Loving Captivity

Loving Captivity
Genreromantic comedy
Created byLibby Butler
Lewis Mulholland
Written byLibby Butler
Lewis Mulholland
Directed byLibby Butler
StarringChristie Whelan Browne
Lewis Mulholland
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersLewis Mulholland
Libby Butler
Scarlett Koehne
Camera setupSingle-camera
Production companiesHeroine Productions
Nicey Pole Films
Original release
NetworkFacebook
Release2020 (2020)

Loving Captivity is a 2020 Australian webseries written and created by Libby Butler and Lewis Mulholland.[1]

Premise

Ally, a 30-something single mum, agrees to isolate with Joe – who dated and dumped her before the pandemic.

Cast

Production

The series was created by writers Libby Butler and Lewis Mulholland who met in 2019 an event put on by the Australian Writers' Guild with the aim of pairing writers and directors. They bonded over a shared love of romantic comedies and decided to collaborate on a series. It was based on their personal experiences. "I was dumped on Wednesday, March 18," Butler says. "By Saturday, March 21 Lewis and I had started writing."[2]

Libby Butler said the show was "our love letter to the pandemic. As a mum slash writer, the lockdown wasn’t so different to my normal life; I work at home and can’t go out hunting the next love of my life at night because of a sleeping six-year-old. It was liberating to write about my dating experiences – and limitations – in the context of COVID-19."[3]

The series was shot in the creators’ homes. Production finance came in part from a City of Melbourne COVID-19 arts grant.[4] Some post production finance came from Screen Australia.[2]

Reception

The Guardian said "The one constant delight of the series is the direction and cinematography. So many film-makers still struggle with depicting digital communication... But Butler, in her directorial debut, does a great job."[4]

The Conversation said "Both actors have comedy experience and the pacing and delivery is natural and unforced, a testament to human versatility in the face of compulsory computer-mediated communication. "[5]

References

  1. ^ "Dating in Isolation". 2SER. 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Quinn, Karl (27 July 2020). "Love in the time of COVID-19: Lockdown rom-com finds its way to screen". Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ "MAKING ROM COMS GREAT AGAIN – NEW ONLINE SERIES LOVING CAPTIVITY LAUNCHES 30 JULY 2020". Filmink. 2020.
  4. ^ a b Watson, Meg (31 July 2020). "Loving Captivity: a sweet, tech-savvy web series about love and dating in quarantine". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Boyd, Elizabeth Reid (31 July 2020). "Loving Captivity review: a delightful rom-com captures life under coronavirus". The Conversation.


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