14 August 2020

A guide to crowd replication

The pandemic and its associated restrictions have left many industries with a quandary. How do we go about our business as usual when we’re far from ‘business as usual’? It’s something we’ve all had to adjust to and the TV industry is no different. Many productions have kicked back into life, albeit with a new…

10 July 2020

TV production in a COVID-19 world

Some months after the UK lockdown began, businesses can finally reopen. But running a business can’t be done like it was before Covid 19. Every industry has had to adopt new ways of working in an effort to keep staff and customers safe. Strict cleaning regimes, two-metre distancing, perspex screens to separate people – every…

22 May 2020

The detailed guide to previs

Every step in the TV production process plays its own important part in the creation of the final product. No matter the production, there is an intricate machine of moving parts going on behind the scenes that eventually coalesce to create something special. Today, there is one area in particular we want to focus on.…

11 May 2020

Free Resources For Artists

If you are not working at the moment, perhaps now is a great time to learn new skills or brush up on old ones. Maybe it’s more about how you market yourself or manage your freelance business. Or managing fellow artistic brethren. Or anything related to your career – no limits! So I’ve been chatting…

27 April 2020

REALTIME Key VFX Vendor on BBC America’s The Watch

The Watch – 8 x 1-hour series for BBC Studios / BBC America / Narrativia. VFX Studio REALTIME are delighted to be working on The Watch as one of the Key Vendors, a fantasy police procedural series which has been inspired by characters from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. We are developing a number of…

24 April 2020

Special Effects vs Visual Effects

What is the difference between Special Effects and VFX, is there a superior choice?  Welcome back to another blog in our VFX for Dummies series. We’re looking at the wide world of visual effects, demystifying the scene, breaking down the jargon, and making the process that little bit more approachable. In today’s piece, we are…

02 April 2020

From concept to comp: a guide through the VFX process

If you happened to catch the BBC’s recent adaptation of War of the Worlds towards the end of 2019, you would have seen some of our team’s amazing VFX work. The three-part series was an adaptation of HG Wells’ classic, the first to be set when it was written in the Edwardian era. The process…

20 March 2020

COVID-19 Update

We understand that communication is key at a time like this and we wanted to reach out and let you all know what measures REALTIME are taking and how COVID-19 is affecting our day to day operations. Over the past few weeks, we have been monitoring the situation and gradually rolling out preventative measures across…

13 March 2020

Getting a job in the industry!

Getting a job in the animation/VFX industry from REALTIME’s Pete Leonard So, you’ve found a job on our website that you think you’d be perfect for, or maybe you’ve been following us long enough to know we are the right company for you. Great stuff! Thing is, just how do you (best) go about getting…

21 February 2020

How to plan the CG elements for your TV show

Welcome back to another blog in our TV VFX for Dummies series. We’re taking a look at the wide world of visual effects, demystifying the scene, breaking down the jargon, and making the process that little bit more approachable. In today’s piece, we’re looking at how to approach the planning of your CGI elements… The…