It begins with an inferno. Air raid alarms wail against the cry of panicked people, fleeing for their lives, abandoning homes and hope. A boy on the precipice between childhood and teenage years awakens in a panic, rushes to dress and, against his father’s wishes, braves the blaze in the

2023 was a weird one. On the one hand, the TV industry had finally started to shake off the dust of the pandemic production halts to deliver a full year of small screen entertainment, though there were lingering effects and aftershocks felt throughout the industry. And then came the strikes.

Young composer, Oscar Pan is full of an effervescent sort of energy, beaming across the screen as he discusses his passion: music. He recently worked on the short film Motherland and I sat down to chat about his work on the project, his musical journey, what he sees for his future