Ashley Elaine York, PhD student in Sociology and inaugural Corus Entertainment® PhD Fellow in Television Studies, has been blogging about the contemporary television and film industries in South Asia and the South Pacific. July 12th to August 3rd York will interview the writers and producers of popular television shows including Ladies' Night in Singapore and The Fairies in Australia, the production supervisor of SBS Commissioned Content for the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia, as well as several aboriginal filmmakers and showrunners behind independent hits in New Zealand. August 10th to 17th her research expedition will include a behind the scenes look at The Lord of the Rings trilogy and a first look at the upcoming film The Hobbit with Ian Brodie, the location guidebooks author for the film franchise.
Visit her webzine, "Talk Film and TV with Ashley Elaine York," for new articles every Wednesday through August 31, 2011: http://talktvtalkfilmwithashleyelaineyork.blogspot.com/.