Category: production

  • No Permission Needed – The Future of Animation

    No Permission Needed – The Future of Animation

    The recent Oscar longlisting of “The Glassworker,” a stunning hand-drawn film by Mano Animation Studios, is a landmark moment. It’s a testament to the incredible talent emerging from places the mainstream industry often overlooks. For ten years, they toiled without major studio support, building their own tools and training their own artists. Usman Riaz and…

  • Revolutionizing Game Development: Unleashing Creativity with AI

    Revolutionizing Game Development: Unleashing Creativity with AI

    Game producers always strive to optimize production and address the inherent and systemized risks that come with game development. Inherent risks relate to individual challenges, while systemized risks affect the entire development process, often leading to mass breakdowns in production pipelines. While having an ideal strategy with early risk mitigation is crucial, the reality is…

  • AI, Labor Strikes, and the Future of Entertainment: Who Holds the Reins?

    AI, Labor Strikes, and the Future of Entertainment: Who Holds the Reins?

    Today, the entertainment industry faces a monumental event as the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) goes on strike. This, combined with the ongoing strike by the Writers Guild of America (WGA), marks one of the most significant labor movements in the history of entertainment. If left unresolved, its…