On Wednesday 3rd May, the fifth Women Startup Challenge co-produced by Women Who Tech and Craig Newmark, took place at London’s City Hall. The challenge was open to women-led, tech startups across all tech verticals in Europe.
London is one of the most iconic cities in the world known for being a melting pot of diversity, language, and culture. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that it is one of the top filming locations in the world. Not just for its studios, such as Pinewood: the home of some of the biggest movies of all time including the ‘James Bond’ franchise, it has also hosted legendary directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and David Lean. A few of London’s other studios include: Leavesden Studios where ‘Harry Potter’ was filmed; Elstree studios which was home to ‘Paddington’ and ‘The Crown’ and 3 Mills Studios which is the Cities biggest studio set in a 10- acre historical and picturesque island site.
A few weeks ago, I was sitting at my desk in POP HQ, when a photograph of one of our engineers, Amit, speaking at a Facebook event, pinged up on my screen. In itself, that’s pretty exciting, but when I dug a little deeper, the story behind it and the work he and another of our engineers, Kash are doing is nothing short of inspiring.
Following on from our previous blog on feel good movies, we decided the best way to share our desires to hibernate until the temperatures are well into double digits, is through sharing our list of go to series to binge watch.
Disney’s cemented its biggest year to date with the stellar performance in the box office of Dr Strange.The Disney and Marvel film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, took $43m (£34.3m) between Friday and Sunday.
On Wednesday the 2nd November, in Santa Monica, the annual American Film Market (AFM) kicked off. The AFM is a marketplace where industry professionals conduct business and a place where production and distribution deals are closed. In just eight days, over $1 billion in business will be sealed —this is both on completed films and those in every stage of development and production — this makes AFM a must‐attend industry event.
The 31st of October might be best known as Halloween, but in the Gaelic world it is known as the festival of Samhain (pronounced sˠaunʲ or sow-in).
How often do we see a two-way conversation between actors who are communicating by text in a film or television programme? Also, how often do we see the character’s computer screen whilst they are replying to an email or browsing the internet? Rarely. But why is this? Why are modern human interactions such as texts or emailing, even in these high-tech times, so hard to film?
This summer the POP team got their sea legs on and hopped aboard The Barge at Battersea. It was a warm summer night and we were all looking forward to spending quality time with the agents and agencies who cast through the platform, whilst listening to our guest speaker for the evening; Greg Dillon, a brand strategy consultant.
Are you an AD looking for more flexibility in your working life, or have you worked as a booker but left the industry because you wanted to be independent and better compensated for the long hours you put in? If so, POP’s technology could revolutionise the way you work.
