Author name: Mark It

While TVNZ should be very proud of After the Party – read our very positive review here – there are signs that it may not be the start of a new golden age. The show came out of Te Puna…

Amazon is rolling out a new beta feature that lets advertisers create AI-generated image backgrounds for products. The company describes it as “a generative AI solution designed to remove creative barriers” while boosting ad performance. “It’s a perfect use for…

Great Southern Television, New Zealand’s largest locally owned production company, has appointed TVNZ top senior executive Cate Calver as the new Chief Executive Officer. Calver has worked at TVNZ for the past 10 years, with most of that time as…

When one thinks of action film scores, themes to Indian Jones, Mission: Impossible, and Batman probably come to mind. In the horror genre, Halloween, Psycho, and Jaws are also probably the most recognizable. Each of these genres has unique sounding…

AI occupies a domain that is neither obviously analogue nor digital. Can it ever be the basis for a professional professional video recording – or even a post-production workflow? For me, the analogue vs digital debate is over, with a…

Heath McKnight installs the new Blackmagic Camera App for iPhone and finds an extremely capable free tool for mobile filmmaking. Blackmagic has been surprising us for years, going all the way back to NAB 2012 when it unveiled the original…

Four CEOs are set to return to SAG-AFTRA headquarters on Tuesday with a new offer that they hope will break the stalemate in the 102-day actors strike. Among them will be Disney’s Bob Iger, who called SAG-AFTRA’s top negotiator, Duncan…

Think about the combined cultural power of the music and film industries – the way they reflect and guide the social mores of contemporary life, how these two dominant art forms fill the crevices of our lives, the content of…

In its latest financial reporting, Netflix booked considerable revenue and earnings growth while shattering all expectations in global subscriber additions as the streaming market sees cancellations climb. After posting impressive financial results, Netflix still wants more from its subscribers in…