Virtual Production

 

Virtual Production Popularity Continues to Grow, But Worker Pipeline Presents Challenges (TV Tech)

A new report identifies 84 US virtual production stages and 40 in the UK.... More

A New Film Festival Will Only Show Movies Made Using AI (Fast Company)

AI tools are increasingly being used to create movies, music, and images. A new film festival plans to put such works front and center.... More

Netflix Unveils Plans to Build Film Studio in New Jersey (Señal News)

Over the course of several years, the company plans to construct 12 soundstages for the facility and other features to support film production, including studio backlots, office sp... More

Singapore Reveals $3.6M Virtual Production Innovation Fund, Partnerships with U.K.’s NFTS, Epic Games

It is designed to support the local media industry to develop capabilities needed to harness virtual production technology. The technology uses LED screens to display realistic bac... More

A Closer Look at Making Amazon’s ‘The Rings of Power’ (Post)

Production took place in New Zealand and visual effects tasks were distributed to a number of studios throughout the world. Employing a cloud workflow was the only way to make the ... More

Virtual Production Finds a Pathway In Manchester (TVBEurope)

A new 6,000 square foot LED virtual production innovation lab and production facility has opened its doors in Manchester.... More

Amazon Studios Debuts AWS-Powered Virtual Production Mega Stage

Amazon Studios announced the opening of Stage 15, its new virtual production stage, and formation of the new Amazon Studios Virtual Production department. The stage combines two f... More

5th Kind Releases New Virtual Production Report

Virtual production technology and associated workflows are evolving – fast! Why? This is due partly because technology capabilities and consumer demand are driving unprecedented ... More

Netflix Supports VFX Companies Onboard to the Cloud, With AWS as Key Provider

As the scope and complexity of VFX work continues to grow, Netflix is supporting VFX companies to get up and running on the cloud for render workloads, a vital aspect of content pr... More

‘Stranger Things’ Season 4: The Epic Next-Level VFX of a Global Phenomenon (VFXV)

Season 4 has more than 4,000 visual effects shots spread over some 13 hours in nine episodes with a total budget estimated at $270 million by The Wall Street Journal. Twenty-eight ... More

NBC, Verizon Launch AR Experience For `La Brea’ (TV Tech)

The first-of-its-kind augmented reality experience takes Verizon pay TV subs into the La Brea sinkhole.... More

Technicolor Creative Studios Partners With NantStudios To Set Up New Culver City Virtual Production Stage (Deadline)

The new stage will serve the collective of companies under the Technicolor Creative Studios umbrella — including MPC, The Mill, Mikros Animation and Technicolor Games — as well... More

Sony Pictures Buys VP, VFX House Pixomondo (Televisual)

The acquisition of PXO, alongside Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Innovation Studios, 'enhances Sony’s role as one of the leaders in virtual production and further enables the ... More

Virtual Production in the Real World (TV Tech)

While virtual productions won’t be right for every project, it can greatly improve the process and open doors for new endeavors and certain forms of entertainment... More

Too Much Volume? The Tech Behind ‘Mandalorian’ and ‘House of the Dragon’ Faces Growing Pains (THR)

Amid explosive growth and investment, a better understanding of LED stages and virtual production is needed, insiders say: "Some [shows] have been super successful; others were a b... More

7 Virtual Production Examples In Modern Filmmaking (5th Kind)

Everyone is talking about virtual production. The increasing pressure to scale production is being felt everywhere – and virtual production techniques are becoming a competitive ... More

Sony Pictures Entertainment Unveils Its First LED Virtual Production Stage (Variety)

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced the establishment of its first LED virtual production stage, located at Sony Innovation Studios in Culver City. With LED virtual production tr... More

Darth Vader’s Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine (Vanity Fair)

As the conflict raged, Ukrainian tech workers at Respeecher hurried to bring back James Earl Jones’s legendary voice for Obi-Wan Kenobi.... More

Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Will Debut Never-Before-Seen Film Technology (IndieWire)

Francis Ford Coppola’s mega-epic 'Megalopolis' is coming into view. The writer/director confirmed that his wide-spanning film will be the first feature shot on the LED volume sta... More

Cinespace Expands Netflix Production Hub in Toronto (THR)

The studio operator is adding three soundstages and 130,000 square feet of production space to its Marine Terminal Studio facility on the city’s waterfront, which hosted Guillerm... More

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