All articles by Adrian Pennington – Page 15
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What Streamland’s Technicolor deal tells us about post-production
What does the decision by Technicolor, arguably the motion picture industry’s best-known brand, to let go of its dailies, grading, sound and picture editing services tell us about the health of the post-production industry?
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CES 2021: Gaming, spatial audio and transparent TVs
A lo-fi CES delivered more practical iterations for digital entertainment than jaw dropping gadgets
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2021 predictions: What to expect from broadcasters and streamers
Super-aggregation, sustainability and AI driven efficiencies join cloud deployment as key trends.
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Behind the Scenes: The King’s Man
Ben Davis, BSC, on shooting the series’ signature cartoonesque action sequences against a more sombre backdrop.
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2021 predictions: What to expect in live sport
With the Olympics leading the charge, spectators and major international events will return providing a fillip for broadcasters, vendors and viewers while moves to remote production will mature and nascent technology like 5G will fuel interactive fan engagement.
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2021 predictions: What to expect in post-production
The only constant is change as the post sector gears up for remote distributed permanence, more virtual production and a bounce back
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2021 predictions: What to expect in production
Sony Pictures, BBC, BSC, ASC and the DPP gives their verdicts on Covid impact and views on virtual production to training
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Behind the Scenes: The Eight Hundred
Box office champion and war epic sets a new standard for production values in Chinese cinema.
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Behind the Scenes: Nomadland
Filmmakers Chloé Zhao and Joshua James Richards discuss their naturalistic approach to stories about American life in the margins
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Behind the Scenes: Wonder Woman 1984
Wonder Woman is back, but this time it’s the eighties. Editor Richard Pearson explains how director Patty Jenkins developed DC’s amazon character for her latest big screen adventure.
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Behind the Scenes: News of the World
Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks team up again for a Western that is already taking its place among the classics.
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Behind the Scenes: Mank
The techniques behind Mank, David Fincher’s digitally dexterous emulation of Hollywood’s classic era, are revealed
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Behind the Scenes: One Night In Miami
Editor Tariq Anwar and director Regina King deliver a masterclass in bringing a stage play set in a one motel room to screen
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Analysis: Why Framestore snapped up Company 3/Method
While the global VFX industry struggles, Framestore is set to nearly double in size due to its acquisition of Company 3 and Method.
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Behind the Scenes: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Phedon Papamichael ASC unlocks the visual puzzle of Aaron Sorkin’s politically charged legal drama.
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Vendor R&D: The innovator’s dilemma
The demand shock of Covid-19 continues to reverberate, but many technology suppliers see investing in R&D as the only way to fight back.
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Why Quibi pulled the plug
Quibi launched its shortform streaming service amid great fanfare in April this year, but just six months later founders Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg have announced it is to close. So, what went wrong?
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Behind the scenes: Project Power
VFX supervisor Ivan Moran grounds the superpowers of new Netflix sci-fi in plausible pseudo-science.
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Nvidia: The metaverse is coming
Jensen Huang, CEO of red-hot computer processing developer Nvidia says the world is entering the age of AI.
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What’s next for the BBC’s technology strategy?
The absence of a high-placed CTO is an opportunity to divorce the BBC’s tech approach from being wedded to iPlayer, analysts say.