One of the more interesting technologies debuting at NAB 2023 in Las Vegas, which starts today, is Cuebric from Seyhan Lee, “a creative-led A.I. production studio founded in 2020 by Pinar Seyhan Demirdag and Gary Lee Koepke“. Cuebric is being touted as the first comprehensive generative AI system to produce and edit images for film […]
Several technology companies, including Samsung and LG, are proposing a radical shift to the use of LED screens (AKA direct view displays) in cinemas. Samsung Onyx LED displays are already used in around 100 cinemas around the world, including at The Culver Theater in Culver City in Los Angeles. They are particularly good when it […]
Studio Fares in Trollhättan, Sweden has launched Europe’s largest projector-based virtual production wall at 24m x 8m. “You don’t need a lot of LED screens, nor server halls, which saves expensive electricity and therefore the climate. The wall is flat, not curved, and different parts of the wall can be used for filming. And the […]
Following a chance encounter at an automotive trade show SISU Cinema Robotics created a range of ‘cinebots’; programmable motion control robotic arms that can hold cinema cameras and achieve repeatable moves and often impossible shots. There are three models – C14, C20 and C31 – the smallest of which which can handle cameras or other […]
Flite is a new film made entirely in Unreal Engine by Framestore chief creative officer Tim Webber. It is part of the FUSE (Framestore Unreal Shot Engine) project and co-production involving the VFX company and Inflammable Films. The film is “set in a semi-submerged London in 2053, and explores the nascent and underground practice of […]
Not really much to go on with this other than it was created by Chennai-based VFX artist Prakash Kumararajan (AKA Wild VFX) using the Beta version of Wonder Dynamics’ Wonder Studio, “an AI tool that automatically animates, lights and composes CG characters into a live-action scene”. If this has grabbed your attention and you are […]