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18 May 2021

Framestore use deep fake technology in campaign for Kiyan Prince Foundation

Visual effects powerhouse Framestore has collaborated with marketing agency ENGINE Creative to help raise awareness of knife crime in a campaign using VR.

14 May 2021

UK Screen Alliance responds to concerns about Covid and edit suite ventilation

Screen industry advocacy and trade body UK Screen Alliance has issued a response to concerns about COVID-19 and edit suite ventilation in post-production facilities.

13 May 2021

Spotlight on… Blue Zoo Animation Studio: A menagerie of creativity, excellence, and integrity

This month we catch up with Tom Box, Managing Director and one of the co-founders of Blue Zoo, the multi-award-winning studio and animators of beloved shows Numberblocks and The Adventures of Paddington, and one of the founding member-companies of Animation UK.

12 May 2021

ELSTREE SCREEN ARTS ACADEMY UK CENTRE OF SCREEN EXCELLENCE LAUNCHES

The UK’s second Centre of Screen Excellence will be launched in Elstree & Borehamwood, focused on offering more opportunities and training to young people looking for careers in film and high-end TV.

11 May 2021

Riverdance family film animated by Cinesite to premiere on Sky

Animated family film Riverdance: The Animated Adventure, based on the stage phenomenon featuring Bill Whelan’s Grammy award-winning music, debut on Sky Cinema on 28 May.

7 May 2021

CAKE AND BUREAU OF MAGIC’S PARTNERSHIP TAKES FLIGHT WITH ‘DOG BIRD & ME’

The independent entertainment company is partnering with the studio to develop the picture books created by Abram Makowka into a preschool series.

3 May 2021

Envy provide intrepid post for ‘Extreme Iceland’

Acclaimed post-production company ENVY provided work on Extreme Iceland, produced by Insight TV, documenting explorer Mike Wilson's search to experience the ultimate extreme sports adventure, with his sights set on the perfect destination: Iceland.

30 April 2021

Union help uncover the true story of the Sutton Hoo excavation in The Dig

Union’s team delivered invisible effects to help tell the story of the most famous archaeological dig in modern British history – the discovery of the Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo in 1939.

28 April 2021

Bluebolt creates Seamless VFX for The Irregulars

BlueBolt announces their involvement in the new Drama Republic supernatural crime series, The Irregulars, streaming on Netflix from March 26.

BAFTA Television Nominations Announced

The Virgin Media BAFTA ceremony takes place on Sunday 6 June on BBC One and BBC One HD, with the British Academy Television Craft Awards to be streamed online on 24th May.

26 April 2021

DNEG take home sixth Oscar win with ‘TENET’

On 26 April 2021, the 93rd Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles and saw a plethora of film industry talent awarded for their excellence in front of and behind the camera, including VFX company DNEG receiving their sixth Academy Award in the last seven years for visual effects leader.

23 April 2021

£7 million Global Screen Fund launched to provide grants for Film & TV

The Independent film-focused fund aims to support a range of screen content including animation, documentary, television and interactive narrative games.

Spotlight On…Outpost VFX: Revitalised and ready to expand minds and locations

This month, UK Screen Alliance interview Duncan McWilliam, Founder and CEO of Outpost VFX, an internationally renowned effects studio born in Bournemouth, working across high-end TV and Film offering the ‘full gamut’ of services from concept art to on-set supervision.

22 April 2021

Tinmouse shines a light on ‘Preventing Plastic Pollution’ in animation campaign for The Rivers Trust

Animation studio partners with organisations from across France and England, to raise awareness on reducing the impacts of plastic pollution in the marine environment.

20 April 2021

SFS ‘HERE FOR YOU’ initiative boosts SCOTTISH SCREEN INDUSTRY

A Scotland-based crew shot, edited, and released a film with an entirely donated creative and technical crew, for ‘HERE FOR YOU' initiative led by SFS, supported by Film Producer Iain Smith.

ARTEM’S SPACE SIMULATOR CAPSULE TAKES FLIGHT FOR RAMADAN VIEWERS

The SFX and special-makes company deliver fast-turnaround large scale ‘Hop Drop’ prop and on-set effects for a popular celebrity prank show.

19 April 2021

Digital Orchard Celebrate 10 years with sustainability pledge

Digital Orchard is celebrating 10 Years by creating a new environmentally and socially responsible home for film & digital production, training and talent support in a beautiful countryside setting.

48th Annual Annie Award Winners Revealed

Pixar’s Soul scored seven top honours during the virtual 48th Annie Awards™, with Magic Light Pictures and Blue-Zoo Animation among the list of celebrated winners.

14 April 2021

Moonraker resurrect the ‘Valley of the Kings’ with drone visuals for new Discovery+ doc

The Bristol-based VFX studio brought to life a new level of detail in drone footage for the Discovery Plus documentary on Egyptian History.

12 April 2021

DNEG WINS ‘SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS’ BAFTA FOR WORK ON ‘TENET’

Over the weekend, the DNEG team were awarded the BAFTA for Special Visual Effects, for their work on Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’.