Lightwell
@lightwell.tv
We help broadcasters create visually compelling TV shows by preparing skilful virtual designs built with the latest tech. Virtual sets for BBC, ITV, CNA, Sky, Discovery+
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Everything else: https://linktr.ee/lightwell_tv
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Sally Storch (American, b.1952)
"Voyage,"
Oil on canvas
40 x 50 in
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Voyage,"
Oil on canvas
40 x 50 in
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sally Storch (American, b.1952)
"Voyage,"
Oil on canvas
40 x 50 in
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Voyage,"
Oil on canvas
40 x 50 in
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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One of the most influential artists in the history of Hollywood has passed. Thanks for everything, Drew Struzan.
www.instagram.com/p/DPy0ZUEEVnt/
www.instagram.com/p/DPy0ZUEEVnt/
Drew Struzan on Instagram: "It is with a heavy heart that I must tell you that Drew Struzan has moved on from this world as of yesterday, October 13th. I feel it is important that you all know how many times he expressed to me the joy he felt knowing how much you appreciated his art. - Greg"
7,167 likes, 830 comments - drewstruzanart on October 14, 2025: "It is with a heavy heart that I must tell you that Drew Struzan has moved on from this world as of yesterday, October 13th. I feel it is important that you all know how many times he expressed to me the joy he felt knowing how much you appreciated his art. - Greg".
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October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
One of the most influential artists in the history of Hollywood has passed. Thanks for everything, Drew Struzan.
www.instagram.com/p/DPy0ZUEEVnt/
www.instagram.com/p/DPy0ZUEEVnt/
Uggh. I know Ai is starting to feel omnipotent, but never considered it would affect Pinterest. What was once an invaluable image reference resource, is now infested with Ai, and next to useless. If you're looking for authentic details, you don't want a machine learned interpretation of authentic.
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Uggh. I know Ai is starting to feel omnipotent, but never considered it would affect Pinterest. What was once an invaluable image reference resource, is now infested with Ai, and next to useless. If you're looking for authentic details, you don't want a machine learned interpretation of authentic.
The original Tokyo Olympics design, seeing a second life as the Tokyo World Athletics Championships Design on BBC is featured on our website:- www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
BBC Tokyo Olympics
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September 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The original Tokyo Olympics design, seeing a second life as the Tokyo World Athletics Championships Design on BBC is featured on our website:- www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
Our Tokyo Olympics set is currently enjoying a second wind thanks to the BBC making use of it for the World Athletics Championships coverage from...Tokyo! It's been updated and re-lit for UE5 by the BBC team, but that's our original design there, from 2021 - youtu.be/ruuucux4-E0?...
BBC Tokyo Virtual Set
YouTube video by Lightwell
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our Tokyo Olympics set is currently enjoying a second wind thanks to the BBC making use of it for the World Athletics Championships coverage from...Tokyo! It's been updated and re-lit for UE5 by the BBC team, but that's our original design there, from 2021 - youtu.be/ruuucux4-E0?...
The updated Lightwell reel...
Virtual sets, designed to make the most of every second of screen time.
youtu.be/3gVfMY0rOo0?...
Virtual sets, designed to make the most of every second of screen time.
youtu.be/3gVfMY0rOo0?...
Lightwell #VirtualSet Reel 2025 - BBC, ITV, Discovery+, ABC
YouTube video by Lightwell
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The updated Lightwell reel...
Virtual sets, designed to make the most of every second of screen time.
youtu.be/3gVfMY0rOo0?...
Virtual sets, designed to make the most of every second of screen time.
youtu.be/3gVfMY0rOo0?...
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Well maybe don’t make a film entirely comprised of CG, dumbass. And actually they should be worth more considering how well they brought your idea to life. I know an animator on that team and he is one of the hardest working sweetest individuals ever and he’s worth every cent.
“I’d like to see the cost of VFX artists come down.” — ‘Avatar’ director and Stability AI board member James Cameron claims effects workers are too expensive, putting blockbusters and the VFX industry at risk.
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James Cameron Says VFX Costs Threaten Future Of Blockbusters
In a recent interview, Stability AI board member James Cameron warned high budgets threaten theaters, urging cheaper VFX and new tech to cut costs.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Well maybe don’t make a film entirely comprised of CG, dumbass. And actually they should be worth more considering how well they brought your idea to life. I know an animator on that team and he is one of the hardest working sweetest individuals ever and he’s worth every cent.
Disney Princess 😆
Now that Disney owns Fox, which means they own the Alien franchise, I can't stop thinking about how the Alien Queen is now a Disney Princess/Queen.
a man is being attacked by a monster with a lot of legs
ALT: a man is being attacked by a monster with a lot of legs
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August 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Disney Princess 😆
We've been adding some of our legacy projects to the website recently. The latest of these are the digital backdrops we created for Sky Sports Soccer Saturday - www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
Soccer Saturday
Our digital backdrop designs for Soccer Saturday ran on air for over a decade, featuring a distinctive three-sided screen arrangement surrounding the presentation desk.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We've been adding some of our legacy projects to the website recently. The latest of these are the digital backdrops we created for Sky Sports Soccer Saturday - www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
Last outing for the Euro 2025, for tonight’s semi-final. This has been a thoroughly satisfying project for us.
How the BBC’s Women’s Euro 2025 studio reflects the Swiss landscape #WEURO2025 #GERESP
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www.tvbeurope.com/virtual-prod...
How the BBC’s Women’s Euro 2025 studio reflects the Swiss landscape - TVBEurope
TVBEurope talks to Jim Mann, creative director at Lightwell, and BBC Sport's design director John Murphy, about the technology powering the broadcaster's virtual studio
www.tvbeurope.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Last outing for the Euro 2025, for tonight’s semi-final. This has been a thoroughly satisfying project for us.
Amen to this.
Words to live by.
April 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Amen to this.
Happy Birthday to the BBC Sport "Pres 2" virtual set - 4 years old today! It has been host to multiple different sports and proved itself to be one of the most flexible and value-for-money set designs on TV! #bbcsport #virtualset #virtualsetdesign #unrealengine #vizrt
March 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Happy Birthday to the BBC Sport "Pres 2" virtual set - 4 years old today! It has been host to multiple different sports and proved itself to be one of the most flexible and value-for-money set designs on TV! #bbcsport #virtualset #virtualsetdesign #unrealengine #vizrt
Back in the studio, this week, after a 6 month hiatus. Working with the amazing team at BBC Sport on the biggest sporting event of the summer. #bbcsport #virtualset #virtualsetdesign #greenscreen
March 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Back in the studio, this week, after a 6 month hiatus. Working with the amazing team at BBC Sport on the biggest sporting event of the summer. #bbcsport #virtualset #virtualsetdesign #greenscreen
Article in @theguardian.com confirming what everyone in the TV industry has been experiencing to some degree. It has been difficult , but for some it has been catastrophic www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Senior TV producers take shelf-stacking jobs as UK industry remains in crisis
Experienced figures doing entry-level roles amid prolonged work drought since Covid and rise of online content
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Article in @theguardian.com confirming what everyone in the TV industry has been experiencing to some degree. It has been difficult , but for some it has been catastrophic www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Couldn't fathom why the 'C' drive on one workstation was flling up, all of the time...then I stumbled upon C:\ProgramData\Epic\EpicGamesLauncher\VaultCache and found where UE has been stashing all of it's leftovers.
217GB!
217GB!
February 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Couldn't fathom why the 'C' drive on one workstation was flling up, all of the time...then I stumbled upon C:\ProgramData\Epic\EpicGamesLauncher\VaultCache and found where UE has been stashing all of it's leftovers.
217GB!
217GB!
Virtual set designs for ITV News…we've added new, recent images to the website for this project.
www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
ITV News Virtual Sets
Originally launched in 2013, this virtual set has proved to be evergreen and adaptable. The studio's physical desk and rostra, is immersed within a virtual atrium interior, with deeper control room sp...
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February 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Virtual set designs for ITV News…we've added new, recent images to the website for this project.
www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
Exceprts from a talk on designing for virtual sets and production, by Jim Mann of Lightwell at CCIXR in Portsmouth, last month - youtu.be/RxBBEgp3IPc
Design For Virtual Production and Virtual Sets - Jim Mann
YouTube video by Lightwell
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February 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Exceprts from a talk on designing for virtual sets and production, by Jim Mann of Lightwell at CCIXR in Portsmouth, last month - youtu.be/RxBBEgp3IPc
Our virtual set collaboration with @bkdesignprojects from 2021, to create a home for Finnish Ice Hockey, on Discovery+ Built in Unreal Engine and powered by Zero Density The case study can be found on our website www.lightwell.tv/case-studies... #virtualsetdesign #unrealengine #zerodensity
Discovery Plus Virtual Set
Rising to the challenge posed by a relatively small greenscreen studio, we developed a virtual set design that expanded the visual depth of Discovery+'s Ice Hockey coverage in Finland.
www.lightwell.tv
January 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our virtual set collaboration with @bkdesignprojects from 2021, to create a home for Finnish Ice Hockey, on Discovery+ Built in Unreal Engine and powered by Zero Density The case study can be found on our website www.lightwell.tv/case-studies... #virtualsetdesign #unrealengine #zerodensity
5 Years ago, this month, the creative and production teams for the BBC's Tokyo Olympics convened in Granada Studios in Manchester, to work on the only stand-up test and technical rehearsal for the set, before it shipped to Tokyo for the Olympic games...
#virtualset #virtualsetdesign
#virtualset #virtualsetdesign
January 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
5 Years ago, this month, the creative and production teams for the BBC's Tokyo Olympics convened in Granada Studios in Manchester, to work on the only stand-up test and technical rehearsal for the set, before it shipped to Tokyo for the Olympic games...
#virtualset #virtualsetdesign
#virtualset #virtualsetdesign
A huge thank you to the team at University of Portsmouth's CCIXR for hosting me for my talk, yesterday and enabling me to go back to Paris, via their Smart Stage. They are doing incredible things with virtual production.
#virtualproduction #smartstage #unrealengine #ledstage #ccixr #uniofportsmouth
#virtualproduction #smartstage #unrealengine #ledstage #ccixr #uniofportsmouth
January 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A huge thank you to the team at University of Portsmouth's CCIXR for hosting me for my talk, yesterday and enabling me to go back to Paris, via their Smart Stage. They are doing incredible things with virtual production.
#virtualproduction #smartstage #unrealengine #ledstage #ccixr #uniofportsmouth
#virtualproduction #smartstage #unrealengine #ledstage #ccixr #uniofportsmouth
Behind the scenes of a high octane action film with Diane Morgan #britishfamous youtu.be/56uGE3BycD0
Diane Morgan - The Action Hero
YouTube video by Philomena Cunk Fans
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January 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Behind the scenes of a high octane action film with Diane Morgan #britishfamous youtu.be/56uGE3BycD0
Finally getting around to adding some of our legacy projects to our website. They might be old(ish) but the design and preparation are still world class. Our first legacy project to be added is the LED based virtual set extensions for Bloomberg in New York. www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
Bloomberg Virtual Set Extensions
Between 2014 and 2017 we designed and prepared a series of virtual set extensions for Bloombergs new LED backed studios inside their Lexington Avenue HQ, in New York.
www.lightwell.tv
January 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Finally getting around to adding some of our legacy projects to our website. They might be old(ish) but the design and preparation are still world class. Our first legacy project to be added is the LED based virtual set extensions for Bloomberg in New York. www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...
The Dark Ruins demo project for @unrealengine.bsky.social and @quixeltools.bsky.social is sumptuous, but I think this is my favourite part...543 lights, and performance, whilst not quite fast enough for a live virtual set, isn't far off the mark. MegaLights!!! #unealengine #unrealengine5
January 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Dark Ruins demo project for @unrealengine.bsky.social and @quixeltools.bsky.social is sumptuous, but I think this is my favourite part...543 lights, and performance, whilst not quite fast enough for a live virtual set, isn't far off the mark. MegaLights!!! #unealengine #unrealengine5
Seeing lots of complaints online about pursuit of "visual quality" ruining gaming. I don't buy that one bit. Having grown up playing games from pong, through to Space Invaders, Atari, Spectrum's, NES, Sega Megadrive, and Playstations 1-5, every improvement to visual quality has been a joy to embrace
January 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Seeing lots of complaints online about pursuit of "visual quality" ruining gaming. I don't buy that one bit. Having grown up playing games from pong, through to Space Invaders, Atari, Spectrum's, NES, Sega Megadrive, and Playstations 1-5, every improvement to visual quality has been a joy to embrace