Blackmagic Design has announced that Nu Boyana Post Production has relied on a DaVinci Resolve Studio pipeline to complete picture post on Martin Campbell’s (Casino Royale) new thriller, The Protégé. The film, which stars Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton and Maggie Q, tells the story of two world class assassins who share a mysterious past. It re-joins the story when … Read more
HEART OF THE ACTION Gabriel Beristain BSC ASC AMC teams up with director Cate Shortland to bring a heartfelt story to the screen that is driven in equal measure by intimate character-focused moments and Marvel’s trademark visual effects spectaculars. “We wanted to make the film spectacular, but it still needed to have an intimacy as … Read more
GIRL AND THE HOOD Alice Brooks captures the vibrant spirit of New York’s immigrant neighbourhood in In the Heights. When Lin-Manuel Miranda debuted his theatrical musical sensation Hamilton in 2015, only stage aficionados were aware that he had created a previous Broadway smash with his semi-autobiographical work In the Heights. Now, after a yearlong delay due to the pandemic, the film version of … Read more
NAUTICAL ILLUSIONS Rear projection techniques helped create a stylised and dynamic environment to transport viewers back to the early 18th century to learn about the real pirates of the Caribbean in Netflix’s docudrama. “The unique challenge of telling stories set at sea and in exotic locations on a tight budget appealed to me, but it … Read more
THE ROAD TO FREEDOM Ambitious 10-part Amazon series The Underground Railroad sees James Laxton ASC and Barry Jenkins unite once again, this time to tell a powerful story rooted in the history of the American South and atrocities of slavery. Cinematography with a unique tonal quality and authenticity documents courageous Cora’s epic journey as she … Read more
AT THE HEART OF THE ACTION Polly Morgan BSC ASC breaks down an action-packed scene from A Quiet Place Part II and the bespoke car rig, teamwork, and kit that made capturing the first-of-its-kind, tightly choreographed sequence possible. When John [Krasinski] and I discussed the prologue – when the creatures attack – we decided the … Read more
Quay Light now owns several hundred Astera LED fixtures with the largest stock in Scotland, and Paul Bates, who has built a very successful career as a Best Boy in the film and television lighting sector, is now focusing full time on this business. He has been constantly busy throughout 2020 and 2021 as the … Read more
Blackmagic Design has announced DaVinci Resolve 17.3 which adds support for a completely new processing engine that transforms the speed of DaVinci Resolve to work up to 3 times faster on Apple Mac models with the M1 chip. With this massive speed increase, customers can now play back, edit and grade 4K projects faster, and … Read more
Miami-based creative studio, Darmah, broke boundaries during the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, when it went live with a full extended reality (xR) broadcast running a 4K workflow for TV Azteca Sports. The production, delivered by Darmah’s full turnkey dXR Stage, was powered by two disguise vx 4 media servers and six rx II render nodes, … Read more
As HARBOR’s global expansion continues to grow, founder and CEO, Zak Tucker, announced the hiring of Olivia Burke in the position of talent operations director. Burke spent a decade with The Mill and has built a reputation for herself as a skilled, creative talent acquisitions specialist, growing teams in the VFX, design, animation, live-action, editorial, … Read more
Following their recent re-location to a larger premises, Stevenage based film, television and event rigging specialists Rigging Team have expanded their footprint, not only to accommodate a growing inventory, but to also provide space for a much needed, industry specific, training centre. Rigging Team managing director, Adam Searle explained: “Training is something that we have been … Read more
40 feature films, 15 documentary films indicate rich harvest of films; Academy VOD platform revamped. Not less, but more films than ever have been selected for this year’s European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film Selection. With more films to be announced for the Feature Film Selection (part 2) in September, 2021 seems to be … Read more
The 65th BFI London Film Festival (LFF), in partnership with American Express, has announced that this year’s closing night gala will be The Tragedy of Macbeth, written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Joel Coen, and from Apple Original Films and A24. The film will receive its European premiere on Sunday 17 October at LFF Gala venue the Southbank … Read more
The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB), in partnership with the British Film Commission, has announced the participants for its inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Mentor Scheme which has matched 15 talented mentees with experienced industry mentors working in UK film and High-End TV production. Aimed at individuals working in all grades and departments represented by PGGB’S membership (including production, accounts, ADs, … Read more
What is the Resource Productions BFI Film Academy? Led by Film Industry experts, the Resource Productions BFI Film Academy course covers every area of the filmmaking process, enabling young people aged 16-19 to gain a NCFE qualification and develop the commercial and cultural knowledge and skills needed to help make a career in film a … Read more
Adobe has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Frame.io, a leading cloud-based video collaboration platform. With over a million users across media and entertainment companies, agencies, and global brands, Frame.io streamlines the video production process by enabling video editors and key project stakeholders to seamlessly collaborate using cloud-first workflows. The combination … Read more
Blackmagic Design has announced a new lower price for the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K. This price reduction has been made possible by efficiencies in manufacturing combined with an improved supply of 12K sensors. However with the new rendering engine in DaVinci Resolve 17.3, showing speed improvements up to 3x when working in 4K and … Read more
Epic Games has just released its latest software release, Unreal Engine 4.27, and disguise users will be among the first to take advantage. disguise worked alongside the Unreal Engine team to create a ready-made solution for its users that dropped together with the 4.27 release. With disguise’s new r19 software release together with their freely … Read more
Mo-Sys™ Engineering has announced the launch of Mo-Sys VP Pro 4.27 with a raft of new features that will support Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4.27. During the preview period of Unreal Engine 4.27, Mo-Sys has used the new update to complete a full multi-camera shoot with Amazon. The update was also put through a comprehensive, … Read more
Hollywood cinematographers have signed a letter urging the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to address “the hazards of unsafe working hours” that have plagued the industry for decades. Among the many signatories are Emmanuel Lubezki ASC AMC (Gravity), John Toll ASC (Braveheart), Sir Roger Deakins CBE BSC ASC (1917), and Erik Messerschmidt … Read more
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