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Photo Face-Off season two, A+E Networks Asia
19 October 2015
A+E Networks Asia’s History channel is set to crown Asia’s best amateur photographer in the final episode of Photo Face-Off season two on Tuesday, 27 October.
Season two of the original photography competition series, Photo Face-Off (6x60 mins), premiered on 22 September and runs Tuesdays 10pm-11pm (Sin/HK) with repeats on Wednesdays 7pm-8pm (Sin/HK).
The programme pits 16 amateur photographers from six countries (one from the Philippines, three from Singapore, three from Malaysia, three from Thailand, three from Indonesia and three from Vietnam) against a professional photographer in a series of challenges across the categories of speed, theme and extreme, all designed to push each photographer’s skill, knowledge and creativity to the limit.
Last season had five contestants (one each from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam) and half hour episodes, aired 10.30pm-11pm.
The new season’s episodes were extended to one hour (10pm-11pm) with added segments such as the “Light Box” segment for tips/tricks from Asia’s photo experts and elimination rounds.
The extensions are all a part of A+E Networks Asia’s goal for a “bigger, better and even more competitive” season two. The aim is “to make photo-taking even more fun”.
The 16 amateur photographers click their way through several rounds to be the top six “Champion of Champions” in the grand finale, which will be held in the Philippines’ island of Cebu.
Season two, hosted by Sarah Lian, features appearances by some of Asia’s leading professional photographers as judges. Photographer Justin Mott returns as resident professional photographer.
Produced by Singapore-based Beach House Pictures, the six-part season two took 10 months to create and cost over US$100,000/episode.
Production execs involved include Beach House Pictures’ executive producer Jocelyn Little, executive producer Jim Ribbans, series director Alan Hall, story producer Nick Oh and casting director Marc Checkley; and A+E Networks Asia’s executive producer Kevin Ho and production manager Wong Kar Lai.
Production challenges for the second...
A+E Networks Asia’s History channel is set to crown Asia’s best amateur photographer in the final episode of Photo Face-Off season two on Tuesday, 27 October.
Season two of the original photography competition series, Photo Face-Off (6x60 mins), premiered on 22 September and runs Tuesdays 10pm-11pm (Sin/HK) with repeats on Wednesdays 7pm-8pm (Sin/HK).
The programme pits 16 amateur photographers from six countries (one from the Philippines, three from Singapore, three from Malaysia, three from Thailand, three from Indonesia and three from Vietnam) against a professional photographer in a series of challenges across the categories of speed, theme and extreme, all designed to push each photographer’s skill, knowledge and creativity to the limit.
Last season had five contestants (one each from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam) and half hour episodes, aired 10.30pm-11pm.
The new season’s episodes were extended to one hour (10pm-11pm) with added segments such as the “Light Box” segment for tips/tricks from Asia’s photo experts and elimination rounds.
The extensions are all a part of A+E Networks Asia’s goal for a “bigger, better and even more competitive” season two. The aim is “to make photo-taking even more fun”.
The 16 amateur photographers click their way through several rounds to be the top six “Champion of Champions” in the grand finale, which will be held in the Philippines’ island of Cebu.
Season two, hosted by Sarah Lian, features appearances by some of Asia’s leading professional photographers as judges. Photographer Justin Mott returns as resident professional photographer.
Produced by Singapore-based Beach House Pictures, the six-part season two took 10 months to create and cost over US$100,000/episode.
Production execs involved include Beach House Pictures’ executive producer Jocelyn Little, executive producer Jim Ribbans, series director Alan Hall, story producer Nick Oh and casting director Marc Checkley; and A+E Networks Asia’s executive producer Kevin Ho and production manager Wong Kar Lai.
Production challenges for the second season included the unpredictable weather during outdoor shoots.
“During our outdoor filming in Hanoi the temperatures soared as high as 36 degrees celsius. We were caught in torrential rain in Hanoi and we filmed through that as well,” says Kevin Ho, executive producer, A+E Networks Asia.
Last year’s Photo Face-Off season one rated more than 200% above channel prime-time average in Malaysia. The series won its timeslot in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, according to A+E Networks Asia (source: Nielsen Malaysia/Thailand; Kantar Singapore, Period: 23 Sep-28 Oct 2014, Tuesdays, 10.30pm).
The first season, produced by FremantleMedia Asia, ran Tuesday nights (23 September 2014 to 28 October 2014) at 10.30pm (Sin/HK).
This article originally appeared in ContentAsia's eNewsletter issue 219 published on 19 October 2015.
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