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6 August 2019

The Lion King: A Case Study

Technicolor has published an extensive Case Study page on MPC Film's work on Disney's 'The Lion King', featuring interviews, stills, visual effects breakdowns and more.

New BFI Fund supports animation Creative Talent

Animation UK are delighted to report that the BFI has today announced their new Short Form Animation Fund, offering support for higher-budget animated work from teams based in the UK.

25 July 2019

Lola Post have a hand in creating out-of-this-world VFX shots for ‘The Planets’

Award-winning providers of VFX for film and television Lola Post completed more than two hours of VFX content for The Planets, the landmark BBC series, presented by Professor Brian Cox.

Vine FX provide Visual Effects for ITV’s Beecham House with a Flourish

Cambridge based VFX studio, Vine FX are delighted to announce they were the sole VFX vendor on Gurinder Chadha’s Beecham House, the new Sunday night drama for ITV.

17 July 2019

Broadcast Tech Innovation awards 2019 shortlist announced

The Broadcast Tech innovation awards released the shortlist of nominations for the 2019 awards ceremony, rewarding exceptional talent in creativity, innovation, and collaboration among the broadcast industry of the past year.

ELECTRIC THEATRE COLLECTIVE’S LONDON STUDIO welcomes back COLOURIST JASON WALLIS

Colourist Jason Wallis returns to VFX house Electric Theatre Collective's London studio after 2 years at Electric’s LA office.

BFI London Film Festival announce Opening Night gala

The 63rd BFI London Film Festival announces this year’s Opening Night gala will be Armando Iannucci's 'The Personal History of David Copperfield'.

WALES’ LEADING POST-HOUSE GORILLA ACQUIRES NEW FACILITY IN CARDIFF CITY CENTRE

Gorilla acquires Splice’s 6,300 sq ft facility with production space and edit suites on St Mary’s Street, Cardiff.

16 July 2019

BAFTA commence £25m redevelopment of their London base

The renovated 195 Piccadilly headquarters for BAFTA will open in summer 2021 with doubled capacity to support charitable work and emerging talent.

11 July 2019

UK Screen Alliance launches survey on Inclusion for VFX, Animation and Post-Production

There is very little data about ethnicity, disability, or social mobility in VFX, animation or post production. To understand the impact of any new initiatives we will need credible statistics so we have launched a new survey.

4 July 2019

DCMS to fund apprenticeship training agency pilot and CIC commits to diversity

Secretary of State for DCMS, Jeremy Wright has announced £100k of funding to launch a pilot scheme to boost the uptake of apprenticeships in the Creative Industries.

3 July 2019

Ofcom publishes updated response to PSBs Children’s Content plans

Regulatory body Ofcom has published their updated repsonse to the commerical PSBs' plans to iprove children's television content.

2 July 2019

ScreenSkills seek Animation Production Liason Executive alongside relaunch of the Animation Skills Fund

Plans for the Animation Skills Fund will be discussed at the Children's Media Conference in Sheffield on Thursday the 4th of July.

‘Media Company of the Year’ awarded to DNEG at the Evening Standard Business Awards 2019

Visual Effects company DNEG received the award at a ceremony celebrating companies making valuable advances in their fields.

28 June 2019

DNEG team gains Production VFX Supervisor of ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Logan’ in London

Visual effects, animation, and stereo conversion company Double Negative welcomes Senior VFX Supervisor Chas Jarrett.

27 June 2019

Warner Bros. De Lane Lea open new dailies facility at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden

Warner Bros. De Lane Lea have today announced that their new state-of-the-art dailies facility has opened its doors on-site at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.

20 June 2019

Timeline TV North launches podcast offering at MediaCityUK

Awards-winning production facility Timeline TV North has recently expanded its MediaCityUK presence, becoming the fitst provider to offer high-end purpose designed podcast services.

18 June 2019

MPC London gains Yoomin Lee as Senior Colourist

Moving Picture Company (MPC) has bolstered their team with Yoomin Lee as their Senior Colourist, whose past work includes campaigns for Google, Valentino, FIFA and Samsung.

14 June 2019

Pitch 100 2019 list published

The Pitch 100 Superwomen List - an initiative launched to celebrate superwomen working behind the scenes in the creative industry - has been published this week.

13 June 2019

VFX Animation team at DNEG is bolstered with high-profile creative hires

DNEG has announced a series of strategic senior appaointmen to its VFX Animation team, in London and Montréal.