Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367594/
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Roald Dahl (book), John August (screen play)
Plot: When Willy Wonka decides to let five children into his chocolate factory, he decides to release five golden tickets in five separate chocolate bars, causing complete mayhem. The tickets start to be found, with the fifth going to a very special boy, called Charlie Bucket. With his Grandpa, Charlie joins the rest of the children to experience the most amazing factory ever. But not everything goes to plan within the factory.

Filming locations: Mainly filmed in the UK, with the odd scene in Georgia, USA and Baden-Wuttemberg, Germany.

Production Designer: Alex McDowell: Born in 1955 in Borneo, Malaysia. He is a production designer, known for Fight Club (1999), Man of Steel (2013) and Minority Report (2002).
Production Companies:
Warner Bros.
http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbol/uk/chocolatefactory/flashsite/index.html?b=1
Village Road show pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures Group is a leading independent producer and financier of major Hollywood motion pictures, having produced and released 79 films since its establishment in 1997. VRPG has a successful joint partnership with Warner Bros. to co-produce a wide range of motion pictures including “The Great Gatsby,” “The Matrix” Trilogy, the “Sherlock Holmes” franchise, “I Am Legend,” the “Ocean’s” series, “Happy Feet,” “Mystic River,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Sex and the City 2” and “Gran Torino.”
http://vreg.com/village-roadshow-pictures/
Zanuck Company

http://www.zanuckco.com/
The plan B Entertainment
Plan B Entertainment is an American film production company founded in 2002 by Brad Pitt, Brad Grey, and Jennifer Aniston. Theobald Film Productions 
At Theobald Fox, we make creativity work
We are an integrated creative agency with ideas at the heart of everything we do. Conceptually cunning, our multi-disciplined team identifies where and how creativity works best.
By working closely with our clients, we collaborate, guide and shape original solutions to engage and excite audiences with compelling experiences.
We make creative work.

56 Compton Street
Clerkenwell
London
EC1V 0ET
T +44 (0)20 7278 9226
E hello@theobaldfox.com

Tim Burton Productions
Other films: 
FRANKENWEENIE (2012)
DARK SHADOWS (2012)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)
SWEENEY TODD (2007)
CORPSE BRIDE (2005)
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005)
BIG FISH (2003)
PLANET OF THE APES (2001)
SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)
MARS ATTACKS! (1996)
ED WOOD (1994)
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993)
BATMAN RETURNS (1992)
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990)
BATMAN (1989)
BEETLEJUICE (1988)
PEE-WEE's BIG ADVENTURE (1985)

Tim Burton Productions
7175 Willoughby Ave
West Hollywood, CA 90046

Tim Burton Productions
Warner Hollywood Studios
1041 N. Formosa Ave
Writer's Building Suite 10
West Hollywood, CA 90046

British TV and Production Companies

I have a real hate for British TV, personally I believe American TV series are so much better, more interesting and more visually appealing, but as a production designer living in England I don't have much option than to start where I am, 
So gritting my teeth here are a few British TV shows that aren't so bad: 

• Fresh meat
  "A comedy that follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far, university."
  Comedy/Drama that started in 2011
  aired on Channel 4 Production Company: Lime Pictures and Objective Productions
  

• Black Mirror
  "A television anthology series that shows the dark side of life and technology."
  Comedy/ Drama/ Thriller
  Creator:Charlie Brooker
   Production comapany: Zeppotron, Channel 4
  

• Misfits
  "A group of young offenders doing community service get struck by lightning during a storm, and begin to develop superpowers."
  Comedy/Drama/Fantasy
  Creator: Howard Overman 
  Production company: Clerkenwell films

• Spaced
  "Friends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford."
  Production company: Paramount Comedy channel and london weekend television
  

• Sherlock
  "A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London."
  Creators: Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat
  Production company: Hartswood Films and Masterpiece Theatre

I am now going to research the whereabouts and what other things these production companies do:

Lime Pictures"With a stable of quality writers and exciting directing talent, Lime has gained a reputation as a first class production house. The company works with big talent to deliver distinctive, ground-breaking projects."Other programmes they have made:
Hollyoaks, Evermoor, The only way is Essex, Geordie Shore, The singles project and many more.Contact details: Lime Pictures LimitedCampus Manor,Childwall Abbey RoadChildwall, Liverpool L16 0JPTelephone: +44 151 722 9122
http://www.limepictures.com/

Objective Productions "OBJECTIVE PRODUCTIONS, founded in 1991, is one of Britain’s most influential independent production companies, producing multi-award winning and ground-breaking programmes.Based in London,  Glasgow and Los Angeles, Objective produces cutting edge and innovative scripted comedy,  drama, entertainment, factual entertainment, children’s and magic shows for a range of television broadcasters including Channel 4, BBC, ITV, Sky, Five, E4, More 4, Comedy Central  and Watch in the UK and CBS, NBC’s Sci Fi Channel and Discovery TLC – among others – in the USA and China."
Other Programmes:
Fresh Meat, Darren Brown, The Mad Bad Ad Show, Meet the Parents, Peep Show and many more.
Contact details:
Email
info@objectivescotland.com

Address:
Objective Scotland
Film City Glasgow
4 Summertown Road
Glasgow
G51 2LY

Objective Scotland’s offices are located at Film City Glasgow, approximately 2 miles from Glasgow’s City Centre.  Further information about Film City Glasgow can be found at www.filmcityglasgow.com.
http://objectiveproductions.com/

"If you are interested in working here, please go to www.all3mediatalent.com and register your CV. Please do not e-mail us directly.

We also advertise vacancies on Broadcast Freelancer and Production Base so it is worth checking them regularly.

If you are looking for a start in TV or need advice or training at any level, you can also try contacting Top TV Academy"

Zeppotron"Zeppotron is one of the UK's leading comedy and entertainment production companies with a portfolio of award-winning and critically acclaimed hits. The company was formed in the year 2000AD from a core of the writing and production team behind Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show." 
Other productions:
8 out of 10 cats, Would I lie to you?, So wrong its right, Touch of cloth and more.
Zeppotron is a smaller comapny that part of Endemol uk
http://www.endemoluk.com/who-we-are/zeppotron
"Endemol UK is one of Britain's largest independent production companies and is behind some of TV's biggest hits."
http://www.endemoluk.com/who-we-are
Endemol UK incorporates a group of leading production companies: Remarkable Television, Initial, Zeppotron, Tiger Aspect, Tigress, Darlow Smithson (DSP), Artists Studio and House of Tomorrow as well as digital gaming specialists Endemol Games. Together these operations produce roughly 2000 hours of programming a year.
"At Endemol UK we are always looking to work with the best talent and we welcome CVs via our online system. By using our Talent Database you can upload your CV and keep your personal details up-to-date.

You can access the database by visiting www.endemoltalent.com
And for work experiance: 
 Anyone interested in work experience should e-mail a CV, covering letter and details of your course to work.experience@endemoluk.com.

Clerkenwell Films"Clerkenwell Films is a multi-award winning film and television production company.
Formed in 1998 by chief executive Murray Ferguson and actor John Hannah, the company has gone on to establish itself as one of the leading producers in the UK, creating high quality, popular television for both UK and international audiences. Among its credits are award-winning, critically acclaimed shows such as Misfits, Afterlife and Persuasion."
More tv productions by them:
Scrotal Recall, Sleep with me, Diary of Nobody, Quite ugly one morning, Jekyll and Hyde and Rebus.
Contact details:
Clerkenwell Films Ltd
Second floor, 
82-84 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5RF

Tel +44 (0)20 7608 2726
Fax +44 (0)20 7608 2226

Clerkenwell Films, Scotland
Summerhall, 
1 Summerhall,

Edinburgh EH9 1PL
http://www.clerkenwellfilms.com/

Paramount Comedy channel"Comedy Central (formerly Paramount Comedy) is a cable and satellite channel that shows mainly American sitcoms imports. Amongst re-runs of classic British series and stand-up shows like Live At The Apollo, it is now expanding its own slate of original UK content. A series of short-lived 1990s commissions saw early television work for some now star names, including Matt Lucas and Simon Pegg."
http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/channel/paramount/
PARAMOUNT IS COMEDY CENTRAL WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT?! okay so change of title.. Comedy Central UK
"You might think we’re just a bunch of chancers having a bit of a fart around on the internet, but guess what - we’re a proper company with a TV channel and everything.
That’s right, the same brand of nonsense we produce online is also available piped in directly to your TV screens, only with proper production values and lots of beautiful actor people.
As well as the endlessly brilliant Friends, we’ve got all manner of great US shows, like South Park, The Middle, Two and a Half Men, The US Office and The Daily Show, and a bunch of our own original creations which are screaming down the pipeline as we speak. Not to mention more funny British stand-ups that you can shake a stick at."
Not sure if comedy central is a production comapny or just a tv channel...
maybe it is sometimes: 
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0239378/

As well as Comedy Central, Viacom also owns MTV Networks and Nickelodeon, as well as all related TV channels, including Nick Jr and Viva.
So, for all current available vacancies at Comedy Central or our brother and sister channels, please go to Viacom Talent.

okay, so that's that. we have a few okay British TV shows and some pretty good production companies, hopefully later in life all this information will come in use. 
PS. don't think comedy central is a production company, i think they're the masters of the channel and don't do much in terms of creating the programs themselves. 

Kirkleatham Museum - SIFI exhibition

October of last year I attended a Museum exhibition at Kirkleatham museum, It was based on a load of different sifi movies. My faourite (the only films ive seen) were Star Wars and The Alien vs Predator.  
The quality of the photos arent very good, as they were taken on my phone. 

Star Wars

Plot: Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

Star Wars, Directed and wrote by George Lucas.
Production Designer: John Barry 
Costume designer: Trisha Biggar

Andrew Ainsworth designed the original stormtrooper costume in 1976

Alien vs Predator 

Plot: During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.

H. R. Giger designed the aliens and predators. 
He lived a very sucsessful and famous life after these major creations and it wasnt untill earlier this year his
career ended as did he.
Giger's most distinctive stylistic innovation was that of a representation of human bodies and machines in a cold, interconnected relationship, he described as "bio-mechanical". His main influences were painters Ernst Fuchs and Salvador Dalí.

History of Netflix

History Of Netflix 

1997
Reed Hastings and fellow software executive Marc Randolph co-found Netflix to offer online movie rentals.
1999
Netflix launches the subscription service, offering unlimited rentals for one low monthly subscription.
2000
Netflix launches the personalized movie recommendation system that uses Netflix members’ ratings to accurately predict choices for all Netflix members.
2002
Netflix makes its initial public offering (IPO on Nasdaq under the ticker “NFLX” with 600,000 members in the US.)
2005
The number of Netflix members rises to 4.2 million.
2007
Netflix introduces streaming, which allows members to instantly watch television shows and movies on their personal computers.
2008
Netflix partners with consumer electronics companies to stream on the Xbox 360, Blu-ray disc players and TV set-top boxes.
2009
Netflix partners with consumer electronics companies to stream on the PS3, Internet connected TVs and other Internet connected devices.
2010
Netflix is available on the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, the Nintendo Wii, and other Internet connected devices. Netflix launches its service in Canada.
2011
Netflix launches throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
2012
Netflix became available in Europe including the United Kingdom, Ireland and in the Nordic Countries. Netflix wins its first Primetime Emmy Engineering Award.
2013
Netflix expanded to the Netherlands. Netflix garners 31 primetime Emmy nominations including outstanding drama series, comedy series and documentary or nonfiction special for “House of Cards”, “Orange is the new black”, and “The Square” respectively. House of Cards won three Primetime Emmy Awards. Netflix was the first internet TV network nominated for the primetime Emmy.
2014
In 2014 Netflix launched in 6 new countries in Europe (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland). Netflix wins 7 creative Emmy Awards for House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. Netflix now has over 50 million members globally.

Netflix's main building is based in Los Grato, California

A list of Netflix Originals: 

• Orange is the New Black 
• House of Cards
• Better Call Saul 
• Bojack Horseman 
• The Killing 
• Sense 8
• Narcos 
• Hemlock Grove 
• Marco Polo 

My favorite of them all is Orange is the New Black, simply for the intricate characters. 

People seem to think of prisons as a place full of crazy bad people, this show opens you mind to see them as actually normal people who made mistakes to get through life. Its wonderful. And the scenes are perfectly shot, every angle has been thought through, I really think Netflix are perfectionists when it comes to creating their own programs. 

Orange is the New Black: 2013 to 2015 so far. 

Comedy/ Drama/ Crime

Creator: Jenji Kohan 

Country: USA 

Filming Locations: Astoria Studios, New York: Brooklyn, Rockland County and Manhattan

Production company:

Tilted Prouctions: 

Manager: Maresa von Stockert 

Coreographer and performance art. 

Lionsgate Television:

Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution
Management team:
Chief Executive Officer Jon Feltheimer
Vice Chairman Michael Burns since March 2000.
With over 50 years of combined entertainment industry experience, they have built Lionsgate from a small independent studio to a diversified next generation global content creator and distributor.

30 shows on 20 different networks.

Most famous of which: 

Orange is the new black, Weeds and Anger Management.

Head quaters:

 Lions Gate Entertainment Corp

2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite 5000
Santa Monica, California 90404

Hemlock Grove

Horror/ Mystery/ Thriller.
A teenage girl is brutally murdered, sparking a hunt for her killer. But in a town where everyone hides a secret, will they find the monster among them?

Writers: Brian McGreevy, Lee Shipman, Danielle Paige

Production Company: Gaumont International Television, Mad Hatter Entertainment and ShineBox SMC

Mad Hatter Entertainment

unable to find the website or info for this company, other than the films/tv programs they have worked on.

Hemlock Grove, How to Train Your Dragon 1 & 2 and Strangers. 

UK Filming Production directory
http://www.ukfilming.co.uk/

A list of independent production companies.
http://thetvroom.com/misc/links-01-70.html

One of the companies that stood out for me:
"MENTORN FILMS Mentorn Media's output has a breadth and quality that ranks it as one of the UK's foremost producers. Established in 1985, Mentorn Media is one of the UK's longest established independent television production companies, making thousands of hours for broadcasters in the UK and worldwide. Our offices in London, Oxford, Cardiff and Glasgow produce programmes across a range of genres."

Another list of independent production companies in the UK

http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/Links/indies.html

I then googled "independent production companies based in the north east of england" and this came up:

North East missing out on TV and film production money

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-26682499

High hopes eey

Anyway, here is a list of independent production companies in the North East (England)

http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction.do?keywords=production+companies&location=north+east+england&find=Y&pageNum=1

a few more: 

http://www.northernmedia.org/

NORTHERN FILM & MEDIA IS A SCREEN-BASED MEDIA AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY COMMITTED TO DRIVING FILM, TV AND DIGITAL ARTS PROJECTS.

http://www.hungrywolfproductions.com/

Hungry Wolf Productions is a TV & film production company

http://www.danperryproductions.co.uk/index.php

Dan Perry Productions produces high quality content for film, television, documentary and corporate projects from pre-production through to filming and post-production.

The Throne

This is from a project I did at my college, last year. It was my final piece and most definitely my best work, although I never felt like it was fully finished. I believe I could have added more detail to it, as that is what makes a piece. What I really would have like to have done is make it very modern gothic with embossed bronze swirls and painted lace detail around the edge of the back of the throne, near the spikes. I also planned on added bones to it, but unable to attach them securely I just kept them as decoration.  I still have the throne, and may one day sell it if i ever do finish it.

History of the BBC and TV

http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/resources/tvhistory/

"Thus, the French say both Belin and Barthelemy were the inventors of television; the Japanese believe it was Takayanagi; the Russians say Boris Rosing; the Germans either Nipkow or Karolus; the Hungarians von Mihaly; in the USA most people believe it was either Jenkins or Farnsworth; and in the UK we have the choice of Campbell-Swinton for the concept, or John Logie Baird for television's practical demonstration"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/resources/tvhistory/baird_bbc.shtml



"The 'money to develop it' would come from the sale of television sets (or as Baird called them 'Televisors'). However, there was a major snag. In order to sell the sets you have to have programmes to watch - a television service. Baird built a television studio in Long Acre (Covent Garden) and experimented with a small transmitter, but he soon realised that he needed a much more powerful transmitter to broadcast his programmes. The BBC had such a transmitter, called 2LO, situated on the roof of Selfridges in London. 2LO was used for daily 'wireless' programmes, but the BBC service closed down in the evening at about 11pm and often did not re-start until mid-morning. So Baird approached the BBC for permission to use the transmitter during these periods"

Eventually the BBC agreed that Baird could use the transmitter between those times, but the thing is for tele you need two transmitters so for the next six months he ran tv but with picture for so many seconds then he'd have to change to sound.
it all seems like a lot of hassle compared to how easy and fast it is to watch tv now.



In march 1930 the BBC had opened a second transmitter, and so simultaneous sound and picture transmissions began. 3 months later the first televised play happened, The man with a flower in his mouth. Produced by the BBC's Lance Sieveking.

The launch of the first High definition service in 1936 after the war, by this point BBC had taken over all of the tv transmission

The origins of Television

Paul Gottlieb Nipkow

In the late 1800s, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, a student in Germany, developed the first ever mechanical module of television. He succeeded in sending images through wires with the help of a rotating metal disk. This technology was called the ‘electric telescope’ that had 18 lines of resolution. http://www.thehistoryoftelevision.com

John Logie Baird

In January, 1926 an English man made the first RCA victor television receiver, basically an image receiver, known as "the televisor". The man was called, John Logie Baird. Who's invent didn't really catch on at first, well due to the war in the 30's but then came back bigger than ever after the war.



"They were shown a transmitting machine, consisting of a large wooden revolving disc containing lenses, behind which was a revolving shutter and a light sensitive cell. It was explained that by means of the shutter and lens disc an image of articles or persons standing in front of the machine could be made to pass over the light sensitive cell at high speed. The current in the cell varies in proportion to the light falling on it, and this varying current is transmitted to a receiver where it controls a light behind an optical arrangement similar to that at the sending end. By this means a point of light is caused to traverse a ground glass screen. The light is dim at the shadows and bright at the high lights, and crosses the screen so rapidly that the whole image appears simultaneously to the eye." http://www.bairdtelevision.com/firstdemo.html

"John Logie Baird of Scotland was the first to come up with the idea of a "television transmitter" and created the first television using the inventions of others. Baird began to show off his invention, in 1923 and after some perfecting the television began to be commercialized. By 1936, the BBC began television broadcasting using the Baird television. In 1939, there were a reported 20,000 television sets in London alone. While the invention was genius, it was also unreliable.

Philo Farnsworth

In 1928, the young American Philo Farnsworth made the first (reliable and working) television system. Though others had a hand in it and many attempted to produce their own versions of the television, Farnsworth is credited with inventing the modern day television off of which the first wide spread commercial production was made. By the 1940's televisions began to be mass produced and pretty soon nearly everyone had one." http://www.firsttelevisioninvented.com

UK Production Companies

My tutor advised us that we should be looking at production companies in the UK rather than thinking we can just straight to Hollywood, so here I have a list of  some UK Production Companies:

 I found these companies on www.televisual.com

• Blueprint pictures- Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin.
  Films: Seven psychopaths
  Contact: enquiries@blueprintpictures.com

• Big talk productions- founded by Nira park, Matthew Justice and Kenton Alley
  Films: Scott Pilgramme vs. the world, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul, Attack of the Block.
  TV: Spaced, Black Books, Friday Night Dinner, Rev.
  Contact: Jobs@bigtalkproductions.com
  www.bigtalkproductions.com
  
• Heyday Films- David Heyman
  Films: Harry Potter Films, I am Legend, Boy in the Striped Pjamas
  Contact: mailto:office@heydayfilms.com
  I found a prop maker that worked on the 5th harry potter film, Mike Peel, whos website (http://www.stagejobspro.com/uk/view.php?uid=221870) also lead me to another minor prop company that worker on the Harry Potter film:
• Armidillo LTD.
  A company that works on order with sets, props and costumes. They specialise in Design and Construction  They've also done a lot of work with the BBC.
  Contact: Rod Vass- rod.vass@armidillo.co.uk
  Armidillo.co.uk
  

Lightwater Valley Post Halloween advertising and Pirates

 These are just a few advertisements I seen for Lightwater Valley's Frightwater Halloween Night. These particularly interested me because my passion is horror props, and until this point i didnt realise how far being a prop designer could go. Theme parks are a whole world of props, set and costume, its like walking into a giant theatre but instead of watching it you get to experience it.

 These are a few props from the Pirate section that caught my eye, simply because I believe one day I could make things as good as this. I may need to research on what and how these are made but I could go there eventually.

Tidying up Art by Ursus Wehrli, TEDTalks

This is TED talks, a page of videos on new ideas that will help us live better as human beings or just bring a little humor. This is part of the artists and illusions section of TED Talks, by Ursus Wehrli. His talk takes paintings of abstract patterns, sometimes thing like Picasso's paintings, then he orders them in colour, shapes and size. I think this is an amazing idea, very original but unoriginal in a way, its comforting to the eye to see all the shapes and colours in order. the comparison between the original and organised is hilarious, especially as he commentates it. 

Victorian Architectural Drawings

Here I drew from the church outside our building in order to get the gist of drawing again. So this was from a primary source and i used only pens to draw these. I love the very Victorian style of the above picture, it almost looks like a coat of arms for something and once there was someones initials on it. These kind of patterns really interest me because of the seer royalty you can feel when you see it. Its not for purpose, it is for decoration and they are beautiful. I also love the geometric style of the church window below. It was terribly difficult to draw but the shapes all fit so perfectly together, it is an inspiration. 

Brief History of Theatre

History of theatre

Greek theatre:

•          Late 6^th century
•          Masks
•          Collecium style theatre
•          Outside no roof

Elizabethan theatre

·         Globe theatre – sam wanamaker

·         Shakespearain times

·         17^th century

·         Wood limited building material

·         Couldn’t make it any bigger

·         High class on balcony – lower class on floor

·         No roof

·         Shows in the afternoon so the sunlight would illuminate the stage

Georgian theatre

•          Small theatres
•          18^th century
•          Candle lit – caused fires
•          With roof
•          Still built with wood

Victorian theatre

•          Very much in fashion at the time
•          Royal opera house
•          Bigger rooms and had room
•          Finally moved on to better materials to build with
•          Didn’t set on fire
•          More space more money bigger better productions

Out of work sailors would usually be the ones pulling the ropes behind the stage, same kind of mechanism as on ships to hoist the sails.

Different types of stage:

•          Country yard theatre
•          Proscenium arch stage
•          Thrust stage
•          Theatre in the round
•          Open stage

The national theatre has 3 different types of stage open stage, proscenium, and studio space. They also have a drum revolve, only two theatres in the world have them. It’s like a trap door that elevates and lowers above or below the stage, it also turns.

Three types of Theatre Company:

•          Repertory Company
•          Touring company
•          Westend and Broadway theatre 

Dexter

A showtime network inc. tv production,
all information on the tv progremme regarding casting and crew:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773262/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ql_1
They are the creators of other amazing programmes such as: Homeland, Shameless, The borgias, Episodes, House of lies, Nurse Jackie and Californication.

Production designer and art directors of dexter:
Adam Rowe
adamrowe.tv 
Elizabeth Hershberger Grey
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2897409/

Showtime Network Inc. is run by a bigger company called CBS Corporation
Matthew C Blank - President and cheif operating officer since 1991. Chairman and Chief executive officer.
David Nervins - President

http://www.sho.com/sho/about/careers

For if I ever decide I want to work with the producers of the show, Dexter.

Theatre Terminology

gels -- color medium made of dyed animal material. It is used to change the color in any stage lighting instrument.

break a leg -- an expression used instead of “good luck” when one wishes an actor success before opening night

 fly loft (flies) -- space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight of the audience

bump up -- stage lights come up immediately

by-play -- secondary stage business upstage while main action of the scene is being played out downstage

dead-hung -- scenery or lighting that is hanging in the air and not designed to be moved during the performance, as opposed to "flying" scenery or lighting that is designed to be moved up and down

downstage -- the part of the stage closest to the audience as you face the audience

downstage right/left -- acting area closest to the audience and on the right/left side of the stage as you face the audience (the actor’s right)

draw -- to attract the public

dry up -- to forget one’s lines

entrance -- 1) entering the stage; 2) opening in the set that is used for entering

effect -- sound, visual, lighting cues intended to enhance a production

false perspective -- a scenic effect that, by exaggerating the effects of perspective, makes a set look bigger than it really is

false proscenium -- a portal that sits in front of or inside the real proscenium, giving the set its own "picture frame"

http://teachers.oakarts.org/~mberry/Theatre+Vocabulary+List