MARS Volume is making premium virtual production facilities accessible to a wide range of productions and leading the way in supporting the future of virtual production filmmaking with the launch of its education offering, MARS Academy. Launched in August 2021…
Discover how iMAG Displays and Treehouse Digital bridged the divide between the events and the film and TV industries by harnessing the power of virtual production technologies. The technology being used in different market sectors today now has more similarities…
As it prepares to open an expanded stage in 2023, Garden Studios’ London studio complex allows productions to push the boundaries of what’s possible thanks to its virtual production capabilities. “We take this journey seriously and keep it front of…
As the pandemic catalysed the growth of virtual production, disguise’s pioneering extended reality platform found a natural new home in the film and TV realms. The world of virtual production has brought together many different technologies and techniques that give…
Leading European Reseller CVP has established a new division with virtual production at the forefront, uniting the latest technology with its trademark expert knowledge. As filmmaking techniques and technologies develop and become established, equipment providers have to make sure they…
A Near Real-Time workflow brings together key advancements in lens calibration, machine learning and real-time rendering to deliver higher quality composites of what was just shot to the filmmakers, in a matter of minutes. The artistry of cinema has always…
Virtual Production Studios by 80six takes modular LED volume stages a step further. The founders of 80six envisioned their recently expanded studio as an immense technical playground for real-time exploration that puts 100% control into the hands of filmmakers. 80six…
TOOLS OF THE TRADE Every DP today carries with them a powerful mobile device that can serve as notebook, viewfinder, light meter, compass and much more besides. Apps can help visualise and communicate, prep and plan. “What professional DP is…
The opening scene of The Godfather is a zoom that lasts almost three minutes. Some feel that this is the most important scene in the most important movie. This was shot with a computer-controlled zoom lens built over fifty years…
AS NATURE WANTS An opinion persists that representations of nature in art are mostly about art itself rather than nature. Picasso incited: “Through art, we express our conception of what nature is not”. Does this apply to film, too? In…
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