'Poldark' Nominated for RTS West of England Awards

Congratulations! Poldark  has received three nominations for the Royal Television Society West of England Awards 2017 in the categories Best Drama, Best On Screen Performance and Best Cinematography.

Competing against Mammoth Screen's Poldark in the Best Drama category are:
Crazyhead - Urban Myth Films
Sherlock, The Abominable Bride - Hartswood Films
The Living and the Dead -  Monastic Productions

Eleanor Tomlinson is up for Best On Screen Performance along with:
Rachael Stirling - Sixteen, Seize Films
Roger Jean Nsengiyumva - Sixteen, Seize Films
Susan Wokoma - Crazyhead, Urban Myth Films

Cinders Forshaw has been nominated for Best Cinematography for Poldark. Others in this category are:
Suzie Lavelle -  Sherlock, The Abominable Bride, Hartswood Films
Justin Brown - Sixteen, Seize Films
Matt Gray - The Living and the Dead, Monastic Productions

A full list of the nominations can be found here.

The RTS West of England Awards will take place on Sunday 19 March at the Bristol Old Vic. Tickets are on sale from 20 February from the Bristol Old Vic box office (tel: 0117 987 7877) price £45.

Nominations Galore for 'Poldark' in Royal Television Society West of England Awards 2016

Congratulations to Poldark! The BBC drama is nominated for six Royal Television Society West of England Awards 2016 including Best Television Drama and Best On Screen Performance.  

In Best Television Drama, defined as ' ... best scripted serial drama, one off special and returning drama series filmed and/or produced in the West of England',  Poldark faces stiff competition from Wolf Hall, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies and Cider with Rosie.

Aidan Turner is a contender for Best On Screen Performance and is in excellent company with Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall),  Jason Watkins  (The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies) and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (Cider with Rosie) also in the running.

In addition, Poldark is nominated in the following categories:

Best Composer
Debbie Wiseman Wolf Hall
Anne Dudley Poldark

Best Cinematography
Gavin Finney Wolf Hall 
Cinders Forshaw Poldark 
Mike Eley The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

Best Sound
Fraser Barber, Danny Sheehan, Paul Cotterell, Matt Davies The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies 
Alex Hudd Horizon 
The Sound Team Wolf Hall 
Glen Marullo, Jennie Evans, Gareth Bull, Blair Jollands Poldark

Best Editing
David Blackmore Wolf Hall 
Adam Recht Poldark
David Thrasher Cider with Rosie
Kristina Hetherington The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

A full list of the Judges' Nominations can be found here:  https://rts.org.uk/sites/default/files/rts102_nominations_a4_3.pdf

The RTS West of England Awards will take place on Sunday 6 March at the Bristol Old Vic. Tickets are available now from Bristol Old Vic box office price £45.  Call  0117 987 7877 for details.

Filming 'Poldark' II Begins

Filming  Poldark II has begun!

Yesterday, Official Poldark and BBC One posted a couple of tweets to start things off.

Smiles all around for the return of #Poldark in Cornwall today! :) pic.twitter.com/r39b8CuhGn

— Official Poldark (@PoldarkTV) September 7, 2015

You can leave your hat on, Ross. Filming is now underway on the new series of #Poldark! pic.twitter.com/O8JHklv9l4

— BBC One (@BBCOne) September 7, 2015 

Then other news was soon coming in.

The director of episodes 1 - 4, Will Sinclair, had already been announced by Mammoth Screen but the clapper board in the photos told us Cinders Forshaw was back as director of photography. Cinders was DOP on Block 1 of Poldark S1. In addition, it's rumoured that Charlie Palmer will be directing some of the episodes. Charlie has a host of credits that include Death in Paradise, Larkrise to Candleford, and Doctor Who.

The cast were spotted filming in a field at Port Quinn. Ju Liet posted these pictures her friends had taken, on Aidan Turner Fan Page

Poldark's Block One Director of Photography is Cinders Forshaw

Photo via cindersforshaw.com

The Director of Photography for filming Poldark Block 1 is Cinders Forshaw.

Cinders trained at the National Film and Television School and has a degree in Film and Photographic Arts. Among her many credits are Marple, Poirot and Tipping the Velvet.

As DOP Cinders has a major creative role in providing a unique visual identity for Poldark. Lighting is key to this as it can create mood, drama and excitement for the audience - largely without them even noticing!  Here is a fascinating blog post by Crooning Dog that looks at Cinders' work in some detail.