Create & Produce – Page 13
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Industry TrendsNFS over RDMA boosts storage performance for M&E workflows
We are in a new golden era of content creation writes Gregory Shiff. The explosion of streaming services has brought an unprecedented volume of new and amazing media. Production, post-production, visual effects, animation, finishing: everyone is booked solid with work. The expectations for this content are higher than ever, with ...
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Industry TrendsSelecting the right CPU performance benchmark
Benchmarks are vital tools for measuring the performance of Central Processing Units (CPUs) in the most popular consumer devices writes Ajay Joshi. With the advent of more complicated use cases and compute workloads, benchmarks are becoming increasingly important in the home device market, which includes digital television (DTV) and set-top ...
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Industry TrendsThe Set Top Box revolution
The world of content distribution is undergoing a transformation, creating new commercial opportunities for operators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) writes Pablo Fraile.
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Industry TrendsPsychological first aid for freelancers
The Rory Peck Trust, the charity representing freelance news journalists, has teamed up with Facebook for two-part trauma and resilience pilot programme, that focusses on the treatable ‘injury’ aspects of post-traumatic stress injury rather than the tortuous ‘damage’ aspects of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Industry TrendsDune: Behind the scenes with cinematographer Grieg Fraser
“Fear is the mind-killer,” says Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides in Dune. The hero must use his mind to overcome his fear. It’s a central theme of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel and one that also resonated with DP Grieg Fraser, ACS ASC, who is taking on the hallowed science fiction tome ...
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Industry TrendsHow the Battle of Lake Changjin is set to top 2021 box office
Chinese release The Battle of Lake Changjin epitomises the use of the term ‘epic’, with some three directors, six DoPs, 70,000 extras and a record domestic box office performance.
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Industry TrendsIBC2021 Accelerators: Smart Remote Production For Real-Time Animation
Accelerating the animation pipeline without increasing the amount of kit required is the principal aim of the Smart Remote Production For Real-Time Animation Accelerator project, which is bringing together leading broadcasters and vendors to leverage the latest technological developments of markerless motion capture and speech-driven facial animation to drive CG ...
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Industry TrendsFrom C3 to LED: Inside Sony’s latest tech
Sony presented some of its latest products at a recent technology roadshow, including its C3 Portal camera in the cloud service, an entry-level switcher a new pitch-side LED solution.
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Industry TrendsThe 5G gang: The coming of 5G Vista
Delivering richer fan experiences while more effectively using network resources are just two of the benefits of 5G Vista, but its potential goes way beyond this, as the team behind the project discussed at a recent demo day.
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Industry TrendsExploring the democratisation of technology
Reinvention and innovation are two of the outcomes of the pandemic, with TV and consumer choice the main beneficiaries, according to a recent panel debate around the state of technology and broadcast services after the impact of Covid-19.
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Industry TrendsInterview: Netflix VP of Production Innovation Andy Fowler
Netflix talks to IBC365 about growing its virtual production facilities and sharing the experience with the industry.
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Industry TrendsDolby Vision HDR to capture groundbreaking smartphone documentary
Charting burn survivor Rob Small’s circumnavigation of Iceland, From Fire… To Ice is being filmed on iPhone 12 Max Pro devices with Dolby Vision HDR, writes David Davies.
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Industry TrendsIBC2021 Accelerators: RT-3D Interactive Content Creation for Multi-Platform Distribution
In the third instalment of IBC365’s in-depth look at the 2021 Accelerator programme, those involved in the RT-3D Interactive Content Creation project reveal why and how they are creating transmedia content using XR tools with genuine real-time workflows.
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Industry TrendsVislink snaps up Mobile Viewpoint in quest to the Connected Edge
What impact will comms giant Vislink’s €15.5 million acquisition of Dutch innovator Mobile Viewpoint have on the thriving live production sector?
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Industry TrendsBuilding a greater volume of virtual production
Virtual production offers filmmakers a real-time method of making movies and TV with actors, lighting and VFX all shot live in-camera. And, with a host of new facilities launching in recent weeks and refinements to technology, could it be integral to the way all films will be made?
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Industry TrendsImmersive audio: Levels of production increasing as ‘consumers regard it as the new standard’
Vendors are upping their educational efforts and bringing more tools to market that support the efficient production of immersive audio content.
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Industry TrendsFuture production: Cameras – reflecting reality remotely in real time
The pandemic has altered the progression of production technology in various ways, forcing R&D teams to implement remote working faster than intended, while also keeping many of them away from their labs and so stalling other, less pressing, advances.
