Last night our MD, Rich Simpson took part in the first of a series of Televisual roundtable discussions (on a distinctly rectangular table) about the future of the Post Production. The event was sponsored by Seagate and took place at the Union Club in Soho.
HIJACK is pleased to announce the appointment of Nic Turton as its new Director of Digital Production Services, with a remit to develop and grow HIJACK’s on-set services. With over two decades of experience in the Film industry, Nic has a uniquely wide breadth of
Last Thursday HIJACK had the honour of sponsoring Post Super’s London party. We waved goodbye to dry January and headed down to Cavendish Square to catch up with some familiar faces and meet some new ones too. Looking forward to working with so many of
The heightened reality drama series “Jungle” represents one of the most ambitious projects Hijack has ever worked on – depicting a vibrant, near-future world of breathtaking intensity. Here Dubbing Mixer Rich Simpson walks us through the first episode, highlighting some of the exciting creative and
This year has been incredible. We have been honoured to provide various services to TV series, features, commercials and more over the last 12 months. We’ve also built relationships with new production houses and enjoyed taking on exciting challenges that the year has brought. As
The 18th Annual Televisual Bulldog Award Winners are in the final throes of voting. The awards range across drama, factual entertainment, documentary and sport, amongst other categories and are held annually in the UK. Voters get a chance to be entered in a draw to
HIJACK has finished work on Sophie Fiennes’ film of her brother Ralph’s stage adaption of TS Eliot’s epic poetic collection Four Quartets. The commission for the BBC blends DOP Mike Eley’s (BSC) sumptuous solo stage footage of the actor interspersed with poignant landscape footage of
HIJACK’s latest collaboration may be one of its most ambitious yet. “Jungle” is a sprawling heightened-reality drama series seamlessly weaving elements of UK drill, grime and rap music into larger-than-life urban narratives. However, while the expansive, flashy production and experimental scope of the project will
Huge congratulations to Director Gardar Thor Thorkelsson and his team for picking up the 2020 HIJACK Visionary Film Maker Award at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival for “Thinking About the Weather”. This year the UK festival was held online, which has provided the opportunity for
Mogul Mowgli starring Riz Ahmed took the FIPRESCI prize for the best film in the Panorama sidebar at the 70th Berlinale On the brink of his first international tour, Zed, a British Pakistani rapper, decides to fly home to the UK to visit the family
A huge congratulations is due to Raphael Manuel and the crew of Filipiñana who at the weekend were awarded the Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) of the 70th Berlinale. The “tee-girls” fulfil their duties stoically, squatting in the dust as they sort golf balls.
This week Sally Potter premiered her latest feature “The Roads Not Taken” at the 70th Annual Berlinale. The film follows a day in the life of Leo (Javier Bardem) and his daughter, Molly (Elle Fanning), as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived,
The Aesthetica Short Film Festival is an international film festival held every year in York, UK. ASFF screens over 400 films each November, from emerging filmmakers to established names and is a BAFTA-Qualifying short film festival with winners having gone on to win awards at
Maya DiMeo is the mom who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and JJ, her eldest son with cerebral palsy. As we move into the new school year, the DiMeos, who have always been on the search to find the
Definition magazine caught up with Rich Simpson this month to find out about the workflow on BBC and Amazon’s Good Omens. Here is the interview in full: • Had you read the books before production started? What did you do for research? I hadn’t read
After an eagerly anticipated wait, Good Omens is available to stream on Amazon Prime now. Starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant as the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley, the adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s 1990 epic fantasy novel has been a long time coming. ⠀⠀
