The World Wants More Danish TV Than Denmark Can Handle

The World Wants More Danish TV Than Denmark Can Handle

The streaming boom has led to huge international demand for shows from this tiny country, but there aren’t enough professionals to produce them.

COPENHAGEN — Merete Mortensen, the founder of a successful television production company here, is used to having her pick of the industry’s top talent in Denmark. But when she was trying to hire a new developer this year to help her create new shows, her first and even second choice turned her down.

She sweet-talked them with everything she could think of — a larger salary, a longer contract, beers — but with no luck.

“It’s been crazy this year in Denmark,” said Ms. Mortensen. “We’ve been having bidding wars over the best people.”

Netflix, Amazon Prime and their ever-growing number of competitors have dramatically reordered television, creating a boom in TV shows as well as jobs for actors, directors, producers and writers. A lot of that content is being developed far from the usual hubs in Hollywood, New York and London, as the streaming services mine international productions from countries including France, Japan and Brazil.

... Sådan lyder orderne fra New York Times i en artikel skrevet omkring udfordringerne i Dansk Film. Heldigvis giver det danske skuespillere masser af jobs, også dem vi repræsentere her på DASK-online. Ikke i den direkte line, for vores brugere lander næppe roller i disse produktioner, men det skubber til baglandet fordi mange skuespillere er optaget, så gøres der plads til leddene bagved. Her har vi på DASK-online en stor formklar styrke af autodidakte skuespillere som har været på spring i årevis... 2019 var allerede springet for nogle, men 2020 kan være året hvor der for alvor bliver gjort plads til "De Autodidakte" i danske fiktions serier og spillefilm.

En generation af nye "Ikke uddannede" skuespillere kan få chancen for gennembrudet, som de har ventet på... Men stjernerne vokser ikke ind i himlen, mm. man arbejder sig mod himlen. Gør du?

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