TARDIS materialises on top of Cardiff Castle (photo courtesy of Meg Nisbet)\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/POLICE-BOX-312x312.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The TARDIS materialises on top of Cardiff Castle (photo courtesy of Meg Nisbet)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Attracting over 200,000 fans a year, the programme, which is filmed in Cardiff, has had a big impact on the city\u2019s economy and culture. But the celebratory hype comes at a similar time to the Welsh government announcing cuts to the art sector. \u201cOften seen as the poor cousin of the arts,&#8221; TV production will either become their support mechanism or stand alone as the cultural elite.<\/p>\n<p>Cardiff became a major centre for the creative industries when the BBC built a studio at Roath Lock in September 2011, this occurred after a commitment was made to double its television network production from Wales by 2016. Popular shows now produced in Wales include <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>Wizards Vs. Aliens<\/em>, <em>Casualty<\/em>, <em>Torchwood<\/em> and <em>Sherlock<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The popularity of these programmes continues long after a series has finished, attractions such as<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorwhoexperience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The Doctor Who Experience<\/a> and Torchwood Tower in Cardiff Bay welcome tourists all year long.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Proofs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Penny Skuse from The Wales Screen Commission explains how a single series can have huge benefits on the Welsh economy and in turn its art culture. \u201cThe Wales Screen Commission monitors the Welsh spend of all the productions that it assists.<\/p>\n<p>A single series can bring in millions of pounds to the Welsh economy, with the production using Wales-based crew, facilities and accommodation. On average a typical drama series can shoot for around 150 days and employ around 200 local cast and crew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProductions such as\u00a0<em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u00a0and<em>\u00a0Torchwood<\/em>\u00a0are not only important to the economy of\u00a0Wales\u00a0and to the skills of the local crew base, but they raise the profile of\u00a0Cardiff\u00a0when they are sold internationally,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Penny explains that although the impact these shows have on tourism is still being evaluated, it is clear they have had a huge affect on Cardiff\u2019s culture. Brit Movie Tours offer excursions that travel the locations of the sets used in series such as <em>Gavin and Stacey <\/em>and the number of people still visiting the shrine of Torchwood character, Ianto in Cardiff Bay, is apparently \u201cphenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Art argument <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Welsh government has recently announced it will be cutting grants that fund the art sector; whilst director of creative learning at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shermancymru.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sherman Theatre<\/a>, Phil Mackenzie, claims that the work he does with young people has not been influenced by the city\u2019s television productions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20978\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 234px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/TORCHWOOD-TOWER.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20978 \" alt=\"Home to many theatre productions the Millennium Centre comes face to face with Torchwood Tower (photo courtesy of givingnot) \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/TORCHWOOD-TOWER-234x312.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20978 \" alt=\"Home to many theatre productions the Millennium Centre comes face to face with Torchwood Tower (photo courtesy of givingnot) \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/TORCHWOOD-TOWER-234x312.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Home to many theatre productions the Millennium Centre comes face to face with Torchwood Tower (photo courtesy of givingnot)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Currently the cultural elite, it comes as no surprise that the art sector feels negatively towards Cardiff\u2019s ever-growing TV programmes. However, Dai Lewis assistant programme floor manager at S4C believes that certain television productions do push the art sector: \u201cThe National Eisteddfod is a celebration of Welsh arts and S4C dedicate an entire week to it. It has been running for many years, probably due to the fact that S4C plough funds into it and advertises it on television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The current <em>Doctor Who<\/em> hype has also proven to be beneficial to the arts sector. Attracting thousands of super-fans, accommodating 3D cinema viewings of the 50<sup>th<\/sup> episode, and holding various theatre productions using the show\u2019s props.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Griffiths, 48, author of the newly published book, <em>Who Goes There 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary<\/em> agrees, and has written a book inspired by the Welsh locations of the 50<sup>th<\/sup> episode: \u201cI adore the show, It\u2019s enormously important for fans to have a book like mine to relate to. Wales is where the vast bulk of the new Doctor Who is filmed, so I followed my nose,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>And he\u2019s not the only one who has taken to Cardiff and used a programme\u2019s fan-base to get creative. Following a series of <em>Merlin<\/em> that was filmed in South East Wales, Welsh actor,\u00a0Alexander Vlahos, took the Cardiff-based Undeb theatre production to Edinburgh Fringe Festival, by raising funds through the sales of the show\u2019s costumes and props, in which he played the character Mordred.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both artists have helped artistically wave the Welsh flag in different parts of the world and put Wales on the map.<\/p>\n<p>TV production has clearly been successful in boosting the Welsh economy and as a result of this the art sector has benefited, but at a time when their future is uncertain it is unclear as to whether the art sector will embrace the opportunity to be part of the wider creative industry.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on this Nick says: \u201cTV is often seen as the poor cousin of the arts, throwaway \u2013 literally: the BBC threw away loads of early <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, film-entertainment lacking in gravitas. Sub-theatre. Yet here is <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, 50 years on, an incredible milestone in an era of rapidly evolving technology, being feted worldwide.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iconic Doctor Who attracts thousands to Cardiff but who is benefiting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":20974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[468,3248,3626,3627,143,3628],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-20967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-arts","tag-doctor-who","tag-porth-teigr","tag-tardis","tag-torchwood","tag-tv-production"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In-depth: Cardiff&#039;s creative industries - 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