Fathead, a film that aims to show off what can be achieved using today’s virtual production, in-camera VFX and collaborative, cloud-based workflows, has won an award at the 76th annual Cannes Film Festival. “When one of the last free children of Junkyard Paradise has her brother stolen away from her, no Ragamuffin army or vicious beasts […]
The eerie, haunting Thank You for Not Answering is “co-directed” with Runway and intended to evoke a feeling of loneliness and isolation in the viewer The characters’ blank eyes, distended limbs and distorted features reveal the truth of how they came to exist. They effect created “feels closer to dreaming” says the filmmaker. “It’s closer […]
Cinesite has announced that is has taken a stake in Andy Serkis’ performance capture and virtual production company The Imaginarium Studios, which has facilities at Pinewood Studios in Iver, Bucks and Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Recent Imaginarium projects include Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 and Spiderman: Far from Home and TV Shows such as Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney at […]
At Dolby House at this year’s SXSW in Austin, Texas, Draw & Code‘s Andy Cooper and Michael Quintana joined Dolby.io‘s Dan Zeitman for an in-depth chat about using extended reality (XR) to develop fan culture . The discussion took in the companies’ recent work with Move AI to create immersive virtual live event experiences for […]
Following on from its 700 square metre virtual production space in St. Denis in Paris, which features an 18 metre x 5 metre screen, Sony has opened a new one in its Digital Media Production Centre at Pinewood Studios. Its main purpose is to allow broadcasters, productions, and technicians to spend time with Sony’s cinematography […]