We were working in Amsterdam in March 2021, we had to lock down in an AirBNB for 10 days and weren’t allowed to leave. This was a huge storm that went over and I captured on my phone and made using my MacBook over a few hours… then went back to being stir crazy.
New World Designs Ltd (NWD) was an early pioneer of commercial bullet time photography in the UK. The company’s expertise has been called upon across the globe for exciting projects with clients that include Prada in Milan and Unilever in Australia, and has even been called upon for Zoolander 2 in Rome. Then there’s the…
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What is Bullet Time Photography? Bullet Time Photography refers to the filming technique where time is either slowed down or stopped completely, but the movement of the camera carries on. For reference: picture a camera on a dolly track travelling along a path, but surrounding factors have frozen for that period of time. The term…
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So back in May 2016, we created a music video with the incredible Skindred Band who are sponsored by Jägermeister. We refused to work unless we were given a free bottle of Jägermeister! So we created the video, everybody loved it, of course, sent in our invoice and also the demand for our free bottle…
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A Russian farm has put virtual reality (VR) headsets on cows to see if they yield better milk. The experiment put cows in virtual summer fields to improve their emotional health. As well as looking at the physical needs of the animals, researchers began to look at how technology could help dairy production. As a…
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For the third time… WE HAVE WON!!! Two years ago we won “Creative Business of the Year 2017”, last year we won “Small Business of the Year 2018”, but this year we have achieved the amazing Creative Business of the Year 2019 in the Sunderland Echo Portfolio Awards! We had VIP Guest tickets to the Sunderland City…
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A deepfake video explores what it would have been like if Will Smith had accepted the lead role as Neo in the 1999 blockbuster “The Matrix”. Smith was offered the role before Keanu Reeves. See why he didn’t take the lead role in a previous blog post. The video shows key scenes including the Pill…
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The Matrix was released 20 years ago today! Can you believe one of the worlds most iconic and original movies popularising the use of bullet time is that old? New World Designs are thankful for this though because we wouldn’t be doing that we love every day!
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This week we have been exhibiting our bullet time rigs, technology and software systems at the International Confex Expo 2019 in London. International Confex is the UK’s leading exhibition for event organisers, existing to create an environment to help support, inspire and drive the events industry forward. At the New World Designs office we have…
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Will Smith had a decision to make: will he take the red pill or the blue pill? It was 1996. He was the Fresh Prince, he had just done Independence Day and he didn’t want to be the ‘Alien Movie Guy’. He turned down Men In Black, but Spielberg had convinced him to trust his…
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