Articles by Adrian Pennington
Behind the Scenes: Society of the Snow

Behind the Scenes: Society of the Snow

To faithfully recreate a 50-year-old real life plane crash and remarkable tale of survival, the filmmakers behind Society of the Snow combined LED and green screens with multiple practical sets of the plane’s fuselage and put them all 2000+ metres up a mountain, writes Adrian Pennington.

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Can VFX facilities survive the content lull until new proposed enhanced tax relief

Lifeline for UK VFX Facilities in Promised Tax Break

Can facilities survive the current lull until new proposed enhanced tax relief kicks in? Adrian Pennington reports.

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The Era of Media Consolidation is Not Over

Pressure from Wall Street and the weak economic landscape could drive further M&A among US media giants, but weather the next 24 months and they might all survive, reports Adrian Pennington.

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Behind the Scenes: The Buccaneers

Girls with money, men with power. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the stiff upper lipped London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash in Apple TV series The Buccaneers, reports Adrian Pennington.

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Behind the Scenes: The Killer

Behind the Scenes: The Killer

The precision design of David Fincher’s hit-man feature mirrors its subject, writes Adrian Pennington

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ICVFX: Virtual Production enters 2.0

Virtual production technology has reached a new level of sophistication and many productions are now being written with a Volume in mind. However, it is not right for all stories and some tech gremlins remain, writes Adrian Pennington.

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Behind The Scenes: The Creator

Cinematographer Oren Soffer discussed bringing guerilla-style filmmaking to sci-fi blockbuster The Creator with Adrian Pennington.

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Special Ops: Lioness

Behind the Scenes: Special Ops: Lioness

Paul Cameron is a distinguished cinematographer who is now making a move into the director’s chair. IBC365 spoke to him about his latest project, Special Ops: Lioness, a military drama for showrunner Taylor Sheridan.

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Behind the Scenes: Kiss the Future

Behind the Scenes: Kiss The Future

U2’s 1997 concert in the aftermath of the Bosnian War is relived and remixed from archive footage, original audio and new testimonials, writes Adrian Pennington.

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Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in ’Killers of the Flower Moon’

Behind the Scenes: Killers Of The Flower Moon

Martin Scorsese always wanted to make a Western, arguably the defining American artform. With Killers of the Flower Moon, he got his chance to chronicle the way the country has been moulded from violence and prejudice, writes Adrian Pennington.

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