SA
I have worked in Television for around 6 years, over that time I have noticed the commissioner having greater input. I was in the production office last week and the series producer was on the phone to the channel discussing or rather getting told what outfit the presenter will be wearing. I just wondered if anyone else has come across this or similar behaviour. Is this good for creativity? I can understand the over arching and big editorial questions need to be discussed with the broadcaster who is investing few hundred grand in a project. But what the presenter is wearing? What I found most worrying is that the producer was just happy to obey and follow orders. Is that the point of programme making? Would the BFI tell film directors what XYZ should wear? Suggest maybe but tell..