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Husband and Wife are the Only People in The World Producing Film in Their Basement

7 May 2026 at 10:39

A grayscale negative image of a row of buildings is on the left. On the right, two smiling people hold a strip of photographic film in a studio, one wearing a "Scully Osterman Studio" name tag.

A husband-and-wife team is producing their own 1920s-era film, similar to the one Oskar Barnack used, in the "world's smallest film factory", which they intend to shoot using a 100-year-old Leica camera.

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The Camera Crew All Wore Scrubs: The Amazing Logistics of Filming ‘The Pitt’

5 May 2026 at 16:24

Two people stand facing each other and talking in a busy hospital setting, surrounded by medical staff and camera crew filming the scene with professional equipment.

The Pitt on HBO Max is about as immersive as a TV show can be. Set in real time, with each episode representing an hour in the hectic lives of staff working at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center's emergency room, viewers can get lost in the working (and sometimes personal) lives of Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) and his crew.

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Man produces sperm from testicular tissue frozen as a child in breakthrough trial

4 May 2026 at 14:00

Exclusive: Sperm re-transplant offers hope that boys left infertile by chemotherapy could have biological children one day

In a groundbreaking fertility trial, a man whose testicular tissue was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy as a child to be re-transplanted 16 years later has been able to produce sperm.

It is the first time a transplant of cryopreserved prepubertal testicular tissue has been demonstrated to restore sperm production in an adult patient. The 27-year-old man had the sample frozen when he was 10, before undergoing potent chemotherapy as part of treatment for sickle cell disease.

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© Photograph: Mads Nissen/Panos Pictures

© Photograph: Mads Nissen/Panos Pictures

© Photograph: Mads Nissen/Panos Pictures

Mavis Studio Turns the iPad Into a Portable Live Production Studio

16 April 2026 at 15:00

A tablet displays a live video production interface with multiple camera views of musicians performing on stage, along with control buttons and countdown graphics.

Mavis has introduced a new iPad app aimed at transforming mobile devices into full-scale live production tools. Announced at NAB 2026, Mavis Studio combines multi-camera switching, streaming, recording, graphics, and audio mixing into a single, portable platform designed for creators and production teams.

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