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Fear that ministers have come down too firmly on side of big tech The government’s plan to use AI technology to “turbocharge growth” in the economy across the coming decade have been criticised by screen sector experts, who warn AI…

After crunching a million+ datapoints on 10,000+ film festivals, I have found which are best for horror filmmakers. Get the data and adjust the weightings to create your own rankings and action plan. When it comes to film festivals, horror…

Azimuth head of audio Kate Davis and HHB CTO John Johnson speak about how AI could assist future post workflows For this edition of the Broadcast Tech Talks Podcast, senior reporter Max Miller speaks to Azimuth head of audio Kate Davis…

In the new series Sound Advice, Tony Stamp meets people working at the intersection of music and film. This week, music supervisor Karyn Rachtman (a part-time Kiwi) talks about working on iconic movies like Boogie Nights and her mission to get music composed…

Movie and television scoring work is the latest Hollywood industry being threatened with potential devastation unless action is taken to save it. So warns Peter Rotter, a music and orchestra contractor who worked on movies such as Avatar, Frozen, and …

urfacing from the ashes of Los Angeles’ raging wildfires is a plea from local entertainment industry folk gutted by the blazes: Bring production back to the region.  “One of the biggest things you can do to help our city is…

There finally is some good news about film production in Los Angeles. The city and county’s film-permitting office said today that shoot days in Greater L.A. increased by 6.2% in the October-to-December period after 11 consecutive quarters of year-over-year declines.…