Production & Post
Stop-motion triumph
Colourist Deidre (Dee) McClelland details how she helped shape the distinct look and feel of whimsical Oscar-nominated stop-motion film, Memoir of a Snail
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Production & Post
Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera to launch in Q1 2025
The Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive is described as the world’s first commercial camera system designed to capture Apple Immersive Video
Production & Post
Case study: Creating 90 episodes in 90 days
For German broadcaster RTL2’s new streaming series La Familia - House of Reality, Munich-based production company SUPERAMA took on all aspects of post production
Production & Post
Brighter Eyes
Jenny Priestley talks to the BFI’s Douglas Weir who oversaw the restoration of a much-loved animated classic, which returns to UK and Ireland cinemas...
Production & Post
DaVinci Resolve 19 exits beta, full software available to download
The latest iteration includes new AI tools as well as over 100 feature upgrades
Production & Post
Case study: Breathing new life into old masters
How ITV Content Services brought classic films, including Carry on Henry and That Riviera Touch, back to the screen in glorious HD
Production & Post
Upgrading The Look with DaVinci Resolve
Blackmagic-based workflows aim to enable The Look to provide colour, conform and finishing services for clients such as Netflix and Sky
Features
Bringing ancient legends to life through the modern filmmaker’s lens
Mineworks Film’s Haunted is a docuseries that brings legends to life through a very different lens and perspective. Series producer and director of photography,...
Live Production
Blackmagic Cloud Sync adds content to DaVinci Resolve as it’s being recorded
Blackmagic Cloud Sync enables editors to see media arriving in real-time and start editing immediately, wherever they are in the world
Business
Dune Part 2 and Avatar colourists to take part in DaVinci Resolve Live Tour
The events are for filmmakers, editors, colourists, and visual effects artists, whether they're beginners and experienced users
Production & Post
Blackmagic Design unveils ‘game-changer’ URSA Cine 12K
The company has also unveiled DaVinci Resolve 19, which adds new AI tools, as well as over 100 feature upgrades
Production & Post
How Freelens TV puts science centre-stage for its latest game show
Take Off is a game show where science and innovation meet competition. With 12 contestants pitted against one another in a series of challenges,...
Audio
Case study: How Option Media elevated its audio and colour post production capabilities
Integrated audio and picture post workflows within DaVinci Resolve Studio deliver significant cost and time saving benefits for Belgium-based Option Media
Production & Post
‘A lightbulb moment’: The story behind The Jury: Murder Trial
TVBEurope talks to the production team behind Channel 4's "social experiment" to find out how they enabled viewers to look over the shoulders of...
Live Production
Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2 update adds SRT support, direct upload to Resolve
The new feature for simultaneous proxy recording alongside Blackmagic RAW or ProRes means footage can be sent to the newsroom or edit suite in...
Production & Post
How to grade One Trillion Dollars
Colourist Felix Hüsken discusses the 4K/HDR image workflows for the Paramount+ drama series
Production & Post
Creating a ‘sharp, vibrant depiction of London’ for The Kitchen
Colourist Simone Grattarola talks to TVBEurope about the process and challenges of grading Netflix's The Kitchen, and the differences between working on an HDR...
Production & Post
Case study: Behind the scenes at Catch Me if You Can
Ánxo Noya Castro, technical director, Voz Audiovisual, reveals how technology from Blackmagic Design helps produce the Spanish game show
Production & Post
iGene Media opens London-based colour grading suite
The suite, which was built by systems integrator Big Pic Media, includes an Advanced DaVinci Resolve suite and offers full support for high-end 2K...
Production & Post
Piecing together the jigsaw puzzle of Boiling Point
TVBEurope talks to editor Alex Fountain about his work on the BBC's new drama Boiling Point, and how he's followed the project from short...
Production & Post
Case study: Adding realism, light and deep colour to Norwegian film Kampen om Narvik
How colourist Dylan R Hopkin utilised Davinci Resolve to being the drama to life, including greenscreening the lead character's coat to create the right...
Production & Post
How post production facility BASIS BERLIN rebuilt its grading department from scratch
How the German post production facility rebuilt its colour grading workflow with DaVinci Resolve
Production & Post
How the colourist steered the look of Netflix’s Young Royals season two
Edison's senior colourist Carl Skaff details the work behind the scenes on the Netflix drama, and the importance of maintaining the show's look in...
Production & Post
Creating the eerie look of horror movie Matriarch
How Michelle Cort, senior colourist at Outpost Facilities, created the muted colour palette for the creepy horror movie
Production & Post
Remastering classic French horror Brotherhood of the Wolf into 4K
Returning to cinemas today, the cult classic was originally shot on 35mm film. Senior colourist Jérôme Bigueur discusses the decision and challenges of remastering...
Production & Post
DaVinci Resolve launches on iPad
DaVinci Resolve for iPad supports H.264, H.265, ProRes and Blackmagic RAW media files
Production & Post
Blackmagic Design helps student filmmaker tackle men’s mental health
From the Edge of the Clouds was shot in 1080p using Blackmagic RAW and edited and graded with DaVinci Resolve
Production & Post
DaVinci Resolve creates documentary My Old School’s retro look
Colour is a crucial part of documentary film My Old School, with one of the main challenges unifying its animated and live sections
Production & Post
Building a feature film in the cloud
How animation studio Hazimation used DaVinci Resolve Studio to produce its new feature film, Rift
Production & Post
How colour helped tell the story of the Peaky Blinders
Post production house Company 3 reveals how colour played a huge role in the look of the award-winning series
Media Management
Blackmagic pivots to cloud
Company has announced a number of new cloud-based storage products, as well as a new version of DaVinci Resolve
Production & Post
Cinelab further invests in post production capabilities
UK's only full-service film laboratory and digital dailies facility invests further in DaVinci Resolve
Production & Post
How DaVinci Resolve set the mood on Pagan Peak
Colourist Martin Szafranek recalls finding the Sky Deutschland series' emotional tone
Production & Post
Case study: How classic Hollywood inspired the look of Toast of Tinseltown
Suite Post colourist Lee Clappison explains how he created the look for Steven Toast's latest outing
Production & Post
Creating Three Wishes for Cinderella
How colourist Dylan R Hopkin created the look of the latest TV adaptation of the classic fairytale
Production & Post
Blackmagic updates DaVinci Resolve for Apple’s M1 chips
DaVinci Resolve can work with up to 12 streams of 8K footage
Production & Post
Blackmagic releases DaVinci Resolve 17.3
Blackmagic Design has announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 17.3, which comes with a speed increase that CEO Grant Petty hails "hard to believe"...
Features
Making the grade for ‘Our NHS: A hidden history’
Editor Adam Garstone writes for TVBEurope on the edit and grade for the BBC documentary which aired on BBC1 on 15th July
Production & Post
Grading Norwegian episodic comedy, Pørni
Senior colourist Dylan R Hopkin discusses series where every episode has its own unique colour palette
Production & Post
How Blackmagic’s DaVinici Resolve helped Oscar-winning film make the grade
Another Round picked up the Oscar for Best International Film overnight, with grading carried out on DaVinci Resolve Studio
Production & Post
Case study: Grading the show within a show
A mockumentary shooting style and an encouragement to ad-lib has tickled the nation's funny bone enough to launch Meet the Richardsons into a second...
Production & Post
Case study: Recreating the technicolour era for Ku’damm 63
How ZDF drama series Ku'damm 63 was graded in both SDR and HDR