“The new Relight FX lets you add virtual light sourcesinto a scene to creatively adjust environmental lighting, fill dark shadows or change the mood. Light sources can be directional to cast a broad light, a point source, or a spotlight and be adjusted for surface softness and specularity control.“
My take: wow! This looks like so much fun. I can see using Relight instead of a power window to punch up illumination on the subject, drawing the eye exactly where you want it to go. This tool brings new meaning to the phrase, “We’ll fix it in Post!”
“In an effort to lessen the film industry’s dependence on loud, diesel-burning generators, Vancouver has installed several “clean energy kiosks” to provide electricity to crews working on productions near the waterfront. The city said in a statement Thursday that it had installed three of the kiosks in the False Creek area, where it said crews use more than 200 generators for power every year. The new kiosks will instead allow film sets to plug in and draw energy from the city’s power grid. The statement said council’s goal is to eventually have a citywide network of kiosks so crews can access electricity at the popular citywide filming spots by 2030.”
2019: the launch of the streaming wars with Disney+ and Apple TV+
2022: price hikes and content cancellations on all platforms
He posits that:
“The real loser of this war is us, the consumer. The over-saturation of services, the splitting of catalogues, and the constant price hikes are just a few of the problems we’ve experienced and, with Netflix’s latest password restrictions, we are now starting to see the worst of it all, as all streaming platforms are shifting their focus from market share to profit.”
His evidence is compelling and he concludes with a strategy to combat rising streaming costs:
“The best option (and it’s a problem streaming services are trying to tackle) is rotating subscriptions. Most people don’t need to have access to every service for all 12 months of the year. What you can do instead is wait until you have a decent backlog of things to watch on one platform and then subscribe to it to catch up. While catching up on this backlog, your backlogs on other services will grow and you can rotate to another afterwards.”
“Nishimura’s 15 years at the company have spanned the streaming boom, Oscar wins and multiple restructuring efforts. Noted one industry veteran that has long worked with Nishimura, ‘It’s a signal that the most thoughtful, taste-driven era is being driven out.’“
He begins: “Netflix shocked the industry last week with the news that two respected film executives, Lisa Nishimura and Ian Bricke, were leaving the company in an apparent nod toward austerity.”
My take: In Lisa’s case, it’s always sad to see a member of underrepresented groups fired from a position of power. I wonder where each of these two well-connected executives will land, and how the mediascape will shift.
