Journal
Stories from the future
of production.
Behind-the-scenes reporting, case studies and field notes on how AI, animation, game tech and production design are reshaping film, media and entertainment worldwide.
FEATURED · PRODUCTION DESIGN
Inside the Volume: How LED Stages Are Rewriting Film Production in 2026
A behind-the-scenes look at how virtual production stages — from ILM's StageCraft to Industrial Light & Magic competitors in Mumbai and Seoul — are collapsing months of post into single in-camera takes.
9 min read · FUNTASTIK Editorial
AI CONTENT
The Quiet Revolution: AI Video Production Companies Reshaping Global Advertising
From Runway-powered spots for luxury houses to Sora-assisted brand films, a new generation of studios is producing in days what used to take quarters.
11 min read
ANIMATION
Mocap Without the Suit: How AI Animation Pipelines Are Killing the Stage
Markerless motion capture, AI in-betweening, and neural retargeting are letting indie animation studios ship character work that would have required eight-figure budgets a decade ago.
8 min read
VIDEO GAMES
How Unreal Engine 5 Cinematics Took Over the Game Trailer Industry
Nanite, Lumen and MetaHuman have made the line between game trailer and feature animation invisible. Inside the studios shipping the world's most-watched cinematics.
7 min read
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Designing for Prestige: Production Design in the Streaming Era
Why the most coveted production designers in the world now work as much in Unreal as in plywood, and what that means for storytelling.
6 min read
AI CONTENT
Synthetic Performers: Where Hollywood, AI Actors and Ethics Stand in 2026
After two years of guild negotiations, AI-generated performers are no longer a hypothetical. Here is the legal, technical and creative state of play.
10 min read