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Six months after picket lines first formed outside iconic studio gates, Hollywood can finally return to work. Wednesday’s hard-fought tentative agreement on a new contract between SAG-AFTRA and studios sparked jubilation, with performers flocking to local watering holes, including a brewery near…

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After the Party antihero Penny may be the most dynamic female character we’ve seen on New Zealand television. Robyn Malcolm tells Tara Ward about the rarity of playing a complex middle-aged woman.  Read on at The Spinoff…

We’re delighted to share this insightful white paper titled “Cameras and LED Walls — A Challenging Relationship,” presented by Klaus Weber, Director Camera Product Line Manager at Grass Valley. This paper, initially showcased at the SMPTE 2023 Media Technology Summit…

Dan Slevin has watched three recent streaming series that try – sometimes not all that hard – to entertain a casual viewer while delivering thrills to long-time fans. The business model for big franchises during the streaming era has been…

If you’re breaking into Hollywood you’re going to do a lot of work on spec. It sucks. Trust me. I think I have broken in three times now. But before we get into why it sucks we need to answer…

SPADA, New Zealand’s screen producers’ guild, has announced veteran screen producer Robin Scholes as recipient of 2023’s SPADA / The Data Book Industry Champion Award. Recipients of the Award are people who’ve demonstrated passion and professionalism, and made a significant…

Given that not so long ago, mocap used to require multiple cameras in dedicated spaces and still often had problems with occlusion, it shows how far this part of the industry has come that it’s now possible to do mopac…

Ridley Scott has been a filmmaking maestro that has changed the trajectory of American cinema since his directorial debut, The Duellists, in 1977. Scott is known for his masterful use of visuals, his ability to create suspense and atmosphere, and…

This was not how David Zaslav and Bob Iger wanted today to go. As recently as 36 hours ago, the Warner Bros Discovery boss and the Disney CEO believed, along with other studio chiefs, the nearly five-month long SAG-AFTRA strike…