All Post Production & VFX articles – Page 8
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News
Warner Bros restructures management focusing on studio and post
Warner Bros Worldwide Studio Operations has unveiled a restructuring of its management in key roles.
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News
Distributor DRG rebrands as NENT Studios UK
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) has announced a business reorganisation to focus on premium drama as it rebrands London-based distribution business DRG to NENT Studios UK.
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News
Oscars set to recognise streaming films due to lockdown
For the first time in history, movies that have debuted on a streaming service without a theatrical run will be eligible for the Academy Awards, as Covid-19 has restricted global premiers.
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Industry Trends
365 playlist: Post production and VFX
Post production and VFX are constantly evolving areas of media production - with no exception during the Covid-19 pandemic. IBC365 looks at how the industry is priming new workflows and remotely post producing.
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News
Film festivals unite virtually on YouTube
Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance and Venice Film Festivals are among those connecting in a virtual 10-day film festival to be hosted on YouTube and streaming free to cinema fans everywhere.
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News
Ashford Film and TV studio given green light
Planning permission has been granted to the £250 million film and TV studio development in Ashford, Kent which is set to be completed by early 2022.
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News
Former Fox CTO joins Microsoft Azure M+E arm
Hanno Basse, the former chief technology officer at 20th Century Fox Film, has joined Microsoft Azure to lead its cloud-based workflows offering for the media and entertainment industry.
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News
Film and TV Charity makes “urgent appeal” to relaunch Covid-19 fund
Some 3,000 people have applied for over £5 million of Covid-19 support from the Film and TV Charity’s emergency relief fund, prompting the organisation to urgently appeal for further donations.
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Webinar
Remote working: The new normal?
Watch on-demand to find out what impact coronavirus will have on the way we make and deliver content in future.
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Industry Trends
Telescope Animation looks to make an Unreal splash
German studio Telescope animation is taking a different approach to animation, using Unreal Engine to create a transmedia portfolio spanning AR/VR, games and interactive storybooks for its new film The Last Whale Singer. Michael Burns investigates.
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Executive Interviews
Super-serving the post community
Corralling technical and creatives teams to work efficiently and seamlessly is post-production supervisor Gemma Nicholson’s forte. She tells IBC365 why she started Post Super and speaks of the juxtaposition power of moving pictures as art and business.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Marge Dean, Women in Animation
Organising people, money and time is Margaret Dean’s mantle. The Women in Animation chief tells IBC365 of the “tremendous” social impact animation as an art form has and the business changes occurring as the virtual pipeline becomes industry standard.
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Industry Trends
Coronavirus: Remote post production workflows at The Farm
As the industry turns to remote production solutions during the coronavirus, independent post house The Farm is taking the opportunity to accelerate its own remote post production plans.
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Thought Leadership
Remote post production: A tool for carers, parents and workers with disabilities
As coronavirus forces the industry to adopt more remote working solutions, editor Ian Brown looks at remote post production as a valuable talent retention tool for carers and parents whilst making reasonable adjustments for workers with disabilities.
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News
DPP launches remote working project during Covid-19 pandemic
The DPP has partnered with Signiant to launch a four-month research project into the development of remote and distributed working across the media industry during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Industry Trends
How We Built It: Halo post goes virtual
Unprecedented times call for new solutions, or at least the deployment of a range of existing solutions in an innovative way. This is certainly the case with independent post facility Halo, which has responded to the Covid-19 crisis by offering a virtual version of all its normal post production processes.
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Industry Trends
Remote working: Delivering news during lockdown
A news anchor, a post production director and two broadcast support teams take a deep dive into their remote working practices in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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News
Film and TV coronavirus emergency relief fund opens
The UK’s Covid-19 Film and TV emergency relief fund has opened for applicants to receive a one-off grant up to £2,500 after a survey found 93% of freelancers were out of work.
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News
Former Grass Valley president Lopez returns
Former Grass Valley president Marco Lopez has rejoined the company in a role aiming to drive its live production unit now that it has become an independent company again.
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Industry Trends
Inside BBC R&D’s low-cost production project
The BBC’s research arm has been investigating ways to cover live events differently, employing cheaper workflows and streamlining technologies. BBC R&D’s Ian Wagdin tells IBC365’s Alana Foster all about the Nearly Live Production project.