Category British Cinematographer

Vancouver Film School announces opportunity for the 2024 Future Scholarship

Canada’s premier post-secondary entertainment arts institution, Vancouver Film School, has announced the return of its Future Scholarship for 2024. The scholarship fund, valued at over $150,000, aims to support emerging creative talent by providing world-class post-secondary training for a career in the creative industries. Three full-tuition scholarships are available for students to study a variety ... Read more The post Vancouver Film School announces opportunity for the 2024 Future Scholarship appeared first on British Cinematographer.

Garden Studios and MetFilm School join forces to roll out VP training courses

Gardens Studios, London’s biggest film studio, and MetFilm School, a leading industry-focused film, television, and online media school, has announced the launch of its cutting-edge Three-Day and One-Day Virtual Production Courses. These innovative courses aim to provide comprehensive, hands-on education in the rapidly evolving field of Virtual Production.  “The world of media production is rapidly ... Read more The post Garden Studios and MetFilm School join forces to roll out VP training courses appeared first on British Cinematographer.

CJP adds virtual production facilities for Kingston University

CJP Broadcast Service Solutions, systems integration, production and content digitisation specialist, has upgraded two existing moving image studios at Kingston University, adding sophisticated virtual production facilities. The new system strengthens the University’s research and teaching environment, while being delivered within an affordable budget. The project involved adding a complete virtual production system to existing green ... Read more The post CJP adds virtual production facilities for Kingston University appeared first on British Cinematographer.

Final Pixel Academy officially launches VP fellowship programme

The Final Pixel Academy, in partnership with Screen Scotland, Nightsky Studios and Blazing Griffin, announced they are formally launching the highly-lauded Virtual Production Fellowship programme on Friday, December 15, 2023 with an exclusive invitation-only event that will feature a series of presentations, a live panel of virtual production industry experts, and a tour of a fully-operational ... Read more The post Final Pixel Academy officially launches VP fellowship programme appeared first on British Cinematographer.

Film & Screen Audit report reveals more young people are urgently needed

West London is home to many of our nation’s most important screen companies, including Sky, Disney, Discovery and the BBC, and so employs almost 20% of all UK film and screen industry workers, part of an industry which generates over £3 billion annually to the British economy. However, a new audit looking at the training ... Read more The post Film & Screen Audit report reveals more young people are urgently needed appeared first on British Cinematographer.

Register for BSC Introduction to Cinematography workshop weekend at the LSA

The British Society of Cinematographers invites you to apply to join them for an industry training workshop at the London Screen Academy. Taking place on 13th & 14th January, the workshop will offer an unrivalled introduction into the Camera, Lighting , Grip & DIT departments for 80 participants, delivered by those already working in the ... Read more The post Register for BSC Introduction to Cinematography workshop weekend at the LSA appeared first on British Cinematographer.

University of Huddersfield’s Stewart Film Studios designed by Digital Garage with ARRI Solutions

The Yorkshire Film and Television School at the University of Huddersfield empowers young filmmakers to tell the stories that matter to them, in the format the world wants to watch. Following a successful tender process, broadcast solutions specialist Digital Garage designed and installed the Stewart Film Studios in partnership with ARRI Solutions, to support the ... Read more The post University of Huddersfield’s Stewart Film Studios designed by Digital Garage with ARRI Solutions appeared first on British Cinematographer.

CVP and Canon announce dates for 2024 Stories In Motion Young Filmmakers Awards

CVP, one of Europe’s leading resellers and providers of professional video and broadcast solutions, and Canon UK & Ireland are partnering again on the quest to discover the most promising new talent of young creatives and filmmakers for their 2024 Stories in Motion competition. Building on the phenomenal success of the Awards debut earlier this ... Read more The post CVP and Canon announce dates for 2024 Stories In Motion Young Filmmakers Awards appeared first on British Cinematographer.

Celebrating 10 years of BAFTA Breakthrough: 2023 global cohort announced

BAFTA announces the 2023 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, featuring 42 ‘must-watch’ creatives working in film, games and television, from across the UK, US and India. BAFTA Breakthrough is the arts charity’s flagship talent initiative in partnership with Netflix, providing a springboard to creatives spanning craft specialisms from hair & make up, production, editing and games design, ... Read more The post Celebrating 10 years of BAFTA Breakthrough: 2023 global cohort announced appeared first on British Cinematographer.

Why I believed I could make a no budget film – and others should too

Sometimes naivety can be your friend, but tread carefully.  Why did I believe that I could make a feature film without any budget?  Because I didn’t know that I couldn’t.  Of course, that is simplifying it all to its absolute extremity, but I genuinely believe the overall point of it to be true.  Prior to ... Read more The post Why I believed I could make a no budget film – and others should too appeared first on British Cinematographer.