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Virtual production studio Dimension makes senior hires
Virtual production studio Dimension has hired four senior team members — two new executive producers, a head of operations, and a creative director.
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Industry Trends
Adobe’s Deepa Subramaniam: How AI video will shake up post production
Last week, Deepa Subramaniam, Adobe’s Vice President of Product Marketing for Creative Cloud, was excited to reveal Adobe’s Firefly generative AI model at Adobe MAX London. Michael Burns questions her about the fears and hopes this new influence will have on post production.
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BAFTA Television Craft Awards announces winners
Black Mirror, Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, Silo and Slow Horses each won two prizes at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards.
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UK Screen Alliance, Animation UK unveil outstanding contribution award winners
Trade bodies UK Screen Alliance and Animation UK have announced the winners of their Outstanding Contribution Awards.
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: Civil War
In Alex Garland’s action thriller cameras are a weapon of truth, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Behind the Scenes: 3 Body Problem
The cinematographers behind Netflix sci-fi series explain why the sun was such an important element in the show’s VR game world and how they played the story’s fictional science straight down the line.
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Behind the scenes: Silo
Award-winning Cinematographer David Luther had to draw on all his experience to help create a convincing backdrop for this dystopian short-story adaption. Adrian Pennington reports.
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Cohort announced for ScreenCraft Works cross-border mentoring programme
ScreenCraft Works, a global community for under-represented film and TV professionals, has unveiled the cohort for its fourth cross-border mentoring programme.
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: Masters of the Air
Masters of the Air takes place over the skies of Nazi-occupied Europe and at the very least doesn’t flinch from the horrific conditions faced by men in metal tubes flying five miles above ground, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Industry Trends
Oscars 2024: WWII narratives feature heavily at this year’s Academy Awards
Oblique and powerful takes on the Second World War dominate at the Oscars, reports Adrian Pennington.
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UK M&E industry welcomes Budget support for business but says that more must be done to support workers
The UK industry has welcomed measures announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt in this week’s Budget to support independent filmmakers, studios and VFX houses.
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Young digital innovators called upon for the RTS 2024 bursary schemes
The British forum for television and media, the Royal Television Society (RTS), has launched its renowned bursary schemes for 2024, aiming to increase inclusivity and reflect diverse voices of Britain for young people wishing to pursue a career in the screen industries. The initiative aims to demonstrate to scholars that ...
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Cinesite launches visualisation division
Cinesite has launched a new visualisation division which will expand its previs, virtual production, techvis and postvis services, and will align with its concept and pipeline departments.
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The experience of cinematographer Pierre Gill on Disney series ‘Percy Jackson’ showed that lighting for an extensive shoot in a Volume is still work in progress, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Industry Trends
Lifeline for UK VFX Facilities in Promised Tax Break
Can facilities survive the current lull until new proposed enhanced tax relief kicks in? Adrian Pennington reports.
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UK’s VFX Industry in Line for Additional Tax Relief
The UK Screen Alliance has welcomed plans announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to offer additional tax relief for expenditure on visual effects.
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Industry Trends
Behind The Scenes: The Creator
Cinematographer Oren Soffer discussed bringing guerilla-style filmmaking to sci-fi blockbuster The Creator with Adrian Pennington.
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: One Piece
The bestselling manga series of all time has been made into one of the most expensive live action series ever, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Thought Leadership
PFX, a leading Full Service Post-Production Studio, Streamlines its services with Qumulo’s Centralized Approach
Petabyte-scale file post-production by consolidating multiple locations and workflows onto the Qumulo File Data Platform.
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Industry Trends
Natalya Tatarchuk: Making real-time more accessible
The VP of Unity Wētā Tools gets under the skin of 3D content creation, and emphasises the value of real time in conversation with Michael Burns.