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18 May 2020

Framestore is the VFX master builder for latest LEGO commercial

The LEGO Agency, director David Mellor and production company HighlyUnlikely partnered with Framestore to provide a host of full-throttle VFX for its latest commercial ‘Drive What You Love’.

15 May 2020

Clear Cut Group delivers remote voice over to picture solution

Clear Cut announce the delivery of Remote Voice Over to Picture services, offering clients the opportunity to record 'to picture' from the safety of their own home with an accredited microphone and creative oversight of the recording.

14 May 2020

Spotlight On…Locksmith Animation: 250 crew working from home to produce their first feature

This month our spotlight is on Locksmith Animation as we're talking to Sarah Smith, co-founder of the acclaimed Locksmith Animation studio, the UK’s premiere high-end CG feature animation studio who use their craft to tell unique, original stories, that delight and entertain.

Union Grow CG Cannabis for The Gentlemen

Union VFX provided invisible visual effects work in Guy Ritchie's action-filled crime comedy film, The Gentlemen starring Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant.

13 May 2020

Animation UK supports “See Yourself On Screen” campaign

BFI launches ‘See Yourself on Screen Challenge’, calling on 4-18 year olds to make their own mini-TV show whilst in lock-down.

Screen Industry begins work on recovery plan for Film and TV

Consultations on draft production and post-production protocols have commenced to ensure film and high-end TV production can restart as soon as it is safe to do so.

6 May 2020

Moonraker VFX x-rays the earth in 3D for new Nat Geo series

New seismic data used to create 3D imagery that ‘visualises the impossible’.

28 April 2020

Digital Orchard hire Charlie Noble in-house to lead post services

Digital Orchard bring experienced DIT and workflow supervisor Charlie Noble in-house to lead its post services

21 April 2020

Cinelab London Install Second DFT HDR Scanity

The new scanner answers growing demand from (major studio productions) and those requiring archive and restoration services.

20 April 2020

Elstree Studios used for Emergency Ward Installation Vehicles

The film studios is providing a secure holding area for emergency ward installation vehicles responding to the COVID-19 outbreak.

16 April 2020

Vine FX Sole VFX Vendor for War of the Worlds

The Cambridge based facility delivered 500 shots for the Fox episodic drama with their established pipeline of in-house and remote artists.

14 April 2020

Post-production apprenticeship launches despite Covid-19

Not even a global pandemic has stopped post-production employers from opening a much-needed apprenticeship scheme.

8 April 2020

Film and TV Charity Covid-19 fund applications open

The Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, in partnership with BFI, is now live, providing one-off grants from £500 to £2,500 to people behind the scenes in UK film, TV and cinema who have been hardest hit by COVID-19.

7 April 2020

EDINBURGH TV FESTIVAL GOES DIGITAL FOR 2020

The Edinburgh TV Festival, set to be re-imagined online for 2020, announces a series of initiatives to support and connect the TV industry amidst the covid-19 pandemic.

3 April 2020

Freefolk’s Explosive VFX For ITV & Britain’s Got Talent

Freefolk, Soho based post production studio have brought razzle dazzle to ITV’s film to launch the return of their flagship show, Britain's Got Talent.

30 March 2020

Are Post-production, VFX and Animation Open for Business?

Neil Hatton, CEO of UK Screen Alliance, the trade body for post, VFX and animation, encourages producers and commissioners to keep the work flowing as companies innovate to be safely open for business during the Covid-19 outbreak.

24 March 2020

BFI AND THE FILM AND TV CHARITY SET UP COVID-19 RELIEF FUND WITH £1M NETFLIX DONATION

The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have partnered to create a new industry-backed Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to help support the creative community, which like many industries, has been devastated by the pandemic.

23 March 2020

Freefolk Announces Return of Futurefolk Internship Scheme

This will be the VFX studio's third annual talent seeking initiative.

Creative Industries Trade bodies call for Income fund for freelancers

UK Screen Alliance is one of the 34 key trade body signatories who have joined together in an open letter to the Chancellor, calling for help for the freelancer workforce.

20 March 2020

Wiggin LLP advice on COVID-19 for companies in Film & TV

The law firm focusing exclusively on media, technology and intellectual property, has advice to offer clients on the employment law implications of COVID-19, and points of notice for Film and TV businesses.