In today’s Global Bulletin, BAFTA announces the jury for BAFTA’s Breakthrough India initiative; BFI Southbank outlines several seasons for its reopening; the Iron Throne is heading to Leicester Square in London; and Tony Orsten and Charlie Caminada launch Grand Scheme Productions.
Jury
BAFTA and Oscar-winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is the jury chair for the BAFTA’s Breakthrough India initiative. Jury members include actor Anupam Kher (“New Amsterdam”); former BAFTA Breakthrough and games producer Charu Desodt; BAFTA chair and TV producer Krishnendu Majumdar; filmmakers Mira Nair (“A Suitable Boy”) and Shonali Bose (“The Sky is Pink”); Monika Shergill, VP, content, Netflix India; and Siddharth Roy Kapur, producer at Roy Kapur Films (“Yeh Ballet”).
The BAFTA will honor ten emerging talents instead of five as originally planned, due to an “overwhelming number of quality applications.” The chosen participants will receive one-on-one mentoring and career guidance, full voting...
Jury
BAFTA and Oscar-winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is the jury chair for the BAFTA’s Breakthrough India initiative. Jury members include actor Anupam Kher (“New Amsterdam”); former BAFTA Breakthrough and games producer Charu Desodt; BAFTA chair and TV producer Krishnendu Majumdar; filmmakers Mira Nair (“A Suitable Boy”) and Shonali Bose (“The Sky is Pink”); Monika Shergill, VP, content, Netflix India; and Siddharth Roy Kapur, producer at Roy Kapur Films (“Yeh Ballet”).
The BAFTA will honor ten emerging talents instead of five as originally planned, due to an “overwhelming number of quality applications.” The chosen participants will receive one-on-one mentoring and career guidance, full voting...
- 4/19/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Tony Orsten, CEO of Andy Serkis’ performance capture studio, also discusses “the other Jungle Book”.
Bringing down the high cost of computer generated effects continues to prove a major challenge, according to Tony Orsten, CEO of The Imaginarium.
Speaking at the Media Production Show in London, Orsten impressed delegates with behind the scenes footage from video game Ryse: Son Of Rome, Coldplay’s music video for Adventure of a Lifetime and television series Fungus The Bogeyman.
But the boss of the performance capture studio, founded by Andy Serkis and producer Jonathan Cavendish in 2011, said keeping budgets down remained a challenge.
Talking about Fungus The Bogeyman, which aired over Christmas 2015 on Sky 1 and was produced with Dneg TV, Orsten said: “With Fungus, we were able to produce top level CG for television on TV budgets.
“TV is now producing more content at levels comparable to film. But we need to take CG costs down and make them available...
Bringing down the high cost of computer generated effects continues to prove a major challenge, according to Tony Orsten, CEO of The Imaginarium.
Speaking at the Media Production Show in London, Orsten impressed delegates with behind the scenes footage from video game Ryse: Son Of Rome, Coldplay’s music video for Adventure of a Lifetime and television series Fungus The Bogeyman.
But the boss of the performance capture studio, founded by Andy Serkis and producer Jonathan Cavendish in 2011, said keeping budgets down remained a challenge.
Talking about Fungus The Bogeyman, which aired over Christmas 2015 on Sky 1 and was produced with Dneg TV, Orsten said: “With Fungus, we were able to produce top level CG for television on TV budgets.
“TV is now producing more content at levels comparable to film. But we need to take CG costs down and make them available...
- 6/10/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
There are less than 24 hours to go until The Media Production Show kicks off – register to attend the free event now.
There are over 60 seminars due to take place across the two-day event, which runs June 9-10, with 140 leading industry names including The Imaginarium CEO Tony Orsten, film producer Julia Stannrd, the BFI’s Anna Mansi and Unstoppable Entertainment’s Jason Maza.
Click for the full Media Production Show seminar programme
Alongside the seminar programme, more than 130 exhibitors and sponsors are attending the event which is aimed at those working in the creative industries, across television, feature films, documentaries, commercials, music videos and corporate films.
Charlotte Wheeler, Media Production Show event director said: “The power, range and scale of the speakers is testament to the clear need in the UK for a forum to bring expertise from across the industry who are willing to engage, share and educate not only their clients, but peers and...
There are over 60 seminars due to take place across the two-day event, which runs June 9-10, with 140 leading industry names including The Imaginarium CEO Tony Orsten, film producer Julia Stannrd, the BFI’s Anna Mansi and Unstoppable Entertainment’s Jason Maza.
Click for the full Media Production Show seminar programme
Alongside the seminar programme, more than 130 exhibitors and sponsors are attending the event which is aimed at those working in the creative industries, across television, feature films, documentaries, commercials, music videos and corporate films.
Charlotte Wheeler, Media Production Show event director said: “The power, range and scale of the speakers is testament to the clear need in the UK for a forum to bring expertise from across the industry who are willing to engage, share and educate not only their clients, but peers and...
- 6/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
Seminars will include masterclasses on VFX and location management and panels on production design and UK tax relief.Click here to register for the Media Production Show
The inaugural Media Production Show, a trade show for creative industry workers featuring more than 60 free-to-attend seminars across its two days (June 9-10), will open with a keynote from VFX specialists The Imaginarium Studios.
CEO Tony Orsten will present Where Creativity Meets Technology (June 9, 11.30am), in which he will discuss the latest technologies that are creating next-generation storytelling capabilities across film, television and video games.
The Imaginarium has worked on the blockbusters including The Hobbit trilogy and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is also in production on an adaptation of The Jungle Book, which the Imaginarium’s executive director Andy Serkis will direct.
The Media Production Show will also include a VFX masterclass (June 10, 1pm) from Creative Skillset’s VFX partnership manager Helen Brundson and Lola Post Production’s creative...
The inaugural Media Production Show, a trade show for creative industry workers featuring more than 60 free-to-attend seminars across its two days (June 9-10), will open with a keynote from VFX specialists The Imaginarium Studios.
CEO Tony Orsten will present Where Creativity Meets Technology (June 9, 11.30am), in which he will discuss the latest technologies that are creating next-generation storytelling capabilities across film, television and video games.
The Imaginarium has worked on the blockbusters including The Hobbit trilogy and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is also in production on an adaptation of The Jungle Book, which the Imaginarium’s executive director Andy Serkis will direct.
The Media Production Show will also include a VFX masterclass (June 10, 1pm) from Creative Skillset’s VFX partnership manager Helen Brundson and Lola Post Production’s creative...
- 5/31/2016
- ScreenDaily
The UK-based motion-capture specialists will build a new facility at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia.
Andy Serkis’ The Imaginarium Studios – the digital production company that he set up with producer Jonathan Cavendish – is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region with a new hub in Malaysia.
The Imaginarium Studios Asia-Pacific will serve the Asian and Pacific markets with a new motion-capture facility to be built on the site of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor.
A small number of staff from the Imaginarium’s London office have relocated to Malaysia for two months to provide training for local technical artists, who will then offer their services from a temporary base at the Pinewood studio from May 2016.
The bespoke motion-capture facility, which will be built with support from media investment outfit Rhizophora Ventures, is scheduled for completion in late 2017.
Tony Orsten, CEO of The Imaginarium Studios, called the move a “huge step” for the studio. He is currently...
Andy Serkis’ The Imaginarium Studios – the digital production company that he set up with producer Jonathan Cavendish – is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region with a new hub in Malaysia.
The Imaginarium Studios Asia-Pacific will serve the Asian and Pacific markets with a new motion-capture facility to be built on the site of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor.
A small number of staff from the Imaginarium’s London office have relocated to Malaysia for two months to provide training for local technical artists, who will then offer their services from a temporary base at the Pinewood studio from May 2016.
The bespoke motion-capture facility, which will be built with support from media investment outfit Rhizophora Ventures, is scheduled for completion in late 2017.
Tony Orsten, CEO of The Imaginarium Studios, called the move a “huge step” for the studio. He is currently...
- 3/15/2016
- ScreenDaily
UK’s National Film and Television School launches performance capture course with The Imaginarium to meet the need for new talent in the VFX sector.
The Nfts has partnered with The Imaginarium - the performance capture studio and production company co-founded by actor-director Andy Serkis and producer Jonathan Cavendish - to deliver a new VFX course.
The 10-week Certificate in Performance Capture, starting in February 2016, will train people to work in this fast expanding area of the film and games industry.
It will be taught by industry professionals at both the Nfts, in Beaconsfield, and The Imaginarium, based at Ealing Studios where students will receive a two-week work placement.
Graduates will produce a fully-realised performance capture sequence to be shown at an industry screening. There is also a guaranteed paid job contract for one graduate at the end of each course.
Tony Orsten, CEO of The Imaginarium Studios, said there was an urgent need to train people...
The Nfts has partnered with The Imaginarium - the performance capture studio and production company co-founded by actor-director Andy Serkis and producer Jonathan Cavendish - to deliver a new VFX course.
The 10-week Certificate in Performance Capture, starting in February 2016, will train people to work in this fast expanding area of the film and games industry.
It will be taught by industry professionals at both the Nfts, in Beaconsfield, and The Imaginarium, based at Ealing Studios where students will receive a two-week work placement.
Graduates will produce a fully-realised performance capture sequence to be shown at an industry screening. There is also a guaranteed paid job contract for one graduate at the end of each course.
Tony Orsten, CEO of The Imaginarium Studios, said there was an urgent need to train people...
- 10/15/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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