DARK BAY GmbH

24/04/2022

New trailer was shot at

10/02/2022

Reporter Devin Coldewey spoke for TechCrunch Magazine with Philipp Klausing (Producer „1899“, Managing Director DARK WAYS and DARK BAY), Girish Balakrishnan (Netflix Virtual Production) and Jack Banks (Framestore) about building DARK BAY and working with Virtual Production on ‚1899‘ Framestore

Virtual production has rapidly become one of the most promising techniques in media. But while a huge and sophisticated real-time display instead of a green screen solves many problems, it also creates new ones. The creators of Netflix’s mind-bending Dark took on this challenge for the produc…

16/11/2021

On DARK BAY explained how High End Virtual Production works: Together with CEO Studio Babelsberg, Charlie Woebcken, our Managing Director Christina Caspers-Römer and Technical Director Jesse Kretschmer talked about creative driven DARK BAY Stage and its industry first elements:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PPLxCi1-gQ
Photo Credit: Andrea Hansen/MTH Conference
Netflix

29/10/2021

So proud to share the American Cinematographer preview of DARK BAY Virtual Production Stage at Studio Babelsberg and our first production #1899 for Netflix! Big Thank to Noah Kadner
Check out the brand-new behind the scenes assets, Copyright by Alex Forge/NETFLIX


https://ascmag.com/articles/1899-wraps-virtual-production

28/10/2021

DARK BAY goes MediaTech Hub Conference 2021

Join our Managing Director Christina Caspers-Römer, Technical Director Jesse Kretschmer and Charlie Woebcken (CEO Studio Babelsberg) on Nov 10, 2021 at the Entertainment Stage during their session “High End Virtual Production – How Does it Work?”. Find out why is a game-changer for the film industry and how you can be a part of it.

Check out the programme and hope to see you at either live at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany or online. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/3FzUUU1

11/10/2021

“We feel strongly that these new technologies should ultimately be more accessible to a much broader set of content creators throughout our full slate,” Fowler says. “By taking an active role in the development and deployment of these technologies we’re really getting behind the industry as a whole to move it in that direction.”

Read the entire Interview with Andrew Fowler, VP Production Innovative at Netflix:

Netflix talks to IBC365 about growing its virtual production facilities and sharing the experience with the industry.

24/09/2021

DARK BAY is staffing up!
We’re looking for

CG Supervisor (w/m/d)
VProd TD (w/m/d)
Unreal© TD (w/m/d)
Team Assistant (w/m/d)

The job descriptions can be found on our website:
https://www.dark-bay.com/dark-bay-job-offers/

Please send your application to [email protected]

23/09/2021

We gave TheCredits an interview about the DARK BAY Virtual Production Stage:
https://www.motionpictures.org/2021/09/the-future-of-immersive-vfx-arrives-with-dark-bay-at-studio-babelsberg/

Fully immersive visual effects on the day of filming, rather than in post production, is the future of filmmaking.

15/09/2021

We are honored to hear that from Reed Hastings CEO Netflix after visiting the DARK BAY yesterday: "The Most Advanced Production Technology In The World" On German Series 1899 Netflix

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was in Berlin this morning to open the streamer’s new DACH Headquarters (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). Greeting a room of executives and content creators – incl…

09/09/2021

visit our new website:

DARK BAY enables all kinds of filming to be produced under completely new creative parameters and production facilities.

23/08/2021

"The new LED studio is an impressive proof of how innovative the location is," said Minister Steinbach. "It has international appeal and thus a high economic potential for the entire media location Berlin-Brandenburg."
#1899 Studio Babelsberg Netflix

Offizielles Internet-Angebot des Landes Brandenburg

20/08/2021

Visit at our DARK BAY Volume from Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Steinbach, Minister für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Energie des Landes Brandenburg

Photo by Alex Forge/DARK BAY
from left to right: Michael Düwel, Philipp Klausing, Minister Jörg Steinbach, Charlie Woebcken, Baran bo Odar

Studio Babelsberg Netflix #1899
https://twitter.com/joergstb/status/1428684109266706433?s=20