Twitnuuz: Digital cinema

As Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D hits cinemas across the UK, George Lucas has unashamedly suggested the best way to watch modern movies is with the aid of extra-dimensional technologies.Whilst Lucas’ remarks might be seen as a shameless…

Getty Images Within three years of starting his Hollywood career, Douglas Trumbull changed the moviemaking process irrevocably; working with Stanley Kubrick on 1968’s 2011: A Space Odyssey, when he was barely 25, he not only created a landmark cinematic…

I am writing this on day 8, working an average of 16hrs a day straight. That’s 128 man-hours so far invested in getting this SAN built. It’s been operational for the past two days with one strange automatic server reboot that I haven’t…

Bernadette Rivero, president of LA-based global production company The Cortez Brothers, will speak at Digital LA’s Latino Content Panel on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Rivero will join Lalo Alcaraz, the Mexican-American cartoonist behind the highly…

Top Directors Expound On Digital Cinema’s Creative Impact NEW YORK: From the earliest days of the ‘talkies,’ feature film directors have both embraced and disparaged new technology. Side By Side, a new, documentary directed by Chris…

Billerica, Massachusetts – With galleries dedicated to animals and habitats throughout the Pacific Ocean, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., is the fourth largest aquarium in the United States. Last year, the nonprofit organization launched…

Sonic branding for spousal trades, tirades, rock stars and preachers. Sonixphere, a global resource for everything connected to music and audio branding, in association with the award-winning composing team at iSpy Music, kicked off 2012 with the debut…

LONDON—Fotokem Budapest recently used FilmLight’s Baselight colour grading system to perform near-set colour grading for In the Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie’s new film on the Bosnian War. Fotokem Budapest processed dailies for the film,…

‘Coke bursting from a bottle, launching through the air in elegant, dynamic, sculptured cg splashes — super slow-motion and close-up!’ When Fin Design + Effects, Sydney Australia, heard that sort of directive from their client, Ogilvy, they…

WAYNE, NJ – JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., today introduced the TK-T8101WPRU, an outdoor analog bullet camera with 10-bit digital signal processing and integrated IR LED technology. Part of JVC’s innovative LoLux™…

They are beautiful, surreal worlds that tell compelling brand stories in engaging, imaginative ways. A love story using strings; a bubbly animated family personify a new smartphone application; an insurance company comes to life in a thrilling adventure…

Following a two-year hiatus to travel the world and freelance, top sound designer and mixer Eric Hoffman is returning to audioEngine, where he spent four years from 2006 to 2010. Known throughout the production industry as a trusted and dependable engineer…

Elias Arts, the bicoastal music composition, strategy, and production company, claimed its stake at this year’s Super Bowl, creating and producing original music for four spots, including VW’s The Dog Strikes Back via Deutsch LA, the second…

Dolby Laboratories Announces an Additional $100 Million for Stock Repurchase Program

Our 350-pages book covers all aspects of the 3D workflow and is actually available in French only, even if the English version is on its way. It is available on Amazon UK for £33.26, on Amazon Germany and Amazon FR from 39.90€.

BioShock will be available with 3D stereoscopic effects on the Playstation 3 console. Word comes from Future Shop Gamer (USA) Tweets detailing today from the Destination PlayStation event in Scottsdale, AZ, USA. Take 2 Interactive Software europe…

No one will confuse “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas” with confrontational cinema.But last year’s cheapjack comedy hurled a point in our faces, amid all the flying projectiles and junk: 3-D has become a gimmick as quickly as it did when it hit…

The BBC is considering broadcasting the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee pop concert in 3D.The broadcaster yesterday revealed plans to stage what it described as the biggest concert in its history as part of the four-day celebration of the Queen’s 60-year…

THE epic adventure “Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace,” from visionary filmmaker George Lucas, captivated global audiences when it first came out in 1999. The Force is back. But this time in 3D giving the fi lm an immersive dimension and turning…

Rio Rancho, NM – February 2012… Lectrosonics, recognized the world over as a leading manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, has taken a number of important steps to minimize the company’s power consumption and,…

2012 NAB Show Las Vegas Sonnet Technologies Booth SL8713 Sonnet Technologies 8 Autry Irvine, CA 92618-2708 USA Sonnet Technologies Contact: Martin Muggee Marketing Communications Manager Tel: +1 949 587 3532 Email: martin.muggee@sonnettech.com Agency…

Productions achieve award-winning results with NewTek LightWave 3D® NewTek congratulates the winners and nominees of the 10th Annual VES Awards for outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special…

PORTLAND, OREGON, FEBRUARY 8, 2012—Autoscript, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, and the world’s leading teleprompting company, will showcase its latest prompting innovations at the annual Professional Video & Tape Cascade Mountain…

Bergen, Norway, Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ) Vizrt Ltd., a leading provider of content production tools for the digital media industry, has completed the implementation of Vizrt’s “Newsroom Connect” ActiveX plug-in for Viz Content Pilot at TVE…

Salt Lake City, Utah – Broadcast International (OTC.BB: BCST), a leading provider of video management software and services for next-generation video internet protocol networks, has entered into a strategic alliance with ipCapital Group, Inc. (ipCG),…

Orad’s lineup will include state of the art on-air graphics, studio, sports, MAM, and video server solutions for the broadcast industry   February 8, 2012 – Orad, world leader of award winning, real time, 3D graphics, video servers, and media…

TORONTO, FEBRUARY 8, 2012—Autoscript, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, and the world’s leading teleprompting company, will be in attendance at the 10th annual February Freeze, hosted by William F. White International in conjunction with…

Units Deliver Announcers’ Audio Via Fiber from Headsets to Production Desk ATLANTA, GA – Studio Technologies’ 5110 Mic/Line Input Module and 5120 Line/IFB Output Module were chosen to be part of the fly pack kit used to produce Turner Sports Internet…

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 8, 2012 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, has introduced its brightest-ever REALiS Installation LCOS Projectors, which are designed to provide exceptional display performance for a wide range of…

Kortrijk, Belgium, 7 February 2012 – Barco, a worldwide leader in the Digital Cinema industry, announced today that it has been selected by IMAX Corporation as the exclusive, worldwide projection technology partner for its IMAX® theaters for the…

Rancho Cordova, Calif., USA – 2 February, 2012 – Digital cinema pioneer and world-record holder of the brightest DC projector, <A href=”http://www.barco.com”>Barco</A> publicly unveiled its laser projector technology, showcasing levels…

French stereoscopy fans, wake up early on Sunday February 19, 2012! ARTE (France) is organizing its first “3D Day”. The highlight of the day will be the spectacular 90-minutes documentary “La france entre ciel et mer”, a 1,600 km (1,000 miles) helicopter…

IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) today announced it selected Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) to co-develop ground-breaking new laser projection technology for IMAX® theatres. The new IMAX digital laser projector will present greater brightness…