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This article is about the 2019 Neighbours spin-off series. For the fictional location, see Erinsborough § Erinsborough High School.

Neighbours: Erinsborough High
GenreSoap opera
Created byJason Herbison
Directed byJonathon Dutton
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producerJason Herbison
ProducerNatalie Lynch
Running time22 minutes
Original release
Network
10 Play
Release11 November 2019 (2019-11-11)
Related
Neighbours

Neighbours: Erinsborough High is an Australian

10 Play. It was released on 11 November 2019. The series is a spin-off of soap opera Neighbours. Featuring new and regular characters from the main show, the series follows a group of students at Erinsborough High School
as they prepare for their final exams, and focuses on the various issues they are facing, as well as the disappearance of one of the students.

Premise

Neighbours: Erinsborough High takes place during the Year 12 exam period, and explores issues that affect teenagers at school, including bullying, sexuality, parental and peer pressure, and teacher-student relationships.[1] The episodes also focus on the revelations caused by the disappearance of a popular student.[2]

Cast and characters

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Monday"Jonathon DuttonNicolette Minster11 November 2019 (2019-11-11)
2"Tuesday"Jonathon DuttonJessica Paine11 November 2019 (2019-11-11)
3"Wednesday"Jonathon DuttonMelanie Sano11 November 2019 (2019-11-11)
4"Thursday"Jonathon DuttonMatthew Bon11 November 2019 (2019-11-11)
5"Friday"Jonathon DuttonLibby Butler11 November 2019 (2019-11-11)

Production

Conception and development

The show was developed by Neighbours executive producer

Channel 5 liked the idea of focusing on the high school and commissioned the spin-off with the support of Network 10.[3] They had also wanted an exclusive programme for their VOD platform My5, after Neighbours' ratings increased in July 2019, which Herbison said "was unusual because volume usually dips during a UK summer".[4]

Neighbours: Erinsborough High is the first spin-off series of Neighbours.[2] Producers use the series to explore issues that affect a younger audience.[5] Herbison described it as "an exciting opportunity to shine a light on one of our most iconic playing areas – the local high school. It's long been an ambition to delve deeper into some of our workplaces and the characters who populate them. Who knows what we might do next?"[6] Herbison also confirmed that the cast would be familiar to viewers, as they were introduced during the main show a few months beforehand.[4] Mercado reported that the series has a dark tone and the storylines focus on "social issues, inappropriate behaviour and the sweetest moment for ground-breaking Mackenzie (Georgie Stone)."[4]

Cast member Olivia Junkeer said the series is noticeably different from Neighbours, as the storylines are "grittier, darker and more sinister".[7] The series also uses different cameras and lighting, and the scripts contain swear words.[7] Junkeer also confirmed that it would follow the same storylines as the main show, so her character "has the exact same mindset" and what happens to her in Neighbours is also mentioned in the spin-off.[7] She thought the series would relate to teenagers in 2019, as it highlights the "ups and downs of high school" and "dives into social media, relationships between girls and boys, girls and girls, boys and boys. It shows every side to being a teenager and it's excellent."[7]

During the episodes, each character makes a video diary, which allows the audience to hear and see their innermost thoughts.

Benny Turland said this format helps to show how his character Hendrix Greyson is really feeling beyond the "cool guy act" he puts on. He explained, "as he talks to the camera, you can see how things get to him. It makes it a lot more personal, and I think those video diaries are one of the things that make Erinsborough High special."[8]

Casting and filming

Several cast members from Neighbours cross over to Neighbours: Erinsborough High. Neighbours regulars Olivia Junkeer (

Angela Lane).[17]

Neighbours: Erinsborough High is produced and distributed by Fremantle.[18] The series was filmed at Fremantle's Global Television studios in Forest Hill, Victoria, where the main show is also filmed.[19] The episodes are directed by Jonathon Dutton, produced by Natalie Lynch,[3] and executively produced by Herbison.[17]

Post-production

Adoption of Final Cut Pro X

When Neighbours producers Natalie Lynch & Natalie Mandel were in the planning stages for Erinsborough High in May 2019, they reached out to LateNite Films to get a quote for the visual effects and colour grading for the series. The original plan was for the in-house Neighbours post team to handle data wrangling and offline editing using

Final Cut Pro X.[20]

Editing and finishing

The post-production process began in one of the spare production offices, with the LateNite Films Post Production crew Chris Hocking and Kevin Luk assembling the show starting from the first day of the shoot. The main show has a traditional paper-based workflow, and a maximum of two card dumps a day, while Hocking adopted a paperless workflow and ingested cards up to six times a day.[20] The footage was synchronized through an automated process with third-party software, and Luk organised the files into ScriptSync-style keywords which he had prepared based on the script before the shoot. The process enabled Luk to assemble all five episodes in a couple of hours after wrapping the whole shoot.[20]

Chris Hocking continued the director cut in the LateNite office. He completed the rest of the editing process within

ADR
for example, I could simply adjust the edit there and then."

Broadcast

The series spans five 22-minute episodes, which run parallel to the main show.

10 Play.[21][22] The series was also available on RTÉ Player in Ireland from 11 November the same day as My5's release.[23]

Reception

Johnathon Hughes of the Radio Times said the series was "edgier and looser than Neighbours proper, with impressive production values and stylistic touches that establish an identity outside of the parent programme".[24] He named Junkeer, Turland and Amarfio-Jefferson as "standouts" and praised Neighbours for the diversity amongst the cast.[24] Hughes felt that unlike some "gimmicky" spin-offs, there was "a sense of point and purpose to this", and while the series was released into the competitive teen high-school drama market "the pacy, involving first episode sets up as an impressive attempt at bringing soap sensibilities to the streaming drama landscape."[24]

Digital Spy's Daniel Kilkelly thought the series "set itself apart from the main show with a unique "grungy" filming style – a far cry from the sun-kissed scenes we're used to on Neighbours itself."[25] He noted the strong performances by the central teenage cast and the focus on Mackenzie's romance with Richie, which paved "the way for some important and groundbreaking scenes in episodes four and five, exploring Mackenzie's transgender story in much more detail than the main show, with some open and thought-provoking conversations."[25]

Jessica Lynch from 10 daily dubbed the spin-off "Riverdale meets Pretty Little Liars".[26] She wrote that the first episode has "an air of that Neighbours-style drama we know and love", before giving viewers "major PLL vibes".[26]

References

  1. ^ a b "Neighbours: Erinsborough High launches". Fremantle. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b Ritman, Alex (5 September 2019). "Australian Soap 'Neighbours' Getting First Spinoff". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. ^
    If Magazine
    . Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e Mercado, Andrew (8 November 2019). "Mercado on TV: Neighbours EP Jason Herbison on Erinsborough High". Mediaweek. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  5. BBC Newsround
    . 9 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. ^ Blackiston, Hannah (9 September 2019). "Neighbours spin-off Erinsborough High commissioned". Mumbrella. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d Kilkelly, Daniel (19 September 2019). "Neighbours star Olivia Junkeer promises "dark and gritty" scenes in online spin-off". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  8. ^ a b Spilsbury, Tom (9–15 November 2019). "Flying high". Inside Soap. No. 45. pp. 22–23.
  9. ^ a b Lee, Jess (5 September 2019). "Neighbours to get new spinoff series focusing on Erinsborough High". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  10. 10 Play
    . 6 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Darius Amarfio-Jefferson" (PDF). Catherine Poulton Management. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. ^ Byrne, Fiona (20 October 2019). "Georgie transforms into permanent role". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  13. ^ Crick, Claire (11 November 2019). "Horror on Ramsay Street as a SHOCK DISAPPEARANCE causes drama for THIS Neighbours favourite". What's on TV. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Nikolai Egel". StarNow. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Mahalia Brown". BMG Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Ellmir Asipi" (PDF). Barton Buckle Agency. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  17. ^ a b Munn, Patrick (27 October 2019). "My5 Sets Premiere Date For Neighbours: Erinsborough High'". TVWise. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  18. ^ "Britain's Channel 5 set to produce a spin-off of iconic Aussie soap Neighbours". news.com.au. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  19. ^ Meade, Amanda (6 September 2019). "Neighbours goes back to school in spin-off miniseries Erinsborough High". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  20. ^ a b c d Courtens, Ronny. "Chris Hocking from LateNite Films Explains How His Team Used Final Cut Pro X to Edit, Mix, Grade, and Deliver the Much Anticipated Series 'Neighbours - Erinsborough High' For Fremantle Australia". fcp.co. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  21. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (5 November 2019). "Neighbours: Erinsborough High spin-off – Release date, cast, spoilers and everything you need to know". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  22. ^ Knox, David (5 November 2019). "10Play: Erinsborough High". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  23. ^ "New Neighbours spin-off debuts on RTÉ Player next week". RTÉ.ie. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  24. ^ a b c Hughes, Johnathon (11 November 2019). "Neighbours: Erinsborough High spin-off is Ramsay Street meets Riverdale". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  25. ^ a b Killkelly, Daniel (12 November 2019). "What other soaps could learn from Neighbours' new spin-off Erinsborough High". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  26. ^ a b Lynch, Jessica (12 November 2019). "'Erinsborough High': The 'Neighbours' Spinoff That's 'Riverdale' Meets 'Pretty Little Liars'". 10 daily. Retrieved 12 November 2019.

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