The predictions are that, through tools like Stable Video Diffusion, Pika, Runway, Meta’s Emu Video and, soon-ish, Midjourney, generative video is going to be one of the big talking points and disruptors in 2024 And if the predictions are correct, more video content creators will start to learn how to automatically edit footage, synthesise voiceovers, […]
For those of you who are less familiar with this aspect of content origination, motion or performance capture is the term most commonly used to describe the digital capture of movement of an object or person. The most common forms of modern motion capture systems Magnetic – The performer wears sensors at key points of the […]
disguise is taking steps to promote the use of 2.5D workflows in virtual production, but what does that actually mean? Unlike 2D plates, 2.5D offers a hint of dimensionality without the full complexity of real-time 3D environments. A 2.5D workflow, often regarded as the bridge between 2D and 3D, involves layering multiple 2D images with […]
Below, VFX Supervisors Laura Pedro and Felix Berges, writer/director Juan Antonio Bayona and production designer Alain Bainee show us the multi-faceted and layered production of VFX Academy Award-nominated Netflix survival thriller Society of the Snow, which hits UK screens this Thursday, 3 January.. The film tells the true story of the Uruguayan charter flight that […]
The short film below shows how Disney’s Once Upon A Studio, made to celebrate the animation studio’s 100th. birthday, progressed through the various departments before it found its way onto our screens. This one shows some of the film’s many traditional animators demonstrating their craft. And this one shows the work of the voice cast. […]
Netflix rode out a difficult 2022 to emerge significantly ahead of its rivals. To compete, the other players have already tried aggressive price hikes and savage content culls. Consolidation would appear to be next up in the playbook. “For much of the past four years, the entertainment industry spent money like drunken sailors to fight […]