An introduction to this new, cutting-edge filmmaking technology, by StudioBinder, including how virtual production works, the pros and cons of working with LED screens and in-camera visual effects, and why it may be here to stay This 15 minute taster features contributions from notable virtual production pioneers such as DPs Sir Roger Deakins, Greig Fraser […]
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Acting up – how they did the ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ flying sequences
Tom Cruise is well-known for liking to do his own stunts where possible and has a list of mishaps behind him that remind us they don’t always go to plan, but how much of Top Gun: Maverick, and particularly the stuff that happened ‘up top’, was real and how much was CG? Actors in the […]
How to hack a virtual studio with three TVs
The slogan on Epic Light Media‘s Linkedin page says it all – “We don’t subscribe to the norms. We don’t subscribe to boring. We make films people love to watch, simple as that”. Their new “mixed-reality” studio is a home-brewed, hacked delight designed specifically for corporate interviews that need to appear to be conducted in a […]
Support ‘createch’ to attract skilled workers urges Bazalgette
Writing in Wednesday’s Financial Times, former ITV Chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette, currently co-chair of the UK’s Creative Industries Council and council chair at the Royal College of Art, highlighted the fact that if our screen- and music-based, fashion, advertising, publishing industries are to grow, “createch” needs an influx of workers skilled in traditional production, live […]
As it nears completion, MSG Sphere in Las Vegas announces first visitor experience
Postcard From Earth, which is rumoured to have Darren Aronofsky as its director, will be one of the first pieces of content visitors to the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas experience this autumn. U2 are already booked to open the venue. “Postcards to the Earth is a multimedia project that engages people in expressing personal, […]
Brompton’s TrueLight and ROE’s Carbon 5 RGBW tango in Vegas
Brompton’s new TrueLight technology and ROE’s new Carbon 5 RGBW LED panel are being seen for the first time at NAB in Las Vegas this week, TrueLight, which is driven by the company’s new Tessera G1 receiver card, “enables full calibration of the pixels and control of the light spectrum emitted by an LED panel […]