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Industry TrendsBehind The Scenes - Blonde
Cinematographer Chayse Irvin, ASC, CSC talks about the pleasure and the pain of shooting the story of Marilyn Monroe and the creative choices that shaped this powerful biopic.
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Industry Trends
Advances in virtual production: Where VFX and video games collide
Virtual production is one of the most talked about areas in film and television. Steve Jarratt discusses its potential with DNEG’s Steve Griffith and VFX supervisor Kevin Baillie.
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Behind The Scenes: Moonage Daydream
Filmmaker Brett Morgen describes how dazzling sound and vision can personify the experience of being David Bowie.
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Elstree Studios launches additional two soundstages
Elstree Studios has launched two new soundstages.
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Warner Bros. Discovery unveils 10-year DC superhero plan
Warner Bros. Discovery is planning a restructure so it can focus on DC superhero films in a bid to emulate the success of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Zinc Media acquires The Edge Picture Company
Leading factual producer Zinc Media Group has raised £5m and has acquired branded content specialist The Edge Picture Company.
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Wales set for £1.6m film and TV studio
A new film and television studio is being planned for Anglesey in Wales to capitalise on the growing number of productions filming across the north of Wales.
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Behind the Scenes: Making Jordan Peele’s Nope
Making the ‘Great American flying saucer horror’ with director Jordan Peele, editor Nicholas Monsour and DP Hoyte van Hoytema.
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Pinewood seeks permission for revised expansion plan
Pinewood Studios has submitted a planning application for an expanded Screen Hub scheme of 1.4 million square feet.
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HS-Art Digital to premiere Diamant-Film Colorizer at IBC
Debuting at IBC2022 will be the Diamant-Film Colorizer, a software solution for colouring black and white movies.
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RTS Awards: Entries open for craft talent in TV and broadcasting
Entries are now open for broadcasters and individual crafts people across all competitive categories for the Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards 2022.
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Dedolight Neo gains from colour collaboration
The versatile dedolight Neo Color LED spotlight is the result of a technology collaboration between Dedo Weigert Film and Prolycht announced last year. It is an advanced 80W adjustable colour focusing spotlight in a familiar dedolight form factor, based on the highly accurate RGBACL Hyperlight Color Engine developed by Prolycht.
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London’s 3 Mills Studios embarks on £6 million upgrade
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has begun a £6 million renovation and modernisation project to upgrade several of the buildings at its 3 Mills Studios in east London.
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Behind the scenes: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis
“He is an entertainer. Everything is made for audiences to experience larger than life,” Mandy Walker ACS ASC, the director of photography, is talking about Baz Luhrmann, the director of Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet but Elvis is now in the building.
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Arri pulls out the stops for Alexa 35
The Alexa 35 camera is claimed to offer “industry-leading image quality at native 4K and 120fps”. It uses Arri’s first new sensor in 12 years, which delivers 2.5 stops more dynamic range (now 17 stops for improved HDR), better low light performance and richer colours.
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Texas set for $267m virtual production, TV and film studios
Hill Country Group has announced plans to build Hill Country Studios, a virtual production, television and film studio in San Marcos, Texas.
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Top 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.
