Stu Dingley is a production, lighting and creative designer who works with global artists and brands. He began his career as a production designer, lighting designer, director and programmer in London, before setting up a boutique design studio in Los Angeles that specialised in the music and entertainment industry. In…
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How production on the night can make or break an event
The charity sector in the UK is growing. This year, Statista reported there are 170,383 charities – 604 more than last year. Events are a major source of fundraising for charities. Hosting awards ceremonies, in particular, provides an opportunity for charities to gain recognition and visibility for their work. It…
Anna Valley creates workflow for high frame rate VP content
Anna Valley has developed a workflow for shooting high-frame-rate content in a virtual production (VP) volume. The AV technology provider realised it would need experts from different fields, so teamed up with Garden Studios, Matt Roberts Motion Control and the Creative Camera Company to solve some of the obstacles encountered…
Lux Machina provides virtual production services for Barbie
Lux Machina Consulting has provided virtual production services for the new Warner Bos film Barbie. The results of the firm's work can be seen in Barbie Land sequences and in a prologue that parodies. 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film was shot on Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden’s V Stage in…
Ramaz Studios to launch second VP facility in London
Ramaz Studios is to open a second facility in central London – only 14 months after it launched. Ramaz Studio Soho will be situated in the space formerly occupied by Warner Brothers' post-production house, as part of a new creative club TWELFTH. The virtual production (VP) studio will feature an…
Ex-Salesforce marketer does more with less thanks to VP
A London-based studio is demonstrating that virtual production (VP) is no longer solely the preserve of big-budget Hollywood movies. Led by company founder and ex-Salesforce marketing director Rob Chandler, Morden Wolf is using a small team to shoot, edit and publish high-quality content – more quickly and at a fraction…
How to prevent digital chaos in live virtual production
Virtual production (VP) is one of the most exciting developments in the AV industry in decades. It’s not only revolutionising the in which way films and episodic series are made, but it is even impacting how live events are produced. However, VP brings a huge challenge around managing digital files…
Moment Factory to co-create Lionel Messi experience
Moment Factory and US live events production firm Primo Entertainment are teaming up to create an interactive multimedia experience about the life of football superstar Lionel Messi. The Messi Experience: A Dream Come True will launch in early 2024 and will tour around the world in the following years. Visitors…
Hippotizer powers high-octane visuals at WrestleMania
More than 160,00 fans at WrestleMania have been enthralled by high-octane video technology driven by an army of Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Servers. The two-day event, which was held at the SoFi Stadium in California, was hosted by Snoop Dogg and WWE star The Miz, and livestreamed to a…
New UK VP facility to boost creative economy in south-east
A new facility for virtual film production, education and specialist research and development has opened in south-east England. Racquet Studios, in Eastbourne, has been developed to support businesses and production companies to produce world-class content, while creating a progressive creative economy, bringing investment, education and skilled year-round jobs to the…