All articles by Adrian Pennington – Page 22
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Industry Trends
Behind the scenes: Mary Poppins Returns
Cinematographer Dion Beebe explains how he mixes digital production techniques with hand drawn animation and London location work to recreate Disney’s whimsical nanny.
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Industry Trends
Your guide to Raw production
IBC365 takes an in-depth look at an increasingly popular choice for acquisition, with new methods trading cumbersome, data heavy workflows for virtually identical image fidelity but at lower data rates and file sizes.
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From post to playout: Advances in the cloud
From playout to post, the cloud is upending business models – but the most quantum leap is still to come.
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Leaping into a new reality
VFX Oscar winner and Magic Leap SVP Creative Strategy John Gaeta explains how a dimensional internet could lead CG experiences into real world spaces.
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Executive Interviews
Craft leaders: Ben Davis, Cinematographer
Ben Davis’ extraordinary list of credits includes Marvel blockbusters through to lower budget gems. This year alone he shot multi-million dollar shows Captain Marvel and Dumbo, back to back. He talks to Adrian Pennington about the art of the Director of Photography (DoP), his influences and the future of cinematography
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Executive Interviews
Craft leaders: John Mathieson, Cinematographer
The craft of cinematography is at risk in this era of digitally shot films, warns Oscar-nominated DoP John Mathieson, whose latest films include Mary Queen of Scots and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu.
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Special effects: Keeping it real
Far from being killed off by digital, practical special effects are routinely used to heighten the effectiveness of scenes and emotional beats in a way impossible in a computer.
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Executive Interviews
Craft Leaders: Robert Richardson, Cinematographer
Three-time Oscar winning DoP Robert Richardson reflects on a career that has spanned 30 years, working with directors such as Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Oliver Stone – and working in formats ranging from digital 3D to ultra-wide 70mm.
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Fine-tuning Bohemian Rhapsody
The Editor and Production Designer of Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody tell IBC365 how the film recreated the classic Live Aid concert from Wembley Stadium – with 800 extras at Bovingdon airfield near Hemel Hempstead.
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Watch: Peter Jackson brings colour to WW1
Grainy, black and white footage of World War One has been given the ultimate restoration treatment to startling effect in They Shall Not Grow Old.
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Industry Trends
Analysis: Why NEP acquired SIS Live
NEP’s latest acquisition, a deal for connectivity services firm SIS Live, was announced yesterday. And it’s unlikely to be the OB giant’s last, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Executive Interviews
Craft Leaders: Barry Alexander Brown, Editor
Barry Alexander Brown has edited over 100 Spike Lee ‘joints’, and is an acclaimed filmmaker himself. He tells Adrian Pennington about a career that encompasses editing legendary films such as Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X through to Lee’s latest, Blackkklansman.
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Race to the finish line: AV1, H.264, HEVC, VP9 & VVC
IBC2018: The video industry will have to learn to juggle between AV1, H.264, HEVC and VP9 and future codecs like VVC. That’s the lesson from IBC where warring factions in the codec wars came to trade blows without landing a palpable hit.
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Industry Trends
HEVC, AV1, VVC and XVC: The codec battle intensifies
The world of codecs will be one of the big talking points at IBC this month, as the industry weighs up a raft of new, more efficient video compression techniques like AV1, VVC and XVC.
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Industry Trends
AI: Building the future of broadcast
Artificial intelligence technology is swiftly moving from experiment to practical use across production workflows and into the heart of content creation.
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Industry Trends
IP adoption gathers momentum
IP is steadily gaining traction around the world with IBC2018 a forum to boost education and discussion about interoperability and the ramifications of SMPTE 2110.
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Executive Interviews
Craft Leaders: Joe Letteri, Visual Effects Supervisor
He doesn’t draw or paint nor animates in the traditional sense but give Joe Letteri a computer and he can figure out how to create any image in the world – or a world yet unknown. The four times visual effects Oscar and BAFTA winner has shaped three decades of ...
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Industry Trends
Sport leads the 5G charge
The potential for 5G to revolutionise the media and entertainment industries is now being tested by sports producers and broadcasters.
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Executive Interviews
Craft Leaders: Jean-Clément Soret, Colourist
Jean-Clément Soret on the mystery of being a colourist and the different requirements of grading commercials, film and TV.
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Industry Trends
How AI is being used to boost the creative process
From newsrooms to sports and TV production, AI is already being used to speed up and boost the creative process. But could it replace humans altogether?