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ARRI lights up Sundance A RRI took centre stage as the official lighting provider for the 40th Sundance Film Festival, illuminating premieres and events. The renowned SkyPanel S30-C, S60-C and ARRI Orbiter fixtures enhanced festival venues with colour accuracy and flexible light shaping. Dr Matthias Erb, chairman of the executive board at ARRI, says: “Our versatile, high-quality lighting solutions create an enhanced visual environment to showcase the tremendous filmmaking talent that Sundance celebrates each year.”
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1. Netflix subscriber boost Netflix has announced impressive Q3 2023 results, counting 13.1 million new subscribers globally in the latter part of the year. This now takes its total subscriber base up to over 260 million, comfortably in the lead of rivals. 2. New MD for BAFTA albert Matt Scarff, managing director at BAFTA’s sustainability arm, albert, is stepping into the role permanently. An M&E veteran, Scarff’s experience spans many leading broadcasters and producers including ITV, SKY, UKTV, BBC and Merlin Entertainments. 3. NAACP Image Awards The 55th NAACP Image Awards returns on 16 March to celebrate Black excellence across film, TV and streaming, plus music, literature and podcasts. Two front-runner nominees are Colman Domingo in the motion picture actor category, and Ayo Edebiri for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series.
Virtual production studio Distortion launches D istortion, a full-scale virtual production facility in Bristol, is due to open for business in April, making it the first permanent VP studio in the city. The new space will reduce travel for tricky on-location productions based in the south-west, offering premium equipment and an experienced in-house team of immersive digital artists and visual engineers. The studio’s Unreal Engine content creators, tech skills and best-in-class suppliers (including Blackmagic Design for video control, Stype camera tracking and Stage Precision software) will be on hand to help see your VP project through, whether you’re working on a feature film, TV ad or virtual corporate event.
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