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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…

Digital artists and visual effects pros acknowledge that artificial intelligence-driven tools can contribute to the creative process. But they lament that jobs will be lost, ethics will be challenged, and it could lead to a “dehumanization of art” in a…

Shortland Street parties rarely end well. From Leonard Dodds’ (Marton Csokas) disastrous stag party around three decades ago, to numerous Halloween, engagement and even wedding parties, Ferndale’s celebrations have ended in chaos, death and destruction. Who can forget the show’s…

Traditionally, short-form content in the cinema acted as modest openers to the main cinematic event, offering a brief glimpse into diverse narratives or experimental storytelling. The feature film is what has drawn paying audiences to the cinema, with shorter forms…

Wim Wenders has had a very good year, earning strong reviews out of Cannes for “Perfect Days” before the film was selected as Japan’s official Oscar submission. But despite his recent success, the “Paris, Texas” and “Wings of Desire” director…

Here in India we have Bollywood, while Americans love to boast about Hollywood, where a 50-foot sign overlooks the studios and production companies of Los Angeles. Although the word has mostly been used tongue-in-cheek thus far, “Aussiewood” will soon become…