Filming at Bridgerton manor house sparks war in green belt
Locals attempt to stop productions they say are ruining their rural idyll. Source: The Telegraph
Inside Venice’s Unlikely Double Feature: A $300 Million Hitmaker and a New Generation of Smart Devices
Director Lan Hongchun and tech giant Honor are both making the same pitch on the Lido this year: that anyone with the right tools can become a filmmaker. Source: THR
West of England launches £4.5m production fund
A £4.5m production fund, Greenlight West, has been launched by the West of England Combined Authority to increase the quantity, range and scale of film and TV productions made in the region. Source: Screen Daily
Hollywood’s Next Platform Shift Is Changing Traditional Filmmaking
Audiences aren’t just watching films and television anymore. The same stories and intellectual property are moving across VR headsets, AR glasses, spatial formats, and platforms that did not exist a few years ago, yet most production workflows were built for … Continued
Is Hong Kong cinema’s golden age over?
The city was once one of Asia’s great filmmaking capitals, producing movies and stars that became cultural icons around the world. But today, that creative energy is looking increasingly hard to find. Source: BBC
“Neither of us could quite put our finger on it, but we both agreed there was something special” – Spider-Man: Brand New Day cinematographer talks shooting with a large-format camera, prototype lenses and comic book-inspired LUTs
The new Spider-Man film was shot on large-format cameras with customized lenses and a painstakingly crafted LUT inspired by the character’s earliest appearances in the comics. Source: DCW