Camera operator Toby Hogan and Arnie Custo on location.
Veteran Home and Away director Arnie Custo and series producer Lucy Addario describe how cast and crew are adapting to the Covid-safe guidelines.
Plus, Custo’s tips for emerging directors. First up are the responses from the director who has been with the Seven Network show since 2013.
Q: How are you, the cast and fellow crew members adjusting to the new health and safety protocols?
A:Very well all things considered. We have great nurses and safety officers keeping us vigilant and the crew are doing a fabulous job getting the job done whilst maintaining distance from each other. The cast have been wonderful as well and very understanding of any changes we make in terms of blocking scenes to keep distance.
Q: I imagine it may be difficult to stop some reflexive actions like touching colleagues or props?
A: Incredibly so,...
Veteran Home and Away director Arnie Custo and series producer Lucy Addario describe how cast and crew are adapting to the Covid-safe guidelines.
Plus, Custo’s tips for emerging directors. First up are the responses from the director who has been with the Seven Network show since 2013.
Q: How are you, the cast and fellow crew members adjusting to the new health and safety protocols?
A:Very well all things considered. We have great nurses and safety officers keeping us vigilant and the crew are doing a fabulous job getting the job done whilst maintaining distance from each other. The cast have been wonderful as well and very understanding of any changes we make in terms of blocking scenes to keep distance.
Q: I imagine it may be difficult to stop some reflexive actions like touching colleagues or props?
A: Incredibly so,...
- 6/5/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Kate Ritchie is to make a brief return to Seven’s Home And Away after a five year break, the network has announced.
Ritchie, who played Sally Fletcher from the age of eight, said in the announcement: “There will be a wonderful sense of familiarity stepping back into Sally’s shoes for a while. Summer Bay is a very different place these days and I am looking forward to working with all the fresh faces.”
The show is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Ritchie will start filming her role shortly, with the story rolling out over a number of months.
Series Producer Lucy Addario said: “We trust fans will be as excited as we are to watch her story unfold and follow Sally’s journey again.”
After leaving Home Amd Away, Ritchie tried her hand at radio presenting with a brief stint on Nova Sydney, as part of the Merrick and Rosso breakfast show.
Ritchie, who played Sally Fletcher from the age of eight, said in the announcement: “There will be a wonderful sense of familiarity stepping back into Sally’s shoes for a while. Summer Bay is a very different place these days and I am looking forward to working with all the fresh faces.”
The show is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Ritchie will start filming her role shortly, with the story rolling out over a number of months.
Series Producer Lucy Addario said: “We trust fans will be as excited as we are to watch her story unfold and follow Sally’s journey again.”
After leaving Home Amd Away, Ritchie tried her hand at radio presenting with a brief stint on Nova Sydney, as part of the Merrick and Rosso breakfast show.
- 2/10/2013
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Home and Away on location.
Amusement always ripples through an audience at awards nights when episode 5000 or 6000-and-something is mentioned. It seems unimaginable that this many episodes of a show could have been made. In the cutthroat world of prime time television shouldn.t resilience be celebrated? Yet two of Australia.s most resilient programs, Neighbours and Home and Away, are often regarded with jocular disrespect in industry and public circles for little reason other than that they are serials or, using the disparaging term, soaps.
Even former Home and Away cast member Melissa George . who has gone on establish a strong Us TV career . created headlines in November after threatening to walk off an Australian breakfast show if the hosts mentioned her character Angel. The criticism seems particularly undeserved with Home and Away continuing to win plaudits for more than just its longevity: on production values relative to the shooting schedule,...
Amusement always ripples through an audience at awards nights when episode 5000 or 6000-and-something is mentioned. It seems unimaginable that this many episodes of a show could have been made. In the cutthroat world of prime time television shouldn.t resilience be celebrated? Yet two of Australia.s most resilient programs, Neighbours and Home and Away, are often regarded with jocular disrespect in industry and public circles for little reason other than that they are serials or, using the disparaging term, soaps.
Even former Home and Away cast member Melissa George . who has gone on establish a strong Us TV career . created headlines in November after threatening to walk off an Australian breakfast show if the hosts mentioned her character Angel. The criticism seems particularly undeserved with Home and Away continuing to win plaudits for more than just its longevity: on production values relative to the shooting schedule,...
- 1/17/2013
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Home and Away bosses have revealed that the soap will feature more school-based storylines next year. Show chiefs have decided to increase the focus on Summer Bay High in 2013, and will also be introducing some new younger characters. Series producer Lucy Addario told Home and Away's 25th Anniversary Magazine: "We've got a class of 2013 we are following and I'm really excited. I'm looking to tell some relevant stories that our audience is probably experiencing in real life. "A lot of our new characters will be in the school and will have different issues to deal with." Executive producer Julie McGauran added: "No matter how heightened our stories get, they have to be based (more)...
- 11/14/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Home and Away's series producer Lucy Addario has revealed that viewers can expect "an avalanche of emotions" in the aftermath of the soap's dramatic event week. Episodes airing on Australian screens this week feature a devastating car crash and a dangerous hostage situation involving the Braxtons. Show bosses have previously teased that one character will not make it through the week, although it is currently unclear whether the death will come from the crash or hostage drama. Addario, discussing the fallout from the two incidents, told TV Week: "The whole town is dealing with the aftermath and shock of the past week's events - there is an avalanche of emotions. Many residents are dealing with grief, shock and anger. "It will take a long time to heal, and families and friendships will definitely be fractured. The consequences (more)...
- 8/13/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Home and Away will feature episodes filmed in Melbourne, Channel Seven has announced. The Australian soap is filming in the city - the second largest in the country - this week. Set to air at some point later this year, River Boys Brax (Steve Peacocke) and Heath (Dan Ewing) will provide the focus of the special episodes. Shot mostly in the inner city, famous locations include Flinders Street Station, Federation Square and the Yarra River. Series producer Lucy Addario teased: "We are excited (more)...
- 6/18/2012
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Heath Braxton's love life will take another twist on Home and Away when an old flame turns up in Summer Bay, it has emerged. The bad boy, played by Dan Ewing, is enjoying an affair with April Scott (Rhiannon Fish) when one of his ex-girlfriends arrives in the area, TV Week reports. Full details of the character have yet to be revealed, but it is thought that April fears she will lose Heath once she learns of the new arrival. Home and Away's new series producer Lucy Addario recently teased: "There's a juicy love triangle [coming up] between April, Heath and a gorgeous woman from Heath's past." With the (more)...
- 1/30/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
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