Fox8′s original new teen drama Slide, premiering on Tuesday August 16, 7.30pm, promises heavy audience interaction.
Shot entirely on location in Brisbane, Slide is a 10 part series created specifically for Fox8 co-produced by Playmaker Media (David Taylor/David Maher) and Hoodlum (Nathan Mayfield/Tracey Robertson).
Slide is about five teenagers’ move into adulthood with each episode set over 24 hours and built upon a group heist that leads the group into unknown territory.
Described by executive producer David Taylor as embracing a “user-driven approach – we didn’t assume what 17-year-olds wanted in a drama series or how they wanted it, we asked them. We learned from this demographic that they didn’t want it to be bleak and it needed to be like nothing else on TV. Importantly, they wanted a sense of ownership.” As a result audience testing was extremely important to the producers from the beginning of development.
“We...
Shot entirely on location in Brisbane, Slide is a 10 part series created specifically for Fox8 co-produced by Playmaker Media (David Taylor/David Maher) and Hoodlum (Nathan Mayfield/Tracey Robertson).
Slide is about five teenagers’ move into adulthood with each episode set over 24 hours and built upon a group heist that leads the group into unknown territory.
Described by executive producer David Taylor as embracing a “user-driven approach – we didn’t assume what 17-year-olds wanted in a drama series or how they wanted it, we asked them. We learned from this demographic that they didn’t want it to be bleak and it needed to be like nothing else on TV. Importantly, they wanted a sense of ownership.” As a result audience testing was extremely important to the producers from the beginning of development.
“We...
- 7/12/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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