Coming soon to streaming services in your living room!
Here are my picks of the first TV series of the summer.
Netflix
Released on 1 May 2020 is the limited series ‘Hollywood’, the latest project from writer/director/producer Ryan Murphy (The Politician). Set during the golden age of Hollywood, the story focuses on a group of filmmakers and their attempts to make it in the film industry. Featuring an impressive ensemble cast including Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story), David Corenswet (The Politician), Dylan McDermott (The Practice), Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men), Jim Parsons (Hidden Figures) and Queen Latifah (Hairspray), expect awards nominations for this high end television production.
Amazon Prime Video
While the first series of psychological thriller ‘Homecoming’ featured Julia Roberts (August: Osage County) and Stephan James (If Beale Street Could Talk) in leading roles and was nominated for three Golden Globes, the second series will be released on 22 May 2020 with Janelle Monáe (Moonlight) and Chris Cooper (Seabiscuit) taking over. While the first series was based on the podcast ‘Homecoming’, the second series will contain a new story and characters. With its draw of top talent, past and present, anticipate more critical acclaim.
Disney+
With each episode of ‘The Mandalorian’ released every Friday over the past eight weeks, 1 May 2020 will mark the date when the full first series of the live-action Star Wars television production can be viewed at once. Pedro Pascal (Kingsman: The Golden Circle), has the title role.
In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.
By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.
