Adrian Pennington
Adrian Pennington is a journalist, editor and commentator in the film and TV production space. He has produced and chaired conference sessions, co-written a book on stereoscopic 3D, edited several publications and is copywriter of marketing materials for the industry.
Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Society of the Snow
To faithfully recreate a 50-year-old real life plane crash and remarkable tale of survival, the filmmakers behind Society of the Snow combined LED and green screens with multiple practical sets of the plane’s fuselage and put them all 2000+ metres up a mountain, writes Adrian Pennington.
Industry TrendsLifeline for UK VFX Facilities in Promised Tax Break
Can facilities survive the current lull until new proposed enhanced tax relief kicks in? Adrian Pennington reports.
Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: The Buccaneers
Girls with money, men with power. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the stiff upper lipped London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash in Apple TV series The Buccaneers, reports Adrian Pennington.
Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: The Killer
The precision design of David Fincher’s hit-man feature mirrors its subject, writes Adrian Pennington
Industry TrendsBehind The Scenes: The Creator
Cinematographer Oren Soffer discussed bringing guerilla-style filmmaking to sci-fi blockbuster The Creator with Adrian Pennington.
Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Special Ops: Lioness
Paul Cameron is a distinguished cinematographer who is now making a move into the director’s chair. IBC365 spoke to him about his latest project, Special Ops: Lioness, a military drama for showrunner Taylor Sheridan.
Industry TrendsCuebric Generative AI: Now We Are All Image Makers
The co-developer of a new AI tool for filmmaking insists that AI without human creativity is nothing, and therefore nothing to fear, writes Adrian Pennington.
Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Kiss The Future
U2’s 1997 concert in the aftermath of the Bosnian War is relived and remixed from archive footage, original audio and new testimonials, writes Adrian Pennington.
Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Killers Of The Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese always wanted to make a Western, arguably the defining American artform. With Killers of the Flower Moon, he got his chance to chronicle the way the country has been moulded from violence and prejudice, writes Adrian Pennington.
Daily NewsEutelsat and Amazon Web Services deliver DVB-NIP from the sky and the cloud
Eutelsat and Amazon Web Services (AWS) showcased the DVB-NIP (Native IP) solution at IBC2023, integrating video distribution with production and distribution workflows deployed over the AWS cloud.
NewsIMG Tackles Non-live Rugby World Cup Production
Japan 2019 was the first World Cup to have an independent host broadcast operation. Previously responsibility had rested with the leading domestic broadcaster (as ITV did in 2015, for example).
Daily NewsEutelsat announces first FAST channel carriage
wedotv is launching its FAST platform on Eutelsat’s Hotbird satellites for audiences in Italy. It is the first FAST channel to launch on Eutelsat satellites.
Daily NewsFuture of collaborative editing
The first integration of Lucidlink Filespaces within a creative tool is now available for Adobe Premiere Pro allowing editors to “pre-emptively cache” just the media needed in their edit, directly within the Premiere Pro application.
Daily NewsIrdeto and Evergent target OTT
“With our partnership with Irdeto, we’ve found a company with common goals and values,” said Vijay Sajja, Founder and CEO of Evergent.
Daily News5G holds potential for German terrestrial TV
Trials are underway in Germany of 5G Broadcast over the Digital Terrestrial TV network and service provider Media Broadcast believes it could be a game changer for broadcasters, advertisers, and consumers alike.
Daily NewsGenAI is a co-pilot for innovation
Across content creation and production, Generative AI can act as a “creative co-pilot” Andy Walker, Head of Media at consultancy Accenture, told the IBC Daily.
Daily NewsGo forth with Infinite Colours
Traditional LED video displays only use three emitters: Red, Green, and Blue, but INFiLED has gone one further. It is introducing a fourth emitter in a custom LED package that increases the colour spectrum viewed from professional cameras by using an LED video ceiling. Branded ‘Infinite Colors’ the innovation is ...
