Production & Post
Technicolor Creative Studios plans global network of creative hubs
The London hub will see The Moving Picture Company and The Mill share studio space
VFX
Production & Post
Pixomondo to open London studio for VFX and virtual production
Studio will be closely integrated with the company's existing German operations, located in Frankfurt and Stuttgart
Production & Post
New tool aims to help organise VFX libraries
The libraries can store VFX practical elements as well as textures, reference images, clips from the internet or the matte painting library
Production & Post
The Crown in the cloud
How the award-winning in-house VFX team for the Netflix drama completed 600 shots in eight months on AWS
Production & Post
The impact real-time technology is having on VFX
Martin Izzard, head of media and entertainment at Red Lorry Yellow Lorry takes a look at the rise of virtual production
Business
Streamland Media finalises acquisition of Technicolor Post
Deal, worth €30 million, was first announced in January
Production & Post
Framestore lights the FUSE for VFX workflows with real-time technology
Company's CCO Tim Webber to direct short film to test pipeline and demonstrate its potential
Production & Post
Case study: Union VFX bursts into the Cloud with ngenea
How the VFX studio employed pixitmedia's on-demand data management solution for its work on Apple TV's For All Mankind
Production & Post
Disney Plus (and Baby Yoda) win their first Emmy Awards
The Mandalorian won the streamer's first ever Emmys
Production & Post
New VFX house to RISE in London
Will include a state-of-the-art screening room, space for 50 artists and editorial as well as an original traditional British pub
Production & Post
‘We took the Shoggoth to the gym’: Creating Lovecraft Country’s monster
Framestore's Grant Walker talks to TVBEurope about creating Lovecraft Country's big monster
Media Management
Movistar Plus selects ATEME’s head end, Foundry introduces Nuke Indie
TVBEurope rounds up the latest product and tech news from ATEME, Riedel, 24i and Foundry
Production & Post
Netflix launches VFXaaS platform
Cloud-based platform which aims to make it easier for vendors, artists and creators to connect and collaborate
Media Management
Post house Warner Bros De Lane Lea introduces Alfred
New platform enables users to store, distribute and manage assets and data through a a fully integrated Cloud-based system
Media Management
Jellyfish Pictures goes globally remote
VFX house is utilising Microsoft Azure’s backbone to set up hubs all over the world, which will connect back to the Jellyfish Pictures’ data...
Production & Post
Case study: CBBC’s The Snow Spider
The five-part adaptation of Jenny Nimmo’s bestselling fantasy novel series promises to keep the kids entertained while delivering a grown-up, eighties aesthetic
Case Studies
Production & Post
Technicolor’s TechStream helps Run reach the finish line
Enables remote viewing of colour and VFX sessions
Business
Pixit Media appoints head of workflow development
Dave Goodbourn brings over 20 years industry experience
Production & Post
VFX artists urge studios to let them work remotely
9,000 sign petition to Motion Picture Association
Production & Post
ACCESS:VFX director nominated for Visionary Honours
Simon Devereux up for Community Person of the Year award
Production & Post
Jellyfish Pictures opens Sheffield studio
Operates in a PC-over-IP environment with all tech housed off-site
Production & Post
1917 sweeps production Oscars
Cinematographer Roger Deakins wins second Academy Award
Production & Post
How to effect awards-worthy visuals
TVBEurope asks Stuart Penn, VFX supervisor on Avengers: Endgame, about the film's Oscar nomination for visual effects
Production & Post
DNEG adds camera tracking to its toolkit
Adds tracking and motion capture to visual effects capabilities
Production & Post
Framestore launches pre-production services unit
FPS will be aligned with Framestore's R&D department
Production & Post
Who renders The Witcher?
Framestore discusses world-building, Netflix and the magic of Houdini
Production & Post
French Parliament increases tax rebate for large-scale VFX productions
Denied a similar proposal for actors' salaries
Production & Post
De-ageing The Irishman
Visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman tells TVBEurope how Martin Scorsese's epic took its actors back in time
Production & Post
Uncanny tabby
TVBEurope asks VFX experts why the Cats visual effects left some viewers feline uncomfurtable
Production & Post
Jellyfish Pictures opens Brixton HQ
Largest "virtual" VFX and animation studio in the world
Business
Tory immigration proposals offer “little comfort” to VFX industry
UK Screen Alliance criticises Boris Johnson's "small amount of additional information"
Production & Post
Fusion Studio delivers high-end VFX for Sky One’s Brassic
A look at the VFX work employed on Sky One's latest comedy
Production & Post
Game of Thrones claims seventh VFX Emmy win
Show won a total of 10 awards at Creative Arts Emmys
News Releases
FilmLight presents Colour On Stage
Invites IBC visitors to participate in live presentations and discussions with colourists
Business
Half of EU VFX workers have yet to apply for settled status
New figures from UK Screen Alliance
TVBEverywhere
TVBEurope July/August 2019 issue available
Takes a look at all things production from colour grading to VFX and sound to virtual studios
Content
Framestore animates Putin in new BBC chat show
Tonight With Vladimir Putin employs "ground-breaking live VFX"
Technology
Ziva introduces anatomy transfer
Lets artists automatically fit one character's anatomy onto the mesh of another