All articles by Adrian Pennington – Page 13
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How Qualcomm is targeting the mobile metaverse
Qualcomm, the world’s biggest supplier of chips for smartphones, is the latest company to make a play for the metaverse.
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The evolution of post to a cloud-first model
With traditional working practices upended, rising costs and technological advances, startup post production firms are eschewing physical facilities in favour of a cloud-first approach.
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Nvidia: Virtual worlds will crop up like websites
Nvidia thinks it has the fabric for building the metaverse on a larger than planet scale.
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Behind the scenes of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast
Kenneth Branagh’s biographical family drama reclaims the city in an era where the streets had no name. Editor Una Ní Dhonghaíle speaks about cutting the drama.
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Dune: Behind the scenes with cinematographer Grieg Fraser
“Fear is the mind-killer,” says Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides in Dune. The hero must use his mind to overcome his fear. It’s a central theme of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel and one that also resonated with DP Grieg Fraser, ACS ASC, who is taking on the hallowed science fiction tome ...
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How the Battle of Lake Changjin is set to top 2021 box office
Chinese release The Battle of Lake Changjin epitomises the use of the term ‘epic’, with some three directors, six DoPs, 70,000 extras and a record domestic box office performance.
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Interview: Netflix VP of Production Innovation Andy Fowler
Netflix talks to IBC365 about growing its virtual production facilities and sharing the experience with the industry.
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No Time To Die: Behind the Scenes with cinematographer Linus Sandgren
James Bond is back in No Time To Die, but the 007 agent is wounded. Cinematographer Linus Sandgren delivers the emotional punch with 35mm, 65mm and IMAX film.
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Daily News
Behind the Scenes of The Guilty with sound mixer Ed Novick
The location sound recordist is normally incognito on set. Not so in the case of The Guilty, a thriller unusually reliant on audio to convey its story and made crazily complex by being shot under Covid conditions.
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Behind the Scenes: We Are Lady Parts
Equal parts subversive, silly and sweet, Working Title’s music comedy We Are Lady parts is about a Muslim female punk band - called Lady Parts - who are on a mission to find a lead guitarist and maybe, just maybe, get a proper gig. Cinematographer Diana Olifirova shares her experiences ...
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The Greatest Show on Earth: How OBS plans to immerse viewers in the Tokyo Olympics
With the world’s TV viewers cooped up for a year and most spectators barred from attending, never has there been a more pressing need for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to put on the greatest show on Earth.
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: BBC and NBC reveal remote production plans
With the 33rd summer Olympics set to take place in Tokyo later this month, broadcasters around the world are fine-tuning their production plans and preparing to pack their schedules with hundreds of hours of live sport. NBC and the BBC speak about their plans.
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Discovery reveals scale of Olympic plans
Discovery’s ambitious plans for covering the Tokyo Olympics include a virtual studio Cube to connect presentation with remote athletes and provide opportunities for pundits to analyse performances and explain technique using augmented reality.
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Behind the Scenes: The Tomorrow War
During a World Cup football game in Miami, time-travelling soldiers from the year 2051 appear on the pitch with an urgent message about a global war against a terrifying alien species. Cinematographer Larry Fong ASC explains how he shot the Amazon Prime action movie.
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How Arena TV brought advanced remote production to The FA Cup Final
The BBC’s coverage of the FA Cup Final in May was remote produced from Wembley by production teams working at Arena TV’s newly outfitted production hub and utilising CoreTX. This new Arena solution is a decentralised and cloud-based production service that includes a Production Centre based at Arena’s HQ in ...
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Behind the Scenes: The French Dispatch
Transforming Wes Anderson’s idiosyncratic aesthetic into a visually consistent physical format presented a series of challenges for the film’s production designer and director of photography.