Farnborough International, the innovative and pioneering organisation famous for delivering air shows and events, has announced a first for its multi-facetted Exhibition & Conference Centre. In a collaboration with Stage Fifty, creators and operators of production-ready spaces, two state-of-the-art sound stages for film and TV productions have been built. The studio facility, which includes two … Read more
The BSC is expecting this year’s event to take place at The Regent Street Cinema in London. If the COVID-19 situation changes then they will run the event online. Criteria for entry: Submission is free Films to be a maximum of 20 minutes A shortened ‘cinematographers cut’ may be submitted provided it retains enough of … Read more
Wireless LED lighting company Astera adds another dimension to its expanding portfolio of lighting products – the PixelBrick. This hugely flexible luminaire is a truly multi-functional light source with the power and finesse of Astera’s famous Titan LED engine coupled with the practicality of its popular AX3 LightDrop product, all in a completely new and fully adaptable housing. Perfect for concerts, events, filming, or broadcast scenarios, PixelBrick is compact, light (1.1kg) … Read more
Like Rumble VFX announced earlier this year, Freefolk Film & Episodic has also announced their VFX work of over 300 shots on the second series of Pennyworth, a ten-part episodic crime drama produced by Warner Horizon for Starzplay & Epix. A year after the explosive events of last season, 1960’s England is now embroiled … Read more
Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade Runner 2049), will have its out-of-competition world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera (September 1—11, 2021). Dune, presented by Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction bestseller of the same name. The film will be shown on Friday 3 September 2021, in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema on the … Read more
Bristol’s VERO virtual production studio was the setting for an eye-catching new promo film for BMW’s new all-electric iX3 Premier Edition recently – using its Desay 2.6mm pixel density LED screen technology to envelop the car in dazzling visuals. The VERO team was approached by BMW to create a studio space to house the iX3 Sports … Read more
The Prolycht Orion 300 FS is a powerful LED spotlight that aims to revolutionise professional lighting with its full colour spectrum output. By using multiple LEDs in six colours precisely mixed together – red, green, blue, amber, cyan and lime (RGBACL) – the Hyperlight colour engine at the core of the Orion 300 FS can … Read more
In the comedic dual worlds of Kevin Can F**k Himself, coming to AMC in the summer of 2021, cinematographer Adrian Peng Correia relied on Cooke Optics S7/i Full Frame prime lenses for the striking visual voice of reality as opposed to the surreal world of the 4-camera sitcom world. Kevin Can F**k Himself is the story about a woman (Annie Murphy) who keeps playing a perfect housewife. Then, … Read more
The 2021 Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards call for entries for creative categories has opened. For over fifteen years, the HPA Awards have recognized the creative brilliance of the HPA community, honouring artistry in colour grading, editing, sound, and visual effects in feature film, episodic, and commercials. A sought-after honour, the HPA Awards have recognized … Read more
Lux Machina Consulting (LuxMC), visual technology specialists based in Los Angeles, CA, has announced the opening of a new office in London. The expansion into the UK coincides with the beginning of several large Virtual Production facilities that LuxMC will be engineering, installing and integrating in the coming year. Co-CEO Phil Galler states, “As we continue to … Read more
The ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund received £3.3 million in industry contributions in 2020/21 despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic compared with the record £3.9 million of a year earlier. The contributions are used to invest in skills and training to delvier workforce growth and upskilling in the high-end TV sector in accordance with … Read more
When virtual production and, in particular, mixed reality production took flight in early 2020 ARRI and ROE Visual came into contact and connected to develop a better understanding of the impact of this technology on both LED volumes and camera performance. This mutual understanding has led to the development of a continuous testing program. Early … Read more
The Jury for Short Films and the Cinéfondation film school competition will be awarding the Short Film Palme d’or to one of the 10 films in Competition, and the three Cinéfondation prizes to the best of the 17 selected films by film school students. Just like in october 2020, the Jury demonstrates complete gender parity, three … Read more
Tribeca Enterprises has announced a partnership with Epic Games to bring Unreal Engine, the real-time 3D creation tool for photoreal visuals and immersive experiences, to independent filmmakers. Unreal Engine has come to prominence as the game engine driving blockbuster video games including Outriders, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Kingdom Hearts III, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order … Read more
TREASURES OF THE EARTH When retelling the remarkable story of the Sutton Hoo excavation, cinematographer Mike Eley BSC and director Simon Stone adopted an elegant and distinctive visual style and handheld approach to convey the ethereal beauty of the rural locations and characters’ relationships as much as the wonder of the unearthed treasures. “I like … Read more
Film London has announced its 2021 Lodestars, the annual list honouring the innovative creators and practitioners to watch from across the capital. With lodestars known for their inspiration and guidance, the list celebrates those within Film, TV and Games who shine with outstanding creativity or craftsmanship, tipped to go on to ever greater works in … Read more
Wolfgang Lempp, CEO of FilmLight, explains the driving force and inspiration behind the launch of the new FilmLight Colour Awards 2021. Why do you want to honour colourists? At FilmLight, we have been serving colourists for close to 20 years, and our success is totally dependent upon their creative skills. They drive our developments, make … Read more
THE AGE OF HEROES There’s justice for Zack Snyder’s League, at last. Fabian Wagner BSC ASC shares filmmaking insight into the creation of the highly anticipated action epic. “I’m looking forward to seeing it on the big screen,” says cinematographer Fabian Wagner BSC ASC of his work on Zack Snyder’s Justice League. A lot of people doubtless share that … Read more
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced applications opening across the UK and USA for BAFTA Breakthrough 2021, BAFTA’s flagship talent support initiative in partnership with Netflix. The initiative, previously known as Breakthrough Brits, has been running in the UK since 2013 and in the US and India since the global … Read more
The BFI National Archive and Iron Mountain Entertainment Services (IMES), a division of Iron Mountain Incorporated, the global leader in innovative storage and information management services, announce a major new restoration project to fully restore all of the 1920s silent Stoll Sherlock Holmes film series starring Eille Norwood as the famous sleuth, currently held at the BFI Master Film Store in Warwickshire. This … Read more
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