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Industry TrendsTop Gun: Maverick – behind the scenes
Having raced motorcycles, been strapped outside an Airbus 400 at lift-off, put a helicopter into a controlled spin and signed on to film aboard the ISS, there was no way Tom Cruise was going to be chromakeyed into a F/A 18 jet for his return as Top Gun: Maverick.
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Behind The Scenes: Everything Everywhere All At Once
The idea that we can overcome nihilism by embracing kindness is a beautiful concept, explains editor Paul Rogers
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Behind The Scenes: Heartstopper
Hollyoaks with an art school twist: DOP Diana Olifirova explains how Netflix teen drama Heartstopper wears its heart on its sleeve.
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Stage Fifty unveils plans for Wycombe Film Studios
Studio operator Stage Fifty has revealed plans for an eight-stage facility on a 26-acre site near High Wycombe.
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Editors Assemble: Cutting Hawkeye as a collaborative team
With three directors and crushing deadlines to contend with on Marvel’s limited series about heroic archers, as well as a pandemic to boot, how did the three editors on Hawkeye manage to tell such an enthralling, cohesive story?
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Behind the Scenes: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Adrian Pennington speaks to DoP Tommy Maddox-Upshaw about the remake of this cult classic for Paramount+.
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Hackman, Square Mile and MBS team for €300 million Irish studio
Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital, along with The MBS Group, are to develop and operate a new film and television studio in Ireland, Greystones Media Campus.
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Behind the scenes: 1899
The Netflix drama, shot on a volume stage with revolving turntable, is the new blueprint for episodic virtual production.
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Behind the Scenes: Creating the world of Germinal
An ambitious retelling of the classic class-struggle story Germinal for French TV led to a studio set dunked in two metres of water, 10m flames shot in 12K and the resurrection of an iconic film stock.
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Behind the Scenes: The Batman
For cinematographer Greig Fraser, lighting the image and keeping darkness within the character was the key challenge in this latest incarnation of Gotham’s avenging angel.
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ILM to open virtual production stage in Vancouver
Industrial Light & Magic is to expand its StageCraft LED virtual production services to Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Behind the Best Editing Oscar Nominations
IBC rounds up the five nominated contenders in the race for Best Editing Oscar.
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Channel 4 to mentor and train 60 black filmmakers
Channel 4 has teamed up with We Are Parable to create a mentoring and training programme for 60 Black TV, filmmakers and content creators across the UK.
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Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios begins £12m expansion
Work is underway on the expansion of Bristol film and TV production facility The Bottle Yard Studios.
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Film and drama spend hits record £5.64 billion in UK
The combined spend by film and high-end television production (HETV) in the UK during 2021 reached a record £5.64 billion, according to official BFI figures.
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Apollo takes minority stake in Dune producer Legendary
Private equity firm Apollo has agreed a $760 million equity investment in Legendary, the production and finance company behind films such as Dune and TV series Lost in Space.
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Behind the Scenes of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley
Director of photography Dan Laustsen explains the thinking behind the seductive visuals of the neo-noir feature.
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Behind the scenes: Licorice Pizza with editor Andy Jurgensen
Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age drama blurs reality and drama, explains editor Andy Jurgensen.
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Technicolor carries out major restructure of VFX brands
Technicolor Creative Studios has unveiled a restructure of its visual effects brands in the advertising, film and scripted spaces.
