Three Games, One Golden Thread: How BBC Sport's Virtual Olympic Coverage Evolved from Tokyo to Paris I first started working on a virtual set for the BBC's Olympics coverage in early 2019. The games were in Tokyo, the plan was to broadcast from inside the International Broadcast Centre, and once we'd...

The evolution of virtual set design across 3 consecutive Olympics - Tokyo 2020 >Beijing 2022>Paris 2024
Jim Mann, Lightwell founder, details the development of our creative approach. Including previously un-released images from pitching and development stages. www.lightwell.tv/blog-posts/t...

How Real-Time Design Is Transforming Broadcast Set Design Real-time tools such as Unreal Engine are transforming how broadcast environments are designed and produced. At Lightwell, we use real-time workflows to create authentic virtual sets for broadcasters ...

The benefits of real-time design, for real-time virtual production www.lightwell.tv/blog-posts/h...

Real-time's capability to enable reviewing of justabout finished sets and environments - which is covered in there - is absolutely priceless, and not discussed often enough.

Sally Storch (American, b.1952)
"Voyage,"
Oil on canvas
40 x 50 in
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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".

One of the most influential artists in the history of Hollywood has passed. Thanks for everything, Drew Struzan.

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.

BBC Tokyo Olympics

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 Virtual Set YouTube video by Lightwell

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?...

Lightwell #VirtualSet Reel 2025 - BBC, ITV, Discovery+, ABC YouTube video by Lightwell

The updated Lightwell reel...
Virtual sets, designed to make the most of every second of screen time.
youtu.be/3gVfMY0rOo0?...

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 😆

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.

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 studio set during this evenings semi-final. We’re really going to miss it. Definitely one of our favourite designs.

Last outing for the Euro 2025, for tonight’s semi-final. This has been a thoroughly satisfying project for us.

Yes @tvbeurope.com happy to share but will need to put you in contact with client as well. Can you email me at jim@lightwell.tv?

Virtual Set For BBC Coverage of Womens Euro's 2025 We’re excited to announce that Lightwell are currently on site at the BBC Sport virtual production studio in Media City, Salford. Working closely with the talented teams at the BBC and Sunset+Vine, we...

www.lightwell.tv/blog-posts/v...

Amen to this.

I don't know what I'm looking at, but I love it and want to see/know more.

Great Work!

This looks incredibly cool, and intriguing.
You must develop it!!!

a grid of images illustrating the BBC Sport "Pres 2" virtual studio being used for multiple different sports. Graphics panels, lighting and background images can be changed to represent different sports and locations.

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

The 1900’s?
Do they mean the 90’s?

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

Bloody hell that's good work.
Thanks for enlightening me by sharing it.

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

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!

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...

Virtual set designs for ITV News…we've added new, recent images to the website for this project.
www.lightwell.tv/case-studies...

Design For Virtual Production and Virtual Sets - Jim Mann YouTube video by Lightwell

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

GENIUS!

😆

I need to see these dragon laptops!