Case Study
BBC's "The Social"
Comedy Sketches and Films
Co-Directors/Writers : Charlie Parker & Jack Fox | Cinematographers : Martin Vesselinov / Cal Hallows
After our freelance Directors Charlie Parker & Jack Fox aired some success with their own web-series venture "Media Mashups" they picked up the attention of BBC The Social and agreed to start developing content on their behalf.
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To great success, their comedy duo of writing and directing has brought views in the millions to the platform.
Below is the image of their most-viewed sketch "Dave the Bouncer" about an ex-bouncer, turned security guard, who takes his new jobs a little too seriously. The sketch has proven to be incredibly shareable and relatable to thousands - the view count now nearly at 4 million. This sketch also features in the "Short Stuff" sketch montage series on BBC iplayer and BBC Scotland's broadcast channel.
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BBC The Social have a very flexible arrangement with the Directing/Writing team, that involves a project-by-project basis. The writers submit their concepts and The Social deem them either useable or not.
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The arrangement is ongoing and we hope to see many more successes through the platform soon. You can see the catalogue of our works here.