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Rodeo FX Creates Tarzan’s Jungle Animals

Mon, 10/17/2016 - 13:47 -- Nick Dager

Rodeo FX completed nearly 200 visual effects shots for The Legend of Tarzan, including action sequences with CG hippos and crocodiles, where realistic water interaction was critical for the success of the shots. The studio’s VFX work helped lift these animal sequences to a level where they look like scenes from a nature documentary. Along with butterflies and leaf cutter ants, Rodeo FX created a pod of hippos, including one ‘hero’ hippo that attacks Jane, as well as a bask of crocodiles seen in the final sequence of the movie.

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Brice 3 Releasing in EclairColor

Mon, 10/17/2016 - 12:25 -- Nick Dager

A second feature film, Brice 3, has been re-mastered with Ymagis Group’s EclairColor digital color technology. The James Huth film starring Jean Dujardin, Clovis Cornillac and Bruno Salomone will be released in France on Wednesday and shown exclusively in EclairColor at the Gaumont Marignan cinema on the Champs-Elysées. The CinemaNext France teams have equipped one of the largest auditoriums at the Gaumont Marignan with EclairColor technology.

Colonie Says I Do to 2017 Corolla

Fri, 10/14/2016 - 11:03 -- Nick Dager

The Colonie recently teamed with Burrell Communications to provide editorial, VFX and design services for I Do, a commercial introducing the 2017 Toyota Corolla. The commercial opens with a young woman behind the wheel of her Toyota. She arrives at a city park and her friends help her yarn bomb the surroundings – from hand-knitted tree trunk covers to a slipcover for a loveseat and a garbage pail cozy in the likeness of whimsical character.

Bringing Broadband to Live Exhibition

Thu, 10/13/2016 - 11:32 -- Melissa Cogavin

Just prior to the Event Cinema Association hosted its Curious About Scandinavia event in Stockholm October 14th, which they both attended, Digital Cinema Report’s European Correspondent Melissa Cogavin spoke with Unique Digital’s Nordic sales director Eyvind Ljungquist about the company’s newest version of RosettaLive and the idea of bringing broadband technology to live exhibition.

Christie Anchors Festival’s Temporary Cinema

Wed, 10/12/2016 - 13:15 -- Nick Dager

Christie is providing 4K projection to the British Film Institute London Film Festival at a unique temporary cinema that could become a blueprint for others. The Embankment Garden Cinema has also been built in celebration of the LFF’s 60th anniversary. For 11 days, with a 16-meter screen bigger than most London cinemas, the rigid-bodied structure will seat 800 people at London’s Victoria Embankment. It will also screen the LFF’s Official Competition and Strand Gala premieres.

Front Page News from MTI Films

Wed, 10/12/2016 - 13:02 -- Nick Dager

MTI Film recently completed an all-new 4K restoration of director Lewis Milestone’s 1931 film The Front Page. The months-long project was conducted for The Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with MTI Film’s restoration team working under the direction of AFA director Michael Pogorzelski and film preservationist Heather Linville.

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Aqualon Cinemas Installs Six Sony 4K Projectors

Wed, 10/12/2016 - 12:51 -- Nick Dager

In its commitment to offer the best technical solutions in terms of cinematic exhibition, Aqualon Cinemas in Huelva, Spain has installed new Sony 4K SRX-R515P projectors for six of its nine projections screens. “We want to offer our viewers the ideal image and sound conditions of a top category cinema like our,” said José Antonio Llorente, sales manager at Aqualon Cinemas.

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