Boasting the same LED screen technology John Favreau pioneered on The Mandalorian, Orca Studios has opened in Spain with the support of Epic Games and in collaboration with production company Kinolux. Using this state-of-the-art system, exterior or interior images powered by video game PC engines and that adjust in sync with camera movement are shown […]
While cinema owners make cautious plans to re-open with social distancing and hygiene measures in place, it looks like the UK is to get the full-on US-style drive-in experience this summer. Several operators have announced their plans and schedules, as listed on Yahoo! Entertainment. The Luna Drive-In Cinema Boasting “state of the art sound and screens, […]
Smaller crews, fewer extras, reduced international travel and restricted contact with key people are all likely to be aspects of film and higher-end TV drama production in the months to come and until it’s safe to revert to something resembling normality. Or, will the new ways of working that have been forced upon the industry […]
Creating digital humans for face replacement, de-aging, digital makeup and character creation is one of the hottest areas of VFX development, and its time may have come as we look at ways to “science the s***” out of getting actors to interact on screen while maintaining a safe distance. With its PaGAN and PaGAN II […]
Aardman Animations is working with Fictioneers, a British creative consortium, on a new Wallace and Gromit project that will be available this autumn as a downloadable mobile AR app for iOS and Android devices. Carolyn Giardina writing in The Hollywood Reporter tells us that The Big Fix Up is a partnership between Aardman and consortium […]
After consulting several US studios, the BFI, the British Film Commission, Pact, BECTU and the UK government, the UK Screen Alliance has published a guidance document for post production and visual effects companies to help them operate safely during the current health crisis. Get the document “Guidance for safe working in Post-Production and Visual Effects […]