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Cinema5D news

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:07:03 -0500

NextLites: New Lighting company by NextWaveDv
Tony Reale‘s NextWaveDv has been a great resource for filmmakers. Their website has provided news and training articles for independent videographers and filmmakers for quite a while. It’s a good thing when new companies come into existence…

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Twenty398

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:07:06 -0500

How to Form a Company
Have you ever wanted to quit your day job? No more days spending your time watching the clock and waiting to the end of your shift. No more of that annoying boss that expects you to work your fingers off but never gives you a pay rise or even some praise….
Why Buy a Teeter Inversion Table
When it comes to the best inversion tables for inversion therapy, one name stands out to be the most popular and the most trusted brand of inversion tables – Teeter. This is mainly because of the following reasons: Teeter inversion tables are widely…
Stock Broker Reviews – Tips for Finding the Best Stock Broker
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Should You Use Pepperstone As Your Forex Trader?
There are some people who deal with forex trading as their career, and there are other people who use it as an investment opportunity. No matter what you use it for, you should research some of the websites that offer this service. There are many different…
How to Use Cloud Computing?
Are you looking for an easy guide to help you understand the usage of cloud computing? Well, this article will help you to understand how to use cloud computing. There are many companies that are providing this service such as Google, Microsoft, Apple…
Having a Job in Advertising is a Good Idea
Advertising is such a huge part of marketing. It is basically impossible for a company to sell their product without doing at least some type of advertising. The importance of advertising can be seen by how much money individuals paid in order to have…
Situations Where Hiring a Seo Agency is a Must for Your Business
There are a lot of situations when hiring the services of a seo agency becomes an absolute need. For example you might not have the required time to monitor the daily traffic statistics of your website. There is a very easy solution to this problem. You…
Sell My Mobile Phones Online
Whenever I sell my mobile phones online, I always make sure that I am getting the most out of it. Of course, this basically means that I find the best mobile phone recycling company that offers the best price for it. While there are a lot of different…
Find a Great Event Rental Company
Whether you are planning your dream wedding or a quinceanera, if you are throwing a big event, chances are you are going to need to get some event equipment. There are many different vendors where you can rent items from. However, you will waste a lot…
Should You Compare Contents Insurance?
When looking to make the best decision for yourself and your family, it is essential to compare contents insurance. As a tenant renting a home, it is only natural to want to protect the belongings inside ones home or apartment from any sort of damage…

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The Briefing Room

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:25:02 -0500

ROYER LABS DEBUTS SLING-SHOCK™ MICROPHONE SHOCK MOUNT
Burbank, CA… Royer Labs, recognized globally as a leading manufacturer of high quality ribbon microphones, is pleased to announce the Sling-Shock Microphone Shock Mount. The new Sling-Shock represents a dramatic advancement and modernization of the…

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Stereoscopy News

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:13:04 -0500

Paper and Scissors 3D for Valentine’s day
Worried that your valentines will fall flat? Make them stand out by incorporating small treats like lollipops or glow sticks. Material needed: 2D camera, photo printer, paper, scissors. Girls: Take a picture of your child with her hand in a fist and arm…
Hot new 3D Trailers added to the List
Our 3D Stereoscopic Trailers list features now well over 100 movie titles, thanks to the recent addition of “Wrath of the Titans”, “Men in Black 3”, “Arthur”, and “Journey 2”. Almost all of them are available in Full-HD 3D (1080p), so don’t forget to…

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Today3D

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:19:02 -0500

3-D TVs set Chinese sales records as government cuts programming
Chinese consumers are buying 3-D television sets in record numbers. But they may have nothing more exciting than cooking shows to watch.The Chinese government inaugurated the nation’s first officially sanctioned 3-D TV channel last month, on the first…

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FilmJournal International - News

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:19:01 -0500

Going to the movies has never been more expensive
Ticket prices in the U.S. hit an all-time high in 2011, according to numbers released Thursday to The Hollywood Reporter by the National Association of Theatre Owners.
Leading repertory cinema Film Forum to showcase Digital Cinema Packages
“This Is DCP,” a one-week festival of 13 classic films presented in state-of-the-art Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs), will run at New York’s Film Forum March 2-8.
Leading repertory cinema Film Forum to showcase Digital Cinema Packages
“This Is DCP,” a one-week festival of 13 classic films presented in state-of-the-art Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs), will run at New York’s Film Forum March 2-8.
Asbury Park art house plans new, multi-level cinema
Asbury Park, New Jersey’s art-house cinema The ShowRoom has begun construction on a new, multi-level cinema located at 707 Cookman Ave.
Cinema admissions in Europe show slight decline
The European Audiovisual Observatory (www.obs.coe.int) released its first estimates for European cinema attendance in 2011at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.
U.K.’s Cineworld to install D-Box motion seats
Leading U.K. circuit Cineworld Cinemas will equip 30 screens with D-BOX MFX motion seats in upcoming months, making it the first commercial theatre circuit to launch D-BOX seats in the country.
Fandango adds 3,000 AMC screens
Fandango and AMC Theatres announced the expansion of their online ticketing relationship.
Cineplex raises $1 million for Starlight Foundation
Cineplex Entertainment announced that it raised $1 million for the Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada in 2011.
Cineplex to add 100 RealD 3D systems
Cineplex Entertainment will add 100 additional RealD 3D systems to its circuit. Upon completion of the installation at the end of June, approximately 40% of the Cineplex circuit will be 3D-capable.
IMAX signs exclusive seven-year deal with Barco
IMAX Corporation selected Barco as the exclusive, worldwide projection technology partner for its IMAX theatres for the next seven years.

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Cinema5D news

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:07:03 -0500

Johnnie Behiri takes a look at the Nikon D4
2 minutes shot during the daytime: 2 minutes shot during the nighttime: Guest post by: Johnnie Behiri I was lucky enough having the Nikon D4 (pre production model) for 24 hours. My original plan was to shoot a short feature with it and by doing so, check…

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Today3D

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:13:01 -0500

Apple exploring 3D frame-of-reference iOS interface based on eye, light location
Apple has shown interest in creating a unique user interface for iOS, allowing new features like dynamic shadows based on the angle of light hitting an iPhone screen. Apple’s concept was revealed this week in a new patent application discovered by AppleInsider…

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RedrockMicro ultraCage | blue for C300 (and other systems…)/Upcoming workshop: Lighting for Cinema w/ Polly Morgan

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:07:02 -0500

RedrockMicro ultraCage | blue for C300 (and other systems…)
The Canon C300 is finally starting to ship, and so far the verdict seems to be that C300 = “Awesome” – see the linked video and you’ll get it… You can also check out my initial review of the camera HERE. And…
Upcoming workshop: Lighting for Cinema w/ Polly Morgan
I’m very excited to announce an upcoming workshop in April with Director of Photography Polly Morgan. As some of you may remember was the DP on our short film Mobius that we shot for the introduction of the Canon C300 . She’s…

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The Briefing Room

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:25:01 -0500

Robot Field and Post Director Steve Petersen Helms “Valentine’s Day Massacre” and “Real Vice Miami” TV Series
Filmmaker Steve Petersen recently created, directed and executive produced “Valentine’s Day Massacre,” the highly anticipated television special for National Geographic Channel; and “Real Vice Miami,” a six-episode docudrama series for Investigation…
Swiss Parliament Harmonizes With Shotoku’s Orchestra CMS
Staines, UK – Shotoku Broadcast Systems, a leading international manufacturer of advanced camera support products, recently completed the successful installation and commissioning of an advanced camera support and management system at the Swiss Parliament…
FSR Partners With Griffith Sales Associates To Offer Superior Sales And Support In The Southeast
Woodland Park, NJ – FSR, manufacturer of audio and video switching, control products, and connectivity boxes, has appointed Griffith Sales Associates of Marietta, GA as a manufacturer’s representative in the southeastern US. Jan Sandri, president…
ADVANCED BROADCAST SOLUTIONS AND BROADCAST PIX CO-SPONSOR WORSHIP NORTHWEST 2012
SEATAC, WA— Professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) and Broadcast Pix are co-sponsors for Worship Northwest 2012, which runs Feb. 24-25 at Dayspring Fellowship in Keizer, Ore. Now in its 14th year, the…
ASSIMILATE Announces Breakthrough 48 FPS Playback of RAW RED EPIC Stereo Streams in SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab
ASSIMILATE (www.assimilateinc.com) today announced that SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab version 6.1 have achieved never-before-seen performance levels in the playback of RED EPIC Stereo content. SCRATCH Lab now provides DITs, DPs and Directors with dailies playback…

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Today3D

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:13:02 -0500

George Lucas suggests 3D films are ‘simply better’
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…
VES Honoree and Effects Guru Douglas Trumbull on How Technology, Spectacle Can Rescue Hollywood - Hollywood Reporter
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…

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Digital Cinema Demystified

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:07:02 -0500

SAN build almost complete… Openfiler, SANmp and fibre channel network all operational
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…

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The Briefing Room

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:25:01 -0500

The Cortez Brothers’ Bernadette Rivero to Join Digital LA’s Latino Content Panel
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…
Kenneally Preps “Side By Side” Doc for Berlin Fest At Sixteen19
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…
Aquarium of the Pacific Offers Marine Biology Videoconferencing with Broadcast Pix
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…
Sonixphere and iSpy Music Create Musical Alter Egos for ABC’s New “Celebrity Wife Swap”
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…
Fotokem Budapest Uses Baselight for Near-Set Grading of “In the Land of Blood and Honey”
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,…
Fin Design ‘Shares A Coke’ with Fusion CI Studios!
‘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…
New JVC Bullet Security Camera with Built-in IR LED Technology Delivers True Day/Night Operation
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™…
HUSH– Design Done Right
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…
Eric Hoffman Returns to audioEngine
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 Takes Over Super Bowl XLVI
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…

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Dolby Labs

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:07:03 -0500

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

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Stereoscopy News

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:13:04 -0500

“La Stéréoscopie Numérique” available in France and UK
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 Infinite goes 3D on the PS3
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…

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Today3D

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:13:03 -0500

Wim Wenders’ ‘Pina’ puts 3-D to a deeper use
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…
BBC considers 3D Jubilee coverage
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…
Star Wars 3D opens tomorrow
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…

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The Briefing Room

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:25:02 -0500

LECTROSONICS GOES GREEN
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,…
Sonnet Technologies 2012 NAB Show Preview
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…
NewTek Applauds Winners and Nominees of 10th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards
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…
AUTOSCRIPT SHOWCASES LEADING PROMPTING INNOVATIONS AT CASCADE MOUNTAIN VIDEO SHOW 2012
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…
With Vizrt’s Newsroom Connect, TVE GALICIA Journalists Control Graphics with Avid iNews Commands
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…
Broadcast International Partners With ipCapital Group to Expand and Develop IP Portfolio
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 TO SHOWCASE POWERFUL NEW BROADCAST GRAPHICS AND VIDEO SERVER SOLUTIONS AT NAB 2012
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…
LATEST PROMPTING INNOVATIONS FROM AUTOSCRIPT HEAT UP THE TRADE SHOW FLOOR AT 10TH ANNUAL FEBRUARY FREEZE
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…
Studio Technologies 5110 and 5120 Modules Make the Announcer Connection for Turner Sports Initiative
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…
Canon U.S.A. Introduces the REALiS WUX5000 and WUX5000 D, its Brightest Installation LCOS Projectors to Date for the Professional AV Market
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…

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Barco | Digital Cinema

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:07:04 -0500

Future IMAX theaters to be exclusively powered by Barco
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…
Barco impresses large-screen theater experts with laser projection technology showcase at Moody Gardens Digital Cinema Symposium
Rancho Cordova, Calif., USA – 2 February, 2012 – Digital cinema pioneer and world-record holder of the brightest DC projector, Barco publicly unveiled its laser projector technology, showcasing levels…

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Stereoscopy News

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:13:05 -0500

Testez la 3D! en France le 19 Février
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…

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Today3D

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:13:02 -0500

Imax Picks Barco To Help Develop Laser Projection
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…

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