Two new high-speed slow-motion cinema cameras, the Kairos 360 and Kronos 720, from cinematographer Max Losito and camera and optics technician Luca Bonicalza, can shoot up to 720 FPS using 65mm film stock These new devices are based on the Photo-Sonics 70mm camera, which was originally used during the atomic bomb tests that were conducted […]
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The Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center opens in Brooklyn
The Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts is now open. As well as its undergraduate and graduate courses, it will incubate talent through a programme of collaborations and internships’s in the city. “The new Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center marks a monumental step into the future of storytelling and […]
The Dragon that saved football (possibly)
Those who follow The Beautiful Game will be very familiar with the ugly scenes, in stands, living rooms and pubs as well as on the pitch, when a contentious offside decision goes to VAR and some nonsense occurs. The Euros gave us hope, when we saw incontestable instant decision-making in top-flight football for the first […]
Netflix publishes 8-part “virtual production playbook” on Youtube (videos)
The digital content pioneers are lending the wider community some of their expertise in the form of these informative, well-produced tutorials on how to get the best out of LED stages, camera tracking technology and real-time 3D systems Join us for an educational journey through the details of Virtual Production! Netflix has produced a series […]
University of Hertfordshire to spin up new film studio in 2025
Propeller Stage One will be a new £500,000 facility in a former architecture studio. It will open next year and will be used for both student training and commercial film and television projects. Those that employ UoH students will be able to hire the studio at a significantly reduced rate The project’s prime mover is […]
Shutterstock goes big on ethics with new GenAI 3D assets
At SIGGRAPH 2024, Shutterstock launched a new multi-modal tool that generates 3D assets from text and image prompts, including ready-to-edit meshes, UVs, and 4K PBR materials, with an immediate focus on servicing the needs of Enterprise-sized businesses, via an API. HP and WPP are early adopters. “In September, we will release a more open self-serve […]